Bollywood Movie Releases - December 2013

R... Rajkumar

Directed by - Prabhu Deva
Produced by-Viki Rajani, Sunil Lulla
Written by- Shiraz Ahmed
Screenplay by- Prabhu Dheva, Sunil Agarwal, Ravi S Sundaram
Story by- Prabhu Deva
Starring - Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood
Music by- Pritam, Sandeep Chowta
Release date- December 6, 2013
Running time- 139 mins
Genre- Romance/Drama/Action







Dhoom 3

Directed by-Vijay Krishna Acharya
Produced by- Aditya Chopra
Screenplay by- Vijay Krishna Acharya
Story by- Aditya Chopra, Vijay Krishna Acharya
Starring- Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, Katrina Kaif
Music by- Pritam, Julius Packiam
Release dates- 20 December 2013
Running time-172 minutes
Genre- Action Thriller

Good Old Classics...Casablanca

 CASABLANCA

It’s one of the most talked about and popular movies in Hollywood history.  A story of love, sacrifice and war.  The movie made on a small budget and practically shot in a studio made history because of the outstanding acting of Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and the supporting cast. Brilliant direction by Micheal Curtiz  and excellent and well edited script, all winning Oscars. 

Directed by Michael Curtiz

Produced by Hal B. Wallis

Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein,  Howard Koch

Based on Everybody Comes to Rick's by Murray Burnett, Joan Alison

Starring: Humphrey Bogart,  Ingrid Bergman,  Paul Henreid

Music by      Max Steiner

Cinematography    Arthur Edeson

Editing by   Owen Marks

Studio : Warner Bros.

Release dates:    November 26, 1942 (premiere);    January 23, 1943 (general release)

Running time; 102 minutes
Genre:  Romance, Drama

Rating: ****

 

Famous Lines:

Rick: Last night we said a great many things. You said I was to do the thinking for both of us. Well, I've done a lot of it since then, and it all adds up to one thing: you're getting on that plane with Victor where you belong.

Ilsa: But, Richard, no, I... I...

Rick: Now, you've got to listen to me! You have any idea what you'd have to look forward to if you stayed here? Nine chances out of ten, we'd both wind up in a concentration camp. Isn't that true, Louie?

Captain Renault: I'm afraid Major Strasser would insist.

Ilsa: You're saying this only to make me go.

Rick: I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.

Ilsa: But what about us?

Rick: We'll always have Paris. We didn't have, we, we lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night.

Ilsa: When I said I would never leave you.

Rick: And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that.

[Ilsa lowers her head and begins to cry]

Rick: Now, now...

[Rick gently places his hand under her chin and raises it so their eyes meet]

Rick: Here's looking at you kid

Trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJvlGh_FgcI

Legendry Playback Singer Manna Dey no more

Manna Dey

{Prabodh Chandra Dey} (1 May 1919 − 24 October 2013),

A legendary playback singer and musical maestro Manna Dey died at ripe age of 94.He sang more than 3,500 songs in his career. He sang with greats like Mohammad Rafi, Mukesh, and Kishore Kumar, and dominated the Hindi film music industry in the 50’ to 70’s.

Zindagi kaisi hai paheli hai -Anand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vgDb4TQneA

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24649143

Good Old Classics…. A great watch again -Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy
There have been many a movie made in both Hollywood and Bollywood history which are labeled as golden classics. These movies can be watched and enjoyed many times over the years.  Few of these will be getting mentioned here ….

Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 film about the relationship between an elderly Southern Jewish widow and her African American chauffeur, reflecting the changing times from 1948 to 1973.



http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/61293/Driving-Miss-Daisy-Original-Trailer-.html

Cast
•    Morgan Freeman as Hoke Colburn
•    Jessica Tandy as Daisy Werthan
•    Dan Aykroyd as Boolie Werthan
•    Patti Lupone as Florine Werthan
•    Esther Rolle as Idella
•    Joann Havrilla as Miss McClatchey
•    William Hall Jr. as Oscar
•    Alvin M. Sugarman as Dr. Weil
•    Clarice F. Geigerman as Nonie
Directed by    Bruce Beresford
Produced by    Richard D. Zanuck,    Lili Fini Zanuck
Written by    Alfred Uhry
Photographed by   Peter James
Edited by    Mark Warner
Music by   Hans Zimmer
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rated PG
 Duration: 96 minutes



"Boolie Werthan: What I need is for somebody to drive my mother around.
Hoke Colburn: Well, if you don' mind my askin', sir—how come she's not hirin' for herself?
Boolie Werthan: See, it's kind of a delicate situation.
Hoke Colburn: Oh, yessir, yessir...done gone around the bend a little bit. Well, now, that'll happen as they get old...
Boolie Werthan: Oh, no, she's all there. Too-much-there is the problem! [Hoke laughs]"

Bollywood Movie Releases: October/November 2013

Besharam
Cast-Ranbir Kapoor,Pallavi Sharda,Rishi Kapoor,,Neetu Singh,Jaaved Jaaferi, Amitosh Nagpal, Himani Shivpuri,Rajkumar Kanojia
Producer-Sanjeev Gupta,Himanshu Kishan Mehra
Director- Abhinav Singh Kashyap
Story / Writers-    Abhinav Singh Kashyap,    Rajeev Barnwal
 Music-Lalit Pandit, Ishq Bector,    Shree D
Release Date-    2 Oct 2013
Genre-    Drama, Action, Romance

Boss
Cast-Akshay Kumar,Aditi Rao Hydari,Shiv Pandit, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny Denzongpa,Johny Lever,Parikshit Sahani,    Ronit Roy, Sonakshi Sinha( Item Number)Harry Josh,Prabhu Dheva( Cameo)
Producer-Ashwin Varde
Director- Anthony D'Souza
Story / Writers/screenplay -Sajid ,Farhad
Music-    Sandeep Shirodkar,Meet Bros Anjjan,Yo Yo Honey Singh,Chirantan Bhatt, P. A. Deepak
Release Date- 16 Oct 2013
Genre- Comedy, Drama, Action

Krrish 3
Cast-    Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Vivek Oberoi,    Arif Zakaria,Kangna Ranaut,Shaurya Chauhan, Rakhi Sawant
Producer/Director- Rakesh Roshan
Asst. Director-Jaideep Sen, Raksha Mistry
Story / Writers-    Rakesh Roshan
Music- Rajesh Roshan, Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant
Release Date-    1 Nov 2013
Genre-    Action, Romance, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Ram-Leela
Cast-Ranveer Singh,Deepika Padukone,Gulshan Devaiya,    Richa Chadda,Abhimanyu Shekhar Singh,Shveta Salve,Supriya Pathak,Girish Sahdev,Priyanka Chopra( Item Number)
Producer-Kishore Lulla,    Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Music: Sanjay Leela Bhansali ,Monty Sharma
Screenplay- Siddharth-Garima, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Rutvik Oza
Based on Romeo and Juliet
Release Date-    15 Nov 2013
Genre-    Drama

Gori Tere Pyaar Mein!
Cast-Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Nizhalgal Ravi, Sujata Kumar, Manoj Bakshi, Neelu Kohli,Vineet Kumar Singh, Farzil Pardiwalla, Srikant Krishnamurthy, Om Ravindra Shetty,R Balasubramanian,Anandi Ramchandran,    Vallabh Gade,Esha Gupta ( Item Number)
Producer-Karan Johar,Hiroo Yash Johar
Director- Punit Malhotra
Co-Producer-Apoorva Mehta
Story / Writers-    Arshad Syed,Punit Malhotra
 Music-    Vishal –Shekar, Salim Merchant,Sulaiman Merchant
Release Date-    22 Nov 2013
Genre- Romance, comedy

  
   
Singh Saab The Great
Cast-Sunny Deol,Amrita Rao,Urvashi Rautela, Johny Lever,Prakash Raj,Anjali Abrol
Director-Anil Sharma
Producer-Anuj Sharma,    Sangeeta Ahir
Co-Producer-    Kushal Kantilal Gada, Dhaval Jayantilal Gada,Reshmaa Kadakia
Story / Writers:    Shaktimaan
Music -    Anu Malik,Sonu Nigam
Release Date-    22 Nov 2013
Genre-    Drama, Action



 
 Bullett Raja

Cast-Saif Ali Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Vidyut Jamwal, Jimmy Sheirgill, Gulshan Grover, Raj Babbar, Mahie Gill,Chunky Pandey, Ravi Kissen
Director- Tigmanshu Dhulia
Producer-Rahul Mittra,    Nitin Tej Ahuja,    Tigmanshu Dhulia
Story / Writers-    Tigmanshu Dhulia, Amaresh Misra
Music -    Sajid,Wajid
Screenplay-Tigmanshu Dhulia,    Amaresh Misra
Release Date-    29 Nov 2013
Genre-    Action

Phata Poster Nikla Hero- Review

Directed by: Rajkumar Santoshi and Hamza Anwar
Produced by: Ramesh Taurani, Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur
Written by: Rajkumar Santoshi
Starring: Shahid Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Padmini Kholapuri
Music by: Pritam
Release date: 20th September 2013
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: **.5(2.5)
Review: Birjis Adeni Rashed

(The aim and intention of my reviews is to critique and recommend while not revealing the whole story to enjoy the movie when seen. But minor details have been divulged for a proper review!)





This is one of those movies where the trailer is good, picture not.  This movie trailer showed all the highlights of the movie trying to give a peak into a fun movie, unfortunately the movie itself didn’t have more than the highlights.

The story vaguely strung together between one song to the other is about  an aspiring actor  who becomes a real life hero  through journeys of fake cop and real cops, Bollywood dreams and mothers melodramatic desires. The movie’s songs seemed to have given a priority before the script itself because the screenplay just leads us from one song to the other without any depth and detail in story.

The best part of the movie was of course the song- Tu mere Agala Bagal  Hai song and Shahid Kapoors excited charm trying to make things funny in a jaded storyline. But rest all is just silly, clichéd story, theatrical comedy and old jokes.  Occasionally some things are funny, but it’s not enough to hold the story together or entertain enough.


Shahid Kapoor shows a lot of charm and enthusiasm to make things funny and entertaining but the script is so bad, he could only do so much. Illeana was very silly and her acting talents fell from her role in Barfi.

Mika Singh’s  Tu Mere Agal Bagal is very entertaining with Shahid Kapoors doggie moves. Atif Aslam’s Tu Rang Sharbaton Ka is melodious, the item song with Nargis Fakri, Dhating Naach  probably has some moves but nothing spectacular.

Just wait for it to come on Netflix or DVD

Shudd Desi Romance- Review

Directed by: Maneesh Sharma
Produced by :Aditya Chopra
Written by ; Jaideep Sahni
Starring :Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, Vaani Kapoor,Rishi Kapoor
Music by:Sachin - Jigar
Release date:   September 6, 2013
Genre: Romance,comedy
Content advisory :  kissing, implied sex , smoking,drinking
Rating: **.5(2.5)
Review: Birjis Adeni Rashed


 (The aim and intention of my reviews is to critique and recommend while not revealing the whole story to enjoy the movie when seen. But minor details have been divulged for a proper review!)


I don’t understand in what context they call this a ‘Shudd Desi Romance’ when ‘Shudd’ means ‘pure’ and the movie doesn’t reflect it! Neither does it show pure Desiness/Indianess in its south Asian belief structure of marriage and morals, nor does the romance reflect pure love, more of an attraction and sexual chemistry!  The movie also got released with alternative title ‘Random Desi Romance’ and that seems more appropriate, reflecting the skewed up mindset of some youth in progressive India who prefer commitment-less philosophy to  life, love and sex!


The story set in Jaipur, in the lower middle class strata, revolves around three lead actors, one male and two female. The male lead played by Sushant Singh Rajput is a sheepish, awkward  hypocritical  cold feet groom/ rental barati/ tourist guide who doesn’t know what he wants to do, nor know what he has to say at times.  The main female lead played by Parineti Chopra is an independent, aggressive, feisty, free willed woman who lives life by her own rules, and likes to live it with all risks, smoking, drinking, abortions and all ; while the other female lead by Vani Kapoor is a confident, assertive character/affected bride of a walk away wedding, wanting  revenge, yet getting emotions tangled.


The story involves frivolous wedding parties with  rental barati’s,  multiple commitment phobic wedding escapades,  live in relationships, moving in and moving out of relationship, aimless conversations, characters going in circles, repetitive scenes and  confused understanding of relationships. The flow of the story is pretty casual with slice of life scenes and funny at times, yet the scenes where characters talk into the camera to the audience doesn’t fit in the flow. The story also is slow paced and exhausted at times.


The director Maneesh Sharma, either has seen too many weddings growing up or he and producer  Aditya Chopra  want to use their  wedding research extensively; this is  another movie on weddings after  ‘Band Baja Barat’, and ‘Rab ne Bana di Jodi’ between them, they better move on.

The actors interestingly did an excellent job in their roles. Parineti Chopra lives up the role of this chilled casual character very well and comes out as a natural; Shushant Rajput suits the role of an awkward communication impaired, commitment phobic youth; while the new actress Vani Kapoor handles her role confidently and shows promise; Rishi Kapoor of course is a veteran actor.

The songs in the movie have foot tapping music and good lyrics and its cinematography brings out the architectural and cultural beauty of the pink city Jaipur. 

But will have to say it’s just another random movie.

Bollywood Film Critic in the News;)

Check out the  article below where Bollywood Film Critic is listed along with many other popular blogs online in an article titled "Webbed Feat" in India's widely read newspaper, Hindustan Times.  This article Webbed Feat was on page 6 of Hindustan Times, dated August 30, 2013.
 http://epaper.hindustantimes1.com/PUBLICATIONS/HTEDGE/HTE/2013/08/30/INDEX.SHTML
  You can read this article by  clicking on the above link and scrolling to page 6;)
 

Bollywood Movie Releases- 2013 September, August, July

September Movies:

Zanjeer 

(Simultaneously  launched in Telegu as - ‘Thoofan’ )
Directed by:Apoorva Lakhia Produced by:Reliance Entertainment, Puneet Prakash Mehra,Sumeet Prakash Mehra,Flying Turtle Films
Screenplay by:    Suresh Nair,Apoorva Lakhia
Story by: Apoorva Lakhia
Based on: Zanjeer(1973 movie with Amitabh Bachchan) by Salim-Javed
Starring:Ram Charan Teja, Priyanka Chopra,Sanjay Dutt(in hindi), Srihari(in telegu),Prakash Raj, Mahie Ankur Bhatia,    Atul Kulkarni (Hindi),Tanikella Bharani (Telugu) Music: Meet Bros Anjjan, Chirantan Bhatt
Release date: 6 September 2013
Language: Hindi,Telugu
Genre: Action thriller.
Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93leN9TY3hk
Rating on Trailer and Songs: Will have to check out possibly on DVD if Ramcharan can stand up like Amitabh!


Shudd Desi Romance/ Random Desi Romance

Directed by: Maneesh Sharma
Produced by: Aditya Chopra
Written by: Jaideep Sahni
Starring: Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, Vaani Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor
Music by; Sachin-Jigar
Release date: September 6, 2013
Genre: Romance, comedy
 Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Hle83Plpo


Grand Masti-2

Directed by: Indra Kumar
Produced by: Ashok Thakeria, Indra Kumar
Written by: Milap Zaveri, Tushar Hiranandani
Starring :Vivek Oberoi, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Sonalee Kulkarni, Bruna Abdullah, Karishma Tanna, Kainaat Arora, Maryam Zakaria, Manjari Fadnis
Music by: Anand Raj Anand, Sanjeev Darshan
Release date: 13 September 2013
Genre: Comedy
Rating on preview trailer and songs: Run of the mill Adult comedy. Not worth a watch.

 








John Day


Directed by: Ahishor Solomon
Produced by:      Anjum Rizvi, Aatef A Khan and K Asif
Written by: Ahishor Solomon
Starring:Naseeruddin Shah, Randeep Hooda, Shernaz Patel, Sharat Saxena,Vipin Sharma, Elena Kazan
Music by: Kshitij Tarey & Strings
Genre: Thriller
Release Date 13 Sept, 2013 Friday
Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zQ0jT-ZRQI






 Phata Poster Nikhla Hero

Directed by: Rajkumar Santoshi
Produced by: Ramesh Taurani, Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur
Written by:Rajkumar Santoshi
Starring:Shahid Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Padmini Kolhapure
Music by: Pritam
Release date:   20 September 2013

Genre: Comedy and Masala Entertainer
Rating on Trailer previews and songs : This could be an interesting possible watch.
Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCrNoy5OeOI
Songs: "Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai"- Shahid kapoor is at his hilarious best in this funny song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L899QuA1E24

August

Madras Café

Directed by:Shoojit Sircar
 Produced by: John Abraham,Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Ronnie Lahiri
 Written by:Somnath Dey, Shubendu Bhattacharya, Juhi Chaturvedi(dialogues)
 Starring: John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri, Rashi Khanna, Siddharth Basu
Music by: Shantanu Moitra
 Release date:  August 23, 2013













Once upon ay time in Mumbai Dobaara!

Directed by:Milan Luthria
Produced by:Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor
Written by: Rajat Arora
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan, Sonakshi Sinha
 Music by: Pritam, Anupam Amod
Release date:    15 August 2013










Chennai Express

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan , Deepika Padukone,Nikitin Dheer, Priyamani, Sathyaraj, Upen Patel, Manorama
Producer: Gauri Khan, Karim Morani, Ronnie Screwwala, Siddharth Roy Kapoor
Director: Rohit Shetty
Story: K Subhash
Screenplay: Yunus Sajawal, Robin Bhatt
Music Director: Vishal Dadlani , Shekhar Ravjiani
Running time: 140 minutes
Release date:Aug 8
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Action , Masala Entertainer
Rating: ***.5(3.5)
Language: Hindi &Tamil
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZGR5Sj1Bfo
Review: http://www.bollywoodfilmcritic.blogspot.com/2013/08/chennai-express-dont-analyze-just-laugh.html


Satyagraha

Directed by:Prakash Jha
 Produced by: Prakash Jha, Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur
Written by:Anjum Rajabali, Prakash Jha,Rutvik Oza
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpai, Amrita Rao
Music by: Salim-Sulaiman, Indian Ocean, Meet Bros Anjjan,Aadesh Shrivastava
Lyrics. Prasoon Joshi
Release date: August 30, 2013




July 2013

Lootera

Released- Jul 5








  

Policegiri
Released-July5

Bhaag Milka Bhaag
Released- Jul 12

Ramaya Vastavaiya
released- Jul 19

DDAY
Released July 19

  
Trailer:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NlCkqBGnRY








Issaq-
Released- Jul 26