Heroes hindi Movie Don’t miss .....

Samir Karnik after two back to back flops (Kyon Ho Gaya Na and Nanhe Jaisalmer) makes a grand comeback with a Heroes, a good film that tugs your heart strings and makes you think.
It tells the story of two aimless youth Sammy (Sohail Khan) and Ali (Vatsal Sheth) who have to travel a thousand miles to deliver three letters as a part of their film school assignment. But little do they know that the journey they have embarked upon will end up giving a new meaning to their life. Unfolding in three chapters it tells peaks into the lives of Balkar Singh (Salman) and Kuljeet Kaur (Preity) in the first chapter, brothers Vikram (Sunny) and Dhananjay Shergill (Bobby) in the second chapter and that of Dr. Naqvi (Mithun) and his son Sahil (Dino) in the final chapter.
How Sammy and Ali’s encounters of heroes in real life changes their attitude towards their own life and our country forms rest of the film.
It is a very good subject that doesn’t involve any jingoism from our country’s army men characters to prove their love for the nation. Though the opening sequences (including a mindless song) appear a little irritating, the film takes a good turn once the chapters start unfolding back to back. The culmination is the high point of the film which makes us all feel proud for country and our army men and also makes us realize at the same time that you don’t have to be in the army to be a real hero. Every common person has it in him to be a Hero. The title of the film couldn’t have been more apt.
Scenes between Salman and Preity, Bobby and Sunny have turned out very well. You are in tears in most of the places. This film is a pleasant surprise if you go in without any expectations. The performances by every single actor take this film above average. Salman and Preity not only look like a real couple but they are very much in character appearing real Punjabis. Sunny gets some whistle blowing moments after a long time in a Bollywood film. Bobby in a short role impresses and so do Dino and Mithun. Vatsal shows remarkable improvement as an actor post his disastrous debut in Tarzan the Wonder Car. Sohail with his witty one-liners keeps you engaged and shows the transformation of his character very well. Amrita and Riya hardly have any role to speak about.
Samir Karnik deserves kudos for choosing a great subject and narrating it very well. He has very well incorporated strong emotions that bring a tear to you eyes. Don’t miss this film; we are sure you will come out a changed person when you see it.

Cast:

Salman Khan,

Preity Zinta,

Sunny Deol,

Mithun Chakraborty,

Bobby Deol,

Sohail Khan,

Vatsal Seth,

Dino Moreo,

Riya Sen,

Amrita Arora

and Monish Behl;

Director: Samir Karnik;

Rating: ****

Welcome To Sajjanpur- Worth A Watch.

The man who’s made some realistic, slice-of-life dramas, changes gears in Welcome To Sajjanpur and comes up with a frothy, humourous, dramatic and heart-winning story that reeks of apne des ki mitti.

No item girls here. No phoren locations. Just a small, dusty hamlet named Sajjanpur where an aspiring novelist Mahadev ( Shreyas Talpade ) makes his living by writing letters for the illiterate village folk. And what a splendid rustic lot they are!

There’s a pretty young married thing ( Amrita Rao ) who’s waiting for her husband to return from the city. She also happens to be Mahadev’s childhood crush. So the charming letter-writer doesn’t mind a little bit of deceit and manipulation in winning her over.

There’s a superstitious mother ( Ila Arun ) who wants to get her manglik daughter ( Divya Dutta ) married. There’s a dreamy-eyed compounder (Ravi Kishen) in love with a widow ( Rajeshwari Sachdev ). There’s a eunuch contesting elections. And there’s a goon with political ambitions (quite naturally).

In such a colourful melee of characters unravels not just the story of coming of age of the protagonist, but also touching tales of each character. Some of these tales end on a tragic note, even though the film’s denouement is optimistic.

Ashok Mishra’s dialogues reek of rustic flavour and are laced with witty humour that any layman can easily identify with. Every character in the story is properly fleshed out – at times more than needed. And Shyam Benegal tells this character-driven story with utmost simplicity and straightforwardness.

That’s the beauty of ‘Welcome To Sajjanpur’. It’s simple, yet difficult to categorize in any particular genre.

Shreyas Talpade carries off the pivotal role with flamboyance and conviction. Amrita Rao is gracefully restrained. Ila Arun is perfectly cast. Divya Dutta is brilliant in a small role. Yashpal Sharma as the goon is superb while Ravi Kishen is just about passable.

Ideally, ‘Welcome To Sajjanpur’ would have been better without songs, but they don’t irk you like the ill-placed, deliberately squeezed-in item songs in any conventional Bollywood fare.

For even though ‘Welcome To Sajjanpur’ tells a simple and touching tale, it does so unconventionally.
Cast-
Shreyas Talpade ….
Amrita Rao ….
Divya Dutta ….
Ila Arun ….
Rajeshwari Sachdev ….

Director : Shyam Benegal

Worth A Watch.

Rating: **

KARZZ - Himesh, Urmila & Danny's new era

“Karzzz” is apparently the same tale as the “Karz”. With Satish Kaushik behind the camera, Monty (a slimmer, capless, Himesh Reshammiya) is a rock star, who falls in love with Tina (Shweta Kumar) in South Africa, while she’s on an assignment from her catering college in Kenya. Monty has visions of a certain palace, past life and pretty chick Kamini (Urmila Matondkar). When he’s advised to take a month’s vacation, he picks Kenya so he can woo Tina while his mind recovers. Except that while in Kenya, he spots the palace, meets Kamini, who’s now a princess, and comes to terms with his past life. For, Monty is actually Ravi Verma (Dino Morea) from a previous life. Ravi is deceived and killed by Kamini. Mama Verma goes into shock, but not before swearing in front of goddess Kali that she won’t rest until her son returns.

“Karzzz” takes those very Bollywood themes of reincarnation and revenge, which are SO not now, but sticks to the formula and doesn’t veer too far from the theme. It is ridiculous and implausible, just as it was back then – in the 70s, 80s and even 90s (remember “Karan Arjun”?)

“Karzzz” will probably do very well. It’s clean family entertainment in the classic Bollywood sense. And in these hard times of rising inflation, tumbling economies and whatever else, “Karzzz” takes you back to those crazy, familiar times, when you knew what the end was and better yet, you knew what the journey would be like. As far as the actors go, it hurt to see veterans such as Danny Denzongapa reduced to the role of a filmaholic uncle, who dispenses advice through dialogues from popular movies. And it was dreadful to watch the hugely talented Rohini Hattangadi take on the modern avtar of a Nirupa Roy mother. Raj Babbar is Monty’s manager/adoptive father and downright awful as the turbaned character as was Gulshan Grover as a mute villain with a steel forearm.
I’m still trying to figure out why the ageing Urmila would opt to be a part of “Karzzz” and whether the ordinary Shweta Kumar (daughter of director Indra Kumar) has a future in Mumbai. As for the music, let’s just say it’s all Himesh. Vintage Himesh. Fans will love it, while the rest, will loathe it.
Director : Satish Kaushik
Producers : Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar
Banners : T-Series, Super Cassettes Industries Ltd
Presenter : Gulshan
Sreanplay & Dialogue Writer : Siraj Ahmed
Music Director : Himesh Reshammiya
Lyricist : Sameer
Playback Singers : Himesh Reshammiya, Tulsi Kumar, Sunidhi Chauhan, Harshdeep Kaur, Shreya Ghosal
Cinematographer : Manoj Soni
Executive Producer : Ajay Kapoor
Shooting Locations : Kenya, Cape Town, South Africa, India
Music On : T-Series

Cast :Himesh Reshammiya as MontyUrmila Matondkar as KaminiShweta Kumar as TinaRaj Babbar as OberoiHimani Shivpuri as Oberoi’s wifeBakhtyr Irani as Dr. DayalDanny Denzongpa as KabiraGulshan Grover as Sir JudaRohini Hattangadi Dino Morea

Rating: ***

HELLO- An Entertainer Film

The movie story:-

One Night @ Call Centre by Chetan Bhagat is an interesting read with every character well defined by the author. It begins with the author meeting a co-passenger in his train compartment, builds up with the six main characters in the call centre and dwells well on Bakshi, the man in charge of Connexions, the Call Centre the six are working in. It then moves on to the all-important call from God and His conversation with them especially regarding Bakshi, which makes them sit up and take notice and turn things around in their favour. It's extremely difficult for someone who has read a book and then to see a movie made on it to relate to it. Every time, as a viewer, you will be trying to picture in your mind's eye what you interpreted of the novel. In that respect, it's not always going to be 'up there'. However, where justice can be made, it has to. Like for instance, the character of Bakshi is half baked. This when you have a tight script in your hand is not acceptable. I mean, when you read the novel you want to wring Bakshi's neck with your bare hands. That's the same feeling that goes through Shyam and Vroom's mind in the book. But Bakshi's shortcoming, coupled with his 'diplomatic' bullying tactics, especially towards Shyam, who is never able to say no, is missing. The whole concept of showing Shyam as a 'soft man' never able to stand up to his bad boss is lost. Also, the way they are all placed at the Call Centre with their desks is debatable. And there are many instances when the scene just takes off. Like when Radhika says she misses her husband, Vroom dials her husband's mobile number. Wherein, in the book, it's brilliantly built up where Vroom asks Radhika if she wants to play "Radio Jockey". In the book, Vroom explains what he means: "I call Anuj and pretend I am calling from a radio show. Then I tell him he has won a prize, a large bouquet of roses and a box of Swiss chocolates that he can send to anyone he loves, anywhere in India, with a loving message. So then, we all get to hear what romantic lines he says to you." A chance of a good scene is washed out here. As a reader, you are kicked in the gut when Anuj says he wants to send the flowers to his girlfriend Payal! Also, there could have been some more fire in the lovemaking scene between Priyanka and Shyam. It comes off rather tame. The passion is missing. Then there is this scene when their car is hanging precariously on rods at a construction site and the call from God comes. There is this whole conversation that dwells on Bakshi, which explains their actions when they come back. But not in the movie. A viewer who has not read the book will wonder why they are getting even with Bakshi. Finally, there is this trick in MS Word with which they spread panic among the Americans to increase their call volumes. They tell the Americans that there is a virus in the computer and they need to spread the word around and keep calling at the Call Centre. According to Vroom (in the book) all you have to do is open a word file and type =rand (200,99) and press enter. As soon as that is done, you have hundred pages of text, which reads like this... The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog... Director Atul Agnihotri has taken a few cinematic liberties, which is acceptable, but overall he falls short of rekindling the same sort of emotion that one goes through while reading the book. To come back to the story, it's about one night in a Call Centre and what happens to the six friends who work there. There's Shyam (Sharman Joshi), Priyanka (Gul Panag), Vroom (Sohail Khan), Esha (Isha Koppikar), Radhika (Amrita Arora) and Milatary Uncle (Sharat Saxena). Then there's the big bad boss Bakshi (Dalip Tahil). There's also Salman Khan to whom the story is being told to by Katrina Kaif. All six actors do justice to their characters but it is only Gul who actually speaks in an Americanised accent that a Call Centre employee is supposed to speak in. Katrina Kaif looks tired, sleepy and bored. Salman in the first part looks every bit the rock star he is portrayed. I would say a decent attempt but could have been better considering the director had at his disposal a very good story and the services of the author himself.

Cast:

Arbaaz Khan, Isha Koppikar, Sharat Saxena, Gul Panag, Suresh Menon,Dilip Tahil, Sharman Joshi, Amrita Arora, Salman Khan, Sohail Khan, Katrina Kaif

Cinematographer: Sanjay F. Gupta

Publicity Designer: Himanshu Nanda, Rahul Nanda

Story Writer: Chetan Bhagat

Costume Designer: Ashley Rebello

Sound Designer: Jitendra Chaudhari

Production Designer: Muneesh Sappel

Banner: Reel Life Productions

Music Director: Sajid-Wajid

Playback Singer: Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan , Daler Mehndi, Zubeen Garg, Sadhana Sargam, Wajid , Suzie. Q, Ishq Bector, Herchelle , Merlin , Tim , Shafqat Amanat Ali, Sonu Nigam

Lyricist: Jalees Sherwani

Music Company: Tips Music

Producer-Director: Atul Agnihotri