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Tuesday 20 January 2015

Ammakkoru Tharattu Malayalam Movie Review

The morality fable that Sreekumaran Thampi pens for his latest directorial outing 'Ammaykkoru Thaaraattu' is one that is way out of age and place. While it is acknowledged that there are tales that withstand the tests of time, 'Ammaykkoru Thaaraattu' is no such film that electrifies with its visceral story telling techniques.

On the contrary, the primitive narrative that is adopted in the film is one that is sheer embarrassing, and one wonders if there aren't any original ideas left in Mollywood. Try hard as you may, but it would remain a fact that 'Ammaykkoru Thaaraattu' is a messy redoing of a yarn that had long lost its shine and glimmer.

Joseph Pushpavanam (Madhu) is a man of literature who has over the years earned a stature for himself in the world of letters. A bachelor by choice, Joseph lives in memories of a failed love story, while Sulakshana (Sharada), once a school teacher, finds it difficult to be a burden on her sons and daughter in laws, who would very gladly wash their hands off her. Sudarshanan (Suraj Venjarammoodu), a casual labourer who makes both ends meet by doing an odd job or the other comes across his school teacher in a chance encounter and witnessing her distress, takes her under his wings.

'Ammaykkoru Thaaraattu' has a few statements to make, and quickly gets going without much delay. It laments on the wretched plight of parents these days and comments on the need to uphold the values that the fresh generations have been fast losing out on.

With a frown, it focuses on the youngsters of the day and subjects them to severe scrutiny. Sulakshana walks into her grand daughter's room and sees the young girl video chatting with a barely dressed male friend on Skype. In another scene, her grandson locks himself up in a room with a friend to watch porn.

The film thus makes highly generalized, sweeping statements on a generation that has lost its way, and exhorts them to get their cards right before it's too late. Romance too has apparently changed over the years, feels Joseph. He harbours no ill feelings towards the object of his love, who did not have the courage to marry him.

Sreekumaran Thampi does however impress with the musical score of the film, and 'Ammaykkoru Thaaraattu' does have a few imminently hummable numbers. Other technical aspects of the film are adequately in sync with the tone of the film.
It's refreshing to see Madhu and Sharada pair up on screen after a long while, though 'Ammaykkoru Thaaraattu' offers neither of them the opportunity to explore fresh vistas of their acting potentials. There are also actors like Saikumar, Mamukkoya and Indrans in key roles, while Suraj Venjarammoodu comes up with an invigorating performance.

Set in a sitcom mode, 'Ammaykkoru Thaaraattu' is a film that does not spring to life at all. None of its cardboard characters reach out to the viewer, and the swamp of moral muddiness in which they lose themselves draws in the viewer down along with them

Sunday 18 January 2015

Shamitabh 2015 Hindi movie Review

Release Date 06/02/2015

Director :: R Balki
Producer:: Sunil Lulla R. Balki Rakesh Jhunjhunwala R. K. Damani Amitabh Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan Sunil Manchanda Dhanush
Cast:: Dhanush , Amitabh Bachchan, Akshara Haasan
Music Director:: Ilaiyaraja

Shamitabh is an upcoming Hindi film directed by R. Balki, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush and Akshara Haasan, in her debut, in the lead

Anegan (U) 2015 Tamil movie Review

EXPECTED RELEASE DATE: Feb 13 | 2015

Director :: K.v Anand
Producer:: Kalpathi S Agoram
Cast:: Dhanush , Amyra Dastur, Karthik Muthuraman, Ashish Vidyarthi, Jagan
Music Director:: Harris Jayaraj

More Review Coming soon

Yennai Arindhaal 2015 Tamil Movie Review

EXPECTED RELEASE DATE: Jan 29 | 2015

Director :: Gautham Menon
Producer:: A M Rathnam
Cast:: Ajith Kumar, Anushka Shetty, Arun Vijay, Vivek , Trisha Krishnan, Daniel Balaji
Music Director:: Harris Jayaraj

More review coming soon

Friday 16 January 2015

Alone 2015 Hindi Movie Review

Times of badly ripping off, blatantly ripping off or even being inspired by international films are way past behind. The latest is officially taking the rights, remaking the film no matter how bad the remake may turn out to be, at least we do it with a head held high right?

Similar seems to be the case of Bhushan Patel's Bipasha Basu, Karan Singh Grover starrer Alone. An official remake of the Thai film by the same name, Alone promises sex and spook but sadly for the audience expecting either, the movie falls flat.

For the ones who haven't seen the much celebrated Thai horror film, Alone is about conjoined twins Sanjana and Anjana, both played by Bipasha Basu. The two not just physically but also emotionally bound to each other and vow to remain together till forever. But their sisterhood gets shaken and broken the moment the hottie Kabir (Karan Singh Grover) walks into their lives and both fall head over heels in love with him. Natural as it may seem, Kabir falls for only one of the two leading to the other turning into a evil queen. The two decide to get operated and one of the sisters loses her life in the process while the one alive goes on with her live like nothing happened. Until, the twin rises from the dead only to haunt and take back what's hers.

It would be wrong to put down Bhushan Patel's efforts outright. The maker who has Ragini MMS to his credit definitely knows the horror space a little better. However, it's the script and the constricted space the story gets to evolve that mires the film completely. If not for anything, Alone is a highly predictable fare literally to an extent that you can to know what the big twist is much before it actually happens. Moreover, except for a few moments that catch you off-guard and manage to startle you, the spook fest largely uses the staple means of scaring which have been done to death in Hindi horror films.

The current Horror Queen Bipasha Basu surely knows her spooky business and does a decent job when it comes to acting. Needless to say, she looks sexy as hell too. But it's Karan Singh Grover, the latest import from small screen who also matches footsteps with Bipasha in the film. The hunk definitely knows how to look his best and takes no time to drop off his shirt every now and then. However, it's the performance where he takes the hit, not that he gets way too much to do in the film consisting of two Bipasha Basu-s.

To sum it up, with a successful story at hand, Alone could've been a real scare-fest had the makers invested in the script and screenplay writers. With the product that it is, the only draw for the audience is Bipasha-Karan's sizzling chemistry and the music which has already captivated the music lovers.

I (Ai) 2015 telugu movie Review

'I' is a story in non linear narration and is difficult to write. To keep it simple, A physically deformed man with a hunch, Lingesh (Vikram) kidnaps a popular model Diya (Amy Jackson) from her wedding. From then the non-linear narration begins with the flashback and the present. The Flash back is about Lingesh (Vikram) a bodybuilder aspiring to win Mr.India title. He admires Diya and falls for her instantly when he meets her during an ad shoot. He wins Mr. Andhra title and then Diya asks him to shoot an (I) doubt ad with him. The ad receives huge response and company owner plans to shoot every big ad with him. In the meantime, Diya gets engaged to Lingesh. But all of a sudden this hunch back and the kidnap happens. What is the reason? forms the rest of the story.

Vikram plays three different roles as a bodybuilder, hunched man and a werewolf. He puts in all the hardwork in the World for the film and it is seen in the every frame. Particularly the Lingesh Character is awesome with a very natural look using heaps of makeup and prosthetic. Amy Jackson is oozing glamour in every frame. However the disappointing thing is the zero chemistry between the lead pair. Upen Patel is impressive as a wicked model.Suresh Gopi is good as the doctor. Ram Kumar Ganeshan and Ojas M. Rajani are adequate in their small roles. Santhanam comedy fails to work.

It may be the first time Shankar himself let down a film. The movie script seem to be very weak and does not have the emotional connect usually the backbone in Shankar's films. Vikram's hard work is complimented by every one, Cinematograher PC Sriram, AR Rahman's music and Muthuraj's Art work but all of them were squandered by Shankar.

The movie is painfully long (over 3 hours) with several irritating scenes like gay romance. The only reason if some one sits through out for the film is the expectation on Shankar. Production Values of Aascar Ravinchandran are top notch.

Finally you may watch the film for the technical brilliance, hard work of Vikram and some breath taking locales, if you are expecting a Shankar kind of magic, get ready to get disappointed.

Gopala Gopala 2015 Telugu Movie Review

Gopala Rao (Venkatesh) is an atheist but runs a Pooja Samagri Store. He cash the sentiments of people for his benefit. One day, an earthquake destroys his shop and brings him on to roads. He approaches the insurance company for compensation but gets refused as it is an 'Act of God'. Disturbed Gopala Rao finally drags God and few Babas to court for the 'Act of God'. But God (Pawan Kalyan) himself descends to Earth to help Gopala Rao. What happens next is the rest of the story.

Pawan Kalyan is the show stealer of the film. The transformation from the Mass Masala roles he played recently to the character of God is simply awesome. He enters the film just before the interval and carries the entire second half on his shoulders. Venkatesh is an apt fit for the role of an Upper Middle Class Businessman. He is impressive in emotional scenes and is very effective in courtroom scenes. The scenes between both of them have come up very well. Shriya gets a very limited role while Mithun Chakraborty's role is a copy paste from the original. Posani is hilarious in Swamiji's role.

Director Dolly struck to the Original with out many deviations. The film is partly engaging but gets boring in many places. The first half of the film is strictly average with the all important God entrance poorly shot with worst CG work. The second half of the film is decent with Pawan Kalyan luring audience with his Charishma. Dialogues for Pawan Kalyan are written very well. Production Values of Suresh Productions are dismal and Anoop Rubens' Back Ground Score can be a lot better.

Gopala Gopala is not the regular commercial pot boiler which goes instantly well with our audience. But the movie can be watched for the beautiful compatibility between Venkatesh and Pawan Kalyan. And also the message it carries. The range of the film will be decided on how the masses receive it.