Dangal: Movie Review

Dangal: Movie Review

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“Re humaari choriya choro se kamm hai ke?”– Mahavir Singh Phogat

An inspiring film with perfection at every aspect in its making be it acting, direction or cinematography. This is a biopic based on the journey of Mahavir Singh Phogat who taught wrestling to his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari. The former is India's first female wrestler to win at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won the gold medal (55 kg). Later her sister Babita Kumari won the silver (51 kg).

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However the story might seem simple, but the journey wasn’t and this is beautifully portrayed on the screen by Nitesh Tiwari (Director). The film starts off with the dream of a father (who was a former national wrestling champion) of having a son as he wanted him to win an international gold medal in wrestling for India. The sad part is Mahavir ended up having four kids and all four were daughters and with the fourth daughter he had lost all his hopes of winning a gold medal.

One fine day when a neighbor came to their house complaining about how brutally Mahavir’s daughters had thrashed their sons, made him realize that the importance of a gold medal remains the same whether it is won by a son or a daughter and all his life he was worried about producing a son and then winning a gold medal for India. This realization of Mahavir changed the life of Geeta and Babita completely.

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The transition of two weak and playful daughters to strong and international champions was a difficult one.

Right from the early morning exercise then from being teased in school to sacrificing their most loved spicy food to only eating vegetables and chicken is shown very smartly by the director and is portrayed beautifully by the cinematographer. Talking about the background score, it fits well and the music composer Pritam has tried to keep the songs desi and strong.

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The hardships faced by Mahavir to make his daughters good wrestlers can be deeply felt and can leave you moved while watching the film, thanks to Aamir Khan’s acting skills. Sakshi Tanwar as mother has done a very good job and deserves appraisal. Fatima Sana Sheik, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim and Suhani Bhatnagar as daughters have done fairly well and have done justice to their respected roles.

Go and watch Dangal for its amazing story and exceptionally well executed acting skills. This story is a perfect film to end the year inspired and joyfully.

Ratings:

Direction: 4/5

Screenplay: 4/5

Cinematography: 4/5

Songs: 4/5

Acting: 4.5/5

Story: 2.5/5

Overall A.T.M Review Rating: 4.5/5

Directed by	Nitesh Tiwari
Produced by	Aamir Khan Kiran Rao Siddharth Roy Kaptur
Written by	Nitesh Tiwari Piyush Gupta Shreyas Jain Nikhil Meharotra
Based on	Mahavir Singh Phogat
Starring	Aamir Khan Sakshi Tanwar Fatima Sana Shaikh Sanya Malhotra Zaira Wasim Suhani Bhatnagar
Music by	Pritam
Cinematography	Sethu Sriram
Edited by	Ballu Saluja
Production company	Walt Disney Pictures Aamir Khan Productions UTV Motion Pictures
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates	·         December 23, 2016 (India) ·         December 22, 2016 (United Kingdom)
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹70 crore

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil: Movie Review

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“Ek Tarfah Pyaar Ki Taaqat Hi Kuch Aur Hoti Hai… Auro Ki Tarah Ye Do Logo Me Nahi Battha… Sirf Mera Haqq Hai Ispe.”- ADHM

Happy Diwali to all!!

Sad to say that this Diwali film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ fails to impress the audience. It’s more of an ok ok film that we generally say. The most awaited film miserably falls apart in its plot and the way it's made, only some scenes are heart touching while others are purely over dramatic and cheesy.

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In the initial hour of the film the story doesn’t move an inch, nothing happens, it’s just two people enjoying their accidental friendship. The history of a boy falling for the girl who doesn’t know about it, is repeated. Although, I agree that this topic is still powerful and still has the potential to win the audience’s hearts and emotions but in this case the topic is filmed in the same way like other Karan Johar films are made (Clichéd), but on the other hand there is still a way huge audience for typical Karan Johar fims- sorry to say but this film will disappoint you.

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Whenever the protagonist falls for a girl either she loves someone else or she loves him too but she is ready to sacrifice her love because she knows he loves someone else! – I mean what a crap…!

What really is liked by the audience is the beautiful screenplay, Cinematography and the songs. I guess people into the film editing field will easily understand the power of colour grading in the film.

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One will feel cheated when he/she will encounter the climax of the film and will surely feel that this film could be a blockbuster only if the writer of the film didn’t take the audience for granted. I would suggest the readers to go and watch this film just to know how a film with some potential can directly go into a trash bin during those 157 minutes.

The songs of the film have to be appreciated as it had soul in it and easily gelled with the audience’s emotions.

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Acting of course is another factor which has to be appreciated. Ranbir Kaboor was excellent during the emotional scenes and Anushka was great while emoting her dilemma in the film.

Go and watch the film to experience the pain of one sided love through the acting of Ranbir…. Oh…never mind about the film.

Ratings:

Direction: 2/5

Screenplay: 3/5

Cinematography: 4/5

Songs: 3.5/5

Story: 2.5/5

Overall A.T.M Review Rating: 2.75/5

Directed by	Karan Johar
Produced by	Apoorva Mehta Hiroo Yash Johar Karan Johar
Written by	Karan Johar
Starring	Ranbir Kapoor Anushka Sharma Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Music by	Pritam
Cinematography	Anil Mehta
Production company	Dharma Productions
Distributed by	Fox Star Studios
Release dates	·         28 October 2016
Running time	157 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹70 crore(US$10 million)

M.S. DHONI: Movie Review

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"Absolutely magnificent... Dhoni,finishes off in-style... a magnificent strike into the crowd! India lifts the world cup after 28 years, the party started in the dressing room and it's an Indian captain who's been absolutely magnificent at the night of the final."- Commentator, 2011 Cricket World Cup.

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Shushant Singh Rajput shines well throughout the film and his hard work studying Dhoni’s skills can be clearly seen. Being a 3hour 10minute film, earlier it was felt that the film might drag the story a bit but by surprise the film doesn’t. The eagerness to know the story of a living legend and the ability of the director to make the film in such a way that gives Goosebumps to the viewers are the major plus points of the film.

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M.S. Dhoni- An Untold Story, is an ode to friendship, struggles, responsibility, compromise and facing life regardless of the unexpected turns and twists.

The editing team of the film has also done a great job as it tried to make the film as real as possible. For example morphing Sushant into the actual video of the match with Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Sngh.

The romantic scenes in the film could be improved as love also played a major role in Dhoni’s life. But this drawback gets faded when the other great aspects of the film amazes the audience.

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As a reviewer I actually don’t want to reveal anything about the way the story of the film is compiled up, because it will spoil the viewing experience of the reader.

A must watch for everyone as this is one of those films which leaves an impact on everyone’s lives. Go and watch this film for this inspiring story, mind blowing Sushant’s resemblance to Dhoni and a 190 minute journey of back to back Goosebumps.

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Ratings:

Acting: 4/5

Cinematography: 3.5/5

Direction: 4/5

Songs: 3.5/5

Story: 4.5/5

A.T.M Overall Rating: 4.5/5

Directed by	Neeraj Pandey
Produced by	Arun Pandey Fox Star Studios
Written by	Neeraj Pandey (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	Neeraj Pandey Dilip Jha
Story by	Neeraj Pandey Dilip Jha
Based on	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Starring	·         Sushant Singh Rajput ·         Anupam Kher ·         Bhumika Chawla ·         Kiara Advani ·         Disha Patani
Music by	Songs: Amaal Mallik Rochak Kohli Score: Sanjoy Chowdhury
Cinematography	Santosh Thundiyil
Edited by	Shree Narayan Singh
Production company	Fox Star Studios Inspired Entertainment Friday FilmWorks
Distributed by	Fox star studios
Release dates	·         30 September 2016
Running time	190 minutes
Country	India

Baar Baar Dekho: Movie Review

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There are a lot moments in the film to be celebrated about. The realization of the importance of the present shown in a different way in the film makes ‘Baar Baar Dekho’ a special weekend entertainer.

To enjoy the film firstly scientific logics have to be kept aside, because if the film is watched from a scientific viewpoint this film is irrelevant. But! Simply understanding the little but cute also the big but relate-able moments in  the film makes you come out from the movie theater as a person who realizes the importance of present and the peace of mind while enjoying the small moments of life.

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A relationship right from the childhood of Jai (Siddharth Malhotra) and Diya (Katrina Kaif) that later in their adulthood turned into a near situation of marriage, was quite not acceptable for Jai. As Jai being a genius in mathematics wanted a successful career than just being stuck between Diya and her Father.

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What next the story unveils is Jai experiencing the good and worst highlights of his life- basically he wakes up in his future every time he sleeps. This confused and scary journey to Jai was a way of realizing the importance of his present and the time he had wasted in just working on his so called to-be-successful career.

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Unveiling those incidents would be literally lame as a reviewer, because those moments can only be enjoyed in a theatre than just reading it on a blog.

But to be truthful enough much of acting cannot be seen in the film just the way the film is made will entertain you, thanks to Nitya Mehra (Director). The supporting actors had not much to contribute but at the same time played some major roles in the protagonist’s life. Depiction of the futuristic world having the much developed gadgets are very similar to the present day imaginations of the future, so nothing new in that part of the film.

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If the songs except ‘teri khair mangdi’ and ‘kala chashma’ were well made then this film could be the perfect Bollywood entertainer. However, if these minor flaws are kept aside then this film is really well made and has a good message.

Go and watch ‘Baar Baar Dekho’ for its entertaining element and its good message.

Ratings:

Acting: 2/5

Direction: 4/5

Songs: 3/5

Cinematography: 3/5

A.T.M Overall Rating: 3.75/5

Directed by	Nitya Mehra
Produced by	Karan Johar Ritesh Sidhwani Farhan Akhtar
Written by	Anvita Dutt (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Nitya Mehra, Anuvab Pal, Sri Rao
Story by	Sri Rao
Starring	Katrina Kaif Sidharth Malhotra
Music by	Amaal Mallik Arko Badshah Jasleen Royal Bilal Saeed
Cinematography	Ravi K. Chandran
Edited by	Amitabh Shukla
Production company	Dharma Productions Excel Entertainment
Distributed by	Eros International
Release dates	·         9 September 2016

A Flying Jatt: Movie Review

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“A film made with good intentions but proved to be an anti-pollution lecture towards the end.”- A.T.M reviews,

A jatt who gets some superpowers through a tree and a villain who gets some superpowers through the same tree and their fight is what all about in this movie, and of course some not so great lectures on pollution at regular intervals towards the end.

The story revolves around a school martial art teacher (Tiger Shroff), a good for nothing guy who loves his mom and falls in love with a girl who basically enters the story from nowhere. Most of the first half of the film focuses on Amaan’s (Tiger) comedy, his family history and the love story between Amaan and Kriti (Jacqueline Fernandez).

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A big business man Malhotra (Kay Kay Menon) who wants a bridge to be constructed on a river starting from a village to his factory, to reduce his cost of transportation. But what hinders this plan is a 200 year old sacred tree that is just on the point where the bridge has to be constructed.

Towards  the interval, a huge sized villain Raaka (Nathan Jones) is introduced. The villain is backed by Kay Kay Menon. When Raaka is hired to cut the tree at night Amaan coincidently comes across him and next a much expected fight scene while it is heavily raining is showed. Eventually, by god’s powers when both get in physical contact with the sacred tree, both attain super powers.

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This is what leads to the opening of the actual story.

The major drawback of the film is that, by this moment the audience looses their interest from the film and even starts moving out of the theatre, this is an assured response of the audience from most of the theatres.

Like every movie Tiger Shroff, in this movie too is shown somewhere connected to martial arts but what impresses more are some specific scenes in the song ‘Toota Jo Kabhi Taara’ and Shraddha  Kapoor’s voice in the same song. But it’s advised not to expect anything more than this in the movie.

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Being a Remo D’souza film, it was expected that the film would have some great dance moves but this film disappointed the viewers on that section too. Talking about special effects, the film fails miserably, visual effects of some scenes will probably haunt you at night.

Go and watch ‘A Flying Jatt’ for a good chapter on Pollution and nothing else.

A.T.M review Rating:  1.5/5

Directed by	Remo D'Souza
Produced by	·         Ekta Kapoor ·         Shobha Kapoor
Written by	Aakash Kaushik Madhur Sharma (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	Tushar Hiranandani Remo D'Souza Additional screenplay: Aakash Kaushik Madhur Sharma
Story by	Remo D'Souza
Based on	Images
Starring	·         Tiger Shroff ·         Nathan Jones ·         Jacqueline Fernandez
Music by	Sachin-Jigar
Cinematography	Vijay Kumar Arora
Edited by	Nitin FCP
Production company	Balaji Motion Pictures
Distributed by	ALT Entertainment
Release dates	·         25 August 2016
Country	India
Language	(Hindi) (Tamil) (Telegu)