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)

Rustom: Movie Review

Rustom: Movie Review

‘3 Shots that shocked the nation’- RUSTOM,

A crime-mystery film directed by Tinu Suresh Desai and written by Vipul K Raval is based on the real life incident of Indian Naval Officer K.M Nanavati.

The story revolves around an innocent officer, Rustom Pavri(Akshay Kumar) who finds out his wife’s affair with his friend, and even goes to the extent of killing him. Public support, sympathy, love, revenge, corruption is what makes the film RUSTOM a heartwarming experience for those 151 minutes.    

  

K.M. Nanavati’s case (Filmed as RUSTOM) was the last jury trial case in India, maybe because later it was felt by the authorities that a murderer was declared innocent by the jury out of sympathy and media influence, which makes the film more interesting to watch. The flow was appreciated by the viewers, for right from the first scene to the last the unpredictability was well maintained by the film-makers, thanks to Tinu Suresh Desai.

However, Ileana was able to express more from her face than Akshay in the film, a good film for Ileana but a just another patriotic film for Akshay, maybe because this is his 4^th or 5^th film that is fundamentally based on a guy’s passion towards his own country.

Basically this is a no-masala film so those looking for a masala weekend entertainer, RUSTOM will not be the cup of tea for them. It’s a story with good content, direction and acting. 

The story somewhere in the middle tries to tell the audience that Rustom had a secret motive behind killing  his wife’s lover and he just used his wife just as a medium to kill that guy. But later this little not so useful spark is dropped and the film finally reaches its end that is probably known to most of the audience.

If you like films with investigation and lots of background story revolving around it, go and watch RUSTOM and celebrate your Independence Day with your friends and family.

A.T.M Reviews Rating:  4/5

Directed by	Tinu Suresh Desai
Produced by	Chakra Aruna Bhatia Nittin Keni Akash Chawla Virender Arora Ishwar Kapoor Shital Bhatia
Written by	Vipul K. Rawal
Based on	K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra
Starring	Akshay Kumar Ileana D'Cruz Arjan Bajwa Esha Gupta
Music by	Ankit Tiwari Jeet Ganguly Raghav Sachar Arko Pravo Mukherjee
Cinematography	Santosh Thundiyil
Production company	Zee Studio KriArj Entertainment Cape Of Good Films Plan C Studios
Distributed by	Zee Studios
Release dates	·         12 August 2016

Suicide Squad: Movie Review

Suicide Squad: Movie Review

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After Superman's death, the central intelligence was worried for a common question was revolving in the minds of all, that– what if the next superman killed the U.S. President and got against the human race, thus, operator Amanda Waller assembled a team of dangerous criminals—the deranged Harley Quinn; elite hit man Deadshot, pyrokinetic ex-gangster El Diablo; opportunistic thief Captain Boomerang; monstrous cannibal Killer Croc; and specialized mercenary Slipknot, so that they could all fight against a  witch-goddess known as "Enchantress".

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Each member of this squad has a small bomb implanted in their neck, designed to detonate if any member tried to rebel or escape. Thus named it “The Suicide Squad”.

Apart from this simple plot what is interesting is the cinematography of this film, every character has been given a certain importance and the way the story moves forward keeps the audiences binded together.  

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Being one of the to-the-point movies, this film has got mixed responses, but if you are a true ‘super hero’ fan then it is assured that you will be in love with this ‘super villain’ film.

The part that disappoints the viewers will be the less screen time given to the Joker for the audience expected Joker to play a major role in the film.

The direction of the film flaws when it reaches towards the end, for it becomes a much predictable end. Also the film awkwardly shocks the audience when it kills the Joker, but at the end brings him back from death without a proper conclusion (Maybe for a next part).

Besides its awesomeness this film has nothing much to offer as practically the story does not build up. 

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The madness, the passion, the willingness everything that resembles to these words are found in this film. So nothing much can be wrote about this film for it will completely ruin the experience of watching it in the theaters. 

A cool film with no much cinematic liberties taken makes it a perfect weekend entertainer. Go and watch SUICIDE SQUAD for its awesomeness and for its strong star cast.

A.T.M reviews: 3.5/5

Directed by	David Ayer
Produced by	·         Charles Roven ·         Richard Suckle
Written by	David Ayer
Based on	Characters from DC Comics
Starring	·         Will Smith ·         Jared Leto ·         Margot Robbie ·         Joel Kinnaman ·         Viola Davis ·         Jai Courtney ·         Jay Hernandez ·         Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ·         Ike Barinholtz ·         Scott Eastwood ·         Cara Delevingne
Music by	Steven Price
Cinematography	Roman Vasyanov
Edited by	John Gilroy
Production company	·         DC Entertainment ·         RatPac-Dune Entertainment ·         Atlas Entertainment
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	·         August 5, 2016
Running time	123 minutes