tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27932154835295165272024-03-16T12:09:09.493+11:00Words from A LotusJust a few thoughts and emotions..Githa Vananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427421851402161966noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793215483529516527.post-59413141310422723552016-09-08T22:58:00.002+10:002016-09-08T22:58:49.624+10:00Akira (Hindi) Movie Review<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSQtleq31ZyYsNdtWtbfjds3HsWjtml-eku7552Ziinxfdhfx8Ja-HAwKbr9FSIf4FoRYUEqUSJ_olLZ1_WoNspj1SisnxtdMwVDMuMbzI1Mu-liNYgT2bZuhgtpVfnM1IOdj1AzBZxym/s1600/akira-posters-new-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSQtleq31ZyYsNdtWtbfjds3HsWjtml-eku7552Ziinxfdhfx8Ja-HAwKbr9FSIf4FoRYUEqUSJ_olLZ1_WoNspj1SisnxtdMwVDMuMbzI1Mu-liNYgT2bZuhgtpVfnM1IOdj1AzBZxym/s320/akira-posters-new-2.jpg" width="165" /></a><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">How do you begin a review of a film like Akira? It’s a remake of a Tamil film in the hands of A.R.Murugadoss. Yes. It has Sonakshi Sinha in her first ever full blown action role. Yes. Vishal and Shekhar set the tunes for the first time with ARM. Yes. So what makes Akira different? Well, it’s yet another sample the Bollywood audience is opening up to new films and directors are sitting up and taking note. Santha Kumar’s original script was written with a male lead, a romance angle and a complex screenplay that blew you away. Akira stands out despite being a remake because of the masterstroke in ARM’s additional screenplay and judgement call on changing the gender of its lead actor. It is still very much a commercial film but where it takes away the extra masala you would see in most films, you are given a new facet to reflect today’s women and society itself. <br /><br /> Akira is the story of a simple girl, trying to adjust to her new life in Mumbai until she goes through some pretty extraordinary circumstances. Starting in Jodhpur, Akira is the witness of very cruel, very real crime. However, when she faces the backlash of testifying, her father takes her to self-defense classes and teaches her to be strong. The strength she builds is not only physical but emotional as well. But you don’t get to thrash an influential individual scumbag son without repercussions. It is only after being released from the remand home that her true litmus test comes. And that too in Mumbai city. <br /><br />Enter ACP Govind Rane (Anurag Kashyap) and gang of corrupt cops. What started out as a simple act of greed in an opportunistic situation, turns into a whirlwind of lies, cover ups and murder, with Akira falling smack-bang in the middle. But Akira is not giving up. How she fights for the truth and to get her life back forms the story. <br /><br />The film proves that as a story, you can remodel a film to suit a different audience and yet stand ground on its own film. The story of the wrongfully accused isn’t new but the temperament is a great mix of fantasy and reality. It is sad to say that the judgement people make regarding individuals with mental health issues is far from compassionate. Add in the police brutality that overshadows so many hard working men and women, and you see a slice of life. Then comes the conveniently placed fantasy. A highly sedated Akira thrashing the bejeezus out of security guards? A well-known in the media case closed for the purpose of avoiding a goonda’s wrath? A little curve ball-ish but when the audience is clapping for Sonakshi to stand up again, you know the cinematic liberties are doing a decent job at entertaining at least. <br /><br />ARM’s choice to change the lead is one that has to be applauded since today’s women are strong, both physically and emotionally. The scene where Sonakshi hides for fear of thrashing her college bully’s gang is a stroke of genius. After all, why would a “girl” fight back? Even if it’s a girl that’s bullying her. R.D. Rajasekhar’s cinematography is real in Mumbai and brings out the mood naturally. A. Sreekar Prasad has done a decent job with editing, especially since there is no song and dance routine and most songs playing over story time. Vishal-Shekhar have taken steps away from their ‘Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai’ tunes and it works well for what it’s worth. <br /><br />Now comes my favourite part. The lady of the minute, Sonakshi Sinha. Wow. There has been many mentions the actress was being whimsical with her choices and playing the damsel too often. But her performance in Akira is just marvelous. There seem to be a little struggle as a fighter (Action by Anl Arasu) initially, but she picks up the pace quickly. From playing on the femininity and being sensible to engulfing her foes in rage, she is AKIRA!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Even her younger version Mishilekka Arora is strong in short screen time. I have pretty much only one word for Anurag Kashyap. Sensational! Why have we not seen him on screen before, we will never know. But for the love of all things cinema, I hope we see him more often. The actors playing the corrupt cops are adequate support but Anurag just takes over with his oh-so-enjoyable creepy cop. <br /><br />Konkona Sen Sharma plays Rabiya CP Crime Branch to the tee. She is silently confident but is shrewd. The concept that the police are always way behind the criminals is broken with her investigation. The cat-and-mouse game to finding the truth is depicted in true ARM style as he keeps close to the original but makes enough changes to keep the audience engaged. Amit Sadh doesn’t really have much of a role as the friend/love interest. It’s only at the end credits you see they are together. Ankita Karan Patel underplays but also has little to do, even though she plays a catalyst. Raai Laxmi is apt as Maya. The rest fall into place. <br /><br />So without doing too much chest pounding and with a perfect choice in lead, Akira is not without flaws but still leaves you engaged, enraged and entertained. </span></span></div>
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Githa Vananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427421851402161966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793215483529516527.post-62065400603829025592015-10-17T14:57:00.001+11:002015-10-17T14:57:16.075+11:00Jazbaa Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_75l9Cz5zhD-nRyqEinB_1weQjRZqwC6Bxu0j7tm2G09R7ETA4WtoxH0OPRxtKxOGWtrM_YMb8ZkM7mIIyoxCx3sxgjdfHvt-5i14jQFyd1Rzs3Efm_0IgxGDx3Mln8_IQa9-nMfaFR3/s1600/irrfankhan-jazbaa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It would be interesting to find out why a particular title is given to a film. Jazbaa can be translated to mean ‘emotions’ and on paper the story behind Jazbaa is to do with emotions. The protagonist’s relationship with her friend, her daughter and the kidnapper bring out emotions that drive the story. However, it also drives our emotions from bored to depressing to fed-up. <br /> <br />Aishwarya Rai Bachchan plays successful female criminal lawyer Anuradha Verma. Life is perfect as she has just won her latest case by using her intelligence and a little bit of bribery. Even though she is a single mother, she is without guilt of repercussions due to her ambitions. That is until her daughter gets kidnapped right before her eyes. The kidnapper wants to utilise her ambition and fame to release a known rapist and murderer, Miyaaz Sheikh.<br /><br />On the other side of town, Irrfan Khan plays corrupt and ‘under investigation’ police officer Yohan. While we are told he is highly decorated, this does not rely on the number of medals he has received. The bribery allegations against him give him a dark façade but his friendship with Anuradha (which is a strong relationship of many years) depict him the good guy, stepping up when he is needed. <br /><br />What is supposed to ensue is a cat-and-mouse game where the successful lawyer becomes a pawn as she thwarts all attempts to hang Miyaaz Sheikh in exchange for the release of her daughter. Yohan provides the veneer of hired muscle to supplement Anuradha’s crafty investigative technique even though he was the investigating officer in the original case. Do they find the evidence that they need? Does he really get set free? These questions are supposed to be answered over the 2 hrs of the film but for any crime-loving, suspense-thriller fanatic the story and its twists are obvious from the 35th minute of the film where Sanaya (played by Sara Arjun) gets kidnapped. The only peak of interest you will gain after this point is when the case details against Miyaaz Sheikh unfold. After this once again we are subjected to melodramatic performances and uninspired writing.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_75l9Cz5zhD-nRyqEinB_1weQjRZqwC6Bxu0j7tm2G09R7ETA4WtoxH0OPRxtKxOGWtrM_YMb8ZkM7mIIyoxCx3sxgjdfHvt-5i14jQFyd1Rzs3Efm_0IgxGDx3Mln8_IQa9-nMfaFR3/s1600/irrfankhan-jazbaa.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_75l9Cz5zhD-nRyqEinB_1weQjRZqwC6Bxu0j7tm2G09R7ETA4WtoxH0OPRxtKxOGWtrM_YMb8ZkM7mIIyoxCx3sxgjdfHvt-5i14jQFyd1Rzs3Efm_0IgxGDx3Mln8_IQa9-nMfaFR3/s320/irrfankhan-jazbaa.jpg" width="229" /></a>The disappointments don’t stop there. Background score by Aman Mohile may have been on point but music by Sachin-Jigar, Abhishek-Ramya and Arko leave a lot to be desired. Aaj Raat ka Scene is most likely to be used in the club scene a little longer. The song was perhaps intended to be a relief in the nail biting screenplay. It truly is a relief to the boredom of that screenplay. On top of this the logic has taken not even a back seat but has been left behind altogether. One would assume that since the investigating officer is under corruption charges, a top notch lawyer would be able to use this to get her client off quite easily. Yet we go through episodes of investigation to give the premise that the killer is actually innocent. <br /><br />Aishwarya Rai Bachchan hams her way through the court scenes where she is half decent. Irrfan Khan needs no introduction but sometimes the weak writing even makes him look bland. Shabana Azmi who plays the mother of rape victim Sia is competent in the role but proves to be lacking in the final summation. Atul Kulkarni as public prosecutor is dignified but lacks screen space. Watch out for Jackie Shroff in what could be considered a cameo due to the length of time he is allotted. The remaining cast including Abhimanyu Singh, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Priya Banerjee and Sidhanth Kapoor give their two bits reluctantly. <br /><br />Remakes are not something new in our industry and this too is a remake of a Korean film. Yet Sanjay Gupta’s everlasting love to extenuate and exacerbate the melodrama is once again at the forefront of this movie. The end result is watching for the sake of watching but not actually connecting with anyone. Jazbaa proves to be emotionless.</span></span></div>
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Githa Vananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427421851402161966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793215483529516527.post-58142987726890468332015-10-15T00:31:00.000+11:002020-09-05T00:32:09.114+10:00Babies Breaths of Cinema That I Adore Part 2<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: verdana;">**When I began this piece, Tamil Nadu State Award, National Award and Padmasri title holder Aachi Manorama was still alive and mesmerising a new generation. It is with a heavy heart I post the second addition to this trilogy after her demise on 10th Ocotber 2015. I dedicate this post to the legend**<br />
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While I sit at my desk writing, I instantly realise this list is going to be a lot smaller than the first part. Why? Honestly, I dont know since I dont think any of these women are less in calibre. Possibly the women of the industry has different priorites. Or maybe they aren't given the chance to shine as much. Either way, these women I have adored and will continue to do so but let's get on with it.<br />
Once again we begin with a classic talent and there is no one quite like </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Manorama</span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">. You only need to look at her filmography to know she has been there and done it all, barring direction. She sings, she dances, she acts and she downright funny! Her "Gammunu Keda" line from </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Samsaaram Aval Minsaaram</span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"> is one that I often try to imitate at home but never quite the same. Guinness book record holder, she may have been born Gopishantha but she will forever been known as Aachi. <br />
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</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRl4n7C2RQl3yqyqHuUTv1xwkzAJUl-Jy9hc4bQXAgbgwd-hTTXjRfvoBoL200eq7NU4TxfeRZKxNOiH3TfhqqcZqQ78MayKiCHzzQplpDv4iDmXaQWlltLrW0-i0M4nzqxF6xfJ3Rx1mE/s1600/kovai+sarala.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRl4n7C2RQl3yqyqHuUTv1xwkzAJUl-Jy9hc4bQXAgbgwd-hTTXjRfvoBoL200eq7NU4TxfeRZKxNOiH3TfhqqcZqQ78MayKiCHzzQplpDv4iDmXaQWlltLrW0-i0M4nzqxF6xfJ3Rx1mE/w159-h160/kovai+sarala.png" width="159" /></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Kovai Sarala</span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"> has by far one of the most peculiar voices I have heard. The woman has gone from a blib on the screen to one of the few women of cinema that has withstood the test of time. While some may say she is repetitive with voice modulation, it seems to be working for her just fine. She is a character artist like no other of her generation and she tickles the funny bone. For Tamil, she has a particularly interesting combo with Vadivel and Vivek. In Telugu, the variation of her duo act with Brahmnandam never cease to get the crowd going. She's cut back on these languages quite a bit now, possibly to focus on other languages or just for a break. Either way, I wont forget this lady that easily. <br />
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</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mqsbAZ-G5ZpeKFDbnkEwBOpF3BaNZceBg3XcmoKhUlsdDiYSZP3tlSYeBklf5LxFmiX3ipeeORRWG7qRAzhHrrfF0fyD7xXJy06I92KOFSSb4TCsxJkkr3dqlHV3AgR0Yw96QtpmrdPL/s1600/surekha+vani.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mqsbAZ-G5ZpeKFDbnkEwBOpF3BaNZceBg3XcmoKhUlsdDiYSZP3tlSYeBklf5LxFmiX3ipeeORRWG7qRAzhHrrfF0fyD7xXJy06I92KOFSSb4TCsxJkkr3dqlHV3AgR0Yw96QtpmrdPL/w111-h160/surekha+vani.png" width="111" /></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Now some may disagree with me on this one but I believe </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Surekha Vani</span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"> is under used in a major way. For the films I have seen, she makes her presence felt. Whether it be comedy, negative or side Auntyji roles. I absolutely loved that romance scene in </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Kadhalil Sodhappuvathu Eppadi/Love Failure</span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"> between her and Suresh. Even before that, her role in </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Vasthadu Naa Raju,</span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"> regardless of how the film turned out, had me in hysterics! I really hope she gets more comedy roles instead of the pity-me role like that of </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Srimanthudu</span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">. She scores but becomes 1 in a million artists that can.<br />
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Pragathi</span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"> is one of those mother/character artists that is more than that. I especially love her with the fun mothers. </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Dookudu </span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">and </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Andari Banduvayya </span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">are my picks of the lot. She is also one of the few that does the dubbing for Tamil and Telugu. I especially loved her as </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Pilli Gayathri Simha</span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"> in </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Baadshah</span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">, taking the dance floor with the other Pilli ladies and mana NTR Junior. Yet she is another dime a dozen that most of the time you will see in a farely docile state. <br />
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I am majorly fangirling the new kid on the block </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Vidyulleka Raman</span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">. Yes its been 4 years since she acted in </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">NEP/YVM</span><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"> but she is just too adorable for words. Her sharpshooter level come backs on screen with whomever she talks to are on point every time. The best factor isnt even that she dominates her screenspace. I would have to put it down to the fact she has yet to caricaturise her performance. Beauty and brains.. my favourite combo!<br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As a renowned nation for mythology, kingdoms in faraway lands and fables in general, the big screen is seldom kind to the filmmakers who venture down this magical path and stand as pillars in history to rewrite that sentiment. But taking away the money bags, the bottom line shows that we love these stories. They fascinate us to no end. If they are told right… Puli is not competition to rewrite history but another venture to exploit the interest Chimbu Deven tapped into at the start of his career in 2006. How one wishes he didn’t.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You see, Puli is neither mythical nor does it have magical lure. There’s magic. In Natarajan “Natty” Subramanian’s camerawork that make you appreciate his skill of capturing a figment land of Chimbu Deven’s imagination. There is magic in T. Muthuraj’s production design. Makuta VFX listed on the crew was a selling point for me since they have been having praises flooding with each release. You appreciate their efforts and in the same breath wonder why. Why Chimbu Deven could not keep his end of the bargain up. The director who has made a career of refreshingly new stories and screenplays in the South has lost out as Chimbu Deven, the writer made a royal mess of the screenplay. The technical team and the cast could be giving the performance of their lifetime but it wouldn’t make up for the gaping holes and tacky writing. Even if you take the subject audience to be the kiddies, there is a good portion of the pre-interval that is just inappropriate for them as well. Result? Bheja Fry. And that is something that continues throughout the film. Devi Sri Prasad may need to re-jig his music mojo as the album/BGM is passable and that’s a lot less than what you can expect from the usually dependable music director. <span style="color: #93c47d;">Yendi Yendi </span>lingers long enough to score a spot on a repeat playlist. <span style="color: #93c47d;">Jingaliya and Mannavane will work for a while but are like most drum heavy tracks.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In relation to the actors,“Ilaya Thalabathy” Vijay as he is fondly known should be applauded for the choice of role but all you feel is pity. He tries to make each scene count and fails miserably. The Queen even before Puli, the Sri the Devi the Ji (Thanks to Salman Khan for coining the phrase) has always been exotic but she brings on a new kind of hypnosis and radiates elegance. Kiccha Sudeep transforms every time you see him on screen. His smouldering sinister side just doesn’t get enough meat to nibble, let alone chew. The lovely ladies Shruti Haasan and Hansika Motwani have one portion of the film and 2 songs each with Vijay. They were definitely not expected to act with gusto but beautiful they both are. Nandita Swetha has 2 scenes and 1 line so I don’t know if that counts as a cameo. Thambi Ramaiah, Sathyan, Vidyullekha Raman, Prabhu Ganesan, “Aadukalam” Naren, Vadivukkarasi and lots more are in the cast. Yet there is little for them to do.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So with reliance so heavily on its main character for both stories, the casting director has a major pair of shoes to fill for this feature film adaption. Sushant Singh Rajput tries very hard to step into Byomkesh Bakshy. It may be a deliberate change by the writers Urmi Juvekar and Dibaker Bannerjee to bring out a boyish Byomkesh Bakshy. Unfortunately, given that the original series is about an experienced mid-to-late 20s sleuth, mincing words and playing aloof isn’t a part of the character which Rajput’s version brings out. This acts as a black spot in Rajput’s otherwise outstanding performance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As newbie to the character Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay brought to life, it is a pleasant surprise to see Dibaker make a film quite different to the usual suspects at the box office. A tale of a missing person takes our simple genius on a goose chase at every turn. No one can be trusted and nothing is as it seems. Sure, there is a Watson and Moriarty to the Bengali Sherlock, but the magic comes full circle at the climax as all the pieces, and people, fall into place. While Sherlock may have more elaborate ways to tie everything in, Bakshy follows something of a different rule. The simplest idea will be the solution once all others are ruled out. What this means, is something you have to see to understand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It would be naive to think there is any singing or dancing in this film. Right from the first teaser, it was evident the naachgaana variety of songs were not a part of the film. Sneha Khanwalkar, Madboy/Mink, PCRC, IJA, BLEK, Mode AKA and Joint Family, whose Life’s a B@£%h was used in the trailer, form the independent music composers which in its self, is a change. ‘Calcutta Kiss’ may stick with you thanks to Lauren Gottlieb, but the soundtrack is definitely an acquired taste. Yet when you look at the film, with its spot on cinematography and almost OCD level set design, the usual background score would not fit in. Dibaker has infused the raw and violent reality of crime and war on screen, so an equally unearthing background is to be expected.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dhanush + Amitabh = SHAMITABH. Now its fine to think the obsession with Amitabh Bachchan’s voice has hit a new level with R. Balki making a movie revolving around it. The trailer tantalizes you with this obvious fact. But just like Dhanush’s ( i.e. Balki’s) reason behind the choice of name, there is something deeper behind the simplicity. Foundation set, now add the curiosity that is the debut of Akshara Haasan and the return of Dhanush Karthikraja after the success of Raanjhanaa. And may be some cameos of so many celebrities for good measure. Expectations high you say? Well, unfazed by all the hype, R.Balki takes us on a stroll, keeping his eyes set on his target. A film you can kick back and enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The story is this. Daanish (Dhanush) is small time boy that dreams of it big in Bollywood. He can blow your mind if you give him a chance. His ultimate problem? Not his height, his weight or his unconventional looks. It’s simply that… well you will find out when you see the movie. Enter Akshara (Haasan) who finds him on one of the sets she ADs for. Realising his talent, she aides Daanish with his dream and finding a voice. With the help of some Finnish technology, and a few trials later, they stumble upon Amitabh Sinha, a washed up grumpy drunkard who tried his hand at the big screen and failed. Now he lives in the graveyard. Together, they form Shamitabh and the stardom is instant but so is the rivalry. What continues is a contest to outwit, outsmart and outperform the other. Until…</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Balki has always been about simple things but in a different way. We’ve all seen Big B perform and have possibly thought how majestic his voice is for just over 40 years. But this film is possibly one of the few if not the only, that utilises that fascination for the baritone voice on a story level. While the beginning is a bit choppy and does take time to drive its point, you don’t leave empty handed. Once you reach the point of story twisting, the sheer delight of watching two amazing actors battle it out, is bliss. Keeping it basic in emotion, Balki shows the good, the bad and the ugly of the pair. Now yes, he literally goes back to ABCDs of life to bring them together yet does not get preachy about it. He even has a satirical stab at mediocrity lasting longer than meaningful cinema. But that’s not the point being established. You see the ideology of water needing whisky but whisky doesn’t need water is naive. Especially when you realise whisky is only 47% alcohol. The full circle concept is essentially the base for the film.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which now brings us to the cast. Amitabh Bachchan has played a drunk many times, a grumpy old man many times but as he stands opposite Dhanush, the sparks do fly. He is who he is, and the screen just loves him. Dhanush lives the role of a small town boy dreaming it big and the arrogance that takes over. Having to literally redefine the face of a voice known to many is hard enough but as he oozes the suave coolness of a superstar, not once do you see Amitabh’s famous ishtyle. Then there is Akshara, the one that keeps the egos at bay but is no ditsy sacrificial lamb. She is as funky and fiesty as her haircut. Totally natural to the point of somewhat raw but fits the role and stands her ground against the male leads.</span></div>
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Githa Vananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427421851402161966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793215483529516527.post-69570399348409064172015-02-06T18:03:00.004+11:002015-02-06T18:03:54.658+11:00Baby Review<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right from the actors to the action, Baby was never meant to have the usual tone for a CIA-in-combat-fighting-<wbr></wbr>against-terrorism storyline. It was more gritty, more swift, more dark. This isn’t about the patriot that screams his passion filled anthem at the top of his lungs. The unit of <em>Baby</em> are crazy, persistent and willing to go ahead with anything for their nation. All this even with the knowledge their government has plausible deniability up their sleeve for the rare occasion they get caught.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the helm of the team, we have our martial arts master of screen Akshay Kumar. As Ajay, a paramilitary recruited under Feroze Khan played by Danny Denzongpa and his man at the forefront for the important covert ops, Akshay delivers and gets the most exposure. His collaborations with Anupam Kher the few comical scenes in the film but he sticks to his characterisation throughout. He himself strolls his way into our giggle bone and does his magic, wig and all. Rana Daggubati gets about 3 lines to say, is built like a tank and is aptly referred to as Hulk. At the same, you don’t really get a chance to see the actor enough to think he’s dopey also. Another character with not enough footage is Taapsee Pannu. In a short role, the lovely lass packed quite a punch, literally. Hopefully we will see more of her. Off the field, we have Danny Denzongpa who is forever reliable to be suave and oh so cool. Murali Sharma gives you the giggles everytime you see him on screen and Karan Wahi doing the backend hacking/paper trail/call interception is just okay. K.K. Menon is reliable for instilling fear without the extra bad guy buffoonery and does his bit while Rasheed Naz exhibits a cunning sinister character aplomb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chalo, maaf kiya. The back up isn’t that great either. Vijay Kumar Arora’s cinematography could only make up for so much of the shortcomings of A.C.Mughil’s story. The screenplays gapping holes seemed to have missed the eyes of Prabhudheva, Shiraz Ahmed and Mughil. With misfortune at hand, you can’t really blame Bunty Nagi for his editing but you do wish he had used his scissors more on the 145minute feature. Not really worth mentioning the music since Himesh Reshammiya is hell bent on slapping his music to your ears or making you pick your own as to where you heard the original from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Normally turning off your thinking cap and going with the flow would work when you have films like <em>Action Jackson</em>. In fact it has most aspects from Prabhudheva’s previous films including a leading lady, Sonakshi. Yet, the ace choreographer and director has fallen short this time. No Action, No Jackson. Only an urge for extraction. From the theatre halls. ASAP.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The duo that brought <em>Shor In The City</em> and <em>Go Goa Gone</em> have shifted gear with their latest offering of Happy Ending, starring Saif Ali Khan, Ileana D’Cruz, Kalki Koechlin and Ranvir Shorey. But don’t worry, Raj and DK have their message clear. You can’t make a difficult film for the aam janta (common people). How that would amount to an amalgamation Richard Curtis filmography is a different question altogether. Yet its not all bad.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes we see Saif Ali Khan for the umpteenth time as a playboy charmer man-child Yudi Jaitley, profession this time a writer. And yes, we have some very beautiful women including leading ladies Ileana D’Cruz and Kalki Koechlin falling for him. There’s also the easy drunk-married-yet-regretting-<wbr></wbr>it friend Monty played by Ranvir Shorey. Lets add Priety Zinta in a special appearance and NOT a song, and our beloved Govinda to add some more flavour. Other than that, simply take the blueprint from any Hugh Grant film of the 90s and Voila.. <em>Happy Ending</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Credit must be given though. Making fun of itself while being ironic about the fact that its copying does work for the film in parts. Defeating the critics ridicule as the writers know and acknowledge the spoofing has been done before but the film does flow through smoothly. At some stage, you may start trying to pick out the spoof as it isn’t slap-your-face-spoof.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now its understandable the director duo were trying to implement the “Love is not a four letter word” concept. At the end of the day, it is very true that practicality has taken over our existence with everyone running after something. So the theme fits into the little bit of reality you will find in Happy Ending. Maybe you could add in the music by Sachin Jigar. But at the end of that same day, you aren’t going to remember much more than the spoofed scenes, ‘G Phaad Ke’ hook reference and Yogi.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe the cinematography will entice you enough to finally make the trip to the U.S. of A. Maybe you fall for ‘Mileya’. As you walk out of the halls, whichever way you fell, Happy Ending wasn’t matched up to what Paaji advised nor was it a comedy about romantic comedies. But you laugh, on occasion because you were warned.</span></div>
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Githa Vananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427421851402161966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793215483529516527.post-69408683563843170702014-10-09T16:51:00.000+11:002014-10-09T16:51:14.255+11:00Mardaani Review<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
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lady as the main protagonist. Love her, hate her, it’s the classic they cannot
be ignored. Some cases are of the next door neighbour like English Vinglish,
and some have the woman that lost everything seeking revenge like Kahaani.
Mardaani follows this protagonist trend but is the story we would skip over
after reading the title from the newspaper. The one that makes our blood boil
but we redirect our frustrations to social media venting or domesticity.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shivani Shivaji Roy (Rani Mukherji) is a senior inspector in the crime
branch unit in Mumbai. She is a street smart cop that follows her duty and is
no shrinking flower. She knows her law and she knows what’s right. But everyone
has a nightmare they hope and pray don’t come true. For Shivani, when a child
name Pyaari (Priyanka Sharma) from her local shelter goes missing, she makes it
her responsibility to find her. Yet even
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now let’s begin the dissection. Regardless of what you have seen Rani
do in the past, I suggest you forget all of that before you walk in. She is
unlike other policewoman depicted on screen in Bollywood. However, Rani needs
to work on her action and surprisingly how she delivers the hard hitting
dialogues. On the opposite end, Tahir Bhasin who plays Walt sinks his teeth
right in and makes you despise his cockiness. The age factor is brought out in
dialogue but also adds the edge as Rani is taunted by her “Under 19 team ka
12th batsman”. The flipside of course, is how she drags out the ego in him
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performance, literally everyone in the supporting cast is forgotten in the
battle between Rani and Tahir. This may enhance the cat-and-mouse play between
them but when the film starts to falter, even they can’t save it. It’s disappointing when the film starts off
slow, peeks your interest, only to let it slide again. Screenplay could have
been tauter to maintain the consistency while Sanjib Datta’s editing needed to
keep verbosity in check. Cinematography by Artur Zurawski slips between
cinematic sheen and real life grit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, credit will be given where due. Gopi Puthran’s writing
definitely needs a mention since the story and facts behind it are nerve
rackingly honest. Pradeep Sarkar may have been battered blue with his first
film for predictability and wafer thin story line but with Mardaani he engages
emotion to a level. Despite having patchy work in the second half and almost
all momentum lost in the climax, the fact that the audience literally clapped
as the closing credit rolled up means they were invested in the film enough to
be shocked by its truths and coaxed by the slight liberties taken by its
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dragged to light statistics no one wants to know. If anything can be taken away
from this film, it would be the awareness of a startling and horrific truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Githa Vananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427421851402161966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793215483529516527.post-91043961657697719162014-10-09T15:48:00.001+11:002014-10-09T15:48:08.970+11:00Khoobsurat Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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enough of a splash in the water well of b-town for people to notice. And now
that the film is out, I guess it’s now up to the audience to make or break the
film at the box office. The slight changes in Khoobsurat are there to give this
classic tale new life and its setting is in a different era to boot. When it
comes to remakes, the industry has seen its fair share. The question that
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and attempts to throw in the YOLO (that’s you live only once for the
uninformed) attitude they can relate to. Fawad Khan fits in the character of Vikram
Singh Rathore to the T and is quite dashing at that. But the one thing that
most people will see as the sour grape in the fruit salad is there is no
chemistry between these two nor is there any empathy for Sonam Kapoor from the
audience. The audience is left completely stuck between a rock and a hard place
because of this awkwardness. We have seen our fair share of wacky ideas being
implemented in a field on screen but this particular one doesn’t work on the
basis you don’t feel for Sonam in her endeavours to bring happiness to the
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their roles sufficiently. Aditi Rao Hydari isn’t required to do much. Kiron
Kher plays the Punjabi mother once again with her quintessential charm. But
none of these established actors could save the gaping holes in the story. Yes
the Disney backed film announces this to be a candy floss cinema that doesn’t
require you to think but even the fun-factor of this genre is lacking severely.
Adding in the music doesn’t strike a chord, barring the peppy Engine Ki Seeti.
There is only so much costume design and cinematography can do to lighten the
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All of the above mentioned factors come into play when you look at the
film as it is. This is without considering the cult classic original directed
by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and lead by the golden Rekha. So while the Disney
banner can be all grand, the couple can be younger generation and we replace a
middle class family with royalty, you cannot avoid the main problem with
watching a film like Khoobsurat staring Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan. You don’t
fall for the misfit as much as do for the cute looking prince in a sherwani or
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Githa Vananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427421851402161966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793215483529516527.post-5089813458671993592014-09-30T22:07:00.000+10:002014-09-30T22:07:08.093+10:00Shoreline<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess the best thing about these photos is that no matter what happened leading up to the day and what was to happen after, you wont see them in the photos. In fact, I contemplated that I did make a mistake with not having a video until I looked at us in these photos. I remember starting the day off by having to race to the shops for the toe rings (metti) because everyone forgot. I remember my bridesmaid (Pombala Thozhi) saying the groom to be was freaking out and it was cute. Yet, none of it shows. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He isn't perfect. He gets cranky. He says "what's your point" a lot. His sense of music is that of a purist. He is forever correcting me. But he loves me. For me. For what I do. For how I am. The faces, the pouting, the silence, the yapping, the crazy, the fun. All of it. Just me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So... He is my life, my love, my husband. And this is our wedding day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You see, there is a love story here. Its obvious from the promos. But thats not what this is about. Bunny (Ranbir Kapoor) wants to live. Every day. Every moment. And the world his destination. He's not the only one in his world of excitement, travel and wonder. But that is what he calls home. Some people are like Naina (Deepika Padukone), who scurry to finish their education to get a job but secretly wish for excitement to happen. What happens when they change paths. The first time? Naina finds fun, excitement, friendship, love and herself. The second time? Bunny regains lost loves, learns new lessons of life and finally let's go of his guilt. Neither is wrong. Neither is better off. Neither is the same after the interaction. Because that is what life is about. A decision you make from your own conviction at one stage of your life, may not be the right one for you later on in life. This doesn't mean that it was wrong to begin with. Just that the time and the people have changed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Incredibly simple, but thought provoking. That seems to be the key to understand Ayan Mukherjee's Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani. Naina falls for the full of life Bunny but just as she was about to reveal whats in her heart, Bunny follows his to make his dream come true. Is she wrong in not saying how she feels? No. In fact, I personally have seen people walk away from relationships, be it friends or lovers or just family, because they didn't want to hold them back. Just like the dialogue, they are just different. It isn't the norm but this is what you can see happen in the house next door. Granted, they wont be wearing designer outfits nor have professional make up artist to look beautiful in every frame. But there are adults out there, who wish the loves long gone all the best and take away just the memories of good times. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now not everyone will see a message first when you package this in a film with a vibrant Pritam's incredible OST, 4 incredibly beautiful people, who are supposed to be like you and me, then turn around and show epically spectacular scenery as if we all wake up next to the Swiss Alps. For that, Ayan would have to be excused of cinematic liberties. But can you deny that the little nuances in Ranbir's recap of his father's passing, or Deepika's exasperated "Ma" at the dinner table or even Aditya's outburst at Ranbir . Even Kalki jumping into the bromance hug between Ranbir and Aditya is something I have done innumerous times. No matter the trimmings and the actors capacity, the cast of YJHD is perfect for their respective character. Ayan makes you feel for them and believe them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the end of the show, even if you walk thinking its a time pass film with an awesome soundtrack, so be it. But after the glitz and glamour bore you, you might find yourself reminiscing. Who know, you might even end up opening your own mithai ke dabbe. </span></div>
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As the director of the 2008 National Award winning Tamil film,Kanchivaram and many other classics, Priyadarshan needs no introduction nor to be questioned if he can sparkle up the screen. But not everyone remembers this and time is what it is. Although not nearly as breathtaking, Rangrezz would probably fall into the same category of films he directed as Aakrosh andTezz, showing the serious/realistic cinema side of him. A remake from Tamil, it stars Jackky Bhagnani, Priya Anand, Vijay Verma and Amitosh Nagpal in lead roles. The original film, Naadodigal, has been remade into 4 other languages since its release in 2009. But the key here is whether Rangrezz will see the same success.</div>
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Now, we have seen our fair share of movies in Hindi cinema that depict love birds and the selfless friends that help them succeed in their love story. Yet, have we ever seen what happens to these friends AFTER the escapade they venture on, all in the name of friendship and their belief in that four letter word- LOVE. Rangrezz is about 3 men that step forward for a friend and take on the battle against the odds to get him his girl. And, after risking it all, shattering their own dreams and even losing part of themselves, what happens when they find out it’s all in vain.</div>
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This isn’t sob story. Nor is it an artsy film. It’s a commercial film. Street slang, comedy sequences and even a desi version of PSY’s Gangnam style is there but the major difference is, this is the kind of story that not only sheds light to how devoted a friend can be but also, how badly that four letter word is abused and how not every friend is worthy of a sacrifice nor every friend willing to let that fact slide.</div>
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The refreshing aspect of the film is that life is bound to introduce you to one or more of the characters in Rangrezz. A young man who dreams to go abroad. A father who is more like a best friend to his son. A girl who gives ideas to her sweetheart so she can marry him with her father’s approval. All of them. Seen them, met them or even are them. But the world isn’t perfect and there is a flip side of human nature, even if we don’t own up to it. There are those that will use and abuse that four letter word like newspaper. Purists will say love is divine and the same for all but life will show the emotion is tailored to each of us. Priyadarshan sheds light to this fact and the best bit is that it’s not an attack on love but the lovers themselves. Add in the blind faith friends go by and the outcome of inadequate understanding of relationships in a fast-food, faster-life generation run society that can and has changed lives and BOOM, Rangrezz.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With a topic that is relatable yet rips the mask off to show reality, it is imperative to have a cast that breathes life to the characters. Jackky Bhagnani plays Rishi Despande and shows much more promise (even if he still needs to work on his emotions) than his last film Ajab Ghazabb Love. Priya Anand was last seen in English Vinglish and if anyone missed her then, you will surely not miss in the role of Megha Joshi. She is cheeky cute and full of beans in a 3rd person talking role that you will learn to love. But along with Jackky, it’s his two friends that stand out the most. Amitosh Nagpal and Vijay Verma as Winu and Pakkya respectively, couldn’t be more worlds apart in their characterisation. Yet, they work amazingly well together, with Vijay stealing a little bit more limelight for sheer brilliance. Rajpal Yadav is almost a regular on Priyadarshan’s films and gets a few good lines but disappears after a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">National award winning director-cinematographer Santhosh Sivan joins hands with Priyadarshan after almost 15 years and for those that remember their last venture, Kala Pani (dubbed as Saza-E-Kala Pani), you will remember how delightful their work together was. Rangrezz doesn’t skip a beat to their tune and its gritty dynamics make the film. With the base of the original story by director Samuthirakani intact, Mushtaq Sheikh tweaks the screenplay just enough to keep the authenticity and adaptation on par but while the adjustment is admirable, the film does flake in parts due to predictability and length. The realism in the first part of the film doesn’t continue consistently in the second, adding the woes. The editing by T.S.Suresh could have saved the film in those moments, but sadly does not, making it hard to keep the interest that the film secured in the first part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, there are more woe points with the OST consisting of 2 composers. First we have Sajid-Wajid, who have clearly missed the bus on this occasion and Second, Sundar C. Babu, the original movie’s composer, making his debut in Hindi. The only song that stays with you is Shambo Shiva Shambo by Sundar which is also from the original film. Lyrically, it’s changed but the song has travelled with the story and has been used in every remake. So while OST has a 2nd version by Sajid-Wajid with Sukhwinder Singh on the mike, the impact Shankar Mahadevan has on the song is obvious and consistent as he sang for every other version of this song as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take any day in your life that you wish you had a helping hand. A day you may have forgotten your wallet, when you needed to pay for your bus ticket. A day your car broke down, when you had to go to an interview. What if a stranger gave you that helping hand? No questions asked and in return, didn’t ask for money or a favour. Just that you help another when the chance came to you. Would you? Jai Ho shows us how a common man that left his army life, takes on the fight to help humanity, and for a bit of masala, bashes a few bad guys along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Based on the concept from Pay It Forward (2000), A. R. Murugadoss’ designed the power packed story for his film Stalin (2006). Being the remake season that it was (or is) the film’s bumper success made it to the ever watchful eyes of Sohail Khan but for one reason or another the film got delayed until now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now in the past, we have had some questions about Salman Khan’s movie choices and stories, but reassurance comes in the form of Sohail Khan helming the megaphone and Dilip Shukla adapting the story for Hindi cinema. Yes, the film has some funny caricatures in the form of the nephew Kabir (Naman Jain), Rinky’s mother (Resham Tipnis) or Rinky herself (Daisy Shah) with her random Gujarati dialogue. But the story is simple and with a message worth thinking about. One man, whether he is a common man or an ex- army officer, can make a change. Of course when that man is Jai Agnihotri (Salman Khan), who stands up and fights with the ferocity of a lion if he needs to, you can expect a few bloody faces. Even if that bloody face belonged to the minister’s (Danny Denzongpa) son-in-law to be.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Salman Khan has always done action filled roles but of late, he has been accused of not having a character as such and taking over the camera. Yet Jai Ho will show a restrained Salman without the slapstick comedy emotion. The fire that would be apparent in a fighter is believable, but that’s not to say the actor doesn’t smile or have fun. Even though Daisy has no role to speak of besides the leading lady, she shows promise that at least she is a good dancer. Tabu plays Salman’s sister and as an actress that we have seen don various roles, she fits the part and plays it well making sure she is mature in performance even though it is not clear that she is mature in age to Salman.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nadira Babbar as Salman Khan’s mother makes a funny entrance and continues to add comical value with a practicality that we as individuals will hear ourselves say sometimes. However, as much as the protagonist characters show some sort of ‘character’ and have a few meaningful lines, the same cannot be said for the antagonists. Danny Denzongpa is serious in face yet lacks in word. Whether his character is supposed to be a verbose villain or not, he doesn’t leave the required impact a political villain would give. In fact his daughter played by Sana Khan, showed more promised of cunningness that a female antagonist would have but also falls apart due to lack of screen time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The individuals that make cameos like Tulip Joshi, Mahesh Manjrekar and Nauheed Cyrusi play their part in the miniscule amount of time they get given but Genelia Deshmukh’s cameo as the handicapped student Suman leaves the biggest impact and not just on Salman.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet while the performances collaborately work together toward pulling the film toward box office success, there are certain technical aspects that pull it back. The editing, done by Harsh Tiwari, worked when looking at the crispness of the action scenes and the slow motion ‘ultra-violence’ that any action film goer would enjoy, but it is too long for the story line that is in front of the audience. The music by Sajid-Wajid and Amal Malik leave as big an impact as a needle in a haystack: You might find them by chance likeable but literally forget them once the song is done. As big as “Dhinka Chika” from Ready was, it’s composer Devi Sri Prasad returns with simply an introduction song for the leading lady. However he too falls down the same forgettable path. However kudos is to be mentioned for the stunts and cinematography as both of them excel in their respective fields whether it be smashing buildings apart or designing a complex for us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The biggest factor that this writer walked away with when watching Jai Ho was the fact that it does something that hasn’t been seen in Hindi cinema in quite some time… providing a message. There is no doubt that the action would have been enjoyed by some people, the comedy by others and investors are out there to make money. But the idea that a favour is repaid by instructing others to help as it was shown in Pay it Forward and now in Jai Ho is something that will utilize the world’s biggest asset: the People.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So to the Bollywood film lover who wants to see a Salman Khan film, you will enjoy this as you will see him in a ‘slightly’ different role but just as much action to keep your eyes popping. But don’t be surprised if that message lingers in your mind.</span></div>
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The story is pretty simple. Military man Virat played by Akshay comes home for holidays but stumbles into a terrorist game plan. On the side we have Saiba played by Sonakshi Sinha for the funnies and some glamour. But it doesn’t take a long time for people to see where the connecting dots are. So we step into the “how they did it”.</div>
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Making a frame by frame replica of film may seem like the easy way out. But it wouldn’t be fair on Cinematographer Nataraja Subramaniam. The similarity isn’t as bad when it came to the songs. Why didn’t they choose to change it? Possibly for the same reason there is little to no change in the script. After all, everyone wants their movie to be a grand success. So maybe the director, who is also the writer for both the original film and this remake, is looking at something flawless. The truth is however different. And the falling flat in your face-ness continues with Pritam. Barring ‘Aaj Dil Shayrana’ and ‘Ashq Na Ho’ for Arijit Singh and ‘Tu Hi To Hai’ for Benny, you have heard them all before. The format is the same.</div>
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Now we all know this is nowhere near one of the finer movies in Akshay Kumar’s career, but he made use of the skills he has and when the camera shifts from cinematic perfection to security camera footage, you know the person jumping from building to building is the real deal. Kudos to Greg Powell, the stunt director. Sonakshi Sinha starts off with a spunk that quickly fizzles out, making her part redundant and indication for a song. Sumeet Raghavan is pretty much a gags guy until Akshay needs support in making a logical link. But you can bypass these flaws if you look at it as a semi-masala flick. However, the biggest drawback in the cast would have to go to Freddy Daruwala. He has the most crucial role to play and should be oozing with a deadly menace in his silence but I got nada. Zilch. Not even the background score could make you change what you are supposed to feel – shivers down your spine intensity – to what you do feel – Pappu needs to sulk a bit more. Every cinegoer knows the hero’s impact will only look good if his villain has charisma to charmingly scare your socks off.</div>
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At the end of the day, the original film with Vijay Chandrasekhar and Kajal Aggarwal had a few advantages that were simple. There was no expectation of logic, the role of a military man was new for the lead actor and the antagonist played by Vidyut Jamwal commanded fear on screen. There is no doubt Akshay Kumar has the skill for the role but I’m sorry Akki, you need to remember your age when its showing. So while comparisons were never the intention, as a hindsight, you wonder if A.R.Murugadoss had done the same when remaking the film in Hindi, Holiday may have seen a different fate.</div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are some movies that can be remade with current trends/technology and made to suit a new generation of viewers. Who knows, they can even be a cult classic in themselves. But to walk into a film with the byline ‘A Film Made By Sajid Khan’ is to forgo that notion and a few rights. The rights to have logic in your dictionary, the right to any real wit or sense of humour and the right to have a threshold on how much crass writing you can bear.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is no point in making a mention of a story since there is none. In fact, films like Double Dhamaal and Rascals had more of a story than Humshakals does. Sach. Three sets of Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Kapoor, foreign locals, impossible situations, three beautiful ladies with no screen presence at all and a soundtrack to put you to sleep. That is all this film is about. Even the idea of dressing the three main actors as women has been done a trillion times before.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s understandable that slapstick comedy has its audience and Bollywood cine-goers take a particular fancy to it. It’s also understandable that some comedy isn’t required to be rocket science. But Sajid, how many times are you going to think the audience is stupid enough to take you seriously as a director? There is literally nothing in this film that you haven’t seen or heard before. Actually there is. The new is the level of stupidity on film. And while I can accept that not all great movies have brand spanking new stories, as a lover of comedy, there is no excuse for long-winded, haphazard writing that leaves the mind numb from sheer torture.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">None of the actors could possibly save this horseplay infested film. Saif looks so disinterested, he’s sleep walking. For an actor who has shown wit in his comic roles, this film is a huge step backwards. Yes, Riteish has done questionable comedies before, you can’t say the man hasn’t been the diluted saving grace. Ram Kapoor gives a 5 second interesting performance in a negative shade and then that vanishes once again. Both him and Riteish, and the locales, are about the only decent aspects of the film but that too is only barely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So am I biased? No. Did I have any expectation. No. Will I recommend Humshakals to anyone? Absolutely NOT. Not even to my own humshakal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imran Khan is supposed to play an American return Bangalorean Tamil, but neither sounds nor looks the part. Yes, yes we know the logic, or lack of, factor in rom-coms but besides the word Appa, both parent actors break out more Tamil than Imran and he looks like the misfit more than the actor he calls a misfit in the film. The actor does score points as he lets loose the awkwardness in the latter part of the film but he struggles for the most part, especially in his focus shots. The Kareena Kapoor Khan title has a certain ring to it but her character lacks punch. Leading lady and noted actress no doubt, her trainer has worked her out well and she looks a million bucks. Yet for all the hoopla about her 6 costumes and meaty role, you don’t walk away loving her character or her for doing it. Standing around with papers in hand, pouting or haphazardly trying to continue construction work doesn’t count when trying to show the strength of a character or conviction. Shame since her character could have given the story the necessary focus.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most people will tell you that doing cliche is no rocket science, something this writer too has done in the past. Yet it comes back to one thing. The era of films have changed. The audience has changed. So yes, <em>Zanjeer</em> is your typical masaledaar fest with enough throwback to show respect to the original but enough ingenuity to pack in its own garam quotient. However it all falls flat on the questionable writing skill of Suresh Nair and Apoorva Lakhia. There is no suspense, no build up to the climax, not even a smoky effect of ‘expect the unexpected’. Everything just goes by the checklist and like the dialogue, makes no bones about being crass. Right from the Shaqila Bano item number to the logic-lessness.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet the good versus evil caper has its moments and that is thanks to the cast and their performance. Namely evil <strong>Sanjay Dutt</strong> turned good Sanjay Dutt and the two junior artists that play Amar and Prem. Playing the Pathan ‘Sher Khan’ is like cheesecake for Sanjay and he turns out to be the only one that stays in character for the entire film. Right from lead <strong>Ram Charan</strong>, who goes from being strict and stern as Vijay Khanna then comical when Amar-Prem turn up for rib-tickling, to Prakashraj, as he goes from being nothing but evil with confidence Teja in one scene to an old guy with a penchant to rhyme everything he says. Even Atul Kulkarni, playing a street-smart journalist with integrity Jay Dev, has a blonde moment.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But also, even with the cast, one has to wonder what was going on in the minds of the makers. Fair enough, <strong>Ram Charan</strong> steps back into the newbie-ville he catapulted out of with his Telugu film <em>Magadheer</em>a, with his Hindi debut and the actor does try very hard. But when it comes to acting, if your face is motionless, your voice plays a huge role in saving you and his dubbing voice simply falls flat. A decision that cost Ram Charan crucial brownie points. Not to mention it was barely in sync with his lip movement. <strong>Priyanka Chopra </strong>was probably having starter troubles with the return to leading lady or was too preoccupied with her music career to notice how ridiculous her ‘simple NRI ladki role was, even if it was fleshed out more than Jaya Bachchan’s in the original. Mahi Gill was only there for shock value and a few funnies but there was no shock to add value.</span></div>
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Sometimes it’s hard to put to
words what you feel when you dismiss it to be ridiculous and/or unimportant for
yourself. I mean I know the importance people have in my life but where can I
guarantee someone will consider me in the same way. I miss the time when it
didn't hurt not to have someone nearby. I think the ignorance stabilized it all
in an insane way and I was content.<br />
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But then I felt something. It wasn't much. Just the reassurance and concept
someone was there. A friend. A guide. My mum was that person for a while. It
was fun. I could tell her pretty much anything. Well almost. But then things
changed. Someone else took over. Some close in age. Some were of different
background. The world that I saw, experienced and grew into felt like more than
just a few happy nights on the town. It became a reality that I was aware could
go away but somehow didn't think it would.<br />
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It did. And I was left alone in a crowd. To fend for myself. Feel, emote,
decide, establish. There were no exceptions anymore. What was right was right
for everyone. What was wrong, was condemned for one and all. I no longer had a
separate bubble of exception. It got to a point where I even could see the
flaws in me that I used to think nothing off. Not that I began to act on it
all. I just became the bad guy not worthy enough to judge so no comment was made. Actually, more like someone who was not worthy of anything in particular. Talent was a fluke. Credit was never due. Compliments never taken well. <br /><br />I slowly have become very similar to who I am now. I say this because I seem to be changing a little when I look back at issues. After all change is the biggest constant. It hurts sometimes. Not knowing if you will make it to that cloud of happiness. Not knowing if those that are with you will stay. So I tend to over compensate when I am. Not really buying their love, time or affection. Just reminding them how I feel for them. Trying to keep my own demons at bay.<br /><br />I still cant get over them though. Those moments. Even after working to make sure I am the best me, I can be. I have them till this day. And most likely, will have them till I breathe my last. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSMCqC1ud-coBywUEid0qOjSNRLoe8mowYBOx9p1KSKjHMEJyR0SDK6v9SXrhC71lDCeWYxQHeZmjr8DxPx9mHt5Cvp97f2rMSaNRyMpzSCG9GKUaotkTckfmMhx57m_nG69QxCAPZwO8/s1600/mayakkam_enna_posters_009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSMCqC1ud-coBywUEid0qOjSNRLoe8mowYBOx9p1KSKjHMEJyR0SDK6v9SXrhC71lDCeWYxQHeZmjr8DxPx9mHt5Cvp97f2rMSaNRyMpzSCG9GKUaotkTckfmMhx57m_nG69QxCAPZwO8/s1600/mayakkam_enna_posters_009.jpg" height="320" width="276" /></a><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana;">But hey, this writer saw the life lesson in a film some may have thought was too long. Yes it needed a few snips here and there even while you enjoyed the picturesque-ness [Ramji], inebriating music [G.V.Prakash Kumar] and soul-stirring performances by the lead cast, but at the end of the day, Mayakkam Enna isn't anything different from Selvaraghavan's filmogrpahy. He doesn't follow trends and you can never guess what type of film you will expect when the mastermind is at the helm of things. He does things his own way and nothing quite prepares you for Selvaraghavan's films beyond knowing what he did before. Very little frills or splashes in the water but a whole lot of emotionally charged story-telling. That is the case with Mayakkam Enna, and as usual, brilliance is the current that works his magical waves.</span></div>
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Kundan [Dhanush] may have rushed into falling in love with Zoya [Sonam Kapoor] but it was only in 10th grade he actually got courage to say it to her. Yet love doesn't just need courage. It needs persistance and patience, and a best friend like Murari [Mohd. Zeeshan Ayub], to get through its hurdles. So while Kundan gets through the "remember me" phase, the potentials from the parents and the not-so-subtle advances from another childhood buddy Bindiya [Swara Bhaskar], his lady love Zoya, having grown up in the world of Dehli University and met someone there, has adapted to the culture</span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;">d and educated youth vision of modern India that Akram [Abhay Deol] follows and brushes off his advances as childhood sweetheart drama. Dejected to say the least, Kundan doesn't take things lightly to the news but then, neither does he let things slide either. He may have decided to help Zoya marry Akram but not before ensuring his own wedding plans on the same as final goodbye and good riddance. But when at the crossroads of losing his love to someone else and finding out the truth about Zoya's love, Kundan doesnt flinch at shedding light to the truth. What follows is how that one moment will change their lives to the point of no return.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimld6C_e7WNbsY95NPP3fnWUPAI8YFKNX_SxlGzkn9_ui5lQ6c6TMW42gf-3CS90990RX6HQZ0eQsWfcsvMWTgX5DPgyMJU7wY6uUXkani88qTSWAEk_W8VbxUVUJMU86CQsqu_H4wXVAD/s770/raanjhanaa.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimld6C_e7WNbsY95NPP3fnWUPAI8YFKNX_SxlGzkn9_ui5lQ6c6TMW42gf-3CS90990RX6HQZ0eQsWfcsvMWTgX5DPgyMJU7wY6uUXkani88qTSWAEk_W8VbxUVUJMU86CQsqu_H4wXVAD/s320/raanjhanaa.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />D</span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;">hanush i</span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;">s </span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;">the epitome of Kundan. No one can look and emote as easily for this boy next door character like him and the fact his films didnt cross the border to Bollywood works for him. He is fresh, intense and totally in his element. No machoism, six pack or designer clothes to make his stand out, yet that's what he does. Sonam Kapoor steps up her game and while her character itself becomes quite stiff, she falls into play and you do not see Sonam Kapoor, its Zoya. Abhay Deol is always a delight and bring a sense of Karthik from Mouna Raagam in his small yet vital role. Mohd. Zeeshan Ayub and Swara Bhaskar could not perfect their portrayal of Murari or Bindiya any further and the climax scene is made because of them. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="clear: left; color: #d9d2e9; float: left; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rfOT03WxdImi-KCdwz4jpWxwZh04b3zcowMxvLkuzpPJEFXAX2TGWijtsTZzsz-6ugHOOyFbG9IqS8NSBmzFAinUlWr0bQp8MbIqJWIy7MM4xiGNPg3kVp-MHSUKqZAPYek6yfTpAFso/s616/raanjhanaa11592737900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rfOT03WxdImi-KCdwz4jpWxwZh04b3zcowMxvLkuzpPJEFXAX2TGWijtsTZzsz-6ugHOOyFbG9IqS8NSBmzFAinUlWr0bQp8MbIqJWIy7MM4xiGNPg3kVp-MHSUKqZAPYek6yfTpAFso/s320/raanjhanaa11592737900.jpg" width="320" /></a>Each character made its entry in their own special way and Benaras is just as much one. If the actors brought to life the character, Benaras was brought to screen by Natarajan Subramaniam and Vishal Sinha. Their camerawork made each town, village, road and lampost look at feel like we were there and this is our home. Nothing foreign about any of it. Himanshu Sharma tells a simple story but gives it the kick in the backside life would give any of us. Natraj Subramaniam and Vishal Sinha bring out the vibrancy of each phase in the story while maintain the mood. But the show stealer off-screen is the one and only A. R. Rahman. There are so many levels to this album, so many emotions and the connection to the audience is visible with the number of downloads and youtube plays. Be it Tum Tak or Piya Milenge, the Master is back with a folk-classical based soundtrack that delights the ears and makes you dance.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;">S</span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;">o was it</span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;"> worth the m</span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;">o</span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;">ne</span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;">y, t</span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;">ime and conviction to get over preconceived notions? YES! I have seen my fair share of Southern actors venturing North for projects but Raanjhanaa is one that makes you forget those details and enjoy a story that has real to life emotions, and some not so nice realities.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;">Rating: 4/5</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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