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Gori Tere Pyar Mein: Film Review

Gori Tere Pyaar Mein is the story of Sriram Venkat (Imran Khan), a young man who doesn’t value relationships, family or friends, and Dia Sharma (Kareena Kapoor Khan), who is a hardcore social activist who wants to change the world. They meet and fall in love over one wedding song and numerous social revolts. The attraction initially is physical, but later becomes emotional and veers into complex territory, resulting in a clash of ideas and ideals, which drives them apart. However, Sriram soon realises that he is not over Dia and still loves her. But it’s too late for him; Dia has moved on and now lives in a village called Jhumli near Gujarat where she is playing Mother India to the locals. Like a perfect lover, Sriram arrives in Jhumli to take back Dia home and show her that he is a changed man. But she refuses to go with him. Now since there has to be a happy ending – it is a Dharma Productions movie – Sriram is successful in wooing Dia after a lot of maar-dhaaad and conflict. Kareena is eye catching in her appearance. Unlike the typical social activists who’ve graced the Bollywood frame in drab and rustic costumes, Kareena is always well turned out in colourful outfits and nicely manicured nails. Imran, on the other hand, doesn’t impress at all. Come on, we have to say that the guy cannot act, no matter how hard he tries! The two look good together, but they seem uninterested and passionless. Newbie Shraddha Kapoor has an extended cameo in the film, and we have no complaints about her. She is adorable and does her part well. Anupam Kher’s character has grey shades, but hey, he is spotlessly impressive. Punit has given us a blend of rural and urban India with Gori Tere Pyaar Mein, but has desperately tried to do a Karan Johar and failed. Clearly, Karan’s brand of romance isn’t rocket science, but it does require some talent to pull it off. You will have to agree that texturing love sagas in a glossy setup is an art that only Karan has mastered, with Shahrukh Khan standing strong by his side. And if Punit’s directorial duties weren’t arduous enough, he doubles as writer to assist Arshad Syed on the screenplay and dialogue, penning the most bakwaas and insipid lines ever. Even his lame trick of borrowing fun dialogues or scenes from Bollywood hit romances isn’t noteworthy. The music of the film, Punit claimed in an interview, is apparently Vishal-Shakhar’s best work till date. Frankly, the composers have done much better. Sadly, Gori Tere Pyaar Mein is supposed to be a rom-com, but it’s not. It’s supposed to have peppy dance numbers, but it doesn’t. It’s supposed to have some stellar performances by Imran and Kareena, but it doesn’t. You are supposed to watch this film? No, you aren’t!

Singh Saab The Great: Film Review

Having created Box Office history with Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy and Apne, the director-actor duo of Anil Sharma and Sunny Deol returns to the 70 mm with this week’s release, Singh Saab The Great. For those who believe that the action king is back in action, well, indeed, he is. However, what the audience sees is a mere reiteration of the past. Literally!
 eing an honest collector-officer, Saranjit Singh Talwar aka Sunny (Sunny Deol) is often transferred to different states. His life changes when he is transferred to a village, Bhadori, ruled by a bahubali named Bhudev (Prakash Raj). Bhudev is corrupt goon who has politicians in his pocket and believes that wohi state hai aur wohi center. When Saranjit Singh Talwar sends a notice to Bhudev to pay the pending excise duty and orders shut down of all his factories, and an infuriated Bhudev meets the collector. Bhudev tries to threaten Saranjit but the honest officer pays these petty threats no heed. When Bhudev tries to target Saranjit’s family, a fight ensues between the two. The duel leads to loss of life, property and much more. Letting go of his past when Saranjit Singh Talwar starts a new life in Chiraunji as a social worker, who stands up for the common man through his party, People Beat, he is rechristened as Singh Saab. The messiah of common man buries the past, heads out to right the wrong and spread smiles across the cities and villages. However, when he gets an invite from an NGO in Bhadori, life takes another twist. This introduces us to a crime reporter played by Amrita Rao who makes Singh Saab re-tell his past. Later, Rao is seen joining the cause of People Beat party. In Bhadori, Sunny and Bhudev come face-to-face once again and what begins is a chase between the two towards victory.

  Django Unchained: A review

It’s gruesome and it’s bloodied. And it’s all that Tarantino wickedness you’ve come to expect.
Django Unchained, the D is silent, is filled with tension. Completely. To the point where the inappropriate humour offers only a moment of release from an otherwise deeply unsettling subject matter.
Django (Jamie Foxx) is a slave who, on his way to a grim remainder of his already bleak life, is offered a change in circumstances from former dentist Doctor King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). The German doctor decided to give up pulling teeth for the far more lucrative and exciting profession of bounty hunter. He still drives his horse-drawn cart with a bobbling tooth on top.

Once liberated from the shackles, literally, Django and the doctor go on a killing spree earning cash and ridding the world of the bad guys.
But Django’s real mission is to find his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) after they were violently separated from one another. She is on Candie Land, a notorious plantation known to every slave in the south. It is run by Monsieur Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), who is not French, but he is weird like that. Candie Land is a place where mandingos are bought, bred and sold to engage in to-the-death fights. And this is the guise Django and Doctor Schultz assume to get to Broomhilda.
The scene where we meet Monsieur Candie starts with the violent bare-knuckled assault of two slaves beating each other to death for the fun and potential gambling earnings of their white owners.
In much the same way as Inglorious Basterds had the obvious enemy of the Nazis to rally against, Django Unchained has the repulsive slave owners at which the audience can direct their scorn and get behind Django and the eccentric and liberal Doctor Schultz.

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