Sunday, December 25, 2016

Dangal

The story of how Mahavir Singh Phogat who defied the society, the beauracracy of the system and broke age old perceptions to make his daughters Geeta and Babita wrestling champions. When a man who can change his physical appearance from Dangal to Pongal and back produces a movie, you don't think too much. You book tickets and go enjoy it. Aamir Khan does it again with this movie, with the perfect casting and execution. You do not want to miss this one! 

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Rogue One : A Star Wars Story

A young Jyn Erso is rescued from an imperial labour camp by the rebellion only to be told that her father Galen Erso is helping the Emperor’s army build a planet-killing weapon, the deadly Death Star. She joins forces with a rag tag squad from the rebellion to steal the plans of the weapon to take it down. This movie is a throwback to all those episodes of the 80s and the 90s and is a treat to Star Wars lovers. For those with a dark side, the scenes where the Director of the Imperial forces cringes merely being in the presence of Lord Vader and the one where the Dark Lord cuts down rebels with his famed red light sabre are enough to buy tickets for this one

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Kahaani 2

Vidya Sinha, a single mother and a private company employee has a semi-paralyzed daughter who is her only family. Their happy life is put in disarray when the daughter gets kidnapped by a ghost from Vidya Sinha's past, or is it Durga Rani's past? Find out in this thriller from Sujoy Ghosh. Vidya Balan is at her acting best again assisted by Arjun Rampal, who though being part of a legendary group of non-actors does justice to his role. Though the unraveling of the twist goes a bit flat towards the end unlike in the first Kahaani where the story-telling was par excellence, this is a good watch.