So...recently I saw a few new movies. Maybe not all the movies in the list that I planned to, but I certainly did watch a few! So here I go.


The Duchess:
As usual, Keira looked absolutely stunning in her usual old time looks. Nothing beats that lady when it comes to style, poise and beauty. The story of a woman who lives in a world where women are not given much importance. And that includes her husband: The Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes). Though the duchess (Keira) has everything- beauty, style, people who love her - yet she misses the love of her husband because she cannot give him an heir. He also steals her best friend from her. Along with all that, she mothers her two daughters and the daughter of her husband’s affair. Her temper and patience touches sky high after six years of her marriage when the Duke gets into an affair with her best friend. To get away from all this she finds remorse and ease in a man she once knew before marriage - Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper). Finally, she gives birth to the heir of Devonshire. Still, as the loneliness survives in her, she finds her love, while her husband is away celebrating his heir. Yet again, her husband interferes in her life and forces her to leave that only love or else never see her children again. As a mother, she could not abandon her children. But she carries the child of her lover. She gives birth to Grey's daughter and the child is given to Grey for the sake of the duke's name. And she re-enters the society to resume her duties as a mother and the Duchess of Devonshire. She remained an icon of beauty and art.

Delhi 6:
When I sat down to watch the movie, as expected, I had really high hopes from Rakeysh, but all in vain.
It was a story of a man Roshan (Abhishek) who comes from US to India for the first time with his grandmother. The story revolves around his life and his how to realizes his roots.
The story was good, it meant something. But it was portrayed in the worst way possible. Things were confusing. Characters didn’t have a great feel and were confusing to understand. The linking of concepts to real life values was a good idea, but it would have been MUCH better if it was laid out properly. The early confusions in the movie are carried through out and never get resolved. Questions are not answered, story is dragged from here and there and At times, it feels as if you are watching a re-cap of a show and not a proper movie. The proper depiction of the ideas would have made the movie worth a watch!

Billu Barber:
Just like any other SRK movie - a good past time. Billu (Irfan Khan) is a barber in a small village and his business is not as good as before. Sahir Khan (SRK) is a superstar who comes to the village for the shooting of his movie. Billu is Sahir’s childhood friend. The story spreads in the village and people suddenly start respectinf Billu and ask him to call Sahir. Billu is too shy to talk to Sahir because he feels as if Sahir has forgotten him. When the people see no hope they call Billu a faker. Story is just about fine. Not a strong one. But all that glamour sure pulls you in and at least can keep you watching the movie. Half way along, the pace gets slow and you would just wish that the movie would get over soon. The last scene is nice and for the first time you feel some emotion in the movie. A few scenes in the movie are just there for no reason and you wonder…has SRK lost his touch?

40 Year Old Virgin:
About a 40 year old man who is a virgin and his road to losing his virginity. Gosh people in my college laughed while they watched the movie. I didn’t know how. They all talked about it and I thought I should finally watch it. And I did. And I wondered why? Nothing was funny. The story was slow and lame. Annoying little movie. Don’t even want to talk much about it!

50 First Dates:
Henry (Adam) is a vet in Hawaii who favorite past time is having short a week or 2-3 days date with a non-local girl. One day he goes to a restaurant and meets Lucy. He starts liking her. He meets her again next day and she seems to have forgotten him. It then that he finds out that Lucy has lost her short term memory to an accident and she remembers everything a day before that accident.
Sweetest movie ever. Along with the fun element, the emotions portrayed are very well. You really feel for the girl. You feel for her family, her life and her man. Sandler as usual does a great job. That man never loses his funny touch! His determination to keep his love to himself is amazing to watch. His ways of making her fall in love with her EVERYDAY is just startling. Even you fall in love with the character every time. Definitely worth a watch a million times.


A Walk to Remember:
Based on the book by Nicholas Sparks. Landon (Shane West) is just another teenage mean boy. He cares the least about his life. On the other hand, Jamie (Mandy Moore) is a girl who has been studying with Landon since primary school. She is full of faith and optimism. Landon gets into trouble and is forced to do things that he doesn’t want to. One of the is playing the lead role in the school spring play. There he talks to Jamie for the first time properly and soon falls in love with her. They start going out. But then Jamie tells him that she is going to die soon since she has stopped responding to her treatments for Leukemia. Landon is heartbroken and the story after that is just heart breaking. The movie received a lot of negative feedback, but for me this the all-time best love movie. It’s hard to write down what this movie portrays. And it’s impossible that at one time or the other you don’t feel like crying. The movie can make you laugh, make you cry or even both at the same time. Mandy Moore was just plain marvelous. I don’t even know what else to write. Everything I will write will be an understatement. So just please watch it if you havent yet!

Here's my review of 4 movies:

Chandni Chowk to China
Dont even know how to describe it. The "humor" wasn't funny...infact the sad scenes were funnier. It fulfilled every category of fakness. Songs were very badly placed. Music wasn't up to the mark. Again...i dont understand the female leads role. It felt as if it was just there for the heck of it! Story was DEFINITELY weak.
Felt as if the whole crew sat down and decided..."Let's make the biggest flop of the year!"
Im not gonna write more...or else i'll go crazy!
In short...waste of 2.30 hrs and your money!



Ghajini
One heck of a movie. Haven't seen momento, but who cares. I think its the best remake EVER! yes the time was a major factor, but the scenes, the acting...everything...was very touchy and definitely upto the mark. For me, it was a perfect blend of humor, action and emotion. For me, definitely worth a watch!



Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Hmmm...once again, Yash Raj has failed to give us a reason to trust in them again! Story line was good, but poorly displayed. Definitely it had its loopholes, like how can a shy guy become an overconfident stud within a span of few hours etc. Music was electryfying, but acting was not that good. Expected much more from Anushka...just didnt come through. Looked like a kid talking (btw...do any of u think she talks like that kid from Fanaa???). Anyhow...surely a good past time movie...worth the time but not the money!




Twilight
Asusual...book was good, but the movie wasn't. Good for people who havent read the book. Just delivers enough knowledge to understand the main concept of the book and nothing more! The direction wasn't as good and i AM happy that the director got changed!
So...if u have read the book...dont bother with it...and if u havent...den u can surely watch it!

So here it is. Yes its the Twilight series...and more over its the guy himself. EDWARD! Mesmerizing story and plot.Amazing characters. Mind blowing dialogues... all that you would ever want in a good novel. And for the first time ever i actually like this love story! It is so unique, nothing like the old vampire love stories or vampire myths. So easy to understand and yet so well written. People who never liked vampire books, gotta tell you that you will SURELY love this one! So leave all those weird vampire myths and stories behind and get on reading. After Harry Potter, you just cannot miss this one. Gotta admit though, I love this book more than Harry Potter and i think the couple is just AWESOME!

Jannat is by far one of the best movies I have seen in my life. It surely ranks in my top 10. Seems like the Bhatts never run out of ideas. The theme holds strong for the whole film: "Simplicity is better than materialism". Unlike of what you might think, it is NOT a film based on bookies. It is purely a love story.

For sure the story revolves around the bookies world, but in the midst of all that, there is a girl, who for love's sake, buries her own happiness.

The story starts of in a simple and most typical manner. Boy meets girl, they fall in love, they do crazy things, the boy can go to any extent to keep his love happy. Arjun (Emraan Hashmi) is a middle class man with big ambitions. And his only way of achieving the impossible is by taking a shortcut. Zoya (Sonal Chauhan) is a simple orphaned girl with ambitions. The only difference is the way she wants to achieve her dreams. Arjun graduates from being a small gambler to the most favorite bookie. And this is when the story takes a turn. As Arjun digs deeper into the world of betting and fixing, he starts to lose his love. When Zoya finally finds our Arjuns truth, she hands him over to the police. Arjun spends time in jail and when is finally let out, he goes in search for Zoya.

After a series of emotional sentences, Arjun promises to leave this path and follow Zoya to happiness. But as it is, bad habits can never be destroyed. Arjun struggles to keep his life on track and one look of jannat, promises are forgotten. Zoya is aghast and can't believe that her trust has been broken twice. She forces him out of the house, but can't forget him. Before playing his one last fixture, things go amiss. He is blamed for a murder he hasn't committed. At that time the only person he wants to meet is his girlfriend. Once again, the girl asks him to surrender because she knows he is innocent. He obeys, but not long after Arjun dies in Zoya's arms.

Along with all that, there is something else that plays an important role in the film. A Ring. They meet because of the ring, Arjun goes to extremes to get that ring, he tries to give the ring its right place, he feels the burden on the ring on him, and he dies because of the ring.

Well yeah the story was not well placed, the emotions were not displayed well, their love was not given total justice. Yet this is one film that is not to be missed.

When we see a Yash Raj film ad on TV, we expect to see good films and above all good stories that have everything in it. But lately that has changed. Yash Raj has started to depend more on star cast and style rather than the story line. Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Tararumpum, Aaja Nachle and now Tashan. What ahs gotten into the Yash group only God can tell. Every single hype created for this film has turned only to disaster.

A few questions that bugged me through out the film:

1. where is the story?


2. why is the music below expectations?


3. why wasnt Akshay given more attention in promos?


4. where is the chemistry between the new "Hot Couple"?


5. where is the expected screenplay?


6. why is there the unwanted action?


7. why can't 1000 people kill three people?


8. how on earth can u get a speed boat in a nala (sewer)?

Akshay certainly stood out more than the others. He was by far the best thing that could happen to Tashan. Saif seemed like an object that was there for no reason. Kareena seemed to be in the film ONLY to show her size 0 look. Anil acted very well as the "English" speaking don.

There are some good point in the film but then over all it falls on the negative. The story could be MUCH stronger. With the actors Yash Raj had in hand, and the versatility of all the actors, the storyline could have done better.

A good try to copy film styles from the 70's but am sure if it was released in the 70's it would still be a flop. All in all if you want to watch a film, then you can watch a film from the 70's rather than watching Tashan.

But if you still want to watch it, then go ahead.

It was the first time that a movie actually touched my heart. I wanted to watch it just out of curiousity. Wanted to see what Ajay can do and how well can he potray his thoughts. It started of and there it was, like many of the movies I have seen before, a sky. Movies that start like this make me feel weird. And so I was feeling weird already.
In the first 30 minutes or so of the film you couldnt really see the 'U me aur hum'. All you could think of was what the 'U me aur hum' really meant. It was tough to guess. The jokes and the light humor was good. What I liked the most about it was the fact that a few signs were made obvious from the beginning that related to the main theme or issue of the film. It was not as if everything came out of the blue like some of the other films.
Well so it went on and on. I wished someone would stop all that and let me go. But then it happened. Piya (Kajol) was almost run over by her own husband!
And there it began. The 'U me aur Hum' was on. The problems, the emotions, the helpless husband, the ignorant wife. It all fell into place. Nothing was over the top, no emotion exaggerated, no extra tear and no problem overestimated (like Taree Zameen Par). The problems they faced seemed to be normal. Anyone could relate to it. Anything that happened in Ajay (Ajay Devgan) and Piya's life after marriage was just so perfectly like real life. A likeable ending and therefore worth a watch. By the end this sentence 'Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people' totally made sense.
Who cares whether the movie is copied or not. Copied stories do not usually go well. But this one did. It just didnt go well, it went very well.

An ordinary story with extraordinary power that touches your heart. A MUST see.

'A Thousand Splendid Suns'. One of the best books ever written. This guy 'Khaled Hosseini' has got a gift, a talent to tell stories like these and pull the heart strings at every single word. The style is so simple, so straight forward yet there is something about the words that slip down to your heart with ease. The horrors of the life of Mariam and Laila were not magnified at any point but still the pain, grievances, sadness was felt. There are times when you just want to reach out to Laila and Mariam and help them. The journey through which Laila and Mariam go through makes you feel like a part of them. The story slowly gains speed and emotional power. It is, overall, a story of haunting and heartbreaking times, untimely friendship, destroyed love and dreams. This one is not to be missed