Karthik calling Karthik

After progeria & asperger’s syndrome this time it is schizophrenia & MPD (multiple personality disorder). Well… mental disorders seem to be the new theme in Bollywood. Not that MPD hasn’t been attempted in the industry earlier.

Is this to sympathize with those challenged or is it for the awareness of the masses. Your guess is as good as mine.

As we know Farhan selects very unique and powerful plots, this one set to reveal the power of the mind. Basically it’s all in the mind, our powers, our weaknesses & our ability etc.

With the very beautiful direction each parallel in the movie is depicted with a simple to relate structure. The rubic cube, boys at the traffic signal, kids at the game... each of them unwind the mystery in the story. Due to this the movie becomes fast to cope up to and jumps the guns a couple of time.

The first half feels like watching an Aladdin’s movie where all the leads wishes get completed. Believe in your self, Learn to say No, Standup for yourself, Forgive yourself for the mistakes in past, Lock your mind & Try try till you succeed are some of the key learning areas of success gathered from this movie.

Farhan’s class of act is a real hats off & Deepika’s skin show is the cherry on the cake.

Go ahead, Njoy.

Toh Baat Pakki

An outdated plot which deals with the marriage in a silly manner which went out of style a decade or more ago. With the old Palanpur as the backdrop; poor script, screen play and dialogue delivery, have no idea why an actor like Tabu choose to act in this after many years of absence. Cant guess the loss Sharman made by opting for this movie over others. Vatsal had no emotional display and crawled thru the movie with a blank face, which is still a surprise as his TV series was a good hit and ran thru on his little shoulders. Believe with the ten years gap, he has lost the touch.

The movie is worth a miss.

My name is Khan

My name is Khán.. Kháán.. Rizvan Khán; from the epiglottis Kháán.

The film broke box office records and has had a Rs 250 million collection from the first Friday itself. eBay auctioned the tickets for a record price of EUR 1,000 (INR 60,000) each & all the tickets were sold out in five seconds.

In principle the movie is about humanity; in illustration about Islam and the way the world looks at Islam post 9/11 & the attempt is to get an apology from the authority who imbibed this thought into people. As Rizvan says he can “repair almost anything”, the movie leaves you with the sagacity of refurbished human relationships.

The movie is not about terrorism or religion, it’s a disabled man’s fight against the disability that exists in the world.

As per the grapevine, any talk on a 9yr old topic is claimed outdated, but the recent obstacles faced by SKR in real life go to say this movie is still needed as to put in place the last bricks and complete the bridge. The bridge that maps all caste and creed as one; “there are only two types of people, good and bad” – MINK.

On a lighter note, when I say Kareena Kapoor, Shabana Azmi & Aamir Bashir, would you think there is any link to this movie? These are the names of the starts who were replaced by Kajol, Zarina Wahab & Jimmy Shergill’s position respectively.

Kajol’s effortless lighthearted liveliness brings a softer tone to the movie.

All in all a very important global awareness script and beautiful attempt by the three K’s.

Avatar IMAX 3D

I asked many who had seen this movie to describe their experience. They were out of words… Let me extend a helping hand…

“Fantastic, Outstanding, Spectacular, Fantabulous, Splendid, Extraordinary, Unusual, Marvelous, Golden, Phenomenal, Over The Top !!! ”

This is what each of you should have said.

I would say even more if you watch it at IMAX 3D, it is an out of the world experience; you have to see it to believe it.

Its increasing popularity has made it the fastest movie to reach the $1 billion mark at the box office (obviously; I had to wait for three weeks to get a decent seat).

Now let’s come to the storyline, does it have some thing equally extravagant to offer… well lets see…

Take the concept of another world from ‘Star Wars’, the bases of fighting for power – ring/stone from ‘Lord of the Rings’, the soul transporting ideology from ‘Matrix’, the thick forest implantation from ‘Jurassic Park’, the dragons that ‘Harry Potter’ defeated, the scary animals from ‘Dog Soldiers’, flying the magic carpet as per your thought like in ‘Aladdin’, the floating mountains from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, rules of adding new members into family from ‘Ants’, huge machinery for destruction from ‘Toy Story’, man driven robots like in ‘Transformer’, add the lessons from the Chinese belief of ancestor’s voice of help from trees, spice all this with some Indian epic colors, wrap into a digital bonanza and Voila! We have a release.

When James Cameron wrote the script way back in 1994 it was something all together different, then how come the dramatic change in the plot? Outsourcing – James released the script on the internet and was free for people to add. It’s a one big world, one big family and you should know how to make the best out of it.

All in all hats-off to James for being sensitive on the cinematography, the entire movie was developed to be ready for release in 2006, but at the end James canceled it all by saying that the technology hasn’t matured enough to match his imagination.

He re-shot it using his own reality camera system to film in 3-D. He used two high-definition cameras in a single camera body to create depth perception. Beautiful man... just incredible…

Would recommend watching this at the IMAX 3D screen only.

Njoy.

3 Idiots Review / Comment’s

Aamir Khan to a surprise has worked in more than one movie having the same plot. It could be his attempt to reach excellence, or enforce the message down through the audience.

Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak & Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin - both had the same story line of a lover boy trying hard to get his love.

Awwal Number & Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar & Lagaan - all in the zest & zeal to be the winner at the end of the game.

Baazi & Sarfarsoh - had the fight against crime yarn.

& now Taare Zameen Par & 3 Idiots - driving the point to let the child be born free and let his creativity and interest build into his career.

Aamir Khan who has always been linked as a perfectionist, today reviles the secret & mantra of being successfully… In a recent TV show when N Murty and R Tata were asked for the success mantra they said its Luck. Aamir Khan says work with passion towards your subject & strive for excellence, sala success to jhak mar ke tumhare peecche aaega.

Rajkumar Hirani has put across a brilliant plot covering diversified topics and bringing the best out of each of them by somehow linking all of it back together. The pregnancy, teaching methods, hope of life, respect for parents, heart consoling fact & many such topics put into one big bag and shaken for delight. You would also always know it’s a Hirani movie when his simplistic `humanism alone works' philosophy is showcased.

All in all a vital, inspiring and life-revising work of contemporary art. A must watch, way better than the book, which is a first. BTW, the 3rd idiot isn’t Aamir Khan it is Javed Jaffery. Njoy.

For those of you who are net savvy, 3 Idiots is the first Indian film to be legally released on You Tube. (When you can’t stop piracy, why waste time fighting against it.)

Jail Review / Comments

No doubt Madhur Bhandarkar did not advertise this movie well. He knew it was not his best attempt.

If you are going to watch this movie expecting it to be an entertainer along with the realism Madhur always manages to bring to the floor, you will be partially disappointed. Even though the concept of showing pragmatic imprisonment may sound serious and black, there were many moments in the movie which could have released the stress from the drag the movie was becoming and brought life to script. Many characters shown, but not utilized well.

Right after the film certificate, they saw 3 pages full of sponsors, including some top five stars hotels, shopping malls etc, but it turned out depressing to see the entire 2 and half hrs in the jail and court area.

In a way I personally respect Madhur, as in all his scripts he has managed to bring out the real truth of the society right on your face, unlike many others who hype it and get caught at the censor board (in this case except the nudity scene).

However, for this particular movie I would say it’s ok if you miss this drag, unless you want to know the actual reality around the procedures and processes of entering, escaping and living in the Indian jurisdiction.

All The Best Review / Comments

At the start of the movie all the actors sing the title song, at that point in time it look likes they are telling all the best to us as we will need that to sit thru the movie.

But Rohit Sheety has managed to keep the good work up, third time in a row.

He obviously starts with a stunningly creative stunt and a gala parade, which I believe would have taken most of the funds, as rest of the movie has been shot in a house and outdoor scenes are local Goa whereabouts.

The plot has couple of events which the two young couples get caught into for their need of money, and the fun begins when they try to hide it and the pieces unfolds in front of their macho big brother.

Good work has been extracted from most of the characters. All of them put together and some events has given decent results:

Marie Maid (not my maid, her name is Marie) with the typical Goan accents;

Car garage & Music band – utilized for one event each in the movie;

Ever green comedian Johnny bhai as Tobu bolta hai;

Sanjay Mishra as the tensed homeless tenant who keeps singing Just Chill;

Sanjay and Fardeen as Dharam Vir respectively, Sanjay strong and powerful and Fardeen still learning his acting skills;

Mugdha as Vidya, in vastu science;

Asrani as her father who gets beaten up for nothing and uses old hindi proverbs;

Bipasha plays a double role to prove her duskiness further, as Jhanvi and Princess Of Lesotho;

last but not the least Ajay as Prem Chopra taking away all the credit at the end by being the ideation king and prankster that he is in real life.

I must say the dialogues are outstanding. Some of them really well though of…

Cricket tournament called – GPL…

Baharo phool barsaoo mera mehboob aiya hai

PhD – Phata hua Dhol

MBA – Maha Bekar Adami

& some nice use of Swahili – Muzuri Sana. Baraka Baraka.

All in all an enjoyable family entertainer, you can go for over the weekend and de-stress.