Movie Logs (Nov 13)

8th Nov - Krrish (Rakesh Roshan, 2013) - 6*
16th Nov - Tiny Furniture (Lena Dunham, 2010) - 7*
19th Nov - Chakravyuh (Prakash Jha, 2012) - 6*
21st Nov - Cocktail (Homi Adajana, 2012) - 6*
23rd Nov - Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (Sameer Sharma, 2012) - 7*
25th Nov - 10ml Love (Sharat Katariya, 2012) - 6*

Movie Logs (Oct 2013)

1st Oct - SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Edgar Wright, 2004) - 9*
             It is a quirky, fun, original zombie movie which has got the universal appeal.

2nd Oct - HOT FUZZ (Edgar Wright, 2007) - 8*
              Another amazingly fun movie by Edgar Wright. Nick Frost is such a joy to watch. First Kill List and now this, I am permanently scared of English country!

3rd Oct - THE WORLD'S END (Edgar Wright, 2013) - 9*
             What a super 3rd act! Cornetto is fun fun fun. Edgar Wright is going to be one of the best dir. of our times.

4th Oct - THIS IS THE END (Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, 2013) - 7*
             Jonah Hill and brilliant dialogues from Seth Roger and Evan Goldberg makes it worth a watch. Though, it doesn't hold as much by the end.

8th Oct - THE LUNCHBOX (Ritesh Batra, 2013) - 8*
             The idea of romance has never been so original in recent times as this movie showed. Powerful acting from Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin grabs your eyes throughout the movie, and movie lives with you forever.

17th Oct - LUCIA (Pawan Kumar, 2013) - 7*
                Best Indian Concept movie of the year. Based on a pill that gives a man other kind of life..life of his dream..which is actually a parallel reality. Songs were unwanted. But hates off to Dir. who made this on lowest possible budget 5 million INR; crowd-funded; made it release; and it grossed around 30 million rupees. WIN!

19th Oct - GRAVITY (Alfonso Cuaron, 2013) - 10*
                Best movie I have seen this year. It was 2 hour space ride. Finally a movie which gives viewers actual idea about what its like to be in space. I also loved the message of human determination that GRAVITY delivers.

21st Oct - WRECK-IT RALPH (Rich Moore, 2012) - 7*
                Heard a lot good thing about the movie so my expectations were little high. Story takes some times to settle in characters; their details; various games and after all this it was so well executed. It made me laugh, made me sad & made me jump over my seat. Good Fun!

22nd Oct - GOOD NIGHT GOOD MORNING (Sudish Kamath, 2012) - 8*
                 What would you expect from a movie based over a mobile phone conversation happened during a night til morning. Well..this turned out to be surprising original, candid & real. Romantic talks looks real very rare time but the way conversation kept engage me throughout the movie was very impressive. Great creative work by Writer and Dir.!

Photos from Centenary Film Festival, New Delhi

This was the first film fest that I attended and for which I traveled 250 Km. All I can say, it was worth it. First, I was excited hearing about Bombay Talkies screening, Panel Talk of some known faces of Indian Cinema and Satyajit Ray's retrospective. Later, I found one day before that Bombay Talkies screening is cancelled. But still the remaining schedule of fest was good enough for tempting me to attend it.

Here are the some images from Centenary Film Festival held at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi :

TIME TRAVEL! Old way to watch movies. A makeshift Talkies named, Gulshan Mahal.

Talk to Dhritiman Chatterjee after the showcase of his movie 'Pratidwandi'(Dir.- Satyajit Ray, 1970).
You may  better recognize him as the one who played 'Bhaskaran' role in 'Kahaani'

Audi I of Siri Fort

Ingmar Bergman Photographed by Ray

Kurosawa Photographed by Ray

Steve McQueen Photographed by Ray

The Man whose work gave Indian Cinema respected place among World.

Dev Anand & Geeta Bali in Baazi (1951,Directed by Guru Dutt)

PYAASA

1996 movie, Dir. Shyam Benegal

Year 1999 movie, Dir. Jabbar Patel. This movie  was produced by GOI.

Mere Dad Ki Maruti (2013) Movie Review

Director: Ashima Chibber
Story, Screenplay: Shreyansh Agrawal, Neeraj Udhwani, Pooja Desai, Ashima
Cast: Saqib Saleem, Ram Kapoor, Prabal Punjabi, Rhea Chakraborti
Release Date: 15 March, 2013
Running Time: 1 hr 41 Minutes

Mere Dad Ki Maruti is the second film of Y-Films, under the flagship of YRF, with the purpose of targeting youth audience. This kind of movies heavily relies on the events, happenings and dialogues in the movie. And Mere Dad Ki Maruti gets it all.

MDKM is set in the backdrop of a Punjabi Big- Fat wedding in Chandigarh. Sameer (Saqib Saleem) is a
Chandigarh guy, who lives his life care-free. His father (Ram Kapoor) scolds Sameer about anything that he is not doing right according to him. One night, Sameer without asking, takes the recently bought car by his father, on a ride to impress his college dream girl. Further, the story is about how Sameer's life turns upside down when the car goes missing.

The first half is mostly about the life of Sameer and his adventures. The major fun begins after interval
when numerous unpredictable events takes place, which keeps audience engaged. The dialogues are quirky enough for good laughs. Saqib Saleem and Prabal Panjabi(Gattu) makes the mark as a witty, fun loving Chandigarh guy. Ram Kapoor comic timing is impressive.

Mere Dad Ki Maruti is a good fun movie. Family audience and youths will love it for sure.

Rating: 6.5/10