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Down in the Dumps
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Movie - Up and Down Mukalil Oraal Ondu
24/5/13, 11pm @ Q cinemas, Kochi

Review
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Director T.K Rajeevkumar's recent movies have been enough to create skepticism in viewer's mind, before getting ready to watch his new flick 'Up and Down Mukalil Oraal Ondu'. But since the attempt at this premise seems relatively new and with the looks of a thriller, one may have an idea to venture to the theatres to take a peek. But much before the end of the movie, one may tend to realise this was an absolutely bad idea.

The movie opens with premises of a flat and a lift which seems very relatable. But soon we understand that the scenes look like a staged drama. Everything is as per convenience. Even the lift waits for the actors to complete their dialogues before it would close or make a move. Characters are loud and over the top. But nevertheless one may think something worthwhile is coming ahead. Movie travels through some poorly written scenes and dialogues. Many of them become unintentionally funny. The lift gets stuck and then its an attempt to bide time before a dramatic incident that leads to the interval. At the interval, the movie is definitely Average to Below Average.

Post Interval there is no respite. There may be a few interesting scenes here and there but its too much bargain for the silly things going on screen. Director keeps providing us excuses for the delay in opening the lift and rescuing the trapped. Excuses come one after the other. A drunk lift mechanic, a fire force which wont be called by the police officer for avoiding controversy and lift company service men who get caught in traffic. But after a point one would say, please dont give us such hard excuses because we dont bother anymore. By the end, killer gets revealed which seems guessable but rather decently done compared to rest of the movie.

Writing is quite amateurish to say the least, especially the dialogues. Most of the lines become unintentionally funny. Acting is bad. Prathap Poten keeps hamming and is over the top. Nandu tries hard at comedy and becomes irritating after a while. The anchor turned actress Shruthi gets the worst performer tag easily. Indrajith and Remya nambeeshan cut a sorry figure most of the times, as they have nothing much to do. Meghna Raj is ok.

Direction seems silly at times and there is no logic or reason to much of the proceedings. Its almost as if its a compulsion to be trapped in the lift and keep investigating a murder inside it. It surely does not seem to impress the least.

In summary, there is nothing much to write about this movie which makes you rave about it.........Do yourself a favour, give this one a skip.


Verdict - Pathetic
Rating - 1/5

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[critic]

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Dreams vs Love
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Movie - Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani
31-05-13, 10:15 pm @ PVR, Lulu

Review
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It was almost 17 years back when Simran (Kajol in DDLJ) decided to go on one final holiday trip along with her friends and fell in love during the course of the journey. Since then countless bollywood heroes and heroines have 'discovered' the journey and love connection. Director Ayan Mukherji's new movie 'Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani' is not the first and certainly not the last movie that is going to come out in Bollywood with this formula. But the positive sides of 'YJHD' lies in the fact that even though the setting is formulaic, the movie tends to rise beyond the formula and delve deeper in to the conflict between personal dreams vs love, friendships that wither away over time, plurality of ambitions and loss of good times when one goes chasing his/her dreams.

The movie begins on a very much expected formulaic setting of a boring girl 'Naina' (Deepika) and her holiday trip along with a few adventurous school friends. Things seem pretty much forced and expected here. Ranbir starts his usual class act as 'Bunny'. The proceedings move to Shimla and the ice breaking 'Jhumma Chumma' routine is likable. Soon, the movie starts to rise beyond the formula when we delve deeper in to Bunny's ambitions and dreams. The journey that two of them take to the nearby peak is a starting point. By the time we hit Interval, its an above average feel.

Second half starts well but looses graph seriously close to the Aditi's (Kalki) Sangeet Ceremony. We almost feel that the movie is loosing the plot. But then the city trip shows how different Naina and Bunny's ambitions are. They are just 2 different people. There is neither right or wrong. And then the movie goes through some of its good and average portions at the same time. The friendship angle between Bunny, Aditi and Aki (Aditya Roy Kapur) is quite real and goes through its own nice highs and lows. By the end, just about when its getting laborious a bit, Bunny's home scene brings back things and closes it with a likable finale.

Ayan Mukherji just about manages to keep the promise he showed in 'Wake Up Sid'. Music is a major plus. 3-4 songs are good and taken in a eye-catching manner. 'Pichkaari', 'Kabira', 'Bathameez' are best of the lot. Cinematography is good. The movie could have been shorter by a good 20 minutes or more. It tends to get a bit boring in the second half.

The movie quite belongs to a overall performance by Ranbir Kappor and the chemistry between the lead pair. Ranbir oozes charm, ambition, dreams and keeps you grooved to the screen even though the setting may be formulaic. Deepika does better than her usual self. The chemistry between both is visible and crackling. Kalki and Aditya are more than just a presence. They add well to the movie. Farook Sheikh just needs one scene to leave an impression.

To sum it up, if you are the type that likes the quintessential bollywood romance, then 'YJHD' is a movie that keeps the formulaic setting and tries to go a bit beyond. It succeeds to some extent. The story about living ones own dreams, loosing relations and friendships when one moves on and about different people with different ambitions, 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Diwani' has relatable things. With a eye candy presentation, it deserves a look, if you are up for it.


Verdict - Lavish Bollywood Romance
Rating - 3/5

[Brother]

thanks machan..!!

ranbir