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This is the 3rd marvel series i watched , i dont know what is their obsession with 13 episodes. Reducing few episodes can make it much more interesting. Its not much of the problem in The Punisher Season 1 but Daredevil Season 1 was too stretched that it could have ended well in 8 -9 episodes at max.

Moving on to Punisher, It starts with a bang. Punisher has killed all the cartel and goons and then living all on his own as a construction worker living in same ghost of past. He gets followed by David Lieberman who tells him that his family was killed because of what happened in Kandahar and then starts his mission along with David Lieberman to find the real culprit and avenge the death of his family. The series moves on as mission from one link to other and than to the real man or the head .

What differentiate this from Daredevil season 1 is that Punisher maintains its pace except at few places. There are twists and surprises that keeps one on their toes. Last 4 episodes are the best episodes . They are fast , things happen at great speed and makes one remain on the edge of the seat. I wasnt happy with one side track of Lewis Walcott but the way it ends was fab and made all my complains go away.

Everyone has acted very well. I loved the Background music and the loud music during the starting credits. Screenplay is good except that they would have made it shorter by an episode but its a minor glitch.

Jon Bernthall's act and the screenplay is so good that in the end when he beat and kill the villains i felt a big rush of adrenaline . All the blood and gory shown looks justified , such is the level of empathy that it feels like we got our revenge.

Some of my favourite scenes Scenes Between Frank and David's Kids David's reaction when He finds Frank almost dead Madani and Karen conversation Madani and James Marion conversation Frank- Punisher, killing the Last 2 culprits Lewis attack on Karen and senator Stan Ori

Most of these are in last 4 episodes and it will be really criminal if i exclude anything from those episodes as best moments.

Its dark and probably little slow but the screenplay and the acts of Jon Bernth, Ebon and Ben Barnes makes it a thrilling and an exciting ride with good twists and turns which give a good adrenaline rush. Would rate it 9/10 Waiting for season 2 :)

1st season was average to above average due to very slow pace and too long conversation . A superhero stuff cant be so slow like some drama. Lots of time is wasted in inner dilemma of Mathew Murdock where he is confused whether what he is doing is good or bad being a catholic guy. Yeah they wanted the human aspect of a superhero but that turned out to be boring. Even the conversations between Vanessa and Wilson Fisk revealing the character and intent of Wilson Fisk bored to death . But it surely has very good action sequences and some equally strong thrilling and emotional moments which acts as savior and keep it an above average watch. Wilson Fisk character could be really threatening but the animal inside him is let free for very few sequences . Scenes between Mathew Murdock, Foggy and Karen are very good . So are the ones between Mathew and Claire.Maybe someone who has acult for daredevil can enjoy this season but i being the one who started with this and not the comics book found it average to above average and rate it 7/10

2nd season i didnt have much hopes where i thought i will end it and wont move to next season. But it starts with a bang- daredevil fighting robbers and then someone killing cartels . The entry of Punisher as a kick ass hero who wanna wipe out gangs and Electra who is non apologetic killer gave the season a big big boost. Second season differs from 1st in one aspect and that is the reason this season comes out triumphant - Fast pace . There are two things going on simultaneously one about Frank castle(The Punisher) and other about an ancient Japanese organization- Hand, and both have lots of mystery and action involved that keeps us on our toes , add to it the turmoil in personal life of Mathew Murdock(Daredevil) with respect to his best friend Foggy and love- Karen. Even there is mystery involved in presence and actions of Stick( Daredevil's master) and Electra. It gives us everything one expects from a superhero stuff - little drama and romance , full of action thrill and mystery. Now iam waiting for 3rd season , hope its like second season not 1st . would rate second season ... 9/10

The movie is a biopic on Arunachalam Muruganantham and covers the trials and tribulations that he faced during his journey to become one of the most important and respected Social entrepreneur world-over. A movie being made on such a taboo subject in a conservative society like India is big achievement and bigger is the achievement of Arunachalam Muruganantham, who in reality faced all this and maybe much more than this, but stood his ground and come up with such an innovation to make accessible, cheap sanitary pads for menstrual hygiene even to to the lowermost strata of society. Lakshmikanth Chauhan in movie is real life -Arunachalam Muruganantham.

The movie comes to the point pretty early by opening with a song showing the marriage and love and care that Lakshmikanth Chauhan(Akshay kumar) has for his wife Gayatri(Radhika Apte) and out of that care arises Lakshmi's obsession to make cheap Sanitary pads for his wife as branded ones were too expensive to afford for him for his wife and sisters. But this obsession of his makes him try too much and the subsequent failures bring embarrassment to him and his family. All this reach such a point that he was seen as pervert who is possessed or has some contagious sexual disease in village and his sisters , wife , mother all move away from him , so he decides to leave the village. Though all this humiliation separates him from his family but fails to separate him from his obsession to get a 100 % working sanitary pad for his wife at lowest cost and from here on starts his journey to gain knowledge and make a sanitary pad as good as branded one at dirt cheap cost. Testing the pads for their efficacy was one hurdle he had failed to cross from start but there arrives a fairy for this padman- Pari(Sonam Kapoor) who helps him pass not that testing hurdle but also stands by him during tough times and takes his mission from village to village so much so that he names the pads - pari. Whether he settles with pari or his wife returns is revealed subsequently in the movie.

Radhika Apte plays an innocent village girl who has traditional mindset,got her look and mannerism perfect .Radhika is known to be a bold women in real life so playing a contrasting character with so much conviction deserves applause. Sonam looks cute and plays suave urbane girl who gets bowled over by simplicity of Lakshikanth and decides to give his dreams a wings to fly. Sonam also plays her role with elan. Rest of the character actors looked in place with their act. Akshay kumar shed his street smart hero image once again and is very good as a simpleton with an innocence and unwavering dedication and conviction to achieve what he has set out for. The extent to which Akshay has got hold of the character can be easily understood by seeing real Arunachalam Muruganantham. videos.

Background music is excellent so are the songs Aaj se teri and Padman. Cinematography is top notch for such a low budget movie. The Movie slows down a bit after interval as what Lakshmi sets out to be has been achieved by that time and focus has shifted to how far has his innovation benefited people but then picks up with his UN speech,20-25 minutes before the end. So the pacing of the movie is nice. Director has done commendable job by bringing some amount of entertainment and yet not losing the essence of the film - i.e. to tell the complete story within 140 minutes as close to reality as possible.

Some of the High points or scenes i liked LakshmiKanth(will use Lakshmi for him) UN speech Allegory where Lakshmikanth uses sanitary pad on a bleeding arm cut Scenes exposing how 50 rs is too much for menstrual hygenie but nothing when shelled out in name of religion showing various tricks to befool people Lakshmikanth - Pari 1st meeting Affectionate scenes between Lakshmi and pari Lakshmikanth trying sanitary pads himself .

This move is an example of how one can keep the movie realistic and bold and yet add some entertainment value . I would have rated this movie a 9/10 because a big section is devoid of much entertainment value, But then added an extra 1 for making this BOLD movie in a realistic manner and that too at commercial level with one of the biggest Indian superstar. So its 10/10. Anyone who complains of Bollywood not moving out of comfort zone would really love and relish this one .