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It does take lot of guts to release your film on the same day as a Sharukh Khan starrer and the result could always spell doom for you unless you are a member of the khan trio. People considered Hrithik was committing professional hara-kiri going ahead anyways, it is only when you watch the film, you realize why Hrithik was KAABIL to take a Khan starrer a la David Vs Goliath.

Rohan (Hrithik Roshan)is a blind man, but his other senses are working in perfect sync with his thoughts. He is also an expert on mimicking people's voices and works as a dubbing artist for animation films. He meets Supriya (Yama Gautham) a blind pianist when a common benefactor sets them up on a date.

Hrithik and Supriya get married and dream of a bright future. Their happiness is short lived when Supriya gets gang raped by their neighbor Wasim (Sahidur Rahman) and a politician's brother Amit (Rohit Roy). The police turn down the case as the bigwigs manipulate things and everything fizzles out.

The blind couple decide to accept fate and go ahead with their life, but the rapist duo return and rape Supriya yet again. Supriya takes a drastic decision which changes Rohan's life as he takes on the might of the politician Madhav Rao (Ronit Roy) and the rapists and how he eliminates each of them without evidence forms the rest of the plot.

Hrithik Roshan gives a fantastic performance and comes out a winner, be it as the love struck guy, or the helpless husband or the vengeful person, he outshines every other character in the movie.

Yami Gautam for a change decides to act and yes she does a wonderful job too, her performance as the rape victim is excellent and makes you feel for the character.

Rohit Roy as the rapist comes out with a fabulous performance that you start hating his character right from the word go and cheer when he meets his brutal end.

Ronit Roy on the other hand is OK and it is evident he is trying very hard to come up with a performance to match his co-stars, but he fails.

Music by Rajesh Roshan is not wow but is soothing to the ears and the remix of "Haseena ka Deewana" should be avoided as well as Urvashi Rautela's acrobatics which are supposed to be dance moves.

Sanjay Gupta comes out with a winner and a bravo performance from his lead stars, though the movie lags a bit in the second half, he manages to set it back on track.

Watch it if you are in a mood to watch a good film with stellar performances and if you are in a mood to go down on an emotional roller coaster ride.

Every Sharukh Khan release is an event in itself, RAAES is no different. Most of the characters the Khan had been portraying in the recent past have been disappointing to his fans…even the much admired Jahingar Khan of Hello Zindagi was not of much satisfaction due to the limited screen time. And now Raees is something his fans had been waiting and praying that it would tip the balance of fortune towards their much loved star

And yes….from the word go, we know a masterpiece is unfolding on the screen. Though the story is not new..a rise and fall of a righteous don has been done to death in Bollywood from times immemorial, but what sets Raees apart is Sharukh Khan, his performance and the amazing screenplay.

Jaideep Majumdar (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) reminiscences his tryst with bootlegger Raees (Sharukh Khan) way back in the 90's. Raees story unfolds right from his childhood where he is touchy about his short sight (has to wear glasses) and people calling him "battery" due to this impairment. His Ammi (Sheeba Chaddha) is his greatest influence and her words "business is bigger than religion as long as it does not harm anyone" remains in his mind and starts working for a local don (Atul Kulkarni).

Raees once when he is old enough decides to start his own business and miffs the don and joins hands with a Mumbai don Moosa who funds Raees's bootlegging business.

Raees falls in love and gets married to Aasiya (Mahira Khan) and soon becomes a father. His rise disturbs the local don who tries killing Raees and fails and ends up getting killed by him.

Jaideep Majumdar, a honest police officer is hot on the trail of Raees and uses every method at his disposal to bring Raees down, but he is unsuccessful as Raees has the support of both the ruling and the opposition party.

But soon, Raees's ego makes him a commit one fatal error which turns things in favor of Majumdar…..

Sharukh is back to doing what he does best, hogging the screen time and also giving one of his career's best performances, his ire when called Battery, or when he is weeping away to glory in his wife's arms after a major setback or his astounding performance in the climax undoubtedly proves the crown is still his.

Mahira Khan performs well in what little screen time she has, as the only person who gets away after making fun of Raees's short sight. Wish she had more screen time.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is wow as Jaideep Majumdar, the scenes involving him intimidating his superiors, or the several faceoffs with Raees showcase his talent.

Sunny Leone brings the house down with the peppy item LAILA and her tumka's are well synchronized to the beats

K U Mohanan's Cinematography captures rustic Gujrat at its best, the filters highlighting the era in which the film is based

Deepa Bhatia's editing ensures the movie does not drag and uses the scissors the right way in making the film crispy and entertaining.

Rahul Dholakia's direction is top notch and it is not a mean task handling two live wires Sharukh and Nawazuddin together, but he has managed to extract the best possible scenes involving both of them. He has also managed to recreate the 70-90's era with just the right touches

Watch it if you are a hardcore Sharukh khan and also if you have a major crush on Sunny Leone and also if you have been missing the wonderful action sequences of the 80's.

When it comes to Bollywood, every release of Sharukh Khan or Karan Johar is an event in itself. Expectations were soaring for AE DIL HAIN MUSHKIL owing to a fantastic trailer, the controversy involving the Pakistani actors and the love making scenes between Aishwarya Rai and Ranbir Kapoor. Alas! to sustain a movie at the box office, the abovefeatures can never be the proper ingredients.

Ayan Sanger (RanbirKapoor) meets Alizeh (Anushka Sharma) during a one night stand whichfizzles out when Alizeh makes fun of his sloppy love making, but end up being good friends later on. Ayan falls in love with Alizeh but she goes back to an old flame Ali (Fawad Khan) and to rub salt on wounds invites Ayan to the wedding. Ayan proposes to Alizeh on the wedding day and walks out and meets Saba Khan (Aishwarya Rai) on the flight back home. After a hurried love making scene, saba and Ayan became a couple.

Ayan tries reconnecting with Alizeh to show off his beautiful new girlfriend and then…. It's Anushka Sharma's show all the way. She has a wide range of emotions on display for her character in this film and a daring look in the second half demands respect from the audience. Thepep talk she gives Ayan when he goes through a break up, the scene when Ayan proposes to her behind closed doors showcase her performance.

Aishwarya Rai is perfect as the cougar. She uses her charm to a good extent and yes she is seductive and that's all there is to it.

RanbirKapoor looks like he walked off the sets of Rock Star and Tamasha andlanded up in this one. He is good but he sure is getting repetitive.

Pritam's music is excellent and is the only good thing about the movie apart from Ms. Sharma.

Anil Mehta's cinematography is good.

Karan Joharhowever disappoints…though the premise of lust leading to love is good enough, but the movie drags on and enters an unnecessary terrain towards the climax. The movie should have ended a good half an hour before, but I guess Karan Johar wanted to increase the emotional quotient… …..well salt is good, but too much of it can certainly ruin a good dish

watch it if you have just gonethrough an awesome breakup