Opiniones de poulomihari

When was the last time we saw a good romance come on screen? Bridgerton is series, and it caters to a commercial audience. But to literature lovers, readers and bookworms who enjoy poetry, and literary conversations, this trope had been dead from cinema. This movie breathed some life back into it. After the series One Day, its been quite a while since I have watched a beautiful tear-jerker. You have seen this story before, in Me Before You. But that doesn't kill the appeal of this film. I loved the fact that grief was processed by different characters in different ways, and our female lead was no sob-woman. She was a strong, brave, charismatic female lead who knew her boundaries and respected others'. I loved the cinematography, the character conflicts, the heartbroken father and this sure touched my heart. Watch it, if you are a literature lover. But also keep some chocolates by your side...

Most horror movies these days rely on cheap jumpscares and predictable plotlines. Almost like a formula. Its almost impossible to find a story that is engaging and/or memorable as all movies have the same old story. They are quite indistinguishable for their counterparts (ahem- the Conjuring Universe-ahem).

However this movie, Marrowbone, athough begining with horror house cliche, it takes a rather sombre, more of an Asian horror approach. The story is less about ghosts and more about grief, about tragedy and personal trauma. Although there are clues from the beginning and any avid psychological horror fan would eventually predict the plot twist, it was still refreshing to see a Hollywood film going that route. Most Hollywood films are devoid of emotional depth, but this one left me shaken. I legit wept for the protagonist.

The story ends with ambiguity, whether the ghosts were real or not is left upto the viewer. I personally believe they were, to an extent. Technically the film was artistic, cinematography was excellent. Acting-wise the performances were unbelivably good. All the young actors did a wonderful job. The film is packed with brilliant performances. Characters were few, location was beautiful and it managed to keep the story airtight. I'd recommend this film to all the cinephiles put there.

This has become a regular nonsense now- come across a murder case, show the environment in sepia tone, waste your time with family drama, throw in the glimpses of the cops' sad pathetic lives. Overall, bore your viewer to death with too many subplots and drag the mystery that could be solved like in 2 episodes. People don't watch crime shows to see cops' lives. We watch crimes shows to solve a puzzle. This cliche has doomed so many shows by now, Delhi crime 2, Dahaad, now this. Why? Why do the directors have to bore the audience with long onners. A chase scene, picking up a phone, looking for someone.... these are unnecessary long shots that add nothing to the story except footage. If that is your purpose- to drag a run time long enough to milk out watch hours, then I will gladly give up my netflix subscription. I have kept it for Bridgerton anyway, which they dont seem to launch any time soon. This is the first time I had fast forwarded the scenes at a crime show. I mean lawd! Documentaries are much more intersting than these. Seriously, watch Indian Predator and you will get more entertaintment than this. Giving up halfway by episode 4. I no longer care. I came here to see some spoiler reviews. Suffice to say I have solved the crime. And those who are still wanting to give it a try, good luck.

I was a fan of Mahabharat by Swastik House, which is why I was interested to see the actors' later work. I got interested in the show because Yudhishthir and Bheem were there. The trailer looked interesting and it said it was based on a true story. So voila, I checked it out.

The cinematography was old school. I survived it because I had grown up watching DD National shows. Old school cinemarography has its own charm so it can be forgiven if the story is good. Then comes performances. Rohit Bharadwaj was the star performer of the show. He expressed quite well with his expressions, body language and dialogue delivery. However the remanants of Mahabharat's pure Hindi would randomly appear out of him, like "Satya ki khoj" or "mai pashu pakshiyon ke case nahi leta". It was cute and hillarious at the same time. Also Saurav Gurjar who happened to be one of the greatest finds of Mahabharat, surprisingly appeared as a fantastic actor on this series. His chemistry with his "jyeshta" was on par. These two brothers had a commanding screen presence to be honest. So I stayed for them and luckily their performance did not disappoint me.

It was however the editing, direction and overall execution of the series that ended with an unsatisfying conclusion. Without spoiling much, let me reframe the story for you. Its about a very charming but broke private detective (Rohit Bharadwaj), who lives with guilt and sorrow in his heart. He sees his girlfriend's ghost in his dreams and is unable to move on or even forgive himself. He comes across a case where he has to look for a parrot, of a woman whose husband (who is a scientist) has gone missing for a long time. He didnt want to take the case of a parrot but his broke ass forces him to go for it. Things get complicated as the woman who hired her dies and then he gets entangled in a way bigger crime that he can't figure out.

Don't worry, even we the audience can't figure it out. They give the explaination but really, had the execution been better we would have actually taken interest in what really happened. The story had potential but the director didn't. The editing was messy. The scriptwriter was amateur, the scene transitions were inconsistent. The ending left me scratching my head not with wonder but rather confusion.

Overall the show could have succeeded if the director and editor worked harder. The actors were all great. They were the people who kept the series tolerable. And I mean all the actors, even the supporting cast. If they had been bad at acting this series would have been insufferable.

Dear Rohit Bharadwaj, if you are reading this, I watched this show only for you and Saurav. I sat through ads and what not only to make sure you guys get your due credit at the end. I am leaving an honest review so that you do better next time. I am a writer too BTW and yes, I loved your work. But I didn't enjoy this series as much I wanted to. However I give points for attempt and I hope to see you soon with something better and interesting.

Zain Khan Durrani is such a breath of fresh air. After a long time I have seen an actor command such presence, not just with looks but also with his performance. He was on par with Prakash Raj, Harsh Chhaya and Adil Hussain, all veteran and seasoned actors. The screenplay was very well written and the story unfolded seemlessly. I am glad that in this era of webseries, the real good actors are getting their due appriciation. Ashim Gulati got his recognition in Taj and now Zain has gotten a great platform. Zee5 should keep up the hunt for good scripts, it gets viewers's respect. Now that OTT platforms like Netflix, Prime and Hotstar have become trashbins, its lovely to see an underrated OTT platform like Zee5 are emerging with great concepts and good scripts. BTW, if you have seen Raazi, trust me, after watching Mukhbir, Raazi will seem mediocre.

This is one movie that I watched without any prejudices. I did not read any reviews, and only saw it for the beautiful visuals shown in the trailer. The story was usual, but the way they crafted it was unpredictable. Unlike other movies, here you genuinely want to trust the characters even though your heart knows there's something wrong. They make them extremely likeable in the first half and you are caught up in the warm, cozy, cindrella story that it offers. I quite related to the lonely Evylyn who lost her mother and was in dire need of a family. And these are the vulnerabilities that can be easily taken advantage of. You really ignore the red flags when everyone is this welcoming.

But even though the twist was shown in the trailer and you know whats about to happen, you still want to see how the protagonist rescues herself from the mayhem. The actors were good, the plot was engaging, the set design was magnificient. Everything was top-notch. Its been so long since I have seen so many vivid colors on screen because almost all horror movies in recent time have been dull, colorless and predictable. And kudos for making vampires scary again. The stories of Dracula and his brides now seem mythical and folklorish, thanks to the various new interpretations of vampires that have almost killed the horror in it. Today vampires are seen as pretty much superheroes. Seeing vampires as a menace was a fresh feeling altogether.

No idea why it got so low ratings. People have lost taste. If you pull down content like this, you get served content like Marvel's She Hulk and you are forced to be happy with it. Promote good films people. Rate them well. Otherwise be prepared to be served hot steaming pile of .. well you know what I mean.

Very rarely will you find an Indian movie smashing the romcom genre so perfectly. I mean on the name of romance you will only find films like Kabir Singh, or Ranjhana which are written for the male audience but rarely anything comes out for the women in this country while tapping on to the fine balance for every one else. This one was so well made. The story was very detailed with lush backstories and subplots of supporting characters. Each character was lovable and almost every scene was perfectly crafter. Harshwardhan is a fabulous actor, been a fan since his performance in Sanam Teri Kasam. But this time even the female lead was amazing. All the actors had solid performances, the story was engaging, the cultural comedy was fresh and relatable. I loved the inclusion of gay characters and the storyline of Ritz and Jiggy was played with so much dignity. It was such a warm and fuzzy rom com. Reminded me of old Hollywood romcoms that no longer come out. The last time any such sweet Romantic film was made in India, it was probably Namaste London. I loved this movie. Plan A Plan B was a good movie too, but the direction was quite amateur. But this one was so well made, it looked well enough for a theatre release. Absolutely amazing. Such movies should be appriciated through and through.

The direction was a bit chunky which is why the acting sometimes looked like overacting. Tamannah, Ritesh and Kusha were quite good when it came to their performance. But other actors ahem Poonam Dhillon ahem were so bad, their parts were a distraction. It is quite difficult to achieve the full rom-com joy or passion withing 2-3 hours but the story did progress quite organically and their attraction felt believable. Don't expect much skinship, I mean these are Indian actors and I am pretty sure Ritesh is very faithful to his wife. There is a kissing scene but you could tell they are not actually kissing, rather hiding it out. However I am thankful to the director to have churn out at least something for Indian audience. Here rom-com always means chasing a super rich manic pixie dream girl and giving her a "sanskar dose". So seeing a posh almost Kdramaish opposite attracts bubbly rom com is a fun change. It also works as a soft power for the nation- changing the image from our Gareeb desh to a rather chic urban upper-middle class lifestyle. I know the Hindi speaking audience might find it a little over the nose but in other languages and for people who need subtitles, they might quite actually enjoy it. Its complete OTT content, and I am happy for it. It had a feel of Masaba Masaba in it, and I dig those sort of web content. The direction could have been better, with more cameras and shots. The editing could have been better. The second half of the movie was quite good compared to the first half. The banter and all, although brilliantly written, often felt forced. I won't blame the actors, they were doing their best. This is probably a bad direction.

However points for trying. If the audience seems receptive of such stuff, they will make more and bring in more actors, which is a win for us. So I liked it. Certainly didn't hate it. Good film. One time watch.

This series is about a frantically neurotic man, Arya and his divorce with his incredibly fed-up wife, Shruti. The series is well directed, well shot, well lit, and well crafted. It is high production with very carefully crafted jokes. Arya constantly causes troubles, and in the process constantly invites troubles. He is insufferable. He sees the world through a sarcastic lens, that often comes out inconsiderate. He loves calling out peoples' hypocrisies and thus manages to offend everyone. Except maybe his daughter. His wife Shruti is frustrated. She may have deep rooted feelings for him but at this point she needs to breathe. She was done "mothering" him, which means she had had enough of defending or rather correcting his self-sabotaging behaviour. As the series's protagonist, he may leave a negative influence on its target audience- the egocentric middle aged male audience. Many of Arya's jokes may enable "manchild" dude behavior. But the director has managed to portray the end of marriage, killing all hopes of reconcilliation, which is a justified punishment for a character like that.

Performance wise, it was quite refreshing to see Madhavan play a self-centered jerk. He has always been typecast as a sweetheart. This time he plays a wonderful annoyance. He is not wrong though, most of the time. I mean, after this series even I would never shake hands with teenage boys and rather practice "Namaste". And I totally stand by him for the men's-locker scene. The society does overreact on small things, ensuing unnecessary drama. But being insensitive to other peoples' jobs and their beliefs was a tad too much.

Overall I enjoyed this series quite much. I had sworn to myself I would never watch stuff that is reveled in unpologetic toxic masculinity but this one had me rolling. Its fun to see the world from a different lens and this one was good.

I don't know why people are hating this movie so much. While people are looking out for massy south films, they are trying to dump this one which has entertainment value of most massy entertainers. The story was great, the plot was engaging. I have seen worse films. KGF for example, was too annoying and I have no idea why people love it so much. I couldn't sit throught it for more than 10 minutes. The screenplay, the plot of this movie was good enough. If they could have afforded better actors and dialogue writers, then maybe this movie would have done better as a whole. This movie has its flaws but it isn't as bad as people make it to be. I enjoyed it. I think instead of going for stylised masala pot boiler, had this been made specifically for OTT with more erotic R-rated scenes and gore, this movie would have achieved a cult status. I guess film makers should evolve theselves for OTT and give up this obsession for theatre audience. Let the theatre be for theatrical movies. Mystry thrillers deserve to be made with more grounded performance. The audience has evolved and so has our tastes. But anyways, this movie was a decent watch.

I have watched just 2 episodes and its already predictable. This fantasy has no rules. Maybe I am too old for such teen fantasies- an artist whose webtoon comes to life and their biggest fan gets sucked in the drama... I mean, you are building a fantasy, of a fantasy, of a character within the fantasy. That is too much fantasy. And yet, there are no clear rules. Things just happen.... they happen as per convenience. I assume this drama suffered the weight of multiple deadlines and the creativity was crushed to a pulp in the process. Heck, even I could have written a better story. If you are making a parallel world, and filling the parallel world with real people, make sure they are "real". If not, then make them all fake. If Lee Jong Sook's character can be a webtoon in Han Hyo Joo's character's world, then she should be a webtoon character too, in his world. Its then where we assume the game is fair, and the protagonists are equal. Otherwise its just a story building up for a collapse. This parallel universe plot seldom works, if the writers aren't fully committed to it. This is the same reason Lee Min Ho's highly anticipated, The King, stank so bad. They lose the plot midway, make it too convoluted, and then break all rules for convenience, just to come out with some garbage.

I came here to IMDB, just to read honest opinions. I found quite many people resonate with what I thought. Also, many people have reviewed it to be illogical- precisely as I predicted. So I am gonna give it up. Will save my time and data on actual good content.

I remember having ignored the show when it was launched thinking it is some poor remake of Mahabharta. That was in 2013. I was in college back then and TV was not a commodity but a luxury for the person who gets to grab the remote at the common dining hall, when no one is present. Otherwise its just hoolabaloo and the remote is always passed to the seniors. So I ignored the show that time. However sometime around its original telecast, close to the Draupadi Cheerharan sequence, I happened to stumble upon one of its promos. It was obviously not a scene from the series but something that everyone would relate to, and would love scream out loud. It was Draupadi questioning her husbands, why they were silent. Arjun and Yudhisthir gave their excuses upon which Draupadi replied, very boldly, "na koi vivash tha, na koi vachanbaddh tha. Tum sab kayar the, jo paanch hokar bhi apni patni ki raksha nahi kar paye.." And here comes the line that still gives me goosebumps. "Bhari sabha me Draupadi nagn nahi hui thi. NAGN TO PAANCH NIRBAL PAANDAV HUYE THE!!!!"

That promo literally had my attention. It was exactly after which I googled the show. Back then Mahabharat episodes were available on Youtube for free. Star used to upload the episodes after their original run on TV. So first I watched the high-octane Vastraharan scene.. which was still to take place. I mean I had begun watching the show from the episode where Draupadi was dragged down to the main assembly and she questions Bheeshma. I still have that first impression, Pooja Sharma's brilliant acting. Now I dont deny that I was totally oblivious of the previous episodes, or the about the actors of the show prior to that episode. I have been a fan of Saurabh raj jain since I had seen him in Devon Ke Dev Mahadev, as Vishnu. I knew he was going to protray Lord Krishna in this series and he even got appriciated by my mom...who by the way is a really difficult person to impress. So I had seen snippets of the show here and there. But back then it wasn't as memorable as the drama that was presented in the Vastraharan sequence. Also the short 20 minutes format left the viewer blue balled because important scenes would often be broken to several days. Hence thanks to internet, I took my own sweet time of 2 days to binge all the previous episodes in one go.

Now you see how addictive this show really is. I mean the plot, if you start bingewatching on the internet, you will be stuck. Its impossible to leave in the middle. All my friends who begun watching the show during lockdown, had become crazy fans. They were the ones who thought this show was stupid back in 2013 but they too were stuck. I think the makers did a fantastic job, and the actors poured their heart to it. Special shout out to Riya Deepsi as Gandhari. She is such an underrated actress but honestly, Gandhari hadnt been so relatable if she hadnt acted so well. I noticed how she changed her voice through the show to imitate the character's age. She was just 17 when she was cast. Also the best actors in the series were: Praneet Bhatt as Shakuni, Pooja Sharma as Draupadi, SRJ as Lord Krishna, Shaheer Sheikh as Arjun, Aham Sharma as Karna, Arav Chaudhry as Bheeshma, Thakur Anup as Dhritarashtra, Shafaq Naaz as Kunti, Riya Deepsi as Gandhari, Saurav Gurjar as Bheema and Rohit Bharadwaj as Yudhishthir. Special note for Saurav Gurjar coz he was never a professional actor, he is rather a professional wrestler and kickboxer who happened to be selected for the show. But my God, he portrayed Bheema such a way that often he seemed to be the actual person reacting to the scene. I have never scene such a huge man cry like that before, the way he did in the Vastraharan scene. It felt real because perhaps it WAS real... kudos.