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Right from the word go, I was cursing myself for coming to watch this movie. The family sentiment seemed contrived, acting too loud, romance illogical, and the list goes on. But surprisingly, after almost 3 hours, I left the theater satisfied (how is that even possible?).

Scripted and directed by Surender Reddy, Race Gurram starts off just like any other commercial Telugu movie, with phony sequences and loud acting. While the first half seemed dull with mediocre screenplay, Surender manages to pull half the later half exceedingly well. The overall direction though could have been much better.

On acting front, it's more or less a cake walk for Arjun. His body language is superb, and he performs with ease. But what needs mention is one performance: Brahmi a.k.a Kill Bill Pandey, take a bow! He is absolutely entertaining.

Overall, the screenplay in the second half, Bunny's strong screen presence and Bramhi come to the rescue in this mediocre film, and you walk out of the theater satisfied. So just for that, you can give it a watch.

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Hasee Toh Phasee is a fun film, but again it's nothing so great either. The new director Vinil Mathew was unable to pull in the right emotions from his cast. Everything looked artificial, right from the love story between the protagonists to the father-daughter bonding. To add to this artificiality was the uninspiring and mediocre screenplay by scriptwriter Harshavardhan Kulkarni. The loopholes and lack of proper emotions didn't help. On the positive side, Parineeti charms you while Siddharth is pretty good.

You may watch it at your leisure.

Acting: 7/10 Story-Screenplay-Direction: 5/10 Technical Aspects: 7.5/10

Verdict: 6.5/10

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Gangs of Wasseypur starts off with a bunch of guys raiding a house tearing into pieces in the year 2004. It then flashbacks to 1941, and then, 3 hours later, ends in 1990, with a "To be continued". By this time, my head was hurting like crazy, and half the theater had walked out. Now take an intelligent guess on how good the film was.

I know of people who've loved the movie, but it definitely isn't the one for me, and am guessing everyone. Unless you like such dark, vulgar films with no story, stay away.

Acting: 7.5/10 Story-Screenplay-Direction: 3/10 Technical Aspects: 6/10

Verdict: 4.5/10

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