ckaran80
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Dhoom - 2004 defined this genre in bollywood where thieves winning at last looked cool and was a simple and well implemented movie. Dhoom 2- 2006 tried to bring glamor in its predecessor along with unwanted love story only to disappoint. And here comes dhoom 3 which totally shatters dhoom the legacy.
First of all, dhoom franchise is supposed to be about stealing passion, whereas this one is all about vengeance, which is different from the first two parts. But, the real problem here lies in its execution. Cheap and borrowed action sequences make a mess of this movie. The story being straightforward, takes 3 hours to unfold thanks to senseless and boring songs at regular intervals. We see short glimpses of suspense but the timing is wrong and suspense sequences are predictable. The central idea of movie is evidently copied from a Hollywood movie(won't name it here).
The major problem here lies in the technicality of the sequences. Most of them simply don't make sense.For example, Aamir riding a bike on a rope, abhishek flying around and killing the goons and use of an auto- rickshaw as a weapon to fight them.I mean really? Morever, Aamir's bike has every facility in it. From pin to plane ( including boat ) you can find every possible stuff in his bike. Common director, grow up. Audience is no longer fool to accept such crap.
Casting Aamir Khan in the lead role here does not make sense. Aamir Khan does a decent job throughout the film, but fails to portray himself as the villain. He may be Mr. Perfectionist but he is not suited for this role at all. Abhishek Bachchan as usual makes fool of himself in the entire movie and Uday Chopra irritates to the fullest. Again, Katrina's role is too short and only serves to the love angle unnecessary forced into the movie. Supporting cast is pathetic.Jackie Shroff's short appearance is commendable.
So, what was the best part of the movie? the interval. Aamir Khan's performance is good but the quality of movie is down-grade and would be a loophole in critically acclaimed career.
Masala movie fans will like it, other will laugh it out.
First of all, dhoom franchise is supposed to be about stealing passion, whereas this one is all about vengeance, which is different from the first two parts. But, the real problem here lies in its execution. Cheap and borrowed action sequences make a mess of this movie. The story being straightforward, takes 3 hours to unfold thanks to senseless and boring songs at regular intervals. We see short glimpses of suspense but the timing is wrong and suspense sequences are predictable. The central idea of movie is evidently copied from a Hollywood movie(won't name it here).
The major problem here lies in the technicality of the sequences. Most of them simply don't make sense.For example, Aamir riding a bike on a rope, abhishek flying around and killing the goons and use of an auto- rickshaw as a weapon to fight them.I mean really? Morever, Aamir's bike has every facility in it. From pin to plane ( including boat ) you can find every possible stuff in his bike. Common director, grow up. Audience is no longer fool to accept such crap.
Casting Aamir Khan in the lead role here does not make sense. Aamir Khan does a decent job throughout the film, but fails to portray himself as the villain. He may be Mr. Perfectionist but he is not suited for this role at all. Abhishek Bachchan as usual makes fool of himself in the entire movie and Uday Chopra irritates to the fullest. Again, Katrina's role is too short and only serves to the love angle unnecessary forced into the movie. Supporting cast is pathetic.Jackie Shroff's short appearance is commendable.
So, what was the best part of the movie? the interval. Aamir Khan's performance is good but the quality of movie is down-grade and would be a loophole in critically acclaimed career.
Masala movie fans will like it, other will laugh it out.
JohnDay is a thriller flick starring Naseruddin Shah and Randeep hooda in lead roles, a debut directorial venture for Ahishor Solomon.The story begins with death of Naseruddin's daughter in some estate known as Casablanca and then follows the delineating of the entire plot and the characters involved in it...
JohnDay is yet another attempt by bollywood to make sensible movies following movies like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag,Special 26 and Madras Cafe this year.But unfortunately ,the director here has failed to do the same justice to the subject.The first half of the movie is awesome,and will make you think and deduce conclusions but the other half and the climax disappoint you to the earnest...The climax and the conclusion seem to be totally extraneous and abjured from the script...Given that, the movie does have its high ends especially the violent scenes-they are brutally depicted, violence at its very best in bollywood...Also a slight political theme is added which serves well for the sake of the plot...
The Screenplay is totally distorted in the second half where the unfolding of suspense is done quite early.The background score is brilliant sometimes but lacks intensity otherwise.Camera work and editing is good...There is no song in the movie which is highly imperative and conducive to the movie...There are some mind-blowing dialogs throughout the movie...
As far as performance are concerned, Naseruddin Shah does not deliver up to his potential best maybe due to his simple role.Randeep Hooda is the star of the movie,he totally overshadows Naseruddin Shah.He is brutal, intense and not remorseful.Violent scenes are meticulously executed by him.But only drawback of his character he shifts gears at the end.A special mention to Pradeep Rawat for his mind-blowing performance...The rest of the cast does not impress especially Elena Kazan who seems to force her character...
So, coming to the verdict, JohnDay is a movie that will not be be liked by all. People who are fan of sensible and complicated plots and enjoy violent and brutal scenes must definitely watch it. Watch it for brilliant performances especially of Randeep Hooda.Had there been a suspense element in the movie and had the climax be executed perfectly, this movie would do justice to the otherwise brilliant concept and awesome acting...
JohnDay is yet another attempt by bollywood to make sensible movies following movies like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag,Special 26 and Madras Cafe this year.But unfortunately ,the director here has failed to do the same justice to the subject.The first half of the movie is awesome,and will make you think and deduce conclusions but the other half and the climax disappoint you to the earnest...The climax and the conclusion seem to be totally extraneous and abjured from the script...Given that, the movie does have its high ends especially the violent scenes-they are brutally depicted, violence at its very best in bollywood...Also a slight political theme is added which serves well for the sake of the plot...
The Screenplay is totally distorted in the second half where the unfolding of suspense is done quite early.The background score is brilliant sometimes but lacks intensity otherwise.Camera work and editing is good...There is no song in the movie which is highly imperative and conducive to the movie...There are some mind-blowing dialogs throughout the movie...
As far as performance are concerned, Naseruddin Shah does not deliver up to his potential best maybe due to his simple role.Randeep Hooda is the star of the movie,he totally overshadows Naseruddin Shah.He is brutal, intense and not remorseful.Violent scenes are meticulously executed by him.But only drawback of his character he shifts gears at the end.A special mention to Pradeep Rawat for his mind-blowing performance...The rest of the cast does not impress especially Elena Kazan who seems to force her character...
So, coming to the verdict, JohnDay is a movie that will not be be liked by all. People who are fan of sensible and complicated plots and enjoy violent and brutal scenes must definitely watch it. Watch it for brilliant performances especially of Randeep Hooda.Had there been a suspense element in the movie and had the climax be executed perfectly, this movie would do justice to the otherwise brilliant concept and awesome acting...
Great star-cast, electrifying promos and a intense topic of corruption...all this leads you look at this movie with high expectations, but the fact is that satyagraha fails to do any kind of justice to the audience.Satyagraha is about the protest against corruption initiated by a group of people and is loosely based on Anna Hazare's movement against corruption...
The title Satyagraha in itself enough to explain the magnanimosity of the movie, but that is where it fails to enhance.Given the idea of corruption, the writers and directors should have capitalized on the concept,instead they just managed to make it as cliché and banal as they possibly could...
The movie, at no point whatsoever is even close in touching your emotions.Rather, emphasis is given on personal relations between the characters which you feel as if you are watching some daily serial.The plot has many loopholes...the movie begins on a high note and then goes literally nowhere from there onwards and after the movie you feel like what was the point of this all anyways? In view of the current scenario in India, movie based on corruption should try to raise anger among the viewers just like movies like nayak did...but as for Satyagraha-thumbs down...
Script is disgusting, screenplay is going nowhere, background score is average, songs are childish and the dialogs are too old-school and unenergetic.
As far as performances are concerned,Ajay Devgn and Amitabh Bachchan are not up to their best,Arjun Rampal is wasted, Kareena Kapoor is good in the first half and Amrita Rao is good,only Manoj Vajpai manages to impress as always...
+points - intense topic and Manoj Vajpai's performance -points - 1. lack of neat execution
2. poor direction
3. pathetic dialogs
4. poor climax
Disgusting narration - 1. Ajay Devgn starts a revolution simply...as if its a piece of cake. 2. Excessive use of twitter and face-book. 3. There has to be a romantic angle between Ajay and Kareena, no matter whatever they do. 4. The protagonists are themselves unaware of their actual motives.
In short, Satyagraha is a movie which gives you high expectation in the first 15-20 minutes and then just betrays you till the very end...
The title Satyagraha in itself enough to explain the magnanimosity of the movie, but that is where it fails to enhance.Given the idea of corruption, the writers and directors should have capitalized on the concept,instead they just managed to make it as cliché and banal as they possibly could...
The movie, at no point whatsoever is even close in touching your emotions.Rather, emphasis is given on personal relations between the characters which you feel as if you are watching some daily serial.The plot has many loopholes...the movie begins on a high note and then goes literally nowhere from there onwards and after the movie you feel like what was the point of this all anyways? In view of the current scenario in India, movie based on corruption should try to raise anger among the viewers just like movies like nayak did...but as for Satyagraha-thumbs down...
Script is disgusting, screenplay is going nowhere, background score is average, songs are childish and the dialogs are too old-school and unenergetic.
As far as performances are concerned,Ajay Devgn and Amitabh Bachchan are not up to their best,Arjun Rampal is wasted, Kareena Kapoor is good in the first half and Amrita Rao is good,only Manoj Vajpai manages to impress as always...
+points - intense topic and Manoj Vajpai's performance -points - 1. lack of neat execution
2. poor direction
3. pathetic dialogs
4. poor climax
Disgusting narration - 1. Ajay Devgn starts a revolution simply...as if its a piece of cake. 2. Excessive use of twitter and face-book. 3. There has to be a romantic angle between Ajay and Kareena, no matter whatever they do. 4. The protagonists are themselves unaware of their actual motives.
In short, Satyagraha is a movie which gives you high expectation in the first 15-20 minutes and then just betrays you till the very end...
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