Junooniyat : So Cliché

Junooniyat : So Cliché

  11:56 AM    My Little World !!!

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This week's release Junooniyat, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, is another inclusion in the creepy love stories of Bollywood. The movie focus on a love story between a Captain of the Indian Army, Jahaan (Pulkit Samrat)  and an adventurous Punjabi kudi Suhaani Kapoor (Yami Gautam). 

Their first meeting happens when the heroine does swimming in a restricted area because its "adventurous" and the hero helps her from getting drowned. No wait, but she doesn't seems to be drowning or in danger when help comes. But why was there a distress call in the first place. No one knows. Anyways the over smart heroine irritates us in the following scene when colonel ask her questions. She is detained in the army camp until investigations about her is complete. Suhaani also wants an apology from the captain for reason I'm still finding. For helping her, maybe? Colonel is so generous that he invites her to the army's official Christmas party. There after a drink of brandy, which according to colonel is not alcohol but a lifestyle, she dances with the hero and falls in love with him. They separate. They meet again, plays holi and again gets seperated. This goes on for some time. 

Suhaani's family comes to know about the love and is totally against it just because Jahaan is an army man. Having lost three family members, Suhaani's father doesn't want history to be repeated on his daughter's life. Jahaan was not willing to leave his army for her and thus gets separated again. 

The film has some of the worst scenes ever made in the history of Bollywood. There is a scene where Suhaani tries to escape from the train, which goes to her college organised winter camp, with the help of her friends who distracts the teacher by giving Aloo ka paratha. Really? Wasn't there a better option? 

There is another scene where Jahaan and other army officers rescue a family from a car drowned in snowfall and the family invites only the captain to the family function. And that too by taking leave. The person turns out to be Suhaani's fiance. (One could easily guess!). And in the following scenes we see the fiance hailing from Canada shares his griefs and doubts only with Jahaan, whom he met two days back rather with a bunch of friends and family members he has. 

The story-line is undoubtedly predictable. The chemistry between the leads doesn't help in saving the movie from being a disaster. The music is not up to the mark and is being unnecessarily included every 15 minutes. The camera captures some beautiful views of Kashmir and Punjab. Coming to acting, I feel Pulkit Samrat did a better job than Yami Gautam. Yami Gautam is beautiful as usual but her charachter Suhaani fails to impress us.

Junooniyat is a movie about a boring love story that will never exist in this present world.

My rating is 0.5 out of 5

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Do Lafzon Ki Kahani : Too Much Melodrama

Do Lafzon Ki Kahani : Too Much Melodrama

  11:35 AM    My Little World !!!

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I wish the film Do Lafzon Ki Kahani was as exiting as it showed in trailers! I expected an intense  and emotional love story from the trailer. Unfortunately the movie has disappointed me in every single aspect. The story is about a former Mixed Martial Arts fighter Sooraj (Randeep Hooda) who falls in love with a visually impaired girl Jenny (Kajal Agarwal) and is ready to risk his life so that his love can afford the expensive eye operation. The movie is the remake of 2011 Korean movie Always, which was also remade in Kannada as Boxer in 2015.

The screenplay is too slow and the dialogues are not upto the mark. Every scene in the movie takes you to the 80s and 90s movies (obviously, the flop love stories) and its bitter to watch. Kajal Aggarwal even after her nine years in Indian cinema has still not learned about “real” acting. As typical Indian movie blind girl character, Jenny also has beautiful unblemished eyes, tries different hairstyles, does slight makeups, all when she is staying all alone. It just reminded me of Kajols character in Fanaa, only difference Kajol acted really well! The character of Jenny is so irritating and over smart that actually makes us confused what made the ruff and tough Sooraj melt his heart for her!

When you leave the theatre you realize that  so many questions were unanswered. Like in the beginning Sooraj says that he works day and night because he has to clear some debts. It is latter mentioned that he was taking care of a victim who burned himself while he was trying to escape from Sooraj. No wait, What? If he had to take care of that person why did he go to beat him in the first place. Ok, maybe his mind just changed just like that. But worst part is that this particular story somehow and somewhere gets lost and is never talked about. 

The blindness of Jenny is unconvincing. There is a scene where she presses the light button on and off. For what, no one knows! Jenny watches a horrible soap opera, not in her apartment (which can easily afford a TV) but at some random security booth. She not only watches but is also obsessed and even mopes seeing it. And she even count the days with the episode of the show! I totally didn't understand why Sooraj who risked his life to bring back Jenny’s eyesight avoids her completely after the operation. Or did I just miss something while I was battling with myself trying to control my sleep? 

The two things that helps you survive from the two hour yawn is Randeep Hooda and the song Jeena Sikha Diya . I feel sorry for Randeep Hooda that he has worked so hard for a movie that did not deserve his talented performance. The song Jeena Sikha Diya reminds us that its supposed to be a love story. Love never hurts…Love heals” goes the tagline of the movie. Yeah its true, Love does not hurt but movies like this will definitely hurt. Do Lafzon Ki Kahani means a story of two words. And the two words are “TOO BORING”

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Was the movie Mother's Day that bad?

Was the movie Mother's Day that bad?

  11:05 AM    My Little World !!!

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Is it just me or anybody else do feel the same thing that the 2016 movie, Mother's Day was highly underrated? I mean, what was the problem with the movie after all? I admit that I never liked the recent holiday theme movies from director Garry Marshall like Valentine’s Day (2010) and New Year’s Eve (2011). But lets also not forget that he is the one who gave us Pretty Women(1990), The Runaway Bride (1999) and Princess Diaries (2001) too. Mothers Day is  overpacked with cast but I felt this movie is more realistic than his last two movies.

The best part of the movie is that it includes all mothers. Whether be it a divorced mother to lesbian mothers to mother who are too young to mothers who abandoned their kids to mothers who have a good marriage life to stepmothers and yes even mothers in heaven and grandmothers.  I mean it literally showcases every single mother in this earth.

It shows reality. It shows that mothers too have flaws. Like the scene where the character of Kate Hudson allows her child to eat sand saying that Kids survive, they have healthy immune system. I have seen many reviewers creating fuse about this line. Come on please, we all know that some times its really hectic to look after the kids (even though we love them more than anything in the world). The toddler however and whatever we tell he still puts all the dirt into his mouth. The character of Kate Hudson is just fed up at that moment! So relax, and consider it as a joke!

Some reviewers have labelled the character played by Margo Martingale, who plays the mother of Sarah Chalke and Kate Hudson in the movie, as “racist” because she got disturbed that her daughter got married to an Indian guy (Aasif Mandvi). Yes she is definitely not liking her daughter’s husband because he is from a different culture. And yes, it happens at some homes! Welcome to reality people. There are mothers who are bossy and over protective. But that doesn't stop Kate Hudson’s character from loving her husband. The mother later understand that fact and is happy for her daughter.

I also read many reviews that said about the part of a movie where Jennifer Aniston’s character  accept life advice from a clown, is ridiculous. Now whats wrong in that? Is it because a person who dressed up in clown costume advising is what you cant digest or is there any pre qualifications to advise someone? Come on, we don't know who in which part of the world will  bring a smile to our face or even change the way we look upon life!

It also shows how difficult it would be without a mom around the kids. How a widower struggles to create an understanding between his grown up daughters. How a newly step mother struggles to find the perfect first aid for the kid’s asthma. 

I felt the movie was entertaining and interesting to watch. Yes it lacked comedy but I personally don't think it lacked content. Yes Julia Roberts wig was definitely a joke, but lets not take such silly mistakes into a big negative.  It clearly shows that the strongest bond is that between the mom and the child and nothing can come in between them. I suggest you to see it for once and give your feedback in the comments below.

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