Being ... ALI HASSAN

I went to see this movie with no expectations coz the promos didn't quite interest me but non the less I had nothing much to do after office so I was like what the heck! So yeah lemme see how best I can describe this one and honestly I think you will only like the movie if you see the first half and then walk out because in the second half it goes completely haywire.

Trust me after the first half finished I messaged one of my friends on my blackberry asking her to go and see the movie now but at the end my opinion had completely changed because the director absolutely destroyed the story and made it completely boring and over dramatic and yeah he even had Michael Jackson in the movie (A fake one ofcourse). So yeah it was a good concept and a cool story about four friends who want to get rich in life but what eventually became of the movie is really sad.

Anyways like I said you will enjoy the first half and get really bored and annoyed in the second, if this sounds like something you want to do then be my guest!

Stars: **

-Alstar

Even before the movie had released the director Sajid Khan had said that this will be the biggest blockbuster of the year 2010 and will even go on to break the collections of '3 Idiots'.Well I don't really think that might happen but having said that this is a fun movie to watch if you leave your brains out of the cinema hall and go for it.

Its not a laugh-riot but more of a situational comedy and a complete family entertainer, it does manage to hold your attention just enough to keep you entertained as long as you don't try to logically analyze every scene and if your that kind of a person than i suggest you do something else this weekend. All the actors and actresses have performed very well with Akshay Kumar playing the part of the loser with complete ease and Ritesh D has complimented him very well all the way and Arjun Rampal has more of a serious role in the movie but packs a good punch performing it.The girls (Lara, Deepika and Jiah) are all very hot and compliment each other very well but Jiah Khan does not have as much of screen time as the other 2 girls but fairs quite well, Boman Irani I felt was VERY loud and so was Chunkey Pandey these two characters I did not like at all.

So if you want to have some mindless fun and see a typical bollywood masala entertainer I suggest go and watch this one and you will have super fun but again if you are the logical viewer then stay away!!

Stars: ***

-Alstar

The first installment was a pathetic effort which makes me wonder why I even took the time to watch the second installment, but I did and it is the most horrible attempt ever to make a horror flick. There is no storyline and the horror element seems more like comedy!! no serious I am not being over critical or something trust me I went into the cinema wanting to get scared and spooked out but when the movie actually finished I couldn't help wonder why did the director even bother calling it a horror movie.

Ok to be fair there are some scenes which surprise you and make you jump out of the seat but like I said a few scenes maybe just one if I can remember and  that is not enough to qualify for a horror movie ofcourse, I mean in a genre like this even if the storyline is a bit patchy and has loop-holes it doesn't matter as long as the horror element is good but with Phoonk 2 that is not the case. In my opinion the director showed the ghost has almost human  and there was no super-natural element to it which destroyed the movie, you cannot make your ghost feel like a living human period!!

So all in all I think Ram Gopal Verma should stop making such movies and also stop giving other director's an opportunity to make them and just stick to what he does best which is to make dark under-world gangster type flicks...

Stars:*

-Alstar

When Farhan Akhtar decided to not only act in the movie but even co-produce it your expectations are very high because he is one film-maker who does not cut corners and maintains that storyline is the only hero of the project, so when he decided to come out with "KCK" I wanted to see how the movie would pan out.

KCR in my thinking is a  "OK types" thriller but the core concept of who is calling Karthik is not that believable, I am certainly not going to give away the suspense but don't expect this to be a mind-blowing experience is what I am trying to say. The movie again is good in parts while there are sequences where you are completely engrossed in the flick but at times you tend to lose interest in what is actually going on. The screenplay itself is not that effective and sometimes even the simplest things are not treated as real. (example: In one scene Farhan and Deepika are so drunk that they cannot make sense of what is going on but after a few minutes they break into a long emotional monologue...) and trust me for the first 10-15 minutes you will be super bored until Karthik gets that "call", its only after that you want to find out how this can actually happen but at the end when they reveal the fact about the call you are not impressed and it leaves you thinking "what the $%^&!!"

Anyways i really liked some of the witty lines in the movie and Farhan Akhtar as a complete loser then as a smart-ass and again back to a loser plays his part really well and so does Deepika but I honestly expected a lot more drama which this movie lacks..

Stars:**

-Alstar

Alright so much hype surrounding this movie it finally released today and after the super-hit "Om Shanti Om" this is SRK'S first solo release and after 7 odd years his pairing with Kajol, so was it worth a trip to the cinemas? Well to answer that it certainly was atleast to me. I loved the movie and the fact that it was so different from all the Karan Johar movies of the past, plus the acting by the lead actors made the movie even better.

Shah Rukh as Rizwan was completely mind-blasting and he acted the part of an autistic man to the T without being irritating and going over the top with his acting, and kajol was excellent even though she does selected roles now she manages to entertain yuo whenever she comes on screen, plus the music was very nice too which made the entire experience fun.

This will probably go down as one of his better performances and will be remembered for quite sometime and also as I said earlier its nice to see Karan Johar breaking out of his usual song and dance routine with giant sets and colorful clothing lines which we see on screen.

So all in all a fun and an entertaining flick...

Stars: ****

-Alstar