Being ... ALI HASSAN

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 has 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..

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-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

Its had been quite something since I last saw a Ram Gopal Verma directed movie, I think the last one which I saw was "Sarkar II" which I found pretty nice so his present offering which was to un-cover the media or so to say was quite intriguing and I wanted to see how would someone like RGV approach the subject.

Its fair to say that this movie was quite an eye opener as to what lengths the media would go to "create" news not just report it. The movie is ofcourse a work of fiction but what lies beneath is the scary truth of what the reality actually is and what goes on behind the scenes and how does the news actually make in inside your TV room, quite an engaging storyline I should say.

RGV has always been known to make different kind of cinema so much so that sometimes its so different that we all hate him for even attempting to do it (remember the re-make of Sholay..LOL) but with this movie he manages to hit the nail on its head and come up with something very engaging and fun to watch. Even though Amitabh B was promoted as being the main hero of this movie I would say that the movie belonged to all the characters who were a part of it and no one stole the limelight because the storyline was such that no one could do that.

Watch this one and the word "NEWS" just might change forever...

Stars: ***1/2

-Alstar

I went for this movie only because  the name Vishal Bhardwaj was associated with it even though he was a producer and the music composer in this one I knew he will make something fun and intelligent with a gripping storyline and it was exactly what I expected.

The best part about the movie was its language and that the characters spoke the common man's lingo without any filmy influence which we have come to hear in all our movies, for a fist time director Abhishek Chaubhey has given us a pretty slick movie with some interesting characters and sub-plots. Both the mail male leads Arshad and Nasser were fun and equally mean on screen and along with the hot Vidya Balan they all made quite an interesting watch on the big screen.

So here is more power to Abhishek and the Vishal B combo and hope they come out with more realistic movie just or even better than this one!!

Stars: ***1/2

-Alstar

I knew even before watching this movie that it would suck and will be one of the most horrible flicks I will see this year but I still went for it shamelessly all because of Salman Khan coz according to me he is the real superstar of Indian cinema, but not even he could save this movie from going down the drain. Its stupid not fun and completely dated.

The story and the dialogues look like they were taken from an ancient book of secrets or something and the screenplay was so screwed up! and yeah I dont even know how this movie ends coz I walked out towards the end so even if you are a die hard Salman Khan fan dont watch this one coz its really not worth the time and money..

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-Alstar