Being ... ALI HASSAN

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

Just came back from this movie and all I can think about is when can I go back and see it all over again!! what a awesome awesome movie, its fun young and absolutely mind-blasting. I knew this movie would be nice but this one has exceeded my expectation to no limit, even though I am not such a huge fan of Aamir Khan but I certainly admire whatever he does and in this movie he has surpassed all expectations.

Raju Hirani according to me is the real hero of this film, I mean to come up with such an engaging screenplay is so difficult and the man has almost perfected the art of making such movies if you go by his track record, from now even if he doesn't promote any of his movies i will be  the first one to buy that ticket and watch it!!

The performances and the dialogues plus the soundtrack were all so delightfull to watch and not even for a second you are bored or dis-interested with what his happening on screen, Aamir was the pick of the actors because he had the best role and the best lines but Sharman, Maddy and Kareena also performed well and Boman Irani as the college dean was mean and fun and not to mention Chatur this guy is indeed a great find and his performance was simply too good!!

On the whole hats off to the entire unit for making such wonderful and a timeless classic!! Aal izz well!!

Stars: cannot be rated go and LOL!!

-Alstar

I have been told that "Cheeni Kam" which was the last movie R.Balki had made was pretty nice but I still haven't seen it but anyways coming to "Paa" it is a fab movie withsome wonderful acting by the entire cast and needless to say Amitabh Bachchan steals the show completely.

The thing I liked about this movie was that they even thought the main character was suffering from a fatal disease they did not make it out to be sad and a depresiing movie where everyone is feeling sad for the child and consoling his mother, but it was just the opposite, he was fun cheerful and completely full of energy and that angle worked for me and almost everyone who saw this movie.I never expected this movie to be so funny and humorous and in almost all the scenes Amitabh is present are beautifully shot.

Vidya Balan who I think is really hot has performed and acted her role out wonderfully and so has Abhishek as the young and dynamic politician and kudos to Balki for coming up with a serious subject like this and making it fun and a joy to watch. So if you are reading this and thinking about whether to see the movie or not think no more and watch it now and for all those of you who have already seen it...time for a re-run!!

Stars:****

-Alstar

After like months and months of crappy and stupid flicks finally we have KURBAAN!! and thank god for that, well actually thank Rensil D'Silva and Karan Johar. The movie is simply outstanding and has been written and treated very intelligently I mean all the aspects are well thought out and the homework has been done to the T.

The main strong point of the movie is of-course the storyline which grips you from the very start and when things move into the second half the movie is in its zone, I am not sure but I think Rensil is a first time director and if he is then he is the "MAN!" and kudos to Karan J for producing such a cool flick.

All the performances are very good but the good thing is that no one trys to hog the limelight and they share all the screen space, I mean yeah Saif and Kareena get most of the footage in the first half especially Kareena but when Vivek Oberoi enters he does a very fine job especially with his accent he is brilliant and very natural, Saif and Kareena are superb they are good actors and after watching this movie you know why also Om Puri is decent and so is Kiran Kher with Diya Mirza in a very small role.

So at the end I will say this and say it again.. u NEED to watch Kurbaan!!

Stars: ****

-Alstar