I write one movie review every Friday. It may also go up to two or three movie reviews over the weekend. Every Friday review is usually a First Day First Show.

Friday, July 28, 2017

Indu Sarkar - Movie Review

First Day First Show : Indu Sarkar - This movie is based on the high handedness of the ruling party during the Emergency in India in 1975. Though the disclaimer claims otherwise. The story drags itself in the first half and picks up pace in the second. The main lead Kirti Kulhari comes up with another fine performance after PINK. Neil Nitin Mukesh displays great mannerisms and seems to have gotten in the skin of his role. This movie has definitely gone through a lot of cuts, as the sequence of some events do not match. The lady responsible for the Emergency can be seen in only one frame. It is acknowledged that RSS did have an important role in opposing and working against the Emergency.

This is serious cinema and awareness is the main motive. No wonder the workers of a political party were opposing it all the time. 

Friday, July 21, 2017

Munna Michael - Movie Review

First Day First Show : Munna Michael - A light hearted romantic action drama starring Tiger Shroff and debutante Nidhi Agarwal as the lead pair along with Nawazuddin Siddiqui. This is director Sabbir Khan's third movie with Tiger after Heropanti and Baaghi. As usual Tiger Shroff does the best of what he is good at dance and stunts. He definitely needs to work on his expressions and acting. The new lady  on the block,  Nidhi Agarwal makes the most of her first shot at Bollywood. With her strong screen presence and decent acting you cannot ignore her. Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays a villain but you get to see his romantic version too. He is almost a parallel hero in this movie and also gets to display his dancing skills.

The story is routine. The direction and action along with choreography is pretty good. To be frank I watched it for Nawaz and he does not disappoint you at all. You get to see yet another shade of him. If I am not mistaken he has equal amount of footage in the movie as Tiger Shroff. For the most of the first half Tiger plays second fiddle to Nawaz. The target group of this movie is youth and young couples. Tiger Shroff and Nawazuddin Siddiqui fans, you have many moments to cheer in this movie. 

Friday, July 14, 2017

Jagga Jasoos - Movie Review


First Day First Show : Jagga Jasoos - Ranbir Kapoor makes his debut as a Producer under his banner PictureShuru Productions with this movie. It has Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles. The genre could be classified as musical thriller. This is not ur routine movie and viewers not interested in meaningful cinema may get bored during the course. Ranbir Kapoor deserves a round of applause for his outstanding performance and is well supported by Katrina Kaif.

The dialogues to be in the form of a song and multiple songs in the movie go well with the demand of the script and the narration. We have a positive reference to Netaji Bose and revolves around the illegal Arms trade around the world. The narration is in the form of a poem and since it is produced by Disney gives you the feel of a Broadway Musical. Anurag Basu's direction, also the screenplay, music and cinematography  is top class. Parents should take their kids to watch this movie. They would love it. The others should only go if they want to watch a good cinema and have the patience to let the story unfold itself.  Ranbir Kapoor has a great taste for movies and he has always experimented with different roles and topics. He has definitely taken the risk in his first production venture. I do not see this movie doing great  commercially but Ranbir has surely delivered another of his finest performances.