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, September 29, 2017

Judwaa 2 - Movie Review


First Day First Show : Judwaa 2 - The story of the original Judwaa is kept intact. But it has been polished a lot. Almost the entire movie has been shot in London. Many characters are newly added to the original script. This movie is purely about Varun Dhavan, complemented by Jacqueline Fernandez and Tapsee Pannu. Rajpal acts funny, but it is nothing that you haven't seen before. As always Varun displays the mannerisms of Salman n Govinda and also mimics quite a few dialogues of Shahrukh. The most important role of both the female leads is to look pretty, display some skin and act dumb.

There are quite some cheesy one liners. There is also a lot of scope to shout, cheer and whistle. People who had watched Salman's Judwaa 20 years ago as a child or young adults may not like this movie. The target audience of this movie would be between 10 to 25 years. This movie does manage to entertain you but lacks Salman's charm and persona. Please skip this movie if you want to watch it only for the sake of Salman Khan. There is nothing great about his cameo. 

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Haseena Parkar - Movie Review


First Day First Show - Haseena Parkar : In recent times this is the second movie based on the underworld after Daddy. Shraddha Kapoor plays the title role and her real life brother Siddharth Kapoor plays her reel life brother in this movie. You may want to blame her age, inexperience or the makeup but Shraddha is not so convincing as Haseena. She has put in a lot of effort though. In fact it is Siddharth, in his debut movie who is more convincing in the character of Dawood.

The story lays a lot of emphasis on Dawood and Haseena gets very less screen time. The screenplay is very slow which makes you lose interest in the plot. The purpose of making the movie seems to show a criminal in good light and allow her to be portrayed as  a  victim of cirumstances. There is nothing great about this movie and you may absolutely miss it. 

Friday, September 8, 2017

Daddy - Movie Review


First Day First Show - Daddy - This movie is a biopic on the Gangster turned politician Arun Gawli. An underworld crime thriller based in Mumbai on a Don that refused to run away from the cops. Their is a striking resemblance between Arun Gawli and the main lead Arjun Rampal. Not only in looks but in terms of mannerisms, conduct, dialogue delivery etc. Arjun has moulded himself perfectly in this role. It is also Arjun's second production venture after ' I See You '

The direction, screenplay, background score acting , costumes, casting is top class.This movie gives you the feel of the era gone by and there is never a dull moment. The script has made sure that you are constantly on your toes. Most of the story is based on the facts about Arun Gawli's life and only some part of it is fiction. The movie is A rated and has a lot of bloodshed and violence. This is Arjun Rampal's best performance till date. He is aptly supported by all his co-stars and other supporting actors but the surprise package is Farhan Akhtar. This movie makes for a great one time watch if Gangster drama is your flavor.