Shivaay’s Viewings (Up to date) | SATYAMSHOT

Shaitaan – 2024
Watched it.. glorious first half the place the story builds up effectively and distinctive performances by the solid with Madhavan and Janki Bodiwala standing out whereas Ajay & Jyotika are stoic. The introduction sequence, the construct up & the sense of atmospheric anxiousness might be felt for the protagonist & his household.

However similar to Bahl’s earlier Hit Tremendous 30, Shaitaan too nosedives within the second half with senseless gore & violence occupying a majority of the screentime. The climax is unintentionally humorous & assessments your persistence by then, particularly since Maddy for all his efforts continues to be too nice to be handed off as a human sacrificing rakshas & his charming dialogue supply which did wonders in organising the primary half finally ends up being the deal breaker within the remaining act.

One other a type of city multiplex industrial movies from the trade, might be watched as soon as primarily for the primary half & Madhavan’s present stealing act.

3/5
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A gorgeous movie to observe cinematographic-ally however an agonising, painstaking & fairly a boring watch past a sure level with a predictable plot and cardboard characters. Maybe gentle sci-fi/fantasy isn’t precisely a favorite style (in contrast to the superior massive brother sci fi dealing in realism) however this might need labored higher in a GOT styled TV present. Positively extra participating than its snooze fest of a predecessor and people blue bodied alien movies, however nonetheless a slog however.

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-Good stable political procedural thriller that asks for the viewer’s consideration & places your data of the structure to check.

-Most performances are on top of things. Arun Govil as Pm & Raj Zutshi as Abdullah stand out. Priyamani is stable, Yami Gautam is a bit eccentric & on character. Portrayal of the HM by Kiran Karmarkar is extraordinarily cartoonish although.

-Cinematography, camerawork, Bgm all high notch. Dialogues are laborious hitting with out going ballistic.

-Movie does endure from the Oppenheimer curse whereby it tries to slot in manner an excessive amount of content material inside a brief span of two Hrs 45 minutes. Exams the viewers persistence attributable to its size and reliance on drama/dialogue. Would have labored higher as a 6-8 episode net sequence for the quantity of content material it suits in.

-3.5/5

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Watched Fighter. Good stable industrial movie for essentially the most half other than an underwhelming climax which appeared extra like a Kabir vs Khalid second. The primary half is a rousing glory with exceptionally effectively designed and shot aerial dogfights and cobra manoeuvres. The moments of crew bonding and goofing are nice however nevertheless, not one thing of a cup of tea for single display screen audiences.

Performances are par for the course, Hr dominates the display screen as typical and Deepika performs her half effectively. Anil Kapoor reminds of his olden days whereas Karan Grover shines as Jai.
Greatest downside with the movie is its sluggish paced second half, unnecessary interpersonal relationship props, a second of puerile humor involving Sharib Hashmi and the truth that whereas the motion and cinematography may be very area of interest and up to date, just a few of the dialogues and the climax combat provides a Gadar really feel to the movie. The ultimate act finally ends up being a neither right here nor there mismatch of Uri meets Border (pointless for the reason that lots would anyhow received’t have an interest within the aerial fight motion).
All in all an excellent stable movie however that might simply have been a superb movie had the makers adopted their conviction and never fallen for the mass appeasing entice, particularly effectively designed for its Vfx, motion & set items. 7/10

PS : If Hindi movie makers and stars are so excited by catering to the lots and budgeting their movies accordingly, they need to follow the Battle and Pathan template and depart the likes of Fighter to the Aditya Dhar’s and Vicky Kaushal’s of the world. Or else comply with conviction and finances the movie accordingly for city multiplexes alone. No level attempting one of the best of each worlds and find yourself with neither.

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Merry Christmas has good performances, glorious cinematography and spicy dialogues however a torpid screenplay and an underwhelming climax are the foremost drawbacks. Will get confused between being a black comedy or a thriller and finally ends up being neither. Strictly a one time watch, ideally on Ott, 3/5

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Accomplished. Good, stable docu drama movie the chronicles the life and occasions of Subject Marshal Manekshaw in a hagiographical format. His equation along with his IMA batchmates, his spouse in addition to ex PM Indira has been precisely & adequately portrayed with out an excessive amount of melodrama or shenanigan.
The movie excels in its portrayal of the assorted regiments of the Indian Military in addition to the mutually admirable equation the Subject Marshal shared along with his Jawans & officers.

The primary complaints – Nothing about his childhood and college life. Its a bit problamatic to painting such a wealthy illustrious life in 2.5 hours however his early days, his equation along with his mother and father & faculty life deserved to be touched upon.
Additionally, completely no actual life footage of the Subject Marshal via the movie regardless of sensible route of apt utilization of actual life footage in portrayal of the ’71 warfare.

Value Watching movie however. Kudos to Kaushal and Meghna in equal measure.

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THE SPY on Netflix –

Maybe a bit late within the day, however a backbone chilling, nerve wracking spy drama that when once more reinstates how effectively espionage thrillers might be if made with the correct amount of realism and sluggish burn.

Sensible efficiency by Sacha Baron Cohen, glorious departure from his humorous man gigs. An ideal tribute to the “nation earlier than self”, “nation earlier than household” stone chilly strategy of the Israelis that defines and makes them what they’re within the submit WW-2 world (one thing most Indian civilians are incapable of even of their desires!).

Should Watch

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Watched Tiger 3 right now morning. Like I mentioned earlier, good script, needlessly prolonged screenplay that wasn’t crisp sufficient, glorious motion sequences & stunts (esp by Katrina), substandard Visuals (persevering with from the place Pathaan left off), mediocre performances (Emraan did effectively however his make up and shallowly written character didn’t assist, SRKs cameo being an entire waste of time on the identical strains as Salman’s in Pathaan), dialogues that oscillate between the hilarious, sarcastic to tacky.

Higher than Tiger 1, at par with Pathaan (general) however not a patch on Tiger 2 and Battle.

5/10

*Exhibiting a Pakistan PM in good gentle isn’t gonna go down effectively with the audiences (rightfully so) however within the general scheme of issues I’d nonetheless take it since the true villain of the piece, The Pakistan Armed forces and the ISI have been appropriately demonized together with a “light” reference to the rogue insurance policies of Turkey and China.

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AN ACTION HERO :

Tremendous Enjoyable “popcorn” entertainer with excessive meta references and black comedy that’ll make you rofl and facepalm on the similar time. A movie inside a movie with water tight screenplay and spicy dialogues, its relentless tempo covers up for its predictable goof ups whereas the beautiful camerawork and stylized motion is a murals.

Performances from Ayushmaan and the ever dependable Jaideep Alhawat are image good for the job at hand and regardless of Ayushmaan’s lack of enchantment within the motion style (one main motive why the movie flopped) he’s delivered one in every of his profession greatest submit Andhadhun and Vicky Donor.

7/10 – Value Anticipating its enjoyable tropes with a pun.

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Khufiya – One other mediocre common product by Vishal Bharadwaj. A script stuffed with potential and thrill will get entangled in a messy net of obnoxious VB shenanigans (addicted semi bare housewife, a lesbian intelligence officer, a high of the invoice double agent so dumb, he’d put havildars of Delhi Police to disgrace).

Performances by a gifted solid are the one factor going for this movie alongside some good cinematography and a handful of procedural scenes involving real espionage.

The same old irrelevant and predictable Bharadwaj anti nationalistic pandering about how nationality and borders are the foundation reason for all wars (yet one more toast for the commies after Jawan) that we’ve turn into used to since that terrible propaganda piece of writing from a Kashmiri militant that we name “Haider” doesn’t make issues higher.

Strictly a one time watch in case you have nothing higher in your listing.

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The Vaccine Battle :

A effectively intentioned movie general narrating the trials and tribulations of our scientists and their skilled and private struggles via the horrifying pandemic.

Clearly being a Vivek Ranjan movie there are events the place there’s subtlety of a sledgehammer in rightly calling out the crooked left wing media cabal and their NYC masters however I do want he will get a bit smoother and refined about it going ahead.

Its in the end the scientific lab R&D and testing scenes (effectively shot and edited) the place the center and soul of the movie lies and superlative performances from Nana Patekar and Pallavi Joshi with admirable help from Girija Oak, Nivedita Bhattacharya, Sapthami Gowda and Anupam Kher solely rise the movies requirements.

All in all The Vaccine Battle may not be a terrific movie however positively an important movie and a befitting tribute to our scientists and virologists in addition to a powerful slap to deprave pharma cos like Pfizer and Moderna for his or her treacherous opportunistic insurance policies. Identical to the makers final, its a tough movie to observe and would have labored higher as a docu-drama format or a 5 half net sequence however kudos to Vivek Ranjan and Pallavi Joshi for presenting us this important movie. 8/10

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***A Haunting In Venice**

Extra of a tribute than an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel. That seamlessly blends in components of horror and fantasy. Regardless of the sluggish paced and partly torpid screenplay, simply one of the best of Kenneth Branagh’s Poirot movies and a far superior improve from the lackluster Orient Categorical and Dying on the Nile. A superb stable 7/10.

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Watching Jawan.. directionless vigilantism that results in extra chaos than order is all the time problamatic, be it Rang De Basanti or Gabbar and even Joker. Its totally different from unidirectional and private vendetta vigilantism like Indian & A Wednesday. The great stable Vfx & popcorn moments apart Jawan is kind of senseless enjoyable solely if you don’t attempt taking it too critically. A concoction of too many characters & arcs, none of which have sufficient growth. 2.5/5

Solely somebody who actually is aware of the way to smoke a cigar would know the badassery of the interval sequence btw.. 😜
Jawan is mainly a mass interesting Tamil movie starring Srk & higher manufacturing worth. He may as effectively have chosen Ajith Kumar with ditto outcomes

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Performed watching OMG2. An honest entertainer coping with a particularly necessary & delicate matter in a particularly naive and preachy technique, akin to half 1. And similar to its prequel its unable to let go of a wholly weird climax involving plentiful goofiness and suspension of disbelief. Akshay is simply being Akshay as typical, sadly Pankaj and Yami are the identical. Pawan Malhotra is the present stealer (consistent with judges in Hindi courtroom dramas).

A onetime look ahead to its theme and crisp presentation for the primary 3/4th of its length. 3/5

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Oppenheimer–

1. Nolan’s return to his roots. Sluggish burn screenplay that retains you engrossed proper from the primary body to the final regardless of its excruciating tempo & size. Torpid pacing could be a flip off except you’re prepared to take a position your self utterly and are mentally ready for an exhaustive & informative narrative.

2. Heavier reliance on drama, dialogue and a non linear narrative with diverse color scheme.
3. Sound design is high notch however in contrast to Nolan’s theme based mostly narratives (since Inception) Oppenheimer has a background rating that’s extra inclusive as a part of the story telling course of than a press release in itself.
4. BRILLIANT dialogues, star of the present. Profession greatest performances by Murphy & Downey Jr balancing their flawed characters with a toned down aptitude you seldom witness. Emily Blunt is par excellence within the climax scene.

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Mission Majnu – Imprecise, confused and fairly cheesy at occasions. A movie dealing with advanced Indo-Pak espionage relations with child gloves. Fairly watchable for those who want to watch a political/espionage thriller in a masala format with caricatured performances and infantile dialogues.

Sid Malhotra is respectable and charming as a confirmed Majnu, Rashmika does effectively, Parmeet Sethi is okay as Kao whereas Zakir Hussain is totally wasted as an excellent for nothing sarkari oaf. One of the best half concerning the movie is its no holds bar in exposing the treacherous traitor Morarji Desai, India’s best shame as a PM and one whose insurance policies are maybe a poster for the likes of Kejriwal, Stalin & Mamata. The injury finished by Indira’s self obsessive lapse in imposing the Emergency & the aftermath of the electoral defeat in 1977 have been felt proper till Siddharth’s final movie based mostly on the ’99 warfare hero Capt. Vikram Batra.

Score : 3* ; okay as a one time watch however not a patch on the likes of Mukhbir and Raazi based mostly on related themes.

PS : Evergreen Byomkesh babu Rajit Kapur has one other feather in his cap as Zulfikar Bhutto after taking part in Gandhi, Modi and Nehru. Some background.
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Barring the beautiful visuals and cinematography, Avatar 2 is a protracted by no means ending snoozefest that appears extra like a celebration of America’s despicable expansionist & invasive insurance policies than about story telling and screenplay.

Since bombing continents and international locations isn’t sufficient anymore, time for the White home’s Hollywood stooges to go about bombing & invading fellow planets beneath the garb of movie making. As with nearly each main studio now, spending massive bucks on visuals with zilch story telling & recycling the identical rubbish in a franchise format is the one factor left of Hollywood now, in occasions when Indian & Asian cinema’s making fast strides. No marvel even nearly respectable stuff like Parasite & RRRs leaving them in awe.
✯✯ /5

Favorite motion pictures of 2022 :

Main : 9/10
Drishyam 2 : 8/10
Vikram Vedha : 8/10
777 Charlie : 7/10
The Kashmir Recordsdata : 7/10
Gangubai Kathiawadi : 7/10
Vikram Hitlist : 7/10
Jhund : 7/10
RRR : 7/10
KGF 2 : 7/10

Others : PS1, Bhediya, Runway 34, Karthikeya 2

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Avatar (2009) -A rewatch

Gorgeous visuals, distinctive cinematography and mesmerizing VFX in a wafer skinny plot (that’s Cameroon’s speciality proper from his Terminator & Titanic days) with a tinge of American propaganda about how they’re the one residing land worthy of surviving this planet & past (when the reality is much from it!). Hijacking an alien planet and waging warfare towards the unprepared is staple American food plan, be it politics, diplomacy or leisure.

Anticipate Avatar 2 to be no totally different other than the truth that its 30 minutes longer in size and may take a look at your persistence (if not offer you a 3 dimensional migrain). ⭐⭐1/2

Ram Setu (2022) -OTT watch

A movie with its coronary heart in the suitable place and aspiring to have a good time Bharatvarsha’s timeless Dharmic legacy via the legend of Shri Ram and the Setu however utterly tousled by way of writing and visuals. The juvenile dialogues and inflexible performances don’t assist. Watchable just for the content material (for those who should!). ⭐⭐1/2

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Watched Chup -Revenge of the artist. The Guardian’s evaluate sums it up one of the best : “Chup efficiently skewers not simply the tense film-maker/critic relationship, however is aware of completely the place to place its finger to greatest needle Movie Twitter: it calls out hot-take retailers, overly optimistic and corrupt reviewers, and this exalted calling’s self-importance.”

Regardless of the sluggish burn screenplay and evident loopholes, this can be a watchable movie particularly for Dulquer Salman’s stunningly menacing act and a surprisingly restraint Sunny Deol (shouts simply as soon as in the complete length of the movie!).

PS : Glimpses of the despicable Raja Sen in a movie about critics being chopped and slaughtered was essentially the most satisfying bit, a cameo from Saibal Chatterji and Anna Vetticad would have been the icing on the cake however anyhow.. 😛

3.5/5
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Performed watching Drishyam 2. The identical story as the unique however positively a tighter and extra taut screenplay this time regardless of the implausible twists and handy climax. Ajay Devgn sir is mesmerizing as Vijay Salgaonkar and maybe the one actor in Hindi cinema who might match Mohanlal sir on this position.

Tabu invokes the viewers wrath convincingly whereas Akshay & Rajat Kapoor add steadiness to the opposites. The dialogues and background rating is a winner. Although this isn’t as much as the usual of its prequel, its nonetheless a pleasant thriller.
☆☆☆1/2

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Brahmastra :
Story -⭐⭐⭐⭐
Screenplay -⭐⭐
Performances -⭐⭐
Motion/Visuals -⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dialogues -⭐⭐

Good idea jarred by some substandard dialogues that sound straight out of a dubbed Telugu movie and really unconvincing leads whose ineffective chemistry fails the love story in addition to utterly sloppy physique language and physicality by Ranbir whose a misfit for an action-superhero position. Fortunately the movie’s saved by glorious visuals and whistle worthy heroic cameos from SRK, Nagarjuna and Bachchan sir. Mouni Roy because the vamp is much simpler in her mannerisms and physique language than each Ranbir and Alia.
Score -⭐⭐⭐ (one time watch)

Minnal murali -India’s greatest superhero movie by a mile. An unique screenplay a few superhero vs supervillain story created by way of love, ambition and commonplace masala father-son template.

Though there may be apparent Hollywood inspiration, the dialogues (English model), diction and cinematography give this film an entire heartland expertise. Ample humor coupled with good stable performances, a film for all age teams and a common viewers. The excruciating 160 minute being the one downside ✯✯✯✯

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Vikrant Rona :

Nothing a lot other than visuals and cgi. Easy plot narrative in a needlessly convoluted method.

A particularly casteist movie as effectively, the avengers being reworked to rakshasas regardless of watching the decrease caste relations being killed whereas an higher caste Vikrant Rona rising a hero regardless of being an confederate in crime throughout his faculty days. DISAPPOINTING…

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Performances-⭐️⭐️⭐️
Dialogues -⭐️⭐️
VFX/Motion -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Complete -⭐️⭐️ 1/2

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Revisiting Jodhaa Akbar :

For the primary time in over a decade I acquired an opportunity to revisit one in every of Ashutosh G’s most majestic massive display screen extravaganzas Jodhaa Akbar,

Story & Screenplay : 7/10
A quite simplistic story of a Mughal king desirous to forge an alliance with a Rajput princess with a view to broaden his foothold throughout the Hindustani landmass. The screenplay (by Haider Ali and Ashutosh himself) nevertheless takes a particularly labored and snail’s strategy (a standard problem with most Ashutosh movies together with Lagaan) which induces boredom and disinterest within the viewer on occasion. To cite from Austin Chronicle, the movie’s greatest victory is that “The music and dance which are such hallmarks of Bollywood filmmaking are right here seamlessly included into the story quite than making a pause within the motion.” https://bit.ly/3c2QMlm

Dialogues : 7/10
Good and efficient (wanting being nice nevertheless) for essentially the most half. Emperor Akbar and Jodhabai’s romantic exchanges are a pleasure to the ears whereas a younger prince Akbar setting apart Khan baba within the first quarter of the movie and setting his priorities straight have been written extraordinarily successfully. Akbar’s exchanges with Jodha’s brother in addition to his highly effective & emotional dramatic alternate along with his foster mother (an brilliantly devilish Ila Arun) have been thoughtfully penned by author KP Saxena.

Performances : 7/10
Environment friendly and stable performances for essentially the most half. Each Hrithik and Aishwarya have been given ample scope to exude appeal and magnificient magnificence by their good-looking seems they usually ship successfully on that entrance. Ila Arun as Akbar’s foster mother is high notch and so is Sonu Sood as Sujamal Bhaisaab. The help solid led by Kulbhushan sir and others is satisfactory as effectively. To cite B. Rangan on this “Hrithik occupies display screen area with such silent poise and regal bearing, it’s laborious to imagine this is similar actor with the loosest limbs in Bollywood. And whereas Aishwarya’s magnificence isn’t any breaking information, she’s so luminous from sure angles, it’s as if the cinematographer lit her from inside.” https://bit.ly/3yTCT1O

Motion/Cinematography/Music : 6/10
The motion is the place the movie takes a little bit of a beating. Agreed the photographs didn’t have the posh of the VFX we witness in modern-day cinema like RRR however the haphazard stunt choreography and shut up motion photographs have been a significant let down. The lengthy distant battle sequence photographs in addition to the one to 1 climatic duel depart an influence however. AR Rahman’s music is pure genius Kiran Deohans’ cinematography is patchy is elements (motion sequences) and environment friendly in others (particularly the dialogue and romantic sequences of the lead pair).

Remaining phrases : An uneven but respectable watchable movie for essentially the most half the place the romance between its stunning leads together with the music works a lot better than the historic sermons and the motion.

Score : 7/10 (Value Watching)

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Kranti (1981)
Acquired a possibility to observe this Manoj Kumar masterpiece on Zee5 final evening. A star studded industrial film about revolutionaries mutiny towards the British with image good performances from Dilip Kumar saab, Manoj Kumar saab, Hema ma’am, Praveen ji, late Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan sir amongst others. A real visible extravaganza in its precise sense, the RRR of the Eighties with higher dialogues and higher performances by its solid. No shock that KRANTI turned out to be Hindi cinema’s greatest and best blockbusters of the last decade. Sholay, Deewaar, Kranti, Karma and many others. are the kinda movies nobody in Bollywood’s able to making these days, the principle motive for the trade’s present disaster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oecx7FyoFvw
A great deal of effectively choreographed motion, oodles of intestine wrenching emotion (demise photographs of Manoj saab, Shashi ji and Shatrughan sir specifically), intense drama and dialogues that invoke claps, whistles and hair elevating moments as effectively punctuated by a little bit of sprinkled humor and romance, Kranti is the close to good masala movie enterprise and alongside Sholay, this deserves to be a template in modern-day industrial movie making. The plain and monumental inspiration of each these classics on Rajamouli sir’s RRR is all however apparent.

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Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
First time I’ve ever watched Mamootty sir carry out (due to my zilch understanding of Malayalam) however as for his portrayal of Dr. Babasaheb, its nearly pinpoint perfection (besides the Malayali accent that can’t be helped). At all times discovered Ambedkar the scholar a little bit of a myopic when it got here to his restricted understanding of Hinduism and its philosophies (which might by no means rise past the manusmriti) however acquired to applaud him for his relentless efforts in the direction of annhilation of sophistication disparity and ladies upliftment in pre Unbiased India. Its solely an irony (or maybe his hypocirsy?) that being a self proclaimed atheist he transformed to a different DHARMIC religion (Buddhism) afterward in life.

PS: The one chief in pre impartial India other than Bhagat Singh to have known as out the crafty british stooge Mohandas Gandhi for what he was!

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