Back to blog because of Rehman!!

I should say that I was too busy to blog all these days and even decided that I will not until something good happens to me. But now, even though no good has happened to me yet, I am feeling extremely happy that A.R.Rehman has created history…. and that has made me post in this almost deserted blog.

Slumdog Millionaire bagged 8 oscars for which makes me feel very good and the fact that ARR has bagged “2” makes me feel even better!! Apparently, a major population of India is happy and some, say like Amitabh Bachan, would keep it down at a level and say “yeah ok.. u got Oscar.. very good.. congratulations.. bye”.

Following the release of this film, we heard various comments about why one should not watch this movie. This is how I would like to respond to all those comments which started from Amitabh Bachan.

“The movie shows India in Bad Light. Movies that show India in bright lights deserve more recognition.”

Very correct. The movie definitely shows the dark sides of Mumbai. But what do you mean by movies that show India in bright light? Bollywood movies are competing with each other in “skin showing department”. All the directors and producers are busy finding girls would expose to the maximum for money. Tamil movie directors are interested only in commercial success (except for Mani Ratnam). Malyalam movies have no luck. Kannada movies have bad actors. Telugu movies… oh please. So people who make that comment, first tell me which film shows India in bright light and then speak about slumdog millionaire. I think that’s a comment that has no base.

“Why should we let a westerner make a movie in India that only shows India in bad light”

I read this comment in some news channel’s website; I don’t remember which one, though. But think about it, it’s not difficult to create a slum in London and finish the movie there (it would have only cost them a little more money). But beyond all that, there have been so many movies that has displayed India’s poverty, slums etc etc… but nobody questions those. We all sit and watch the film and say..”wah, it is an inspiring movie”.

It’s true that this film has won all its recognition only because a westerner has directed it. So what? If an Indian had directed this film, it would have been completely in Hindi and by releasing it abroad, he would have targeted only the Indians living over there. So obviously, it would not have got recognition. And if this movie had to go as an official entry for “foreign film” category in Oscars, our politicians would have made a mess out of it.

I am happy that now, because of danny boyle, an Indian film has won accolades and ARR’s talents have been recognized completely.

“By displaying the Indian slums (or western stereotypes about India) deliberately, Danny Boyle has attempted to make it appeal to the western audience and thus win awards”

So do you mean that we should not show on the screens, the western stereotypes about India? I don’t care whether Danny had a big plan or not. You like to watch all bollywood top stars and their hot air on screen rite? So the director gives you that. Probably that’s what even Danny did. If people in the west think India is all about poverty, then you make an impressive movie to disprove it. The movie shows only “whatever is there” in India. So if that bothers you so much, then stop carping and do something about the stereotype. Change the way India is. Make a difference (like what I am trying to!!).

There have been so many other comments as well and I think the negative reaction to this movie started only because Amitabh started it. He started it, his fans propagated it. Sometimes I am forced to think that the whole bollywood is “J” and that’s probably why there have been a lot of negative reactions.

Bollywood film makers, please stop begging girls to expose on screen and make sensible movies.

People, who don’t want to watch the film coz of the bloody blah blah, please get back to your senses and watch it like a movie.

ARR, you rock man!! You are THE GENIUS.

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - Sandeep's Review

Suraj Prabhakaran is Busy.... That can be another meaning to the title of this post. In any case, here is yet another movie review from our pappular... err. sorry.. popular Sandeep Kumar, The man with lot of girls following (or should i say following lot of girls!! :-D)... Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.. from S@ndy..

There was a time when audience were as innocent as cinema technique was primitive. Filmmakers relied on the audience's total suspension of disbelief as they drew them into an emotional web and kept them hooked till the end. When they came out they were all teary-eyed or goofy-grinned—slightly embarrassed at being so easily manipulated.

Get ready to experience another magic experience after 8 years from Aditya Chopra, Aditya who enthralled the masses with his captivating direction in the film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is back with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi after 8 years. This film is a beautiful romantic movie with Shahrukh Khan in the lead. Anushka Sharma is debuting in this film and is pairing with Shahrukh. This film is all set to mesmerize the audiences.

As the geeky, introverted minor bureaucrat Surinder Sahni, Khan gives an amazingly astute and well-observed performance (the right accent, even the right nerdy shoes), plus a lack of vanity, so that looking at him, nobody could tell that he is a major star.

All the songs have been picturised very well.Surendar Sahni character has been really well performed by shahrukh.

Tragic circumstance end up in his marriage to young Taani (Ansukha Sharma), who says right at the start that she will try to be a good wife, but won't be able to love him. The already besotted Surinder humbly accepts crumbs, because he feels he doesn't deserve any better. A dabba packed by her for his lunch is enough to send him into paroxysms of joy.

Taani wants to participate in a dance competition, and with the help of a flamboyant friend Bobby (Vinay Pathak), Surinder gets a makeover and turns himself into the crude, flirty Raj Kapoor, Taani's dance partner. Now comes the suspension of disbelief— with those eyes, that nose, those lips and that Adam's apple, she does not see that Surinder and Raj are the same man.
Surinder gets into the 'Golmaal'-like schizopherenic situation—boring Surinder by day and funky Raj by night.

Even with her resistance Taani falls in love with Raj—there is a cute dream sequence that pays tribute to the old stars and their songs.

Without really underlining it, Aditya Chopra (in the tradition of films like Love in Simla and Chhotisi Baat), makes a comment on the superficiality of judging people by their looks. But the film—with some excellent lines— keeps it simple, the story is just about these two very ordinary people and it takes some doing to convince an audience that Shah Rukh Khan is ordinary. The casting of a non-glamorous, pudgy-faced Anushka Sharma as Taani helps emphasize Chopra's point that even homely and plain people are deserving of great love—if God wills it.

scenes to watch out:-

" oye puutar jaakar poori movie dekh....sab scenes achhe hain.... :-) :-)"

"SANDEEP's VERDICT:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) 5/5 *****"

"Genius film making from Aditya Chopra! Not everyone can handle this sort of theme - a story that seems to be walking on the edge throughout and comes out a winner.Understated acting from Shahrukh without giving in to histrionics matched scene to scene by the newcomer Anushka Sharma is the second hallmark of this film. History in the making - Anushka Sharma - another star is born!Class"

Thanx to suraj for letting me write here again in his blog....

next review will be about the much hyped aamir khan's "Ghajini" which is coming out to screens on Dec 25th....

Until then...bye bye...
Merry Holidays.....

$@ndeep-the one and only....."

Vaaranam Aayiram – My Review

Dasavatharam was probably the most hyped movie of the year which turned out to be completely disappointing to me. Vaaranam Aayiram, being one more the highly hyped film, is a bigger disappointment. By law of averages, a person having success more than once continuously, must fail once to live in this world. That’s life. We thought Pachai Kili Muthu Charam was the downfall, but this film is more of it.

The movie is about the life of Surya, from his birth till his father’s death. His father, Krishnan (which happens to be the Surya’s another role), is supposedly a cool, understanding and supportive dad. The film presents Krishnan’s life in short, Surya’s teenage to college days to successful career, which includes his love life, days of drug addiction and adventure. In all these phases, he is guided by his father who is Surya’s inspiration.

After Mani Ratnam, I believe that Gautam Menon is the only director who can make realistic movies but he has over done it in this film. No movie shows realistic sequences of play and the unrealistic actions (I don’t mean fight sequences) is always blown up and hence you can watch it for fun. But in this film, such ideal characteristics and impossible sequences are displayed so casually which, I think, is the biggest mistake.

The point is, you will never find a dad like Mr.Krishnan of this movie. I should say that Surya did a marvelous acting as this father personality. The make up suited him well, his dialogue delivery was brilliant and in short, his ways gave such feel good factor to the movie. But, what made it hit the reverse track is that kind of a person is nowhere to be found because of the exaggeration given here.

Here are some or actually, many of the unconvincing methods of the movie

1. Surya is inspired by his dad. Good. But in the movie which claims “dad shapes son up”, there is actually only 3 scenes where the father advices his son. The son decides everything by himself, learns everything by himself and does things that he likes to do. So I don’t see a great influence of the dad on him, which the movie claims to do.

2. Love at first sight is only faintly accepted in the world. Not many believe in it. Surya falls in love with Meghna (Sameera reddy) as soon as he sees her in the train. Alrite, it’s a movie so let’s accept it. But……….. Proposing at first sight?????????

3. The son is bad engineering student and after he finishes college (with arrears still uncleared), he starts a company with his friends, makes it really big and even builds a huge house in less than a year. Please…. On screen this was stupid.

4. The son, goes on a hunt for finding his acquaintance’s son who has been kidnapped. He finds the boy and saves it from them as a single man army. I would have accepted this if it had been Vijayakanth or Vijay’s film, but definitely is not a formula to be used by someone like Gautam Menon.

These are only parts of the movie that are unacceptable. If you watch it, you’ll find more!! Screenplay, choreography and others don’t really cover up for this mess.

Maybe Gautam Menon has gone to cloud-9 after the real successful ventures and thought that everything that’s his would be accepted. Unfortunately, the movie lacks reality to a level that cannot be endured.

*/5 – one star for the father surya’s acting and music.

Verdict: Aiyayooo 100 rupees pochaeyyy…

P.S : Sameera Reddy is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen this year!!

Dostana - My Friend's Review

All right... The great suraj (yeah, thats me!) was on rest for a few days now... I took a break from blogging, listening to music, reading etc (but of course, not from watching movies!!) because i got busy with a few other things and now i am back! More posts are going to be coming, and to start with, here is a review of Dostana...
This review has been sponsored to this blog by my friend, Sandeep Kumar known as S@ndy in his messages! Sandeep is a very good friend and the most popular among the opposite sex (btw, he is male. I learnt that when he answered "male" across the row "sex" in a form that he filled in front of me in Chennai Trade Center. He initially thought of something else given the fact that the form was given by a girl, but i explained to him before he leaped!!). This is his first hand at reviewing a movie and I am sure u all will enjoy it. More reviews will be coming to this blog from him and here we go with the first one.... Dostana

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This one is a comic caper to the core and not even one part of the movie is such that you write it off. Abhishek is excellent especialy the Venice Love Story that part is the best part of the movie where actually my jaw was paining and i could'nt laugh anymore.
Priyanka has acted brilliantly she perfectly suits the role of a NRI Sindhi girl and not to mention she looks Sizzling.
John is cool and guys dont neglect his body ..... I am sure he's gonna be the next MACHO ICON ....
Boman Irani is wasted in just a cameo he could have played a more potential role in the movie Kitty Gaajar (I dont remember her name) is too good with her Sindhi accent and does good justice to the role SPOILER
Bobby Deol plays a perfect suave business man but i think Shahrukh Khan or Akshay kumar could have handled the job better .... Karan johar are you listening !!!
Scenes to watch out for
1.) Hot Dog Counter Scene Between Abhishek & John
2.) Venice Love Story Scene (Best Scene)
3.) Boman Irani Vists Priyanka's House and Bidi Jalai Le Dance
4.) Kiron Kher Does grah pravesh pooja for John
5.) John & Abhishek teach Bobby Deol to impress Priyanka
6.) CLIMAX ..... no clues here GO AND WATCH THE MOVIE


A comprehensive verbal view of the movie's story would only spoil the show and i think you should watch it instead to know the fun involved!
On the whole the movie is a great sign of relif for Karan Johar after disastrous Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (Though it worked wonders in international circuit)
Songs are a awesome. especially "desi girl" , "jaane kyun" , "maa da laadla" , "shut up and bounce".

Its Simply superb movie...I loved it.......n coudn't contrl my laughter thruout.....evry1 acted well...Abhishek,john n priyanka...all were superb......bobby was also good.....

Go Ahead and watch "DOSTANA".--"it's a best movie to watch with your gang of friends....not with family plzzz.....(its okay if watched with cousins though).... :-) I am sure you wont be disappointed

Thanx to suraj for letting me write here in his blog....

next review will be about shahrukh khan's "rab ne bana di jodi" which is coming out to screens on Dec 12th....

Until then...bye bye...
$@ndeep

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Dhaam Dhoom - My Review

I am actually in a movie watching spree and watched this “high class blunder” today. Ladies and Gentlemen, after Bheema, this super duper hopeless flick is the worst movie of the year 2008. (Big round of applause)

The story centers on Gautam (Jayam Ravi), a doctor who is selected and sponsored by the Govt of India to attend an International Medical Conference in Russia. Poor fellow, with only 2 weeks left for his marriage with Senba (Kangana), reluctantly accepts the offer and flies to Russia. Here, our hero, gets muddled with a murder case and from there the movie is all about his struggle to prove his innocence with flashbacks of how he met and fell in love with Senba, a village girl whose antics reminds me of Mudhalvan’s Manisha Koirala.

Though the movie has horrible screenplay, impossible direction, boring song sequences, no scope of great acting, very little comedy, unconvincing and irritating action and bad bad dance… the movie teaches the audience, a lot of things that needs attention.

1. Don’t go outstation after your marriage gets fixed. Very important lesson.

2. Please do not reveal your love relationship to your family like the way Ravi and Kangana do it. You are sure to be shot dead by your parents, not for the relationship, but for using a (beep) idea to reveal the matter to them.

3. Jayam Ravi is shot, blood is dripping from his chest, and in such a situation, he steals a bike and as he rides it, he closes his eyes and thinks about his girl friend….. ends up hittinga truck. Two lessons to be learnt here..

• When you are so hurt like that, simply get a lift instead of mugging a guy and stealing his bike.
• While on the roads riding your bike (or a stolen bike), DO NOT think about your girlfriend. Keep your eyes wide open and concentrate only on sightseeing.

4. If you go to a bar in foreign country, that too a country where English is spoken only by 1 in 50, please do not go over the stage and hold the pole to sing a Tamil song with Kokku dance. You will disgrace our country.

5. Last but not the least, please take care of your health when you are directing a movie. This is really not a joke.

I strongly believe that the movie has turned out to be such a hopeless one because of the taking over of the film by another director after the sad demise of Jeeva. This doesn’t mean that his assistant is devoid of any talent but it’s a concept belonging to Jeeva and half way through it, if somebody else has to finish his idea, it sure is to become a mess. That’s what happened with Dhaam Dhoom. Had Jeeva worked out this entirely, the film would have been a great one.

*/5 – Only one for the music and Jeeva’s efforts.

Verdict: Avoid even a free ticket!