Himmatwala - Exclusive Movie Review

Himmatwala - Movie Review by Sree Prasad Nair

Directed by	Sajid Khan
Produced by	Vashu Bhagnani Siddharth Roy Kapur
Music by	Sajid-Wajid
Distributed by	UTV Motion Pictures
Release date(s)	29 March 2013
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Cast

• Ajay Devgan as Ravi
• Tamannaah as Rekha
• Paresh Rawal as Narayandas
• Mahesh Manjrekar as Sher Singh (Rekha's Father)
• Adhyayan Suman
• Zarina Wahab as Ravi's Mother
• Leena Jumani Ravi's Sister
• Surveen Chawla in a Special Appearance
• Amruta Khanvilkar in a Special Appearance
• Sayantani Ghosh in a Special Appearance (Dhoka Dhoka Song)
• Rinku Ghosh in a Special Appearance
• Mona Thiba in a Special Appearance
• Sonakshi Sinha in Thank God It's Friday song
• Dheer Charan Srivastav

The Film is a remake of the 1983 blockbuster 'Himmatwala' *ing Jeetendra & Sreedevi, which itself was a remake of a Telugu flick Ooriki Monagadu of 1981.

Its a good old revenge story, also told in '80's style'. Last year we had Agneepath and this year its Himmatwala. The new Agneepath was a better and updated product in all terms, but sadly Himmatwala chose to go the same old fashion way which may not suit to everyone.

Ajay Devgan as Ravi did a great job, except in dance sequences. The punch lines, fights, ferocity in the eyes etc hit the bulls eye. Tamanna was OK in terms of acting and good in terms of glamour (which is what she has been doing down South for years). Tamanna Bhatia gonna make it big in Bollywood ! Got all the ingredients - Superb dance, Expressions, Cuteness but less scenes.

Paresh Rawal, Mahesh Manjreker were irritating. Paresh Rawal-Devgn combo rocked in 'Athidi kab Jaoge' but here it was epic fail.

Zarina Wahab was good, so is Leena Jumani, Ajay's sister! Junior Suman as usual wasted, so is Ritiesh Deshmukh's cameo!

The action sequences were cool, even-though over the top, except the 'Tiger' fight, which was the Biggest Comedy Scene Of The Decade.

Himmatwala first half was kinda lame, but second half was much better.

Songs were Okay, even-though the Dhokha song featuring 5 item dancers was just horrible.



Himmatwala is a Low Level Masala All The Way! Weird Tribute To Original Himmatwala! Still expect a Great business at Single Screens! Multiplex audience will hate it! Mass People will adore it! But film s nowhere near to Dabangg or RowdyRathore or Singham! One of the worst remake ever made n Bollywood! STILL Sajid Khan & UTV gonna have the last laugh! Leave your brains safe and sound at home and get yourself prepared for an 80's kinda film if you wanna enjoy this 'Himmatwala'

Rating -2/5

BoxOffice- Super Hit [Expected]

PS: Lets see if Sajid Khan's claim of the film crossing 150 crores will come true or not.

Himmatwala - Movie Review by Sree Prasad Nair

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Tezz - My Movie Review

 

The only thing made me watch 'Tezz' FDFS was the fact that its stars Mohanlal, my all time favorite actor in the whole wide world. On that regard even-though i am disappointed the film is quite an engaging watch.

The story is about Arjun [Ajay Devgan] , who was deported back to India from UK as he didn't had the work permit to work there leaving behind a pregnant wife, who comes back to UK years later to seek revenge. Arjun plans a bomb on London - Glasgow train, an demands 10 million Euros as ransom, with the help of Aadil Khan (Zayed Khan) and Megha (Sameera Reddy). Boman Irani [plays the role of railway traffic controller] &  Arjun Khanna (Anil Kapoor), a retired London counter-terrorism officer tries to save the lives of 500 odd people in the train . Shivan Menon (Mohanlal) is a police officer on board the train who tries to help the  passengers.

The film drew inspiration from several flicks like Speed, Unstoppable etc

Positives

Priyadarshan & the entire crew behind the camera, especially the editor, cameraman, stunts choreographer & VFX team

Smartly Written script

is Racy and gives you no time to think

2 superbly choreographed chase sequences featuring Sameera & Zayed respectively

Perfomances of Anil Kapoor & Boman Irani

eventhough there are no chartbusters, the title song and the Raheth Ali Khan number are good

Negatives 

 Continuity problem from one scene to another

not much explanations to scenes- people may keep on wondering why its like that, how it happened etc.

Ajay Devgn & Mohanlal fans will be disappointed

Climax - A Mankatha/Sword fish kinda climax would have done wonders to the film

Laila song 

Back stories not established well

minor VFX & editing mistakes/imperfections

Overall its a Racy thriller, with few very beautifully choreographed action sequences [probably the best  ever in Indian cinema]

Verdict: Good

Box-Office : Average or above

3/5

BattleShip - My Movie Review EXCLUSIVE

 

BattleShip 

To say the truth didn't expect a mind blowing stuff  from Battleship - and TADA!!! my prediction came true

Based on the classic Hasbrocombat game, Battleship is the story of an international fleet of ships who come across an alien/UFO amidst a Naval war games exercise. An intense battle follows over sea, land and air between the aliens and humans. The rest of the story is about what do they aliens aka 'The Regents'  want?

Iam 23 years old and it will be the 25th Hollywood movie that i am watching with alien invasion theme. Films like Independence day still remain in our minds, intact. Battleship is just another addition to the already beaten to death genre. Its actually a mix of Independence day & Transformers, many action sequences looks pretty similar. Dont know what the hell was Rihanna doing in this movie, the Charlize theron look alike Brooklyn Decker also was a waste. 

The few positives i found in BS are the stunning graphics [again nothing that we havent seen yet]. The 'Battle ships' fighting it out looked kick-ass. Its not boring. Its fast paced. Worth a summer watch if u have nothing else to do

Verdict: Summer Entertainer, for Alien-Transformers fans

Rating: 2.5/5

Box Office: Should be a flop or average in India, Should be the same in US