BAAHUBALI- The Beginning

BAAHUBALI- The Beginning : is an Indian Telugu epic historical fiction film directed by S. S. Rajamouli featuring Prabhas, Rana, Tamannaah,Anushka Shetty,Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Nassar, Adivi Sesh, Tanikella Bharani and Sudeep.It is the first of two cinematic parts.This is the most expensive production in the history of Indian cinema to date.

PLOT: A baby boy is miraculously found alive in the middle of a river by a few villagers. They raise him as their own. Named Shiva (Prabhas), the boy grows up to be an adventurous commoner until his past comes back to haunt him.Shiva lives at the foot of a massive waterfall that fascinates and frustrates him at the same time because he is never able to scale the slippery rocks or the mountain.But when he eventually makes it to the top of the mountain, he discovers a kingdom in turmoil. Bhallaladeva (Rana Daggubati), the despotic king of Mahishmati, has imprisoned Queen Devasena (Anushka Shetty) for many years now. Shiva, unaware of his connection to the kingdom, spends his days wooing Avanthika (Tamannaah Bhatia), one of the followers of the queen. But when he replaces her in a mission to rescue Devasena, his past unknowingly catches up with him. Turns out, Shiva is royalty and heir to the Mahishmati kingdom. Son of the noble king Amarendra Baahubali (Prabhas in a dual role) and queen Devasena (Anushka Shetty), he must now fight the evil king Bhallala Deva (Rana Daggubati), who tortured his parents and forcefully seized their kingdom.

PERFORMANCES: Prabhas is brilliant.Rana Daggubati is also very good.They hugely contribute to making this routine good vs bad film a visual extravaganza.Tamanna looks very gorgeous and her acting is good.Other supporting casts justify their respective roles.

MUSIC: composed by M.M.Kreem.

Main attraction of the film is  VFX & CGI.The CGI used in the film, Baahubali is easily comparable to the Hollywood greats like The Lord Of The Rings series and even the Harry Potter series that featured entire towns, cities and regions artificially developed to look realistic. Compared to the usual Indian standard of CGI work in films, the effort and detail that went into making Baahubali is visibly evident in the stunning waterfalls and the spectacular city of Mahishmati.

n spite of intense visual effects, Rajamouli never lets the story slacken, revealing twist after twist right until the end. He uses every single cliché – song and dance, mother-son bond, good-versus-evil battle and sibling rivalry – but doesn’t stereotype them.

Overall,Baahubali is great film and its a must must watch film of 2015.Please watch it on the big screen.

BAJRANGI BHAIJAN

BAJRANGI BHAIJAN:is an  Indian drama film directed by Kabir Khan features Salman Khan, Harshaali Malhotra, Kareena Kapoor and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

PLOT: A 6 yrs old dumb girl Shahida(Harshaali),named after Shahid Afridi,was brought to Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya's Dargah in Delhi to pray for her speech being returned by her mother(Meher Vij).Unfortunately Shahida gets lost in India with no way to head back over the border to her home, and boards a freight train, and reaches Kurukshetra, India. In Kurukshetra,she meets a brahmin devoutee of Shri Hanuman Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi AKA Bajrangi (Salman Khan).Bajrangi discovers that she is from Pakistan.After trying some failure attempts to send her pakistan,he decided to take her home.He reached pakistan without passport,visa.Local reporter Chand Mohammed(Nawaz) helped him to reach his goal.How Bajrangi reached pakistan,how he took Munni to her home,what sequences he had to face to reach his goal were rest of the film.

PERFORMANCES: Harshaali is just brilliant.She has an angelic face and expressive eyes.She performed so naturally without uttering a single word.Salman​ is very very good at his innocent avatar.This is one his finest performances.But star of the film is Nawazuddin Siddiqui.Starting from the 1st scene of his appearance,he mesmerizes us with outstanding,natural performance.Kareena has a small role and she justified it.

MUSIC: After a long gap,Pritam composed the music for this film."Selfie le le","tu chahiye"."tu jo mila"" are good to listen.But the the song "aaj ki party mere taraf se" is not featured in the film.

A excellent script,very good direction,beautiful cinematography.Some scenes are beautifully written & shot.Director Kabir Khan is also star of the film.His last film "Ek Tha Tiger" disappointed me very much but this film works.

Overall,Bajrangi Bhaijan is full entertainer & must watch for all.

MANIHARA

MANIHARA: is a bengali horror thriller film directed by Subhabrata Chatterjee starring Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Sohini Sarkar​, Argha Deep Chatterjee, Neel Mukherjee, Biplab Chatterjee, Manasi Sinha, Late Kunal Padhi, Rii.It is adaptation of Rabindra Nath Tagoreé short story of same name.

PLOT: Former CBI officer and private investigator Rudrajit Roy (Chiranjeet) while coming from Bolpur after spending weekend trip faced car break down at middle of the road near village crematorium.He sends the driver to the town for bringing mechanic.Then one stranger came and started talking to Rudra.The stranger introduce himself as Madhusudan Ghosh(Argha Deep Chatterjee).To spending time,they told each other a real life experience as story.Rudra told that 2yrs ago he was roped in by industrialist Arun Chowdhury (Neel) to probe the mysterious disappearance of his wife Monideepa (Sohini) with all her arnaments.The case is still unsolved and Rudra hopes he will surely solve it.Then Madhusudan told the story of  wanna be painter Maddy(Argha Deep) & Nipa(Sohini).They love each other but Maddy was reluctant to take responsibily.So Nipa married to other man but they met again after some some critical situation faced by Nipa.

Both stories are interconnected.How Rurda solved the mystery,where is Monideepa gone,what happend to Maddy were rest of the film.

PERFORMANCES: Sohini shines again and did a commendable job.She manages to portray her sensuous femininity, her obsessive lust for jewellery and her thirst for true love quite well.Chiranjeet is good.Arghya Deep is not impressive. Biplab Chatterjee as Mady's landlord Ramen Babu and Biswanath Basu as inspector Nimai Maal are very good.They bring some comic relief by their acting.

1st half of the film is very good & has very interesting plot .When it comes to the storyline of 2nd half, it seems the script needed some more work.

Overall,Manihara is not a good film but well attempt by the debutant director.

[This film unnecessarily and excessively promoting one particular jewellery brand]

GUDDU RANGEELA

GUDDU RANGEELA: is an Indian comedy film, directed by Subhash Kapoor starringArshad Warsi, Amit Sadh , Aditi Rao Hyadri and Ronit Roy in lead roles.

PLOT: The story unfolds somewhere in the interiors of Haryana where Guddu (Amit Sadh) and Rangeela (Arshad Warsi) are two fake folk singers: They decide on becoming one right after an overnight 'jagran' where the two entertain people by crooning 'Mata Ka E Mail'. Soon they turn into informers, but with a difference: they see no difference between the police and the local gangsters, and pass on information to anybody who's ready to pay them. Life takes another twist for the two when Gora Bengali (Dibyendu Bhattacharya) walks into their lives.He strikes a deal with them to kidnap  the deaf and mute Baby (Aditi Rao Hydari) in exchange for a sum of ten lakh rupees. Being 'opportunists' the duo grab this offer with both their hands, only to be shocked to know that Baby has a hidden secret. On probing, she reveals that she (who is Billu Pehalwan's(Ronit Roy) estranged sister-in-law) wants to avenge the death of her sister from Billu, who had tortured and killed her because of dowry.Rangeela reveals his past life and it is shown that Rangeela had also his enemity with Billu for last 10 yrs.Now the duo teams up with her to take down their common enemy, village bully Billu Pehalwan, who dutifully dispenses the brutal justice pronounced by the local khap panchayat.o they manage to get the ransom money for kidnapping, what is the reason for Rangeela wanting to kill Billo and what is it that Billo reveals to Rangeela that leaves him speechless is what forms the rest of the film.

PERFORMANCES: Ronit Roy is just superb.His mannerism screams of the modern-day Gabbar. His walk, holster and tight grip on women’s neck present him as one of the tougher bad guys of recent times. His blank gaze is extremely menacing and his gravitas mesmerising, both at the same time.Arshad Warsi is also very good & his comic timing is awesome.Amit Sadh is good and he improves a lot from his 1st film.Adity looked very good and justified her role.The supporting cast, led by Dibyendu Bhattacharya, is also on the top of their game.One actor who steals just about every scene that he is in is the grossly underrated Rajeev Gupta, who plays bumbling Haryanvi cop Gulaab Singh, with extraordinary aplomb

MUSIC: composed by Amit Trivedi. The songs "Maata ka email" & "Sooiyaan" are very good.

Director Subhash Kapoor should get credit for  a tight script,story which is beautifully told & direction.The movie starts with a lighthearted comedy but it turns to be serious gradually.

Overall,Guddu Rangeela is surely watchable for a lighthearted film about a deadly serious subject.