SARBJIT

SARBJIT : is a 2016 Bollywood biographical drama film directed by Omung Kumar starring Randeep Hooda, Aishwarya Rai, Richa Chaddha, Darshan Kumaar.

PLOT: Sarbjit Singh (Randeep Hooda) lives in a village near Punjab with his wife Sukhpreet (Richa Chadda), sister Dalbir Kaur (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) and father.He was a farmer who worked in others farm and earned livelihood. One day he gets arrested by Pakistani army for crossing the border unknowingly. He is tortured in the Pakistani jail to death and convicted as Indian Spy and named as the person behind bomb blasts in Lahore, Pakistan. He is alleged as Ranjit Singh Mattu in Pakistan who is the main culprit behind the blasts.His stoic sister Dalbir Kaur makes herculean efforts to attain freedom for her brother & fought with the Pakistani Government for nearly 23 years.

Now will Dalbir able to free Sarbjit & prove hes brother's innocence,will Sarbjit ever come back to his home....form rest of the story....

PERFORMANCES: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan delivers a performance of a lifetime. She imbibes the ageing facet beautifully and extremely gracefully. She has delivered a flawless performance.She does total justoice to her deglamorous role very efficiently.Randeep Hooda is outstanding. The gradual ageing process exacerbated by terrible torture borne by a battered body has been portrayed brilliantly by Hooda. He doesn't hesitate in showing the ugly reality or the constant oscillation between sanity and losing his mind.Richa Chaddha never tries to compete with Aishwarya or Randeep but her silence speaks volumes. She makes a solid impact.

MUSIC: composed by Jeet Gannguli, Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi ,Shail-Pritesh,Shashi Shivam.Dard is composed by Jeet Ganguly and superbly sung by Sonu Nigam.Salaamat is composed by Amal Malik and craftily sung by Arijit Singh stay with you long after the movie is over.

Despite of brilliant performances by the leading actors,the movie lags pace in some places.The script & narration could have better.

The story is more about Dalbir than Sarbjit.

Overall,Sarbjit is surely watchable for brilliant performances by the leading actors & heart warming story.

AZHAR

AZHAR: is a 2016 Indian biographical sports drama film directed by Tony D'Souza featuring Emraan Hashmi, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Prachi Desai, Nargis Fakhri, Lara Dutta, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajesh Sharma.Based on the life of Indian cricketer and former national team captain Mohammad Azharuddin.

PLOT: Azhar (Emraan Hashmi) is an introvert who's instilled with only one aim in life by his grandfather (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) and that is to play 100 test matches for his motherland India.Azhar impresses the selectors, sealing his place in team India and soon becomes national hero by scoring 3 consecutive centuries in his first 3 test innings.In his personal life Azhar ties knot with Naureen (Prachi Desai) and they both start a happy married life. At peak of his career, Azhar's personal life takes a twist when he meets a bollywood actress Sangeeta (Nargis Fakhri) during an ad film shoot and falls in love with her.After his 99th test match, he faces a match fixing allegation due to his name been linked with a London based bookie. The India cricket board slaps a life ban on him from playing cricket and in his quest for clearing his name and the ignominious life ban, Azhar decides to take the battle to the Court where he's represented by his under confident lawyer friend Reddy (Kunal Kapoor) while the prosecution lawyer is the fiery Meera (Lara Dutta).

Will Azhar win the case ,will Azhar be able to prove his innocence....forms rest of the story.

PERFORMANCES: Emran is good but this is not his best performance.Prachi Desai is delightful as the simple Naureen.Nargis Fakhri is a visual delight for she is a glam doll,fails to impress.Kunal Roy Kapoor as the bumbling lawyer friend is a major highlight of the film. He ensures genuine comical moments in spite of retaining the seriousness of certain key moments in the film.He performs very well.Lara Dutta is loud.

MUSIC: composed by Amaal Mallik. Pritam and DJ Chetas .DJ Chetas recreated the song "Oye Oye" originally composed by Kalyanji–Anandji."Bol Do Na Zara" stays on in the mind

Storyline is not so engaging that keeps the audience on the edge of their seats till the end ,script is also weak & feels strangely stretched.The courtroom drama in the second half is almost unbearable.

In what could be one of the worst cases of casting, the director doesn't seem to have even bothered to waste any thought over the peripheral characters around Azhar. While they are happily named after the real cricketers of that time, Manoj, Ravi, Sachin, Kapil, Anil etc., not one actor looked like the original players of that time.

Overall,Azhar is not up to mark film & couldn't perform as it was expected.

TRAFFIC

TRAFFIC: is a 2016 Hindi thriller road movie, directed by Rajesh Pillai featuring Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Shergill, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, Divya Dutta, Amol Parashar and debutant Richa Panai. It is a remake of the 2011 Malayalam film of same name.

PLOT: The story of Traffic, takes place over the course of a single day and is inspired by a real-life incident from Chennai.An unfortunate bike accident lands up Dr. Ahmed Ali (Sachin Khedekar) and his wife (Kitu Gidwani)'s only son Rehan Ali (Vishal Singh) battling for his life in a hospital, without any hopes of survival.On the other hand 'extremely busy' filmstar Dev Kapoor (Prosenjit Chatterjee)'s young daughter Ria gets hospitalized in Pune, as she is suffering from a rare ailment called 'Dilated Cardiomyopathy'. The only way she could be saved is by having a heart transplant done on her through a suitable donor. As luck would have it, Rehan's heart becomes the perfect match (donor) for Ria (recipient). But the problem arises in the form of distance between the two cities (Mumbai and Pune) and the time duration in which the heart needs to be transplanted. After ruling out all the possibilities of transport, it gets decided that Rehan's heart will be transported from Mumbai to Pune by road.Though initially reluctant, Mumbai Police Traffic Commissioner Gurbir Singh (Jimmy Shergill), later, undertakes the task of saving Ria's life. And the person chosen for the job is the self-motivated traffic constable Ramdas Godbole(Manoj Bajpayee), who recently joined his duty after being suspended for taking bribe, wants to erase the bribe's stain off his uniform.In the vehicle that sets out for Pune with Godbole at the wheel are Rehan's friend Rajeev (Amol Parasher) and heart surgeon Abel Fernandes (Parambrata Chatterjee), a man with his own deadly secret.However, the crux of the story is how the constable will manage to get the donor's heart to the hospital in time, through the city's peak hour TRAFFIC...

PERFORMANCES: The film rides on the shoulders of the seasoned performer Manoj Bajpayee, Divya Dutta, Jimmy Shergill and Prosenjit Chatterjee. The conviction with which Manoj Bajpayee has handled the nuances of his character is simply outstanding, so much so that one just cannot imagine any other actor in his place. The other show stealer is Divya Dutta who simply shines in her character of a helpless mother. Jimmy Shergill, on the other hand, delivers a decent performance in his role of a Police Commissioner. Prosenjit Chatterjee does a commendable job of an 'eternally busy' superstar.

MUSIC: composed by Mithoon.

Direction complements the film's narrative and also every character in the film. Full marks to him for the way in which he has extracted some of the amazing performances from the actors. The film's screenplay (Suresh Nair) is outstanding and its story (Bobby Sanjay) extremely believable without resorting to any over the top antics.The film's fast pacy second half that keeps the audience on the edge of their seats till the end.

Overall,Traffic is a very good film and is a must watch

1920 LONDON

1920 LONDON: is an Indian horror film directed by Tinu Suresh Desai starring Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra,Sushmita Mukherjee and Vishal Karwal. It is the third installment in the 1920 (film series),[3] after 1920 and 1920: The Evil Returns.

PLOT: The film opens into the life of Shivangi(Meera), princess of a Rajasthan royal house, now living in London with her husband Kunwar Veer Singh( Vishal Karwal) who, presently is in an extremely miserable state. And the reason for his condition happens to be a gift(a locket) that he got from Rajasthan. Post the 'arrival' of the gift, strange things happen to him and his physical, spiritual and mental condition spirals out of control. When even the best of medical treatment fails to yield the expected results, Shivangi gets to know that her husband is a helpless victim of black magic. On reaching India, Shivangi is told that the only person who can successfully cure Veer of the black magic is Jay (Sharman Joshi), the very person whom her family is reluctant to meet because of the failed love affair between Shivangi and Jay, which also resulted in Jay being falsely imprisoned for 5 years. But, when Jay sees Shivangi's sorry state of affairs and that too, for no fault of hers, he agrees to become the 'witch doctor' and cure Veer of the black magic. But, when Jay tries to enslave the spirits, he becomes unsuccessful.Amidst all this, a certain truth dawns upon Shivangi, which shakes her completely. What is the truth that shocks her so badly, is Jay able to enslave the spirit and set Veer free and was there a reason behind his failure in his war against the spirit is what forms the rest of the story.

PERFORMANCES: Sharman Joshi does a good job and justifies his character.Meera is likeable.Vishal Karwar does not have much to do in the film.

MUSIC: composed by Sharib-Toshi & Kaushik-Akash. "Gumnaan Hai Koi" has been recreated otherwise no song is worth mentioning.

The film's cinematography is very good. The DoP (Prakash Kutty) does a good job of capturing the serene beauty of London on the celluloid. A special mention to the film's vfx team, art department and the makeup (prosthetics) team for enhancing the look of the film and the characters.

The main problems are storyline,direction,script.Horror quotient is very low.Screen presence of ghost is also very less which is not acceptable for this genre of film.

Overall,the latest entry of 1920 series is totally disappointing.

ONE NIGHT STAND

ONE NIGHT STAND: is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language thriller drama film directed by Jasmine D'Souza.featuring Sunny Leone, Nyra Banerjee and Tanuj Virwani in the lead roles

PLOT: After a successful event in Phuket, Thailand, the suave and charming Urvil Raisingh (Tanuj Virwani), the head of operations of an event management company from Pune, while chilling with his colleagues, accepts a challenge to break the ice with one of the girls in the restaurant. The girl happens to be Celina (Sunny Leone), a photographer of sorts.After a quick, flirtatious chat, the two strangers land up having a rolicking time, which includes moments spent in the bedroom but the very next day, when Urvil gets up, he finds out that Celina has already left the room, without leaving any details of her whereabout. Back in Pune, Urvil leads a blissful marital life with his wife Simran (Nyra Banerjee). A few days before his fifth wedding anniversary, while driving to his office, he happens to see Celina walking down a street in Pune. Soon his mind gets diverted towards her -- and a chance meeting at another event fortifies his fascination.one day Urvil accidentally spots Celina in the same mall wherein he has gone for shopping with his wife Simran. As his obsession with Celina gets the better of him, he places his marriage under great stress.Thereafter begins his unending quest to hunt down Celina from the length and the breadth of the world.Does Urvil ever meet Celina again, what ultimately happens of his marriage with Simran… is what forms the rest of the story.

PERFORMANCES: Sunny looks stunning as usual but her fans would be disappointed with her lack of skin show and on-screen time.As for Tanuj Virwani, even though he does justice to his character, there are places wherein his struggle to get the right expressions become very evident Nyra Banerjee is a pleasant surprise & shows immense promise as an actress and is also the most natural performer amongst the rest of the actors. Ninad Kamat and Narendra Jetley as Urvil's colleagues do justice to their respective roles.

MUSIC: composed byJeet Ganguly, Meet Bros, Tony Kakkar, Vivek Kar.The only song "Ijazat" sung by Arijit Singh is very good.

The movie suffers due to a weak script,absence of genuine substance but its better & different than other Sunny Leone's film.

Overall,One Night Stand is not at all worth watching film.It can be missed surely.

BAAGHI

BAAGHI: is a Indian action drama film directed by Sabbir Khan starring Tiger Shroff, Shraddha Kapoor, Sudheer Babu, Sunil Grover ,Grandmaster Shifuji Shaurya Bharadwaj

PLOT: A wannabe actress Sia (Shraddha Kapoor) is abducted by a badly smitten Bangkok fight club owner Raghav Shetty (Sudheer Babu).The girl's father P P Khurana (Sunil Grover) hires Ronny (Tiger Shroff), to rescue his daughter as Ronny had a relatioship with Sia but they broke up due to some misunderstanding created by P P Khurana & Raghav as Khurana takes money from Raghav.The flashback centres on a kalaripayattu academy run by a ex-armyman Guruswami (commando trainer Shifuji Shaurya Bharadwaj) who's son is Raghav.Ronny unwillingly becomes the student in the academy.In due course of time, Guruji tames the wild and carefree Ronny into an extremely disciplined student.Bitter rivalry that develops between Raghav and Ronny over Sia as Raghav also loves her.when Guruji gets to know about his son Raghav's plan of forcibly marrying Sia, he raises strong objection. That's when the emotionless Raghav kills his father. And when Ronny gets to know that Raghav, who has Sia as his captive, is also the one who killed Guruji, hell breaks loose and Ronny becomes uncontrollable. But, the catch is that, in order to reach Raghav, Ronny has to tackle a battalion of henchmen because Raghav stays in the well protected 'layered' building, whose each floor is also the domain of his extremely well trained henchmen. Does Ronny becomes successful in reaching Raghav despite all the odds, is he able to clear Sia's misunderstanding towards him, does he become successful to avenge the killing of his Guruji and is he able to rescue his ladylove Sia from Raghav's captive is what forms the rest of the film.

PERFORMANCES: Tiger is very impressive in his 2nd film.He is really working hard that can be seen in this film.His effortless action is a visual delight to watch. As for Shraddha Kapoor, she has definitely tried her level best to match upto the requirements of her character.Besides looking extremely gorgeous, her endearing screen presence makes her and Tiger Shroff a beautiful on-screen couple. BAAGHI also heralds the arrival of a new baddie in Bollywood by the name of Sudheer Babu, an actor from down south. The way in which he conveys through his eyes and expressions is something to watch out for.Sanjay Mishra's comedy as taxi driver in bangkok is excellent.Sunil Grover is natural as usual.

MUSIC: composed by Meet Bros, Amaal Mallik, Ankit Tiwari, Manj Musik."Sab Tera","Cham Cham" are good to listen.

The story of the film is simple & nothing new in it.Screenplay should be better.Its fight sequences is worth watching.A special mention to the film's action directors by Kecha Khamphakdee and Javed-Aejaz who have done an excellent job.

Overall Baaghi is one time watch for those who loves action movies.Hand to hand combat,martial arts are used very efficiently.