RUSTOM

RUSTOM: is a 2016 Indian crime thriller directed by Tinu Suresh Desai starring Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz, Arjan Bajwa, Esha Gupta,Pawan Malhotra,Sachin Khedekar.

The film is based on the real life incident of Naval Officer K.M. Nanavati and businessman Prem Ahuja.

PLOT: Rustom Pavri (Akshay Kumar) is an extremely principled naval officer, whose world revolves around his duty and his dearest wife Cynthia Pavri (Ileana D'Cruz). The world around Rustom Pavri shatters completely when he discovers that his wife is having an affair with Vikram (Arjan Bajwa). His anger towards the entire situation triggers him to kill Vikram by shooting him on the spot. Rustom Pavri, then, surrenders himself before the law.

What happens after that, are a series of courtroom drama between Rustom Pavri versus Vikram's sister Preeti (Esha Gupta) and her extremely capable lawyer Laxman Khamgani (Sachin Khedekar).

What is the ultimate verdict of the court? Does Rustom Pavri get convicted for the murder of Vikram? Will Rustom Pavri be able to prove his innocence in the case is what forms the rest of the film.

PERFORMANCES: Akshay Kumar is the backbone of Rustom,delivers such a spotless and flawless performance in this role by staying extremely true to his character. Lending him able support is Ileana D'Cruz as his wife Cynthia Pavri. Despite having limited scope as far as performance is concerned, Ileana D'Cruz holds her own with her restrained performance.Arjan Bajwa is decent as well. Kumud Mishra (in the role of a newspaper editor), Usha Nadkarni (as the servant), Sachin Khedekar (as Public Prosecutor Lakshman Khangani) and Pawan Malhotra (as Inspector Lobo) too have strong parts and keep the movie together.

MUSIC: composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Raghav Sachar, Ankit Tiwari, and Jeet Gannguli.Music is is pretty average. The songs "Tere Sang Yaara","Dekha Hazaro Dafaa" are good.

The storyline becomes slightly predictable as it progresses. Tinu Suresh Desai has done a decent job as a director.

Overall,Rustom can be watched for its story and most importantly Akshay Kumar's performance.

Best dialogue of the film: "Vikram towel sirf paanch rupay mein jo marne ke baad bhi nahi utarta..."

MOHENJO DARO

MOHENJO DARO: is a 2016 Indian epic adventure-romance film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker featuring Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, Arunoday Singh, Suhasini Mulay, Nitish Bharadwaj, Sharad Kelkar.

PLOT: The film starts off with the era of 2016 BC in the North West region, which happens to be the prehistoric India. This gradually leads to the introduction of Sarman (Hrithik Roshan) and his victorious fight with a predator crocodile. While on one hand the villagers felicitate him for the victory, on the other hand, Sarman is adamant to visit the city of Mohenjo Daro, something that his uncle and aunt are not too keen on, for reasons best known (only) to them. One day, after much reluctance, Sarman's uncle and aunt give in to his demands of visiting Mohenjo Daro, but, not without handing him over a 'identity coin'. When Sarman reaches Mohenjo Daro, amongst the many other things, he sees the beautiful 'Sindhu Putri' Chaani (Pooja Hegde), the daughter of a religious pandit (Manish Choudhary). It is here, that Sarman, besides being stunned by the visuals and locations, witnesses the disparity that prevails under the rule of the evil ruler Maham (Kabir Bedi), who had once been earlier exiled from Harappa. In no time, Sarman becomes the people's representative and raises his voice against Maham's atrocities. Amidst all this, the pandit reveals a secret to Sarman that not just shocks Sarman, but also, sweeps him off his feet. What is the much guarded secret that Sarman gets to know, what is his connection with the city of Mohenjo Daro, and does the blooming love between Sarman and Chaani culminate into their unison... is what forms the rest of the story.

PERFORMANCES: As for the performances, the film clearly and rightfully belongs to the extremely versatile Hrithik Roshan who ensures and justifies his role of the unassuming farmer- turned-saviour.Pooja Hegde is average in the film.The veteran actor Kabir Bedi, excels in the role of 'Maham'. What works to his advantage are his good looks and his baritone voice.

MUSIC: composed by A.R.Rahman.The song "Tu Hai" ,"Sarsariya" are good.

A simple and old story has been put in ancient era which doesnt work at all.Film's VFX oscillates between amateurish and average.Screenplay by Ashutosh Gowariker turns out to be a major letdown, thus disappointing the viewers to the core.

Overall, Mohenjo Daro is complete disaster film of year.

DISHOOM

DISHOOM: is a 2016 Indian action-adventure film written and directed by Rohit Dhawan starring John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Akshaye Khanna, Saqib Saleem, Nargis Fakhri.

PLOT: DISHOOM starts off with a well-planned kidnapping of Indian cricket team's ace cricketer Viraj Sharma (Saqib Salim) by the dreaded Altaf (Rahul Dev), at the behest of Wagah (Akshaye Khanna) during a cricket series final match between India & Pakistan in the Middle East.To avoid mass panic Indian authorities keeps the news away from media,the Indian government decide to put their best police officer Kabir Shergill (John Abraham) to U.A.E for a 36-hour man hunt.Kabir bumps into a rookie Emirates police officer Junaid Ansari (Varun Dhawan), who has never solved a case but had a good knowledge of the town.What happens after that are a series of twists and turns, oodles of roller coaster ride and adventure tales of Kabir and Junaid and their parter in crime Ishika (Jacqueline Fernandez) who is a petty thief. Will Kabir Shergill be able to trace out Viraj Sharma before the India-Pakistan match is what forms the rest of the film.

PERFORMANCES: The film rides essentially on the shoulders of the two men, viz., John Abraham and Varun Dhawan.John Abraham handles his character of being a no-nonsense tough guy with his expressionless,robotic acting. Varun Dhawan in a rather cute and comical avatar. The ease with which Varun Dhawan executes the comic scenes is extremely adorable and praiseworthy. Overall, Varun Dhawan excels in playing his character in the film with utmost conviction and confidence. acqueline Fernandez brings in the glamour quotient to the film and acts her part very well. The big return of the seasoned actor Akshaye Khanna, who announces his comeback in Bollywood with a bang with this film. His sense of timing and dialogue delivery adds more glitter to the character that he plays in the film. Akshay Kumar, despite being cast in a cameo, is hilarious in his part of a gay bad boy.

MUSIC: composed by Pritam. Tracks like 'Sau Tarah Ke', 'Toh Dishoom' are peppy.

On the whole, the film has a predictable storyline.it has very impressive visuals.The film's editing (Nitin Rokade, Ritesh Soni) is exceptionally crisp as the film's runtime is around 2 hours.

Overall,Dishoom is typical masala entertainer and its a one time watch.