PHILLAURI

PHILLAURI : is a Hindi Fantasyromantic comedy film, directed by Anshai Lal starring Anushka Sharma, Suraj Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh, Mehreen Pirzada.

PLOT: A young man Kanan (Suraj Sharma) returns to India from Canada to marry his long-term girlfriend Anu (Mehreen Pirzada), but comes to know that as he is a manglik (born under an unlucky star) he has to get married to a tree before getting married to her. He very reluctantly marries the tree, which is duly chopped down after the completion of the ceremony. As a result, from that day onwards he is haunted by the spirit of a woman named Shashi (Anushka Sharma), who lived in that particular tree and hence claims to now be 'married' to him.When asked about the reason for Shashi’s ghostly existence, she recalls her love story with Roop Lal Philauri (Diljit Dosanjh), which, till date as remained an unfulfilled dream because of unforeseen situations and circumstances. What were the circumstances which played the villain between Shashi and Roop Lal’s love, what happens to Shashi’s soul ultimately and do Kanan and Anu get married is what forms the rest of the story.

PERFORMANCES: Anushka Sharma excels in the film even though her character comes as half baked (because of the script), she manages to pull it off with supremacy.Diljit Dosanjh shows his soft and vulnerable side in PHILLAURI. Despite having limited scope, he puts on a decent performance.The film’s scene stealer is however, the endearing Suraj Sharma.He plays his part of a confused young boy extremely well. He also consistently maintains the fun quotient in the film.Mehreen Pirzada has impressed us with her simplicity & naturality.

MUSIC: composed by Shashwat Sachdev & Jasleen Royal is average and fails to impress except for one song ‘Sahiba’.

Full marks to the film’s cinematographer (Vishal Sinha) for turning the film into a visual delight.While the film’s first half is funny (in parts) and bearable, the film sees a drastic downslide in its second half, which is mostly dedicated to Anushka Sharma character’s life in the past. The slow and predictable second half does nothing more than testing the patience of the audience. Even the parallels between the two eras seem extremely forced. One just cannot help but say that the film’s climax is bizarre and outrageous.

Overall, Phillauri fails to connect emotionally due to its weak and slow paced narrative.You can watch it once.

Trivia: Those who don't know who is Suraj Sharma who plays the character of Kanan....Let me tell you this guy also played the role of PI in hollywood blockbuster Life Of Pi...

BADRINATH KI DILHANIA

BADRINATH KI DILHANIA : is a 2017 Indian romantic comedy film,[4] directed by Shashank Khaitan starring Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt and Sahil Vaid.

PLOT: Tenth standard pass Badrinath Bansal aka Badri (Varun Dhawan) and his family which consists of his mother, his elder brother Alok Bansal (Yash Sinha) and his brother’s wife Urmila (Shweta Basu Prasad). The entire Bansal household is kept under his control by Badrinath's strict and patriarchal father Bansal saab (Rituraj Singh). One day, when the carefree Badri sees the effervescent Vaidehi Trivedi (Alia Bhatt) in a marriage, he instantly falls in love with her. He, then, starts pursuing Vaidehi relentlessly to marry him, only to get a firm no for an answer every single time One day, after much ado, Vaidehi says yes to Badri’s proposal for marriage, but, with a condition that she has to get her elder sister Kiran (Aakanksha Singh) married before her. After searching the length and the breadth of the city (which also includes a ‘bridegroom hunt audition’), Kiran finds her soul mate in Bhushan (Aparshakti Khurana). After all the ‘customary dealings’, the elders of both the families decide to conduct the marriages of Vaidehi and Kiran together. While Kiran gets married to Bhushan, Vaidehi runs away from the marriage without informing anyone, thus leaving both the families in an extremely embarrassing situation. An infuriated Bansal saab then orders Badri to get hold of Vaidehi from wherever she is, so that they can beat her up in the public and make an example out of her. Does the ever-obedient Badri listen to his father’s orders or does he listen to his heart which still loves Vaidehi, what was the reason for Vaidehi’s escape on the day of her marriage, does Badri become successful in tracing Vaidehi or does he return home empty handed and what ultimately happens to Badri and his selfless love towards Vaidehi, is what forms the rest of the film.

PERFORMANCES: it’s the impeccable duo of Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt who carry the film solely on their shoulders. The chemistry that they share in the film is simply impeccable. One has to see it to believe it.He creates yet another winner in his titular role of ‘Badrinath’. The attitude and the body language with which he approaches his character are spot-on.He gives yet another reason for audiences to be in awe of him. The ease with which he has handled both, comic and emotions, are really clap worthy. On the other hand, it’s Alia Bhatt, who (yet again) pulls off her role in the film very flawlessly.

MUSIC: composed by Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi and Akhil Sachdeva.The film does have a couple of melodious tracks in the form of the remix of ‘Tamma Tamma’ and the film’s title track.

The film’s first half is interesting but it’s the second half that plays the spoilsport as it seems dragged and stretched after a point.The film does have its share of hard-hitting dialogues and funny moments.

Overall,BADRINATH KI DULHANIA is a beautifully textured love story and an enjoyable entertainer that wins you over and keeps you hooked right till the end

COMMANDO 2

COMMANDO 2 : is a 2017 Indian action film, directed by Deven Bhojani starring Vidyut Jammwal, Esha Gupta, Adah Sharma, Shefali Shah, Adil Hussain, Freddy Daruwala, Thakur Anoop Singh, Satish Kaushik.The film is a sequel to the 2013 film Commando: A One Man Army

PLOT: India's most wanted Black Money agent, Vicky Chaddha, gets arrested in Malaysia and is kept in a safe house by the Malaysian authorities, along with his wife. A team of four is being sent to Malaysia to bring them to India.In the mission to catch and bring back Vicky Chaddha to India, Abhaya Sharma (Shefali Shah), the ‘Director of Investigation Division of the Central Board of Direct Taxes’, assigns the said task to a team of Inspector Bhavna Reddy (Adah Sharma), ACP Bakhtawar (Freddy Daruwala), Zafar Hussain (Sumit Gulati) and Sharad Pandey. In a sudden turn of events, Karan ‘replaces’ Sharad Pandey and joins the team.When the team reach Malaysia, they come face to face with ‘Vicky Chaddha’ and his lovely wife Maria (Esha Gupta).Apart from the growth of inter-personal relationships, the mission has quite a few twists and turns on its way.Does Karan become successful in bringing back the notorious Vicky Chaddha to India single handedly, what was the incident that shocks Karan is what forms the rest of the film.

PERFORMANCES: On his part, Vidyut does a decent job and has justified his role of a ‘Commando’. He successfully keeps you engaged throughout with his performance and action.Adah does a decent job in the film. It does take some time for the viewer to absorb her south Indian accent in the film. Adah brings in the humour quotient in the otherwise serious film. Besides having her share of comical scenes, she does impress everyone with her action scenes as well. The surprise element of the film is however in the form of Esha Gupta, who comes across as the high point of the film.

MUSIC: Mannan Shaah and Gourov Roshin.The film has only one song in the form of ‘Hare Krishna Hare Ram’ (which features only in the end)

While the film’s first half successfully manages to build momentum and the pace in the form of the introduction of the characters with some really stylish action scenes thrown in, the film’s second half starts dragging and also becomes predictable at many places.
A special mention to the film’s action director (Franz Spilhaus) for the breath taking action sequences.

Overall,Commando 2 is for one time watch only,a descent timepass.