PINK

PINK: is a 2016 Indian courtroom drama film directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang, Angad Bedi,Dhritiman Chatterjee and Piyush Mishra.

PLOT: Meenal Arora (Taapsee Pannu), Falak Ali (Kirti Kulhari) and Andrea (Andrea Tariang) live together as paying guests in Delhi, earning their respective livelihoods. These girls lose their smiles and peace of mind because of a terrible incident that threatens their lives. The incident takes place when Rajveer (Angad Bedi) forces himself upon Meenal and she hits him hard with a glass bottle injuring him seriously. After this incident, the girls come under attack from all sides as Rajveer happens to be a polticians nephew. Soon his friends start threatening the girls. When the incident gets registered with the police, it leads to an array of investigations, interrogations and character assassination of the three girls. With no lawyer ready to represent their case, the girls find their sole ray of hope in advocate Deepak Saigal(Amitabh Bachchan), who volunteers to fight their case, despite having given up his law practice. How will the girls prove their innocence against such a powerful opposition and does advocate Deepak Saigal help the girls win the case and clear their names, is what forms the rest of the film.

PERFORMANCES: without any doubt,Big B's acting steals the show.He not only acts but also lives the character.It won't be wrong to say that, with PINK, Amitabh Bachchan has not just delivered an immensely memorable performance, but also one of his career best performances.Taapsee Pannu, who manages to 'earn her place under the sun' with her sincere portrayal of Meenal.She is just brilliant.Kirti Kulhari delivers a rock solid performance.Andrea Tariang does a very good job too.Dhritiman Chatterjee is extremely convincing in the role of the judge.

MUSIC: composed by Shantanu Moitra,While the film has absolutely no scope for music its background score (Shantanu Moitra) is extremely haunting and creates the ambience for the film.The song "Kaari Kaari" is absolute perfect for this movie.

The film has some hard hitting dialogues (Ritesh Shah), which elevates the situations and the corresponding elements.Outstanding direction,very good script helped the film to meet the expectation.

Overall,Pink is a must must must watch film.One of best films of 2016.

BAR BAR DEKHO

BAR BAR DEKHO : is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Nitya Mehra starring Katrina Kaif, Siddharth Malhotra, Ram Kapoor, Sarika & Rajit Kapur.

PLOT: The film starts off with the birth of Jai Verma and Diya Kapoor in Delhi and London respectively. Post that, Diya Kapoor's family settles down in India. As 'time' progresses, Jai and Diya grow up together and fall in love with each other. After years of knowing each other, one day, when 'painter' Dia proposes marriage to the 'Maths obsessed Professor' Jai, he becomes petrified with the very thought of marriage. Right before their wedding day, Diya takes Jai to a plush house that is gifted to them by her rich father (Ram Kapoor). This gift not just hurts the self respect of Jai, but also makes him confess to Diya that he is just not ready for marriage because his main focus is his career. Hearing that, a heartbroken Diya leaves Jai promising never to return back. Post that, a grief-stricken Jai lands up gulping a full bottle of champagne. And when he wakes up next morning, he sees the world and timezone around him totally changed. He sees himself transported into his future which shakes the ground below him completely. On one hand, while he sees himself resigning from a dream job at Harvard University (for which he had strived so hard), on the other hand, he sees his wife Diya divorcing him and moving on. If that wasn't enough, Jai 'lives through' many different crucial stages of his life. What are these situations and how does he manage to time travel and does Jai ever manage to 'solve' the mysteries, is what forms the rest of the film.

PERFORMANCES: Besides looking glamorous,gorgeous,as an actor,this is probably Katrina's best performance.She is very much impressive.On the other hand Siddharth is not up to the mark.He is repeating same expressionless acting.

MUSIC: is composed by Amaal Mallik, Arko, Badshah, Jasleen Royal and Bilal Saeed. The song "Kala Chasma" is awesome foot tapping . "Sau Aasmaan" & "Teri Khair Mangdi" are also good.

Ths film has interesting plot but let down by poor direction & weak script.Besides being confusing, the film's screenplay is totally slow and un-relatable, which makes it extremely difficult to find resonance with the audience.The film's cinematography (Ravi K. Chandran) is excellent. The way in which he has shot the locations are extremely top-notch.

Overall Bar Bar Dekho is a confused film.So it can be ignored.

A FLYING JATT

A FLYING JATT : is a 2016 Bollywood superhero action film co-written and directed by Remo D'Souza starring Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez, Amrita Singh, Gaurav Pandey, Nathan Jones, Kay Kay Menon.

PLOT: The film starts off with the introduction of the filthy rich and extremely money-minded Malhotra (Kay Kay Menon) and his expansion plans for his construction company. Amidst his plans of expansion, Mrs. Kartar Singh aka Bebe (Amrita Singh) acts as a barrier as it's her (late) husband's land that Malhotra wants to usurp for his project.Even when Malhotra offers double the value of the land to Bebe, she just does not budge to his offer, as she reasons that Malhotra's companies are the root cause of pollution in the city. That's when Malhotra summons the deadly and towering Rakka (Nathan Jones) so that he could throw Bebe and the other residents out of the 'Kartar Singh Colony', which is also home to an extremely pious and wish fulfilling tree. When Rakka is just about to cut down the tree, opposition comes in the form of Aman (Tiger Shroff), a normal martial arts teacher in a school. Just as when Rakka is about to chop the tree, a certain miracle takes place and, while Aman is blessed with superlative superpowers, Rakka on the other hand, gets the evil powers. Rakka's powers become deadlier whenever he inhales the polluted air.Does the Flying Jatt manage to beat Rakka & save the colony,is what forms the rest of the story.

PERFORMANCES: Tiger Shroff, whose martial skills are in full display in the film. Tiger Shroff, remains sincere and true to his character, even though this film may not qualify as his career best. The role of a man with superpowers needs a robust personality to match and Tiger Shroff scores full marks in this department. Jacqueline Fernandez, on the other hand, does not do anything exceptional, besides looking pretty and providing the glam quotient to the film.Amrita Singh as the typical Punjabi mother delivers a decent performance and is extremely lovable in her character. Kay Kay Menon, on the other hand, does a decent job in the negative role.Nathan Jones does manage to instill fear in the minds of the audiences, which was expected of his character.

MUSIC: composed by Sachin-Jigar."Toota Jo Kabhi Tara" is a good composition.

While the drama in the film's first half is pretty interesting, humorous and gripping, the film's second half loses track, and turns too preachy regarding environment and religion.Even the film's production value and VFX look tacky, which is quite a letdown in a superhero film.

Overall, A Flying Jatt is one time watch for those who like superhero films.

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.

RAMAN RAGHAV 2.0

RAMAN RAGHAV 2.0 :is a 2016 Indian psychological thriller film directed by Anurag Kashyap featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui,Vicky Kaushal,Amruta Subhash,Sobhita Dhulipala. The film is not a biopic of psychopath Raman Raghav, who infested the streets of Mumbai in the mid-1960s, rather, it tries to capture the psyche of the serial killer in a character called Sindhi Daalwai or Raman.

PLOT: Ramanna aka Sindhi Dalwaai aka Raman (Nawazuddin Siddiqui),a serial killer, has been chased by a young IPS officer Raghav (Vicky Kaushal) who is a drug addict & his life is slowly falling into pieces.The film, then, traces its roots with a series of flashback events that establish Raman's character as a serial killer with a history of random and meaningless killings. As the film comes back to the present, Raman gets into confessional mode and says that he kills people because he likes to kill them for no reason. He also goes onto proclaim that he is a 'Godsent gift to mankind', who has been sent by God to kill people after their job is done on earth. What follows from hereon are a series of merciless and inhuman murders.Amidst all this, Raman confesses to Raghav about his 'connection' with him, that really stuns the latter.what is the 'connection' that Raman tells Raghav that rattles his senses, is what forms the rest of the film.

PERFORMANCES: The film clearly and solely belongs to the Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Nawaz leaves no room for doubt and does a convincing job.Be it his 'swift oscillations' between his moods or him mercilessly slaying his victims, Nawazuddin Siddiqui carries the film solely on his shoulders and excels in every department. His flawless delivery of one liners are, as always, a delight to watch and listen. Vicky Kaushal, on the other hand, is decent.

MUSIC: composed by Ram Sampath, is nothing to boast about

The film, highly influenced by the genre of Film Noir, has a book type screenplay divided into 8 chapters.The film's first half tries to establish a promising plot, but the second half drags endlessly.

Overall Raman Raghav 2.0 is completely dark film.This is not for the audiences who love bollywood masala entertainment.This film won't attract the masses