Review : Inception (2010)

Whoa! The motion picture of the decade is here. From the director, who brought you ‘The Dark Night’ which is currently is in the 11^th position of all time-best movies, Christopher Nolan, comes a masterpiece which is par excellence and brought out of sheer creativity. Inception, the movie sticks on to your head and even one flicker in your eye might change your discernment.

Christopher Nolan could righteously be called the ‘living legend’, for he has brought us THE motion picture of a lifetime. Perhaps, one must be blessed to have born in the era of Christopher Nolan.

I normally say, watch it for this, watch it for that, but for Inception, i would rather say watch it for everything. The Director has made the impossible possible, he has shown all elements of art in this flick. One of the first movies, where the viewer is literally in the edge of the seat but still tightly glued so as not to fall. In Inception, Nolan does the unthinkable : He folds a mirror version of Paris back upon itself; he stages a fight sequence in a gravity-free hotel room; he sends a train plowing through a busy city street. Whatever you can dream, Nolan does it in Inception. Then he nestles those little dreams into even bigger dreams, and those bigger dreams into gargantuan dreams, going on into infinity, cubed. He stretches the boundaries of filmmaking.

Inception is, by itself, a dream. No human would have ever attempted to think of such a script. Such a subject which is sure to woo even the worst of the movie-haters. Dreams, ever thought the physics of it? Inception shows you the most advanced of the physics but just like how you fail to remember the start of a dream, the movie fails to show the basics of Inception.

Inception is about stealing your secrets when you are in the dream state and when the mark wakes up, he/she has no idea of what happened.

Talking about the technicalities, all are perfect, the visuals, the sound, the editing, the costumes, the sets, the cgi, the camera, one word for all of them, STUNNING! Hans Zimmer has rocked the sound department, Cinematography by Wally Pfister and Editing by Lee Smith (of ‘The Dark Night’ and ‘The Prestige’ fame) is stupendous, no further words to describe their work. Nolan has this specific crew with him in most of his movies and no wonder that they are a part of what they turn out to be, AWESOME.

Coming to the protagonist, Leonardo Dicaprio, the man has been choosy in the selection of his films’ script and director, for he has always worked for the best in business and he delivers, he delivers in a way that you start to adore him for his natural acting. Hats off, Caprio. You are on my all time favourite list.

Christopher Nolan, the first of his kind, eccentric, crazy yet a winner all by himself. I always wondered that someone should come up with a movie about dreams, for dreams have been my forte and from now i will continue to dream to explore Nolan’s cognitive skills unless someone wakes me up with a ‘KICK’.

Rating: 4.5/5 (The highest rating that i have ever awarded a movie)

Inception – Movie of the century.

Review: Boss engira Baskaran (2010)

'Boss engira Baskaran', directed by M.Rajesh of 'Siva Manasula Sakthi' doesn't fail to disappoint this time although the storyline is nothing new. Arya, Nayantara and Comedy king Santhanam play lead roles in this comical entertainer.

The story is about Baskaran (Arya), a lousy wanderer, who isn't interested in studies or work. All in all he is totally jobless a.k.a. vetti. He meets Chandrika (Nayantara), who is a professor. What follows is total roll on the floor entertainment. Amazing performance by Santhanam. He literally carries the whole movie in his shoulders. His comical one-liners, as usual, rock and has the viewer in splits.

Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja is just spellbinding. 'Yaar Andha Pendhaan' is already a chartbuster and the visuals too sing in unison with the tune's magic. The song may seem cliched, but come on, this is what one should expect from the future, the music directors and composers have run out of tunes. There is nothing new to offer. All other songs are good and Yuvan proves it once again that he is the lone leader of tamil cinema music, of course in ARR's absence.



Other technical aspects, like cinematography, stunts, editing, costumes, etc. need no mention as they are usual and nothing about them is strikingly different from the usual.

Acting wise, no one deserves a special mention except, Santhanam, who emerges out of nowhere to save this film. Because, storywise, screenplay wise, and even acting wise, there is nothing innovative in this movie, the only thing to watch out for is Santhanam's comedy.

Let me keep this review short. The only reason for that is, i have nothing else to praise about in this movie except Santhanam and nothing to criticize negatively about because everyone have put in their best and their best doesn't amuse us much.



On a closing note, Santhanam has proved his mettle. 'Nanbaen da' is sure to be the dialogue of the month, until Superstar's 'Endhiran' overshadows it soon.


Rating: 2.5/5


Boss (e) Baskaran : Comic Caper!

Review: Dabangg (2010)

'Hud Hud Dabangg...Dabangg...'
Oh, i shouldn't be singing, it's review time and i'm back with the most sought after movie in recent times.
Abhinav Singh Kashyap's 'Dabangg' is nothing new. Its the same old masala story and in the same old illogical screenplay. But there sure are some important things to watch out for. The first and foremost is Salman (Sallu Bhai), I wasn't his die hard fan but now i am. Sallu Bhai Rocks!
The next is the background score and the songs. Gosh! The stunts, the dialogues and the protagonist's mannerisms all dance in unison to the background score.
The last but not the least is Sonakshi Sinha. She looks gorgeous, not at all amateurish. She does it in flamboyant style. Hats off to her!


Above all, the credit must go to the dialogue writers, Jalees Sherwani-Faaiz Anwar-Lalit Pandit. I mean, each sentence spoken by even the junior most actor is both comical and apt to the story-screenplay. One would wonder where these people were till now. Salman's each dialogue was what a south indian would call a 'punch dialogue'.

Oh, the story, Forgot about it totally. Its nothing, there is this eccentric police officer (Chulbul Pandey) and the movie is about his chronicles in his era in that area. There is nothing much to worry about the story because it is totally garbled. Leave your brains at home or at your workplace and watch this movie to relieve off all your stress. No further arguments.


Dance directors and choreographers need a special mention here. The whole world knows Sallu Bhai cannot do complicated steps, so they have given him funny and cranky steps which will literally make you roll on the floor and laugh.

Munni (Malaika Arora Khan), one might question as to why she was the item girl here even after having 2 kids. Well, i donot have an answer to that and i object her casting but yeah she does have the 'pivotless' hip shake which is sure to make your heads bang and jaws drop.

Stunts by S.Vijayan (probably 'FEFSI Vijayan' of kollywood) is damn amazing. Each stunt perfectly choreographed and acted out. Really deserves a special appraisal.

Cinematography by Mahesh Limaye (of 'Fashion' and 'C U at 9' fame) deserves special mention for his brilliant and artistic work. The combined effort of the editor and cinematographer adds up magic pixels on to the already glowing Sallu Bhai studded screen. Kudos!

All in all, Dabangg is wholesome entertainment, an adrenalin rush, an amalgam of all south indian commercial entertainers. Something which Bollywood lacked in a long time. Don't miss it. Watch it for Salman and the dialogues. 'Hum tumme itne ched karenge ki conphuse ho jaaoge ki saans kahaan se laen aur....... hehehehe.....'


PS: Please throw out all false allegations that Dabangg will only be enjoyed by Sallu Bhai's fans. It is completely wrong. Anyone with a decent comic sense should like the movie throwing all illogical mistakes out. Otherwise, the better option for the dislikers is to go create a world of their own and let live others in peace. And Dabangg means 'fearless' for people who don't know.


Rating: 3.5/5


Dabangg - Kick ass Jhakaas!