"Picks" and "Pricks" of the Summer '09 : A Special Report

I and lot of you people would have expected this summer to be a great treat for movie lovers with a huge line up of releases.Now that the summer is almost over (atleast not in Chennai where summer is the only weather existent) , lets see how the movies have impacted me.

First let me give you the let downs , personally quoted as 'Pricks' of the summer :
(starting from 'OK' to 'WORSE')

5. New York (Rating : 2.5/5) : The only thing good about the movie was the story but for that everything else wasn't impactive.



4. Kambakkht Ishq (Rating : 2/5) : A serious waste of time and money, better to avoid.But one thing ,i felt this movie was better than PKS.



3. Angels and Demons (Rating : 1/5) : The let-down of the year.Seriously disappointing.

2. The Hangover (Rating 1/5) : Though others liked it a lot , i thought it was crap.


1. ShortKut (Rating 0.5/5) : As a behindwoods reviewer perfectly quoted : 'Pick your shortcut out of theatres'



Ah, well now the let downs are finished , it is time for top 5 of the 'Good' Ones.
(Starting from 'OK' to 'BEST')


5. Terminator Salvation (Rating 2.5/5) : Though it had stunning special effects ,it failed to recreate the judgement day magic.



4. Ice Age 3 : Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Rating 2.5/5) : Nothing much except for childish comedy and the excellent 3-D experience.


3. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Rating 2.5/5) : Masala and Magic in unequal proportions.



2. Transformers 2 : Revenge Of The Fallen (Rating 3.5/5) : Brilliant and Entertaining!


1. Star Trek (Rating 4/5) : Greatest space odyssey ever!


So , i hope most of you would agree with me on this.Anyways for people who don't drop in your comments and open up your thoughts.
As for now, my blog will be dormant for few months unless i watch a spectacular movie or there is some 'hot' topic that i feel free to write about.Till then keep giving me suggestions to improve or things to write on.

Thank You!
Happy Reading!

Review : Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince (2009)

MAGIC MASALA!

Rating: 2.5/5
Genre : Adventure / Mystery / Fantasy / Romance

Disclaimer : Before i start , i would want you people to know that i haven't read any of the books and i have been following only the movies.

So , does this movie satisfy a harry potter fan?
A little ,the reason being , the script 'almost' sticking to the book.This is quite because of the return of the screen-writer of the first 4 movies.
Though , there are parts which are deviated from the book and there are some omissions too.

Well , on the other hand , does this flick satisfy a regular movie goer?
Not much except for the special effects , the girls and the comic dialogues.

I would say that people who have been wanting to watch the movie after the book might be a bit disappointed.This might be attributed to the overdose of romance and comedy at the cost of deletion of important scenes especially the last fight scene which was omitted. (That is what i had learned about from my pal)



The Movie strikes a lower chord on the viewer's mind with too much of talking and less of action sequences but there are mind boggling scenes of quidditch and Dumbledore taking Harry to different places and also the scenes where Harry sees Tom Riddles past through safely collected memories by Dumbledore.It has its ups and downs and even though more of the former is prevalent , it fails to entertain on the whole.

There were people comparing this to the last week's summer bonanza 'Transformers 2' , i personally wouldn't want to compare both of them but still Micheal Bay did show us his 'magic'.

Acting , is one of the reason why this installment of Harry Potter is worth a watch.Everyone has developed their acting skills , the most significant improvement being seen in Daniel Radcliffe.He has totally churned himself into a fine actor and one can admire his casting on the film as the protagonist.
A Special note is to be given to the director for making the chicks (those portraying Hermione , Ginny , Luna Lovegood and some of the background stars) show their presence on screen and also to the cinematographer for the reason you people know.


Coming to the tech-aspects , CGI work is brilliant especially in the first scene where a bridge is destroyed by death eaters causing heart breaks in every architect and civil engineer's minds but nevertheless it was a visual treat.
Music was brilliant and the special effects were perfectly blended with the visuals though second half's audio was rather out of sync ,maybe because of some fault in the theatre although i watched it in sathyam RDX.

There are a lot of differences from the book , you can read them at :

Click here



There have been lot of comments on imdb ,rotten tomatoes and other famous websites about this being the worst adaptation ever and there were also people saying that this was the winner of the summer releases but all that ain't true, this movie is definitely worth watching in the theatres and it is truly not 'THE' movie of the summer.

So , wrapping it up , HBP is certainly a bit of a disappointment but it has its own relishable moments.

Thank you for reading!

I am sorry if i made people who've been waiting for this movie to sigh after reading but the fact remains told and precaution given.

Review : Transformers - Revenge Of The Fallen (2009)

CGI Extravaganza!

Rating : 3.5/5
Genre : Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi


Ok , I have been reading a lot many reviews about this movie and i would like you people to throw them into crap.But in one way reading them really helps , it totally tells you that movie is shit and wants you to hate it but when the scenes roll in with the pace that would pump up your adrenaline , you will be liking the movie more than usual.

Personally , all the imdb users have gone mad , i mean where have they kept their brains.Do they think that they are some genius or what?When you know that you are watching a movie that is adapted from comics and cartoon , the IQ level of it would just be the same.One cannot expect a Godfather kind of story telling or say Shawshank redemption kind of acting.This is a fantasy movie for @%$'s sake and you WILL have to appreciate it the way it is.People acclaimed movies like "I am Legend" , "Sin City" etc. but they were all crap when seen on the whole , they simply had either a good story telling or story line.

So , people don't believe all this and go watch the movie.It is worth every penny and definitely on par with the first installment.
Micheal Bay hasn't kept his mind at bay, he has made sure that every part of the movie is according to fantasy logic and has added another blockbuster to his kitty.

Now, coming to the reviewing of the movie.This movie definitely has a plot though half way into the movie might give you a different perspective.So , here it goes , Sam Witwicky suddenly learns about the origin of the transformers and the decepticons return to earth to revive their old leader , the fallen.Meanwhile , Autobots which have kinda reproduced in number from the last movie try to protect Sam from them and whether the decepticons revive the fallen and destroy Earth or not forms the rest of the story.

The major part of the movie consists of pure action sequences with jaw dropping graphics and an awesome background score which makes you go gaga over and over again.





Shia Labeouf has done an amazing job and is carving a niche for himself in hollywood.He has matured in acting and his best is in the scene where he gets a mental breakdown in his astronomy class.



Megan Fox is just an eye candy, the sight of whom causes a lot of hormonal changes possibly withstandable.All credits to the cinematographer.



Coming to the autobots , they have definitely grown in number but not anywhere close to decepticons.With bumble-bee developing emotions , it is quite melodramatic in few scenes where you would just doze off but then you have a bigger amount of well-choreographed action sequences created using CGI.
A lot of detailing in the bots was needed because most of them are repeated ones from last movie and they need to be brought back with the same parts and for the new ones, for both autobots and decepticons , quite a huge amount of pre- and post- production work was required and all that hasn't gone in vain.You can watch the movie twice just for the sake of the CGI and the bots.

Now , just graphics won't do any good unless it is coupled with good music.So, Steve Jablonsky and his score producer Hans Zimmer have created new sounds with no cliche of any sort.Hats off to them.Also , in this context , Linkin Park's new solo "New Divide" needs to be talked about.It has amazing vocals and a rocking bgm which is sure to be played in every party or even at home.



The only flaw , sort of , came in when the decepticons started speaking english in their planet.But then you can bid all that goodbye and continue watching the movie BECAUSE it is a science-FICTION flick and not a realistic drama wherein all logic has to be there.

Michael Bay needs laurels and not the way critics have been treating him.He might be the most intelligent in directing action-thrillers but when it comes to a cartoon based fantasy , he deals it the way any talented director would and i take a bow at him.Bay has definitely shown the WAY it is done and i personally am looking forward to the next chronicle of transformers by counting every day till the release of it in 2012.Till then i would be watching both these movies again and again.

So, slamming imdb and all the other notable critics , i declare that the eye-popping CGI-action flick "Transformers :The Revenge Of The Fallen" is awesome and is sure to entertain you in every pixel of every scene of it.

Thank You for reading through the review.I hope you people like it and look forward to watching the movie.
Pour in your comments as i always say and only some people take pains to write 'em.


Coming Soon :

Review of the Harry Potter and half blood prince
and also top 5 movies this summer...

Review : Star Trek (2009)

IMPECCABLE!


Rating : 4/5
Genre : Action | Advenure | Sci-Fi


After watching a lot of movies which released this year , I have finally found a movie worth reviewing and now after this decision my mind says i cannot possibly do justice.

So , does this movie need any viewing of the "Star Trek" TV series which came out in 1966 , the answer is NO.The movie makers have come out with a standalone product which proves to be euphoric and also making new star trek followers (including me,i personally thought all space war movies were bullshit but i was very much satisfied with this one).

The new film, which could rightly be categorized as a ’space opera’ makes effective use of time travel in flash backs and fast forwards, but the present time occupies the major share of the story. The film’s prologue briefly displays the birth of Captain James T. Kirk in a shuttle craft that narrowly escapes a doomed spaceship captained by his father.A Young Kirk then meets Captain Christopher Pike who is the present captain of USS Enterprise.Pike convinces the young Kirk to attend the Starfleet Academy but is quickly grounded from boarding the Enterprise cause of his supposed "cheating" in a training operation.
His first friend in the starfleet ,who later takes over as the head medical officer, then smuggles him into the ship and then the action-adventure begins coupled with a frequent dose of light hearted scenes from our protagonist himself.

The movie entertains the viewers and appeals to a mass audience even though there are some clichéd scenes.With state-of-the-art graphic sequences and intelligent script , which is perfectly stuck to , "Star Trek" proves to a ravishing entertainer and will definitely go into the logs for one the best films ever made.



Coming to the induvidual performances , Chris Pine (Capt. James T Kirk) is terrific on screen and full of energy.The "Heroes" star , Zachary Quinto , plays his part wonderfully with perfect dialogue delivery and conveys his moods perfectly even with a expressionless face.Eric Bana as Nero doesn't quite stay in the viewer's mind for his portrayal and the main cause for this would be his minimal dialogues which proves to be perfect for the script.The actor who plays the beloved starship engineer Scotty, the charismatic Simon Pegg, is hilarious.


The film’s composer, the talented Michael Giacchino (who has great movies like "Speed Racer" , "Up" , "MI 3" and a hell lot of FPS video games under his belt) contributes a rousing musical accompaniment that honors the broad adventurous canvas. Similarly, the cinematographer Dan Mindel supplies vibrancy to the "trek" as the story shifts from one location to another.The Captain of the movie , J.J Abrams , who also wrote the screenplay for the movie alongside wielding the megaphone , has made sure everyone put their contribution to this Blockbuster.But it all comes down to emotions , the sole reason why this new "STAR TREK" flick has captivated the audiences minds and urged them to love the movie.Abrams has succeeded in bringing together all that is available in big-screen epic science-fiction filmmaking and the most intimate and deeply-felt sentiments of the masses, and has given us one of the best science fiction dramas in recent times.This exquisite "Star Trek" takes movie goers to a place they have never gone to before.

The Only thing that was quite missing was the absence of any of the hollywood hotties but then you won't probably notice it while you experience this magnum opus.

So , get out there and catch this movie in the theatres especially in R|D|X for those living in Chennai before the movie is pulled out (I don't know for what reasons but this movie deserved a "4 shows a day" treatment at Satyam Cinemas).


I hope this review triggers every movie fanatic to go watch the movie because it is worth the money and I would probably want to watch it a second time too.

Thanks a lot for reading through and please feel free to pour in your comments as i have always accepted them with great respect.

Review : Villu (2009)

Pathetic!

Rating : 0/5
Genre : Comedy (No Doubt , only in the sarcastic way)


People , I warn you all not to watch this movie , don't be amazed by such words coming from the likes of a Vijay Fan.I have seriously started considering my likeness of the actor.
I have never really given any movie a 'Zero' rating in my slowly building reviewing career.I could even probably watch movies such as 'I Am Legend' , 'Children Of Men' , etc maybe for a second or a third time also.

Coming to talking about the movie , I couldn't see any pluses at all till the end of the movie.Prabhu Deva should start thinking of continuing his career in direction or he has to choose a better script to remake with a better actor who doesn't demand any sort of superman sequences(But you know what ,even superman follows the principles of physics sometimes).If he would ever come in front of me , i wouldn't mind going to jail for killing Prabhu Deva.You must look at the hype that the director and the lead hero created "Villu is a stylish james bond like film" (CRAP) , "Villu is a straight Film" (BULLSHIT) , "Villu will take Nayantara to great heights" (Ya,it surely will,she will be taken to a height wherein she will fall down and die for her own good) and finally Ajith says "Vijay has done well in Villu" (Come on man,you don't need to return 'namesake' compliments just because you people are seen as rivals in the industry)

The Movie starts with a 'saliva spitting' intro scene (THOOO!!!!!) wherein the dupe of the hero (which is clearly identifiable) flies through the air and gets entangled with dupattas and then takes on a group of baddies.All stunt scenes in the movie are worth the dirt under your shoe and if given a chance i will personally visit theatres in Chennai and throw eggs and tomatoes at the screen for such illogical and dumb stunts which even a 1 year old child will question "How in the world is this possible?".I suppose even low budget 'Sam Anderson' flicks will have better logic and screenplay.Watch out 'Sam Anderson' , I'm your fan from now.

Prabhu Deva has tried to give a fast paced action flick (which turns out to be a f***ing flick) where the movie consists of bits and pieces joined together in the most pathetic way possible.

Vadivelu , another ingredient who adds up to the already growing tumour in the viewer's head.

Nayantara ,wasted to the core.I think the producers should have cast a local bar dancer for the skin show they wanted to put on screen.She would have done much better.They could have saved a lot of money , i guess.

All the others (including Prakash Raj) donot play their parts AT ALL.

The Cinematography doesn't deserve any mention and neither does the background music which is a mere collection of music from tv soaps and old movies.

The Songs are better of listening than watching because the dance masters have spoilt their own name for making Vijay dance unwanted and complicated steps for simple tunes.

Ayngaran owners can better join the league of "Satyam Infotech" if they continue to produce such movies.

Lastly but defnitely the least (for this movie) , "Varungaala Puratchi Thalaivar" Vijay.I add such a title because the actor is interested in following MGR's footsteps and news about plans to enter politics are also flying around.This is the 'worst' movie he has ever acted (Oh,sorry ,hmm......what do i say....casted or been) in.What a waste of time and money,i could better have watched an Ajith or a Simbu Movie which could have been better.

I Finished watching the movie with a severe headache,i hope i will get relieved from it only after i virtually kill Prabhu Deva and go narrate a story to Vijay written by me which will properly exploit his talents.Until then,i will need an hourly dose of aspirin.I won't mind even if i get addicted or my nervous system becomes weak.

After criticizing the movie so much,i don't think i've expressed myself fully.Instead let me give you a list of things which you can go, do and comeback and still you would understand the movie.
1) Listen to your most disliked teacher giving a lecture on the subject you hate the most.
2) Get slapped by a 100 girls
3) Dip your face into an uncleaned toilet
4) Sleep
5) Watch Aadhi ,Kuruvi and ATM on three screens simultaneously

Final Verdict : Commit Suicide!!Government is sure to give your family money which you wouldn't have even dreamt of.VILLU - AWEFULLU!!!!
Special Mention : I am grateful in announcing a third successful flop for Vijay after ATM and Kuruvi which atleast made me sit through the whole movie.This hattrick film has flopped in the most disastrous way as possible.



Thank You for reading through my review, and i was fine and not drunk while i wrote this review.Please feel free to add to the criticizm of this assfull (sorry aweful) movie.

Review : Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Spellbound!


Rating : 3.5/5
Genre : Drama | Romance | Crime



I was really spellbound the moment i finished watching this movie.I couldn't come up with any better word on describing it either.
So,i am back on being the first in watching and reviewing a movie which i feel i have watched it before a major portion of India could have.I say i'm back because last thursday, just around the same time i wrote the movie review of will smith's Seven Pounds wherein i was the first to watch it before a major portion of people could on a greater and global scale.
I'm really proud on doing this and i'm not at all feeling bad for being over proud too.

Firstly,I would like to thank a ton for the music spearhead of India, A.R.Rahman for his intelligent choosing of composing music for a brilliant and marvellous script.Many of you could hopefully understand what i'm trying to say.

And for the people who have set their anthem as this movie's soundtrack for the past few days just after the news release regarding the announcement of A.R.Rahman's nomination for the Golden globe awards, that the song "Aaj Ki Raat" from the movie Don(2006) is not a lift or copy but is included in the soundtrack because the song(along with the music video featuring the Don movie artists) is showed on the televison in a scene.


So coming back to reviewing the movie,
This movie is a story of a boy named Jamal Malik born and brought up in the slums going on to win '20 million rupees' on India's so called biggest game show "Who wants to be a millionaire?".
As the protagonist says he is not a genius and is not quite worthy of winning the prize money.On the first day of the air,Jamal goes on to win 10 million and show breaks for the day and at the end of which police arrest Jamal on means of cheating for the fact how an uneducated slumdog could answer all the questions.
What follows is the narration of Jamal of his life and how he could possibly answer the questions put forth to him on the game show.There is some luck involved here for him to get all this questions too.

Though the movie is an inspiration from Vikas Swarup's novel Q&A,Danny Boyle has masterfully created and directed a movie that is set to create new standards in world cinema merely for the crisp narration and the jawdropping background score and an eye popping cinematography.Everything is brilliant.This movie should have been given some publicity in India atleast because this is a real entertainer and also pretty much a thought provoker.

Some portions pf the movie was shot using digicam so that the Indian crowd would never know that a movie is being shot so as to create unwanted havoc and commotion but you will never know this thing while you watch the movie.

Coming to the music department, the movie has music composed and produced by the maestro A.R.Rahman, which at very very few places makes you feel that such western music is never required to support that particular scene but in the major other portions one would just wander how ARR only can compose such stuff.

Among the supporting cast,Anil Kapoor has done a fantabulous job in recreating Big B's magic on the small screen to a bigger and broader one.Irrfaan Khan as his name is spelt has also done a great job.

One thing that might disturb the viewer is the fact that everyone speaks english thought they are uneducated,now come on I know it is an english movie but with the backdrop as India it 'just' seems a little odd that's all nothing else.

There are a lot of things shown which happen and happened in real life (like the scene of hindu-muslim riots and Anil Kapoor asking Jamal not to answer the next question) and which are not quite digestable by any viewer but one needs to have a rationalistic thought.Speaking about rationalism,I being both a rationalist and an atheist couldn't quite forget the last words of Jamal's bro Salim while writing this review.He ended his life saying "God is Great!".

There weren't any more clitches than those mentioned above, and on the whole the movie was worth spending 2 hours for just i had said for seven pounds.

All the actors who portrayed the various characters of the movie did extremely well and deserve a special applause.

The movie is an emotional and realistic drama but the last few minutes of the movie seemed like an edge-of-the-seat thriller.One would also have the feeling of watching an Indian romantic movie towards the later half but then there are other things in the movie which makes you to abolish such thoughts from your mind.

So i once again plead you people not to miss this one also because it will really have an impact on you.

Thanks again for reading through this review,i hope you people like both this and the movie and come and share your thoughts and write your comments.

Review : Seven Pounds (2008)

Will Smith all the way!

Genre : Drama
Rating : 3.5/5

I had the honor of watching this movie through a special personal screening at my home on the eve of the official worldwide release of the movie.When I say honor,i mean it truly because this movie not only changed the lives of its seven characters according to the plot but also my thoughts about English cinema to a great extent.

Any Indian viewer could start wondering why such scripts don't reach Indian directors and any viewer could walk out of the movie (of course after the movie ends) mesmerized by the way Will Smith portrayed his character in the movie and also by the director (Gabriele Muccino) who also directed "The Pursuit Of Happyness" which is again a classic, for making such a wonderful movie.

The Story goes this way , Ben Thomas (Will Smith) is an MIT grad who has a very disturbing secret and to compensate it impersonates as an IRS agent to go on to change the lives of seven worthy and needy people in a way which they themselves wouldn't have imagined.The protagonist then reveals the reason for which he does all this at the end of the movie,till that time the movie goes as a slow paced thriller as the viewer is given enough amount of time to think of the possible reasons.I say this because the run time of this movie is a little over 2 hours and one doesn't feel bored.People might wonder how a drama could hold them on to their seats without losing their patience.

The Director has been successful in making Will Smith do what he is actually good at - "Drama" after the latter gave a try at Action,where he didn't click much and also Comedy,where he failed miserably.

The Cinematography and the background music do their parts perfectly to deliver a well crafted emotional drama.Will Smith made me cry along with him in "Pursuit Of Happyness" and he does it in this movie too.

Coming to the flaws in the movie,nothing big but after sitting through the movie anyone would feel that the time given to Rosario Dawson-Will Smith should have been reduced and all the seven characters should have been introduced properly and also the things which Will Smith does to them should have been shown properly, apart from this one cannot find any major mistakes.

All in all , Seven Pounds is a movie worth spending 2 hours for and will be quite a enormous loss to any ardent movie watcher if missed and also for the people who are very particular in watching good movies, this is the movie for the month.

For the people who watched the sci-fi drama "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and still survived,this drama is way better than that one.

Also to look out for this month is Jim Carrey's "Yes Man!" which could prove to be a heavy competitor to Seven Pounds for the movie of the month.

Thank You for reading through my review , please post your views also and a big please for "Don't Miss This Movie!".

Review : Quantum Of Solace (2008)

Stylish but unimpressive!



Rating : 3/5
Genre : Action/Adventure/Thriller
Cast : Daniel Craig,Olga Kurylenko,Mathieu Amalric,Judi Dench

I always wanted this to happen ; Watch a movie first day first show and come home and write the review.Finally, it gets fulfilled with this movie.

Plot:

The Movie picks off from where "Casino Royale" left , Bond captures Mr.White and puts him in the boot of his car.It begins with a well choreographed car chase.After this,bond and M interrogate Mr.White about his organisation , Quantum.M's most trusted bodyguard betrays her and allows White to escape.He then becomes Bond's first victim of his killing spree which you will see throughout the movie.Through forensic investigations involving currency notes from the bodyguard's purse,Bond heads to Haiti to track his contact and kills him.The story then heads to Dominic Greene,the chairperson of Greene Planet,an organisation which is known to the outside world as one which helps maintain ecological balance.Not spoiling the story any further, M is forced to stop Bond's movements and cancels all his passports and credit cards.The way Bond finds the reason behind his ladylove's treachery in casino royale and also stopping Greene from his proposed acquisition of land in a deserted place forms the rest of the story.

The first 45 minutes seems to enthrall you with amazing fight sequences and keeps you wanting for more when the next 45 minutes doesn't turn out what you expected it to be.

The only thing that impresses any viewer would be the stunts and the sound effects.Storywise,you would be disappointed and would have a thought that you have witnessed the same plot in some other movie.

About Craig,right from the first i had a feeling that he wouldn't make a good bond,although he was quite ok with this movie than the previous one.

The scene in the opera where bond captures long distance clear as well as pixeled photos of the villains is a very good advertisement for Sony Ericsson Titanium Silver C902 cybershot.The Phone really looks great.

All in all,the movie is worth watching only once and maybe one can skip all other scenes except the stunt ones and watch it in surround sound.

So give this Marc Forester's bond flick "Quantum Of Solace" a try but better hope that the next is not a sequel again because we want something "NEW!!".

Review : Saroja (2008)

Slick comedy and a dark thriller!

Rating : 3.5/5

Genre : Comedy/Thriller

Cast : Shiva, Premji , SPB Charan , Vaibhav , Prakash Raj , Jayaram , Sampath

This critically as well as audience acclaimed film is written and directed by Venkat Prabhu , the man who gave us "Chennai 6000028" which was a real entertainer and made some of us zealous to watch the movie for a lot many times.Athough , this film is a remake of an english flick "Judgement Night" , it is really worth watching.

The Story revolves around 4 friends and their adventurous journey to a so-called cricket match and which ultimately ends up in a life threatening situation.Ajay Raj(Shiva) , a daily soap opera star ; Ganesh (Premji) , a comical character who falls in love with every woman he sees ; Jagapathi Babu (SPB Charan) , a married man with a six year old daughter and his younger brother Ram Babu (Vaibhav) , decide to go on a road trip to hyderabad to catch a cricket match between India and Pakistan in Ajay's so called "azhagaana" Caravan.Enroute , they get caught in a road block caused by the overturning of an acid tanker lorry.They are now forced to take a short route to hyderabad but they end up in a dark , abandoned area where the real problems start.Meanwhile , we are given glimpses of Viswanath's (Prakash Raj) home where his daughter Saroja is kidnapped.The four friends then get entangled with a rogue Sampath who is responsible for the kidnap.Ajay , Ganesh , Jagapathi and Ram are forced to plot a plan to rescue Saroja and they manage not to lose their sense of humor all the way.

For both younger and older audiences , apt casting, editing ,crispy dialogues and a great background music represented a welcome change from the standard masala Tamil cinema.It has set the cash registers ringing and has assured Venkat Prabhu a second consecutive super hit.The Director has understood the tamil audience well and has evolved into an intelligent and creative director.This will definitely create more hype for his forthcoming projects and people in the tinsel world are already having a close watch on his movements.

The Songs are well composed and fit in perfectly.

The Chase sequences are well planned and executed , hats off to the stunt master.

The Cinematography is brilliant , it makes you get so involved in the movie and keeps you in the edge of your seat.

Most of the cast in the movie Chennai 600028  as well as the whos who of Tamil TV world are given some screen space.

This is a definitely a must watch movie and i advice you people not to miss this one at any cost.

Overall , this movie is well crafted with good proportion of action , comedy ,songs and even after 2 1/2 hours of sheer entertainment , it won't let you leave the theatres.

Bottom Line : Assured 100% entertainment!

Review : A Wednesday (2008)

Not a usual terrorist movie!

Rating : 3.5/5

Genre : Thriller

This movie has a very small cast and its story revolves around these 4-5 characters.

Anupam Kher(Prakash Rathod,Commissioner of police) is about to retire and he narrates a case which affected him the most in his career.The story takes place on a wednesday between 2pm to 6pm when a man(Nasseruddin Shah) calls him and tells him that he has planted 5 bombs in the city which are set to blow off at 6.30pm.The only way for the police to know the position of the bomb is to do what the man says.

And that is all I'm going to tell about the story.

Faith is really very powerful.It draws everyone towards it.It is at the core in , A Wednesday.The police is forced to believe what the man says and does it only to find out that...........(sorry no spoilers!!!).

No words will be enough to praise the one man , Nasseruddin Shah who literally carries the movie in his shoulders.He has really churned out to be one of India's finest actors.Any role will fit him perfectly.

Frankly,this movie doesn't have a single song and the background score is just amazing , on par with hollywood action flicks without any sort of plagiarism from the west (This has to be noted).

So good plot , effective dialogues and great performances ensure an above average movie for the debutant writer-director Neeraj Pandey.It has been a trend these days for young directors making their debut to make a film on a terrorist subject (keeping mumbai meri jaan and aamir in mind) and all of them have made the critics awestruck as they keep complaining on the lack of proper directors and script writers.

All in all , this is a very good movie and i sincerely advice ardent movie watchers as well as people looking out for a reason to watch movies to get to the movie theatres and get entertained or as people say get the proper "value for money" because this is a clean , non-masala flick with absolutely no time filling comedy,punch dialogues,intro scenes and no sort of romance.

Bottom Line : A Common man answers the questions putforth to him.