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Saturday, April 10, 2010
Movie Review: Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai

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A love story between a human and an alien from Mars- it sounds really interesting on paper but for making a film out of it, one needs to have strong writing abilities. And when you have a writer who has written films like Heyy Babyy & Masti making his debut as a director, you automatically look forward to a "comical entertainer" along with some over the top jokes & dialogues.

Rajesh Parekh (Ritesh Deshmukh) is a simple Gujarati boy who's been looking for love since he was a baby. Thoroughly unsuccessful in his endeavors, he nearly gives up till he meets Natasha (Sonal Sehgal), the girl of his dreams. Desh (Ruslaan Mumtaz) is the youngest superstar of the country and Mothers want to adopt him and their daughters want to marry him. But when will he find the girl of his dreams? All of their worlds turn upside down when Tara, an alien from Venus, lands on Earth in the search of true love. Rajesh and Tara meet & become good friends. What happens next? Does Rajesh, Tara & Desh find true love?

The first half is extremely well made with a lot of comical scenes, some of them being so hilarious that you almost start enjoying the film to the core. The brilliant cameos by Akshay Kumar, Karan Johar, Farah Khan, Sajid Khan & Priyanka Chopra add value to the first half. Scenes between Ritesh & Vishal are top notch! The film takes a dig in the second half with some dull/boring moments. At the end, the film turns out to be another love triangle kind of a movie with painfully predictable end. Dialogues are witty & exciting.

Ritesh Deshmukh yet again plays a lovable loser after last years Aladin but looks as if he's tired, especially in the close up scenes. Jacqueline is masculine yet so cute. Ruslaan Mumtaz looks good in whatever role he has but his voice has been dubbed :( Vishal plays his part well as a horny friend we usually see around! Satish Shah as Ritesh's dad is fantastic and Sonal Sehgal is soo beautiful, I wish she was seen more and more in films. Ritesh & Jacqueline share amazing chemistry on screen.

Music by Sajid Wajid is good and I love Keh Do Zara & Koi Rok Bhi Lo the most. Background score is good too!

Milap Zaveri does well with his debut film with some amazing moments. One should surely look forward to his next and expect something better than this!

The final verdict.
Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai is yet another romantic comedy which works well in parts and disappoints in the rest. Watch it for the Comical situations, Ritesh & Jacqueline chemistry, Good Music & Awesome Cameos.

Rating: 2.5 (Average)

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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Movie Review: Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?

Comedies are always seen as a safe bet in Bollywood and Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? is yet another comedy film which deals with a social issue of Indian Hospitality. Starring Ajay Devgn, Konkana Sen Sharma & Paresh Rawal, ATKJ? is directed by Ashwni Dhir (who earlier made One Two Three) and produced by the young actress Amita Pathak (Haal-E-Dil), daughter of film producer Kumar Mangat. ATKJ? is presented by Warner Bros and has music by Pritam.

Story/Screenplay/Dialogues
The movie is about Puneet (Ajay) & Munmun (Konkona), a happily married couple living in Mumbai whose lives take an interesting turn when a distant relative, Chachaji (Paresh Rawal) turns up unannounced at their doorstep from a far off village. The guest overstays his welcome so much so that the exasperated couple come up with various ploys to hasten his departure to hilarious results.

ATKJ? is based on Sharad Joshi's novel Tum Kab Jaoge Atithi and the screenplay by Ashwni Dhir, Robin Bhatt & Tushar Hiranandani makes the film majorly watchable due to the simple comic situations & social message imbibed in them. Some sequences like the "entry of Chachaji", "Kitne aadmi the", etc., are damn hilarious and make you go crazy laughing. The film starts with a bang and has a solid first half but from there on falls little flat although it finishes up by a wonderful ending. The comedy & the preaching "that we should not think bad about guests" works well which works for the film.

Acting
Ajay Devgn, a two time National Award winner, makes sure that he continues his brilliant run with comedies after Golmaal series & All The Best. He is so brilliant and mind you not just with comedy but also gives an outstanding emotional touch to his performance at the end. Another two time National Award winner Konkona is first rate and looks amazingly beautiful. Paresh Rawal (another National Award winner) is the man who outperforms all and gives yet another wonderful performance after last month's Rann. Supporting actors such as Satish Kaushik, Akhilendra Mishra, Sanjay Mishra have done good.

Music
I am usually hooked to the music of a film 1 week before the release but the music of ATKJ? sounded really bad when I first heard it. Surprisingly, with visuals, the music is better infact I loved the way the song Beedi Jalaile was changed into Jyoti Jailaili. Innovative is the word which can describe the totally situational songs of ATKJ?

Direction
Although I am a big fan of "over the top comedies" but its always interesting to see a film with simple & realistic comedy, all thanks to this guy called Ashwni Dhir who makes a good film after a not so good One Two Three. I would like to add here that the Ashwni Dhir, the writer still outperforms Ashwni Dhir, the director because some stupid silly direction mistakes are not expected from a good director.

Overall, Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? is a good film with beautiful performances, nice story and an important message. Comedy film with the humor that it real and true is something rare today which gives this Atithi a warn welcome to your homes. Don't miss it!

Rating: *** (Good)

Story/Screenplay/Dialogoes: ***
Acting: ****
Music: **1/2
Direction: **1/2

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