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Predictions of Forthcoming films
SHOOTOUT AT WADALA: The film has got the buzz and the item songs have ensured that the hoi-polloi flocks to theater. The film can have around 9-10cr Day 1 and 30-32cr weekend which will be healthy enough. If accepted well, the film can have a very strong run as there is no hard-core Mass film releasing for next five weeks until YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA. Lifetime Predictions
Day 1- 9-10cr
Weekend- 30-32cr
Lifetime-
If Good WOM: 80-85
If Mixed WOM: 67-72
If Bad WOM: 55-59cr
GO GOA GONE: The film has perfect recipe for youth crowd of multiplexes. It has something new in its kitty which hasn’t been exploited in Indian cinema before. But after the first promo, the film didn’t come up with anything exciting, thanks to non-pleasing songs! Still, the film can have a decent start multiplexes thanks to Saif Ali Khan’s presence and the novelty factor.
Day 1- 4-5cr
Weekend – 15-17cr
Lifetime-
If Good WOM: 44-48cr
If Mixed WOM: 37-40cr
If Bad WOM: 29-33
AURANGZEB: Shockingly disinteresting, Aurangzeb can be a debacle in terms of opening if the film doesn’t come out with eye-catching promos and songs! Nothing so far has clicked for the film and its just two weeks away from the release!
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Tagged Aurangzeb, Boxoffice, Go Goa Gone, Shootout at Wadala, Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Sanket’s review: “Saheb Biwi aur Gangster returns” isn’t exactly satisfying, though has a high share of positives.
Cast: Jimmy Shergill, Raj Babbar, Mahie Gill, Irrfan Khan, Soha Ali Khan.
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia
Length: 2.20 hours approx.
Now the prequel to this film that released in September 2011, wasn’t exactly great film, but it had a strong story-line which kept the moments glued and the film engaging. What lacked there was the sort of performances which would have taken film much higher. Apart from Randeep Hooda, no one really managed a noteworthy performance. The sequel has different thing to say. The film has terrific performances but saddles down with the script and screenplay.
The film starts very well with each character being described smartly. But the film drags along a lot with few scenes. Despite of humorous dialogues imposed at most of the places, yet, the scenes in this half particularly look dull. The film goes on and on and on and at-east two times gives you chance to peep into your watch. At 85 minutes first half, there are scenes which could have been easily trimmed. Too much time is given to express Mahie Gill’s bold and seductive character. However, there are few scenes that will leave you in splits like the one when the Politician gets worked up at-least twice, once when he isn’t able to get the adjustment of the webcam and the next time when he is unable to exit while he is watching porn.
ContinueSanket’s Review: “I me aur main” serves well as a sleeping pill.
Cast: John Abraham, Prachi Desai, Mini Mathur, Chitrangada Singh, Zarina Wahab, Raima Sen.
Director: Kapil Sharma
Length: 1.45 hours approximately
Even at just 105 minutes long, you feel like you have been made to sit through an endless saga called I ME AUR MAIN. Packed with trite idea and bromidic characters, it’s a film that serves well as a sleeping pill. In its cool, buoyant, urbane outlook, I ME AUR MAIN suffers from sluggish pace and dull moments. The major setback is that the director unfolds things too easily and the conflict or the dispute is never really felt.
The film starts off well but by the time it reaches the half mark, within just 45 minutes that is, it loses its spark. Focusing on the personality traits of a self-obsessed man, the film also sneaks into family bickering and office rivalries. And the love triangle is largely predictable with all the female characters plodded as stereotypes. Couple of moments however does strike chord. Like the one where John tries to flaunt his well toned exercised physique by jumping off from 10 feet, or the one in building corridor where Prachi Desai teaches John to say sorry! But, unfortunately moments like these only stays for evanescence, because what follows in second hour of the film fades away all little positives which the film built over the cost of first half.
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Tagged Chitrangda Singh, I Me Aur Main, John Abraham, Member Reviews, Prachi Desai, Reviews
Sanket’s Review: “The attacks of 26/11” is well executed film.
Cast: Nana Patekar
Director: Ram Gopal Verma
Length : 1.55 hours approximately
Tapping on the real life events of Mumbai’s 26/11 mishap, this weeks new release THE ATTACKS OF 26/11 directed by Ram Gopal Verma is engaging, thrilling and emotionally grounded. It’s a film that’s far from perfect, thanks to countless irrelevant slo-mos that are depicted that brings down the momentum. Yet, it’s a pat on the back of RGV who successfully manages to give us a bird’s eye view on the whole terrorist attack. In just 115 minutes we are served with the entrance of terrorists to Mumbai till the execution of Ajmal Kasab. Narrated through the eyes of Nana Patekar, the film enjoys a bumper advantage because its tracking the incidents which are real and thus very familiar to the audience. And thus, it won’t really take any extra effort to create tautness among the viewers.
The film straight away starts with the major portions. Although the scene at the ship is too dragged and stapled with loud background score, yet we are anticipating the next reel. Just when the first bullet is fired, this film goes on a new high. The episodes are thrilling and shocking.
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Tagged Member Reviews, Nana Patekar, Ram Gopal Varma, Reviews, The attacks of 26/11
Sanket’s Review: “Kai Po Che” has unfeigned charm.
Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Amit Sadh, Raj Kumar yadav, Amrita Puri.
Director: Abhishek Kapoor
Length : 2 hrs approximately
Borrowed from the written material of Chetan Bhagat’s “3 Mistakes of my life”, director Abhishek Kapoor’s cinematic adaptation KAI PO CHE remains mostly faithful to the novel. The film traces various situations which draws wedge between the three friends with different ambition and different responsibility. What makes KAI PO CHE a must-watch are the beautiful and heartfelt moments that stays with you for an eternity.
Not taking even a single minute to spoon-feed about the characters, the film starts remarkably well. In-fact the proceedings are so easy to relate that it is only in the intermission period when you find your own breathes. The first half is simply excellent with the scenes being supported hugely by Amit Trivedi’s musical magic. The solemn situations create the tension and the intermission point will leave you uneasy. So far, so brilliant!
Its only post-intermission, like many films, KAI PO CHE takes bit of a backseat. In-fact, to be more precise, its only in last 30 minutes where things goes bit off the mark. The portion where the female lead gets pregnant is too contrived and unwanted in the film.
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Tagged Abhishek Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Amrita Puri, Kai Po Che, Member Reviews, Rajkumar Yadav, Reviews, Sushant Singh Rajput
Sanket’s Review : “Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story” is a flawed fun.
Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Neha Sharma.
Director: Vinnil Markan
Length: 2.05 hours approximately.
It would be too unreasonable on the viewer’s part if they did expect JAYANTABHAI KI LUV STORY to have smart narration, or slow paced drama etc. I am sure no-one of us can do that, and therefore with whatever cinematic liberties that it utilizes, the film manages to entertain you. Yes, JBKLS works as comical romance although it gets heavily distracted to the plot involving bad looking gangsters.
The film starts up so well and the scenes are so easily enjoyable, that not for a moment you get bored. Of-course, as I mentioned before the whole goon’s plot is too convoluted. But the scenes between Neha Shrma and Vivek Oberoi are hilarious. The humor is mostly tapped before but JBKLS’s innocence, if you can call that for a film filled with goons, gives the film a new breeze altogether. The first hour of the film surprises you and how!
The film begins well even post-intermission. In-fact the film is alright until it goes down in last 30 minutes. The film takes itself too seriously and has heavy dramatic garnishing in the culminating portion. Writers who created a fun plot although with bromides filled, spoils the fun just in last few sequences!
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Tagged Jayanta Bhai Ki Luv Story, Member Reviews, Neha Sharma, Reviews, Vivek Oberoi
Box Office Predictions of MURDER 3
After the super success of MURDER 2 back in July 2011, this franchise hits theater on 15th February 2013, directed by debutant Vishesh Bhatt and fresh casting of Randeep Hooda, Sara Loren and Aditi Rao Hyadari. Unlike the last installment, this film has not really generated any sort of buzz.
Opening day – 5cr
If word of mouth is Good,
Weekend 1- 17.5cr
Week 1- 27.5cr
Lifetime- 48cr
If word of mouth is mixed,
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Tagged Aditi Rao Hydari, Boxoffice, Murder 3, Randeep Hooda, Sara Loren, Vishesh Bhatt
Sanket’s Review: “David” is perfect example of opportunity lost.
Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vikram, Tabu, Monika Dogra, Lara Dutta, Isha Sharvani, Vinay Virmani
Director: Bejoy Nambiar
Length: 2.30 hours approximately.
Bollywood isn’t really known for smart films, and not that I am complaining, but it really ails one seeing something as absurd as DAVID despite of having a very good plot. Lasting endlessly, DAVID fails to draw attention unless it comes into its finale which has to be one of the smartest of recent times. However, DAVID is perfect example of opportunity lost. SHAITAAN directed by same director was more fun, quirky and equally enthralling. DAVID lacks in almost every area.
The film starts very well to be quite honest. The slickness, the elegance, the dialogues and just about everything moves on within pace. But as soon as we have been served with at-least two episodes of each of three characters, DAVID gets monotonous. The track involving Vikram, Isha Sharvani and Tabu in particular gets too boring after a point. Vikram discusses same thing with Tabu for almost all their scenes. The story never quite moves ahead in first half with no indication of collision of all three stories cooked.
Even post-intermission never speeds up and the director only adds many episodes.
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Tagged David, Isha Sharvani, Lara Dutta, Member Reviews, Monica Dogra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Reviews, Tabu, Vikram, Vinay Virmani
Sanket’s Review: “ABCD Any body can dance” is a fair attempt, but could have been something substantial.
Cast: Prabhudeva, Ganesh Acharya, Kay Kay Menon.
Director: Remo D’souza
Length: 2.20 hours approximately.
We know that the film is all about dance, we know that the film has almost all newcomers, but that doesn’t allow the film to be a script-less one! ABCD borrows most of its plots from CHAK DE INDIA. The film deals with bonding of two important players who has a war with each other, also it shows its coach, Prabhudeva here, has lost his game in beginning and trying to revive his lost privilege and self-esteem by employing, or rather helping the street-rowdy dancers to make it to a challenging dance competition. Haven’t we seen all this plots, in different contexts though, in CHAK DE INDIA? Yes, we did! Yet, ABCD is a watchable film. Yes, despite its banality in script it still has something in it which makes it a passable affair. You guessed it right- the dance moves, the deadly dance set-pieces and rocking attitude of every dancer exclusively in dance. How I wish the dancers had practiced on acting too!
ABCD starts off right away with a dance piece, and one after another is rolled and in end you come across like dozens of dance moments in this 140 minutes film!
ContinueSanket’s Review: “Special 26”- The finale gives the boost.
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpai, Jimmy Shergill, Kajal Aggarwal.
Director: Neeraj Pandey
Length : 2.20 hours approximately
One will surely have high hopes from the director who made A WEDNESDAY in past. Unlike that excellent thriller, SPECIAL 26 is far from excellence. That doesn’t imply it doesn’t work, in-fact S26 makes its mark, thanks to its unpredictable climax, but the director and writer could have done so much more. It doesn’t help the film adding lip sync songs and that puerile love story angle which only distracts you from the poignant moments of the film.
The film begins well and the director grabs your attention right away. But as pointed before, the moment the story takes heads in the wrong direction, SPECIAL 26 simply gets off the track. Even the comic interludes, which are not much funny, during taut portions of the film squirms you. But the first half has those two con scenes which make up for an ordinary first half.
Its second half where S26 scores all its points. The episodes are enthralling and the dialogues, especially those mouthed by Manoj Bajpai are clap-worthy. Although, the director does add unnecessary sequences to extract sentimental values, but it doesn’t really help you to get disturbed especially because the film has taken its flight with brisk pace.
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Tagged Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpai, Member Reviews, Reviews, Special 26
Box Office Predictions of SPECIAL 26
Neeraj Pandey returns back to the directorial position with SPECIAL 26,after delivering the much acclaimed and a good Box Office success “A WEDNESDAY”. SPECIAL 26 stars Anupam Kher, Kajal Agarwal, Akshay Kumar, Jimmy Shergil and Manoj Bajpai. Slated to release on 8th February, this film have not gathered the eyeballs despite of A list actor. The film may not open to good figures, but can do well in its lifetime run if gets accepted. But the film faces too much of competition and also its not a solo release. The dance film ABCD have generated good buzz and may prove to be a good competition to SPECIAL 26. Lets predict the figures for SPECIAL 26….
Opening day- 6.5cr
If word of mouth is good,
Weekend 1- 24cr
Week 1- 38cr
Lifetime- 73cr
If word of mouth is mixed,
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Tagged Akshay Kumar, Boxoffice, Kajal Aggarwal, Manoj Bajpai, Neeraj Pandey, Special 26
Sanket’s Review: “Vishwaroop” is shocking, thrilling and insightful.
Cast: Kamal Hasaan, Rahul Bose, Andrea Jeremiah, Pooja Kumar, Jaideep Ahlawat.
Director: Kamal Hasaan
Length: 2.25 hours approximately.
Easily the best film of 2013, VISHWAROOP is shocking, thrilling and insightful. Its far from perfect film, not even close to it, but it has lot more to serve. The plot of the film is interesting, although executed in very cinematic format, and the story is well penned. VISHWAROOP also taps heroism like many Hindi films based on terrorism, but with strong support of story.
The film starts slowly and steadily. Hasaan takes too much of time to unspool the basic plot and some scenes are dragged like in the very beginning that dance teaching portion. However the film gets more interesting when we know something is wrong. The first action fight of the film will leave you whistling, cheering and clapping! Action sequences are marvelously choreographed. The first half plays on for 90 minutes which is too much after a point. The whole “Jihadi” drama is engaging and dramatically clever, but it could have been well trimmed.
However, the second half of the film is excellent and it keeps you on your toes. The film deals with thriller like no other film did in recent past.
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Tagged Andrea Jeremiah, Jaideep Ahlawat, Kamal Haasan, Member Reviews, Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose, Reviews, Shekar Kapur, Vishwaroop
Check out this funny scene from the cult comedy Hera Pheri. 