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Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - Just a One Time Watch
Monday, December 26th, 2011
Movie: Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Director: Karan Johar
Year: 2006
Stars: Shahrukh Khan, Abihshek Bacchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Kiron Kher, Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee
Snapshot of the Story
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna is story of an extra marital affair between an unsatisfied man and woman with very different reasons. Story flows smoothly until both meet each other and share their unsatisfaction in their love life. It generates a soft corner for each other and they fall in love with each other.
Movie reviews and ratings of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Storyline
Story is about the two married couples, Dev (played by SRK) and Riya (played by Preity Zinta) and Rishi (played by Abhishek Bachchan) & Maya (played by Rani Mukherjee). Dev is an ex-football player who could not make it to the professional league because of an accident that crippled him and Riya is a successful model. Due to her profession she has to meet different people. Dev in not happy with her professional contact and want her to spend more time with their son. On the other side Rishi and Maya are a young couple about to get married. Rishi is a successful man and popularly know as “Sexy Sam”. Maya is a school teacher of Arjun (Son of Dev and Riya) but Maya is not comfortable with Rishi’s casinova image.
Dev and Maya meet at Arjun’s school and connect with each other very quickly. They share their life with each other that becomes the catalyst for their love for each other. They soon get involved in a physical relationship with each other and realize that they took the wrong steps that could hurt their marriage. Both Maya and Dev decide that they will tell their partner about this and accept whatever consequence.
Riya and Rishi were shocked by this extra marital affair and take extreme steps. Riya divorce Dev and Rishi refused to get married to Maya. But the story does take a twist as both tell each other that Rishi and Riya did forgive them for their mistake. The completely broken Dev leaves New York and join as a coach of a school football team in Chicago. Maya also gets an offer from school to teach 2nd grade student. This entire drama gets exposed when Riya finds Maya in Chicago living alone. Riya finds that both Dev and Maya are living alone and force Maya to meet Dev. Both of them meet and realize that they still love each other and they eventually get married.
Final Thoughts
After the success of “Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham” and “Mohabbatein” Karan Johar got sidetracked and strangled the story with too many twists. The first half hour of the movie is good and has romantic and comic scenes. However, as the story goes on it looses its charm. Extra marital affair movies are not new in Indian cinema. Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee were good in the movie and justify their role, but Priety Zinta and Abhishek Bhachchan did not have much to show in the movie and look as if their talent was wasted. Music of the movie is good as trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy did a fantastic job but even that could not make it to the big charts.
Rating
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna scores only 6 out of 10 even with his big star cast which failed to make it hit. It is truly said that fresh innovative ideas that can make movie successful even if it does not have a big star cast.
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Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee in Emotional Love Story - Hum Tum
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
Movie: Hum Tum
Director: Kunal Kohli
Time: 2004
Genre: Comedy, Romance and Drama
Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Rishi Kapoor and Kiron Kher
Snapshot of the story
Hum Tum is love story story of flirty, careless, disrespecting guy Karan Kapoor and simple girl Rhea. Their love story starts with a fight like all other love stories usually do, then patch up and fall in love again with each other. There are too many emotional scenes in the movie, especially with Rani Mukherjee that might bore you.
Movie Reviews and rating - Hum Tum
Storyline
Karan Kapoor (played by Saif Ali Khan) is a cartoonist at the news paper agency and has his best cartoons going under the name “HUM TUM”. He is a careless, frivolous and flirty guy having no space for girl’s feelings. Rhea is a simple girl (played by Rani Mukherjee), both of them meet on their way to New York. Two of them are opposite poles and has a big difference in their practical view towards life – especially love. In order to put the things right Karan kisses Rhea which results in the fight between them and leads to much resentment for each other.
After this incident they co-incidentally meet again at different places and the drama continues. Karan joins with his mother’s event management company to manage a wedding and there he comes to know that Rhea is getting married to Sameer (Abhishek Bachchan). Few years later when Karan goes to Paris to visit his father he finds broken Rhea who has become a widow as her husband died in an accident. He now being mature helps Rhea to get out of the sad situation but unfortunately does not succeed, then he meets her mother and promises her to bring the best groom for Rhea but he fails there too. It was good to see the guy who does not believe in relationship and used to say that love does not exists looking for a commitment.
Gorgeous Rani Mukherjee with cute and handsome Saif Ali Khan have given a good performance as expected. Saif Ali Khan was a perfect cast for Karana’s role and so did Rani in her emotional scenes. Director Kunal Kohli has shot the film exceedingly well and has extracted best performances from all the actors of the movie. Knitting animation Alias “Hum Tum” with the storyline was amazing idea of Karan Kohli to be appreciated.
Final Thoughts
Movie is good emotional love story and gives many chances to laugh but some where movie fails to convince the audience. Story narration is weak, which is something he will learn over a period of time. “Hum Tum” is yet another mile stone is Jatin-Lalit’s professional life with good mix of light romantic songs to disco and Hip Hop track by Rishi Rich.
Rating
“Hum Tum” bags 7 out of 10 stars for the outstanding performance by all the actors, good music and exotic location of Europe. Strong storyline and screenplay would have made it bigger box office hit.
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The Timeless Love Story by Shahrukh Khan - Veer-Zaara
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Movie: Veer-Zaara
Director: Yash Chopra
Time: 2004
Stars: Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Manoj Bajpai, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini.
Snapshot of the story
The movie is about a Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh (SRK) and a Pakistani girl (Preity Zinta) who is daughter of a strong Politician Jahangir Hayat Khan (Boman Irani), about their love. Veer-Zaara is about the man who can sacrifice his whole life just for his love to be happy. The story also gives a message to strengthen a bond of love between the two neighborhoods countries India and Pakistan.
The Timeless Love Story by Shahrukh Khan - Veer-Zaara
Storyline
Veer-Zaara is Yash Raj banner movie staring Shahrukh Khan as Veer Pratap Singh and Preity Zinta as Zaara. Veer is squadron leader in IAF and Zaara is daughter of renounced politician played by Boman Irani.
Veer-Zaara is an emotional love story that goes back in time also shows how true loves goes to trauma as they are not same religion and from rival countries. Zaara come to India from Pakistan for final rituals of her surrogate mother and met with an accident. Veer is part of rescue team save her life and also help her in rituals, both becomes good friend. Veer takes Zaara to his uncle’s place where Zaara shows interest in starting a school for girls. Impressed by her thought both uncle Choudhary Sumer Pratap Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) and aunt (Hema Malini) motivates him to propose her marriage. Before Veer could get chance to express his feelings he comes to know about Razaa that came to receive her on railway station.
Razaa ( Manoj Bajpai) is one who is going to marry Zaara, a decision takes by Zaara’s father to take the political mileage in Pakistan. Veer come to know that Zaara has feelings for him, he decide to go Pakistan to express his feelings. After reaching Pakistan Veer come to know that Zaara is getting married and now nothing much he can do in it. While returning back to her way to India Veer gets arrested and was put behind the bars slashing charges of Indian spy by Razaa. The bus on which Veer suppose to traveling met with an accident and every one think that Veer dead.
This entire plot get reveled by a human right activist Samiya Siddiqi (playes by Rani Mukherjee) who take his case to give him justice. After a trial court gives him clean chit, after 22 long years he sees Zaara. This part of the movie has touchy scenes and the king or romance Yash Chopra used all his experience looks very real onscreen.
Final Thoughts
Veer-Zaara is an emotional love story made by Yash Chopra who has been making love stories like Kabhi-Kabhi and SilSila was the bock buster in 70’s and 80’s. Shahrukh Khan gave his best performance and experimented by plying the role of Veer. Preity Zinta looked gorgeous. Good music that has become the hallmark of YashRaj Banner and with Veer-Zaara legendary music director Madan Mohan. Madan Mohan died in 1975 but his music was used in this movie which was remarkable achievement.
Rating
Veer-Zaara score 6 out of 10 for over all good performances by all and bags 1 extra star for Madan Mohan whose music was truly timeless, that make 7 out of 10. Veer-Zaara made good box office collections.
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Movie Ratings and Reviews : Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Movie: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Director: Karan Johar
Time: 1998
Genre: Romance, Musical, Comedy, Drama, Family
Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee and Salman Khan
Snapshot of the story
Debue director Karan Johar has made musical love triangles to start his Bollywood career. Gripping on-screen story makes the audience smile, dance, cry and fall in love all in the same movie. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was a super hit on the year that it was launched and bagged many movie awards.
Movie Ratings and Reviews : Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Storyline
The story starts with the college days where Shah Rukh Khan as Rahul, Kajol as Anjali and Rani Mukherjee as Tina. Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan are always fighting with each other, play pranks but they are always best of friends. Kajol is a tom-boy and unlike other girls does not do any makeup and dress or the latest fashion to attract boys. Shar Rukh Khan is always behind girls and looking for a sweet heart. In comes the Rani Mukherjee as sweet, gorgeous and up to date with fashion and becomes Shah Rukh Khan’s friend. However, Anjali is in love with Rahul and want to tell his feeling. Jealous of Tina, Kajol also wants to dress like her to impress Rahul but hiding her feeling from him.
Finally Rahul tells his feeling to Tina and unable to bear this heart break Kajol goes ways from their life and does not contact either of them. Tina gives birth to a sweet baby girl but unfortunately dies during labor. Now Rahul is alone again with only his daughter.
There is portion of the story where Tina left a diary for her daughter about what happened in the college and how much Kajol used to love Rahul which Rahul was not aware of. This left a lot of question in that Tina was aware about her imminent death. Any way these is the part of Indian cinema where you are not supposed to think too hard but follow your heart rather than you brain.
Then start the series on how Rahul’s daughter turns the situation and makes arrangement so that both Kajol and Rahul can rediscover their love. But now Kajol is engaged with Salman Khan and is soon to be married. This is the time of high drama and emotional scenes.
Final Thoughts
Kukh Kukh Hota Hai did turn to be the mile stone for the debue director Karan Johar. KKHH has a great music score of 90’s with Jatin-Lalit with some unforgettable lyrics and songs. Lyricist Sameer wrote the romantics songs to add much charm this story. Yash Raj banner also showed faith in Karan Johar and he did not disappoint them. Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Kukherjee and Salman Khan all looked good and gave some of their best performances.
Rating
I give 9 out of 10 to Kukh Kukh Hota Hai for portraying brilliant on screen romance and heart touching emotional scenes.
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