Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Time for some Indian films

12. Gulaal (Hindi) (7.5/10)
Anurag Kashyap's take on Rajasthan politics. Never seen before story, execution and minor details and how an innocent young man is dragged into politics, everyone takes advantage of him and then what follows in the name of politics. Bravo. SO many new faces and all of them just brilliant.

11. Good Luck (Hindi) (0/10)
A very poor scene to scene copy of Hollywood film 'Just my Luck'. When will the Indian film folks learn their lesson? Terrible direction, pathetic acting and everything else also was just sad and bad. Please dont even bother.

10. Antaheen (Bengali) (6/10)
I like Bengali films because they seem very real and fresh and just like a slice of life and this film is no different. 2 very different people who are friends online looking for love and their interactions with the people surrounding them and all their relationships. No one showcases relationships better than a few Bengali films. Rahul Bose, Sharmila Tagore, Aparna Sen, everyone is good.

9. Kaminey (Hindi) (9/10)
What happens in life span of 24 hours with 2 twin brothers? A roller coaster from the word go, this one takes the director and the actor straight to the top league. Everything from acting, music, direction, story, screenplay was just flawless, though some people might argue. This one is not to be missed for Shahid, Amol Gupte, Priyanka, Gulzar and Vishal Bhardwaj.

8. Perfect Mismatch (Indian/English) (4/10)
Another one of those indian english film trying to depict lives of a couple of Indian families living in US. This time the protagonists are a Punjabi and gujrati family. Their kids fall in love but the fathers dont see eye to eye. In this day and age where inter religion or even inter country marriage is no big deal, the producers are still stuck to age old cliche with some unnecessary drama thrown in.

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