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3 Idiots == Not Aal Izz Well
3 Idiots

SRKs Khan movie is New York Part 3 (the other being Kurbaan since it's from a Thappar's stable, definetly flop.) Truth is I have no biasm. Heroes these days are doing so-so scripts but somehow find a way to market to the audience. For instance, Hindi Ghajni sucked compared to the Tamil original,... but aamir marketed his 8packs agressively as well as his close-cut to make the movie run more than the Tamil one did. TZP is a tear-jerker? Weren't for Aamir's involvement, guaranteed flop would've been it's fate obviously. Not that I hate aamir khan, every khan/kapoor have their flaws rather than quality. EVen in the South, lots of idiots still act like the 70s and continue to pull Rajnikant style action while trendsetters like Kamal Hassan and new directors continue to thrive and encourage different attempts.Read More

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3 Idiots == Not Aal Izz Well
3 Idiots

I have no biasm towards SRK or Aamir. Comparing the book to the film, books wins hands down. Here, it had a munnabhai hangover. SRK is typecasted in saleable single screen roles, Aamir prefers safezones where he can market a so-so film to the audience, so do the other khans and kapoors.

Reviewed 3 Idiots

3 Idiots == Not Aal Izz Well

The movie was okay, but for those, who were expecting mindblowing work from the Munnabhai team of director Raju Hirani and writer, Abhijat Joshi, will be left mixed. For fans of the book, it only adapts Alok's life and sculpts Aamir's character from Ryan(who didn't see that coming?) SPOILERS ...Read more

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Wake Up Sid (2009) == TZP for the Young
Wake Up Sid

Mr Prashant, I'm talking about movies done by Kamal Haasan, Sasikumar and good films by Mani Ratnam, not idiotic films by B-grade directors/actors or mentalkanth. And North Indians have the same cliche Hindglish dialogues while copying films from Hollywood and South. So what now?

Reviewed Wake Up Sid

Wake Up Sid (2009) == TZP for the Young

In the past 8 years, we got films like Farhan Akthar's DIL CHAHTA HAI and LAKSHYA to portray the hero as a lazy bum who has no aim in life, but end up becoming okay in the end. Specifically, Aamir Khan from DCH is a aimless guy until he starts to take it seriously with his father's business whil...Read more

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Reviewed Unnai Pol Oruvan Movie

UPO (2009) == Sheer Class

Statuary Warning: Don't go comparing A WEDNESDAY with this film even if you've seen it, byhearted it, etc. There are many changes in UPO besides nativity to suit to the Tamil audiences. So if your going to bash A WEDNESDAY, well then it's useless. Now onto the review. First off, I want to tha...Read more

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Reviewed Wanted - Bollywood

Wanted (2009) == What Mahesh Babu would've liked

Puri Jagannath made Pokiri, first a telugu film starting Mahesh Babu and Illeana that became history back in 2006. A year later, dance master Prabhu Deva remade the film in Tamil by the same name with Vijay and Asin. The differences between both the Telugu and Tamil versions were minimal(save fo...Read more

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Kandhasamy == More like Nondhasamy.
Kandhasamy Movie

navrip, most of them come from the us distributors on orkut. And this is nation

Reviewed Kandhasamy Movie

Kandhasamy == More like Nondhasamy.

Dear god, I want my 15 dollars back. Keep in mind, I went on Friday afternoon 3:30 show. Guess how many were occupant in the audience? Including me, about 6 people. Even the following 7:30 show wasn't encouraging either neither were the current B.O Collections(see post review.) But coming bac...Read more

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Reviewed Dil Hi Dil Mein

Dil Hi Dil Mein == The Mother of all Chopras

Directed by Kathir, the cast comprises of Kunal, Sonali Bendre, Nasser, Jhonny Lever, Chinni Jayanth, and Anupam Kher. The film startsout with protagonist, Raja [Kunal] who hails from a poor family, comesto Mumbai to do his MBA course at the Ramchandra University. Along theway, he gets into a...Read more

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Sivaji the Boss = Rajni the Recycler.
Sivaji - The Boss Movie

Sure I would make a film. A Film w/o any LOOPHOLES. First let mentalkanth learn what is acting first.

Reviewed Ayan Movie

Ayan = A Hit to the Face

I'm disappointed and really this is coming from K.V Anand, who gave us his best in Kana Kandein with Srikanth, Gopika and introduced us one of Malayalam's promising talents, Prithiviraj Sukumaran as the villian that garnered him notable movies such as Mozhi later on. But coming back to Ayan, it'...Read more

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Reviewed Delhi 6

Delhi 6 == More like Dell Hee sux

I expected Rakeysh Mehra to make Delhi 6 hit it out of the park like he did with his last hit, Rang De Basanti. But then again, a plot very eerie similar to Gowriker's Swades with SRK in the lead, the plot within about 10 minutes in the film leads to nowhere. It doesn't progress, nor does it ...Read more

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Billu = A Step high above KuSTALElan
Billu Movie

What I find funny is that the majority of the criticism is that the film's boring. My question to them? How did you sit through Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi or worse, Jodha Akhbar?

Reviewed Billu Movie

Billu = A Step high above KuSTALElan

The film was a far much better remake than Kuselan and Kathanayakudu. In those versions, Pee Vasu tried to glorify mentalkanth for an hour while at the same time shoehorn in Vadivelu's vulgar and double entendres. Add in Nayantara's on-the-border dance act and you end up seeing a totally bad ...Read more

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Delhi 6 == Not a great set of Deli tunes
Delhi 6 Songs

I'm not into himesh that much really. And really, his lack of sound has been taking of dip lately. For example: New York Nagaram. There's second verse, where he sings decent then suddenly goes aaaah as if he forgot the lines. Not a good ad-libbing process.

Reviewed Delhi 6 Songs

Delhi 6 == Not a great set of Deli tunes

2006 gave us Rang De Basanti(Verdict: Great songs) 2007 gave us Guru(Verdict: Gung-ho music) 2008 gave us Jodha Akhbar(Verdict: Works well on screen) Now.2009. If expectations are in any case high for any Rahman music after givinga dud in the form of the Hindi remake Ghajini(Slow son...Read more

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Slumdog Millionaire == Crappy Crossover
Slumdog Millionaire Movie

The child actors were passable. Yeah, the plot sucks. But again, it portrays India in a very negative way, which got my very pissed off. Okay, I agree, India has a huge poverty level but not to a level where it encompasses the higher middle class. Aside from a passable 'Jai Ho', Rahman doesn't g...el his jarring music well here. He's made his money now and he's lost that melodious touch that we usual associate with ARR's past films. Because there's his old pal, Blaaze muttering some rap phrases, he gets a golden globe. Why? Cause Rap is the in-thing now. For a crossover film, it failed to be one. The best crossover film I've seen so far is Namesake.Read More

Reviewed Abhiyum Naanum Movie

Abhiyum Naanam == Reverse Bommarillu

Case in point, for you Tamil folks, it's the original version of "Santosh Subramaniyam". After Mozhi, expectations were high for the daring and different director, Radha Mohan. Him and his favorite teammate, Prakash Raj join hands again for this next tackling subject. Azhagiye Theeye tackl...Read more

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Reviewed Slumdog Millionaire Movie

Slumdog Millionaire == Crappy Crossover

I'm sorry, what was the bloody for this hype for? There's absolutely nothing new in this film. It's the same garbage type of film that we've seen in the 80s and early 90s. In fact, it's like a Shankar type plot with a Mani Ratnam flashbacks thrown in. Toss in a couple of Balachander/Yash Chop...Read more

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