movie review : The Mechanic.

Cast : Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Mini Aden.




Director: Simon West



Why cant Statham do a film wherein he only has to fix cars. His obsession with machines & being a serial killer cracking skulls is way too repetitive now.




The Mechanic is lyk any other hit man movies wherein the lead dodges away bullets, kills people with no expression f guilt on his face, blows up cars & walks away like a cool cat.




A porn-like sex scene between Jason & Mini gives this film an "A" certificate. But, that's a given. Fast cars, bullets, sex all go together.




Keeping aside all the repetitiveness & criticism, if I'd make a action flick neday, I wouldn't do it without Statham as my main lead. He looks like he could kill a few people, innit?





P.S. it's a popcorn action film which would give you what you'd go expecting.

movie review : Patiala House.

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Hard Kaur, Tinu Anand, Prem Chopra



Director : Nikhil Advani
Do not watch.


There are way too many characters in the film. Rishi Kapoor acts loud. You'll yawn when Akshay comes on the screen. The racism against the Indian's in UK is over-rated. The only saving grace is the lady, Anushka Sharma., she brings lyf in the film.


P.S. An emotional boring drama in the back-drop f cricket.

movie review : Yeh Saali Zindagi.

Cast: Chitrangda Singh, Arunoday Singh, Irrfan Khan, Aditi Rao Hydari, Saurabh Shukla, Sushant Singh.


Director: Sudhir Mishra


Honestly, I went to watch this film cuz it had Chitrangda in it. No woman managed to touch my heart & rattle my brains as the way Chitra[as I fondly call her] did, ever. Period.



Yeh Saali Zindagi works in the backdrop f a gangster-ridden world but the film is primarily about burning love. The film is shot in the underbelly's f Delhi.


Irfan plays Arun, a partner at a local finance company run by Saurabh Shukla. Chitra plays, Priti, a small tym club singer. Arunoday Singh stars as a small-time gangster, Kuldeep with the lovely Aditi Rao Hydari as his wife. Sushant Singh plays a corrupt cop.



The dialogues in the film will be remembered. Irfan is fab thru'out the movie. The ease with which he delivers with a poker face is simply amazing. Arunoday is okay. Chitra doesn't deliver but she lights up the screen everytym she comes on it. If you look lyk that, there is no need to act. Bottom line.



A lot f smooches [22, someone told me], badwords give the film an "A". In spite f this, the film should be tried once. Irfan & Chitra fans go ahead, you wont b disappointed.



P.S. Chitra, I Love You!

movie review : Secretariat.

Cast: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Scott Glenn, James Cromwell



Director: Randall Wallace



There are two stars in the film. The first is two-legged, Penny & the second is four-legged, Secretariat.




The film revolves around a horse(red stallion) named Secretariat, a father & his daughter, Penny Chenery(Diane Lane) fighting bankruptcy. It's a true story based on a woman & her horse. The film is all about good-old Christian faith.




This is film whose outcome we already know but still it manages to b special by connecting to the viewers. The movie unravels at its own pace. There are a lot f feel good moments throughout the film.




The scene involving Penny interacting with the horse is wonderful.





P.S. A film that hits all it's marks. The sight f a running horse is a beautiful thing.

movie review : 13.

Cast : Jason Statham, 50cent, Mickey Rourke, Sam Riley.




Director : Gela Babulani



A electrician steals an identity f a dead man & goes on to play "The Game". The game is where some rich bidders gamble on the lives f other men. The men are numbered. Sam plays the player with no 13 & he survives, hence the name f the movie.





The plot is weak. The end preposterous. A talent lyk Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke is abundantly wasted. 50cent plays the rich bidder, he looked lyk he wanted some money after his mansion f 14bedrooms was burgled recently. Riley, although not a known face, was very good in the movie.

movie review - Anjaana Anjaani.

Cast : Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Vishal Malhotra, Zayed Khan.



Director : Siddharth Anand



Priyanka & Ranbir meet whilst attempting suicide off the Washington bridge. They fail & land up in a hospital. After that they try it again a few more tyms, but fail each tym. Then, they both realize it's a sign from God & that they are kept alive for a reason. The reason being that Ranbir still had to loose his virginity to Piggy-chops, may be. They get married in the end but during the length of the movie Zayed makes his appearance on the screen which made me wonder why he never attempted suicide cuz I'm sure he would have succeeded in his very 1st attempt. I can't think f ne reason as to why Zayed is alive.




There's only one good thing in the movie.. it's gives out the message against committing suicide.

There's a wonderful line about it by Tanvi Azmi : " thodisi problem hui nahi ki aaj kal ke bacche suicide kar lete hai". Says a lot about our generation, innit?





P.S. watch, only if ur a PC fan.

The curious case f Ali & Sara.

Getting married on television is the new trend these days, innit?




Starting this trend was our very own drama-queen, Rakhi Sawant. Then came a nother drama queen, Rahul Mahajan (trust me, he's worst than a girl) who got married to a bikini model, Dimpy Ganguly & now Ali Merchant & the tiny Sara Khan.




Here's where the problem started. Now, Ali & Sara are said to be married 2yrs ago on 10.10.2008 in Bhopal. Then why did they get married again. For money that the channel offered to increase their TRP's or jus for fame?




The toilet paper (read : Bombay Times, as I fondly call it) even published their wedding picture on 11.10.2010. The picture showed them getting married. But Ali & Sara always denied it. The toilet paper further stated that both f 'em got a registered marriage & Sara moved in to Ali's flat in Kandivli. Subsequently, the couple moved to a rented apartment in Lokhandwala and have been living there since then. So why all the drama to get married again?





Before Ali entered the house Sara was very fond f Ashmit (read : sitting on his lap, giving massages, smelling each other's hair, kissing, hugging) & even declared that her relationship with Ali has ended. But the scenario was completely different when Ali entered the house. Sara stayed away from Ashmit & confessed her love for him again & in the process decided to get married. Big Boss even gave 'em the permission to get married & said that they would make the entire arrangements for the marriage. This decision f Big Boss clearly suggests that the entire thing is staged as said by one f the evicted inmates, Rahul Bhatt.




Now there are rumours that Ali & Sara were paid Rs 50Lakh for this telly-marriage & even Ashmit Patel knew both f 'em before they entered the house & the entire thing about Sara getting close to Ashmit, then Ali entering the house & getting married is scripted.




The marriage is called 'fake' by the Muslim community & has offended & provoked 'em to send legal notices to the channel. According to the Muslim law, both marriages become null & void if the same people get married twice. Islamic rules say that the woman separated from her husband should marry someone else, consummate the second marriage & then get divorced before re-marrying her first husband.




The television watchers are taken for a ride here. Nobody knows what the real story is. All they know is the "reel" story. The TRP f Color's has surely gone high.. this is what the channel cared about & this is what the channel got.





I have one thing to say to Ali & Sara : nething for money, eh guys?