#PicksAndPiquesSnippetFilmReview24thJune2016 #JohnsonThomas

#PicksAndPiquesSnippetFilmReview24thJune2016 #JohnsonThomas

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#PicksAndPiquesSnippetFilmReview24thJune2016 #JohnsonThomas

#RamanRaghav2.0(Hindi) Rating: * * * ½ Dangerous Obsession. A contemporary rendering of the sensational 1960’s Raman Raghav murders(42) this blistering psycho thriller is both revolting and strangely compelling. It’s dark, viciously dramatic, dangerous, complex and involving. In fact in terms of craft this is one of #AnuragKashyap’s better directorial efforts. It’s more lucid and engaging than his earlier works.  #VickyKaushal #NawazuddinSiddiqui #AnuragKashyap #PhantomFilms #SpicePR #VikramadityaMotwane #VikasBahl #VipinSharma  #ShobitaDhulipala #RelianceEntertainment  #MukeshChabbra #TanviGandhi #JayOza #AartiBajaj #TiyaTejpalia #ShrutiKapoor #StrayDogs Runtime: 127 mins

#Roughbook(Hindi) Rating: * * ½ Studious not Intelligent. A timid, underwhelming assay on the current  state of Education and the need for alternative education systems run by NGO’s like SOS villages Education, this one is beautifully shot, has competent performances but lacks the will and gumption (in terms of script and treatment )to make it more than a mild and unaffecting salvo against materialism dominating the education landscape. This film hopes to give idealism it’s due but the conviction is missing.  #ParullGossainPr #AnanthMahadevan #TannishthaChatterjee #JoySengupta #SuhasiniMulay #VinayJain #AmaanKhan #KaizadKotwal #JayatiBhatia #FaridCurrim #KinjalRajpriya  #DeepikaAmin #AerikaCineworks #RamKapoor #MeenakshiThakur Runtime:100 mins

#Junooniyat(Hindi) Rating: * * Another ‘#SanamRe’ this one has neither great music , direction, story or drama to entice you. Love was never this unreal or dissatisfying.    #TSeries #BhushanKumar  #DivyaKhoslaKumar #PulkitSamrat #YamiGautam  #VivekAgnihotri #PritiSingh #HanifChunawala #PoojaProductions   #AttarSinghSaini  #ParullGossainPR  Runtime: 155 mins

#AScandal(Hindi) Rating: * ½ A psycho-horror drama, this film tires out all the tricks in the book to lure it’s audience. There’s ample making out sequences, scantily clad women and suggestiveness of a perverse nature to fire up it’s obvious charms. The story is quite unsound, performances quite shifty and the treatment too silly to gain serious attention. #JohnnyBaweja #ReethMajumdar #Ibrahim #PearlMedia #SoapboxMedia #NiloferZaveri #LetsRingTheBellProductions #IshaanTrivedi #ManavKaul #PuruChibber #TanviVyas #VasundharaKaul #AyamMehta #NirajSah Runtime: 156 mins

#7hoursToGo(Hindi) Rating: * * ½ Mis-Calculated risk. This one is Passably entertaining.Aiming to be smart but playing hollow for most of it’s runtime, this thriller runs through on sound and fury but without much conviction or clear-headed reasoning.  #ShivPandit #SandeepaDhar #KrianMedia #1Hmedia  #HemaUpadhyay #SaurabhVarma #NitikaThakur Runtime: 114 mins

#IndependenceDayResurgence(English) Rating: * * ½   This sequel to the 20 year old blockbuster that redefined the disaster movie genre, makes a gamey attempt at sci-fi special effects. But the resultant is not as fulfilling as the original- mainly because this appears to be a reboot of sorts. It’s repetitive , the script is quite scatter-brained &doesn’t have any fresh ideas to throw up. The fresh blood infusion in terms of cast members is welcome but the lack of #WillSmith is sorely felt.  It’s flashy but there’s nothing solid to hold on to here! #JeffGoldblum #LiamHemsworth #MaikaMonroe #BillPullman #CharlotteGainsbourg #JessieUsher #TravisTope #JoeyKing #JuddHirsch #BrentSpiner #VivicaAFox #RolandEmmerich  #20thCenturyFox #ElectricEntertainment #DeanDevlin #HaraldKloser #UteEmmerich #LarryFranco #CarstenLorenz #NicolasWright #JamesAWoods #JamesVanderbilt Runtime: 120 mins

#Ganvesh(Marathi) Rating: * * ½ Shades of #JinJhikJin #JanaGanaMana this is a tale about three uniforms- the impoverished kid whose parents struggle to fulfill his only request, the lady cop who believes her uniform is sacrosanct until she experiences the pull and pressures of real time decision making and the idealistic politician who believes in the value and purity of Khadi but fails to stem the accusations of corruption from within. This film’s theme is rooted in rural poverty with it focuses on how political grandstanding makes life miserable for the disadvantaged even when they are struggling to survive with dignity. The story had possibilities but the unnecessary dips into melodrama hamper the effect, the performances are first-rate, but it’s the overwhelming background score, the contrivance in the plotting and tendency towards stretching the degree of difficulty too far, that puts the brakes on the enjoyment.  #RamKondilkar #KishorKadam #MuktaBarve #AtulChandrakantJagdale #VijayateEntertainment #ErosInternational #RajeshRao #MangeshDhadke #DnyandeoIndulkar  #DilipPrabhavalkar  #SmitaTambe #JayantSawarkar #SuhaPalshikar #GaneshYadav #NageshBhosle #SharadPonkshe #GuruThakur #TanmayMande #KalpakMane #TejeshGhadage

 Runtime: 121 mins                

                             

#EkkAlbela(Marathi) Rating: * * ½ Driven by Nostalgia.The uncanny resemblance of most of the artists to the real life characters(including a young Raj Kapoor & C Ramchandran), makes it a casting, makeup and digital imaging triumph. But as a biopic there’s hardly any drama. The film encapsulates one time action star Bhagwan’s rise to stardom as a romantic dancer/hero but doesn’t go much beyond that. This film doesn’t provide for much conflict and what little comes across, gets drowned in the artificial theatrics employed to tell the tale. #VidyaBalan makes a comely special appearance as #GeetaBali & #MangeshDesai mimics #Bhagwan to perfection but the overall experience leaves a lot to be desired. #MangeshDesai #RaindropSolutions #MediabuzzPR #VidyaBalan #VidhyadharJoshi #PrasadPandit #SwapnilRajshekhar #VighneshJoshi #ShekharPhadke #ShriramKolhatkar #ArunBhadsavle #ShekharSartandel #AmolShetge  Runtime: 159 mins

#DilTohDeewanaHai(Hindi) Rating: No Show. Impossible Love. Shy Raja meets the girl of his dreams, Anamika(Sada), a rich spoilt billionaire’s kid in the Tube (of all places) in Malaysia. He expresses his feelings to her but life for him is never the same again. Another dramatic love story directed by actor #RajaBundela, this one has little yield in store. Neither performances, nor story, nor direction can save it from being a wash-out!  #DeepakSharma #HyderKhan #Sada #ZeenatAman #SushmitaMukherjee #RajaBundela #DSProductions #AradhanaSharma #ChanderSekharBali #GaneshSagar Runtime: 135 mins