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#Welcome2Karachi(Hindi)
Rating: * * Playing Dumb. This one dumbs
it down to the bottom of the pit and proves more tedious and boring than
entertaining. Quite a come down after all that promotional swagger. Two dumb
idiots set out to have fun and end up saving the world. Havn’t we seen that
many times over? There’s no humor here ..just a lot of stupidity that tries to
pass off as funny!Watch the trailer instead…
#RaindropSolutions
#JackyBhagnani #ArshadWarsi #DaleepThahil #LaurenGottlieb #VashuBhagnani
#Me(
English) Rating: * * Slow and stressful.
The ponderous narrative centered around justifying the film’s title is obvious
and off-putting. Aims for psychological edge-of-seat thrills but gets waylaid by verbosity and dull
performances. The mental illness at the core of this story deserved much better
elaboration than what’s done here. The entire set-up appears to be amateurish
and un-enlivening. #SammeerSatish #AdilAman #GurpreetKaur
#TheIllusionistsFilmCompany #DrSantoshSawane
#ChaarCutting(Hindi/Shorts) Rating: * *
* ½ The best bet this week. Four shorts by young unsung directors that will
floor you with their poignancy, techno smarts and depth. #ManilaRunning #Blouse
#Bawdi #SkinDeep #VikramadityaMotwane #JamuuraTalkies #AditiVasudev
#NaveenKasturia #PriyansuPainyuli #SonalJoshi #PreetiSharma #SumeetVyas
#ImranRashid #UdayChandra #OlivierBorten #HardikMehta #AnujGulati #VivekSoni
#VijetaKumar
#IshqeDariyaan(Hindi)
Rating: No Show. A romantic drama. #Evelyn #Mahaakshay
#PSePMTak
(Hindi) Rating: * *Of corruption and
‘Dirty Politics,’ all old hat as far as Hindi cinema is concerned. An
attempt at grotesque dark satire comes unstuck. There’s nothing new or
interesting on display here. Even the much hyped about #MeenakshiDixit who
doesn’t look anything like Madhuri Dixit, cuts a sorry figure. Director
#KundanShah doesn’t seem to have regained his touch of yore(#JaaneBhiDoYaaron).
#ParullGossain #KundanShah
#ILoveDesi(Hindi)
Rating: No Show A romantic comedy. #PankajBatra
#RockyDaswani #AkshayKumar #VedantBali #PriyankaShah.
#SanAndreas(English/3D)
Rating: * * ½ This big bombastic Hollywood disaster movie with more CGI
representations than real time shoots, promotes former pro wrestler turned
actor #DwayneJohnson as the rescuer par excellence who saves his own family and
two others while every one else struggles to find a foothold in this lop-sided
depiction of the greatest disaster ever. Seemed like everyone else was
expendable but the lead family. Life is just a side show in this one. Larger
takes the cake! #WarnerBros
#AnkitAgarwal #GeorgeJohn #VillageRoadshowPictures #TimeWarner #DwayneJohnson
#CarlaGugino #BradPeyton #KylieMinogue #ArchiePunjabi #IoanGruffud
#PaulGiamatti #AlexandraDaddario
#Maggie(English)
Rating: * * * A surprisingly engaging and totally involving zombie flick that’s
not quite the usual Hollywood pack rat. #AbigailBreslin does a challenging turn
as the teenager infected by a virus that will eventually turn her into a
zombie. And #ArnoldSchwarzenegger is
quite wonderful as the doting father pained by the unimaginable plight
of his lovely daughter. #HenryHobson #JohnScott3 #PVRPictures #AbigailBreslin
#ArnoldSchwarzenegger
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#ChaarCutting(Hindi/Shorts) Rating: * *
* ½ The best bet this week. Four shorts by young unsung directors that will
floor you with their poignancy, techno smarts and depth. #ManilaRunning #Blouse
#Bawdi #SkinDeep #VikramadityaMotwane #JamuraTalkies #AditiVasudev
#NaveenKasturia #PriyansuPainyuli #SonalJoshi #PreetiSharma #SumeetVyas
#ImranRashid #UdayChandra #OlivierBorten #HardikMehta #AnujGulati #VivekSoni
#VijetaKumar #LoudspeakerMedia #MauliSingh
#Maggie(English)
Rating: * * * A surprisingly engaging and totally involving zombie flick that’s
not quite the usual Hollywood pack rat. #AbigailBreslin does a challenging turn
as the teenager infected by a virus that will eventually turn her into a
zombie. And #ArnoldSchwarzenegger is
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of his lovely daughter. #HenryHobson #JohnScott3 #PVRPictures #AbigailBreslin
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Hindi Film Review
Johnson Thomas
Such a long dreary journey
Film: Welcome 2 Karachi
Cast: Jacky Bhagnani,
Arshad Warsi, Daleep Thahil
Director: Ashish R Mohan
Rating: * *
This one’s nothing to
laugh about. In fact the trailers were terribly misleading. The handful of
scenes that happen to bring a smile to your faces are all in the trailer. So
why go to the cinemas you may well ask?
The smartest thing
associated with this movie are it’s promotions. The trailers whetted your
appetite and the item numbers with scantily clad firang women were an added
lure at least for some.
It’s a mad world out
there.- The ‘Dumb and Dumber’ kind – coming from the horses’ mouth no less.
Kedar(Jacky) and Shammi(Arshad Warsi) are two misfits who have a millionaire
benefactor (Daleep Thahil) , Kedar’s father no less, allowing them free rein to
do damn all as they please. They go off into sea, ostensibly to celebrate a
wedding party, and end up ship-wrecked and washed ashore on Karachi beach where
a bomb blast happens. The two are in hospital and wake up to find they are in
Karachi. The terrorists and the Pakistani super sleuths are now looking for
them. Needless to say the two save the
day and win accolades from their countrymen for acts of bravery which they
obviously did not commit to.
The film has a very cheap
look to it. The production values are suspect. The tacky opening credits itself
give you the feeling that there’s very little of affect to follow. The script
lacks basic sense. Even if the characters are supposed to be dumb misfits,
there has to be some logic in setting them up on a path to redemption. That’s
not to be found here. the dialogues sound disconnected. The set-ups are all
lacking in finesse. Jacky Bhagnani has improved considerably as an actor. He
does well to stick with the Gujrati bumpkin affectation throughout. Arshad
Warsi is his usual proficient self. Together they just don’t generate the
laughs required to get you entertained. Play safe on this one!
Johnson
Thomas
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