Guide

*ing : Dev Anand, Waheeda Rahman
Director : Vijay Anand

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For the love of Waheeda Rahman, ended up watching what arguably is her best role and arguably one of the best Indian movie. Guide, directed by Vijay Anand, brother of star Dev Ananad, is a very complex movie about life, dreams, insecurities, guilt, freedom and everything that covers life. Raju, played by Dev Anand is a very popular guide in Udaipur. One day he greets an eccentric couple and his life changes forever since then. It will be unfair on my part to give details of the movie.. you should watch it to experience it.even though movie was made in 1965, it was very very progressive and had some themes which might shame directors of today. Special mention about music. It is one of the best.. Each and every song is a classic and its album for lifetime.
Rating :
****

Kaagaz ke Phool

*ing : Guru Dutt , Waheeda Rahman
Director : Guru Dutt

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Kaagaz ke phool
I had always heard of classics films directed by Guru Dutt like Kaagaz ke Phool and Pyaasa and Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam. For quite long I wanted to check them out. First one I saw was Kaagaz ke Phool. And I quite liked the film.. there is inheritance of sadness in the film which is soo attracting. Guru Dutt himself was a sad man in most of his life and killed himself out of depression. Kaagaz ke Phool is set in world of cinema where a successful director falls in love with his protégé, a female actress he launches, and ends up destroying himself for the lover of her. They both love each other but somehow they cant be together.. Female lead is played by luminous Waheeda Rahman and you have to watch the film to know how beautiful and graceful the day used to be. Have to say she still is very very graceful and there is rarely anyone in industry like her today. The film has one of my most fav track as well, ‘waqt ne kiya kya sitam, Hum rahe na hum.. Tum rahe na tum..
Watch if you want to know Indian cinema better.
Rating :
*** & ½

Salmon Fishing in Yemen

*ing : Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked
Director : Lasse Hallström

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The situation in the movie is to get a good story from middle east so that West can look good in press. Somehow I think even the movie was made for the same purpose. So that British movie industry can look good that they are finding uplifting story in Middle East. I dnt know if this is true or not, however the movie does a good job. Its abt a wealthy Sheikh (aren’t they all ? ) who wants to do bring a fishing culture in deserts of Yemen. Almost impossible task but then he has some smart workers like Evan McGregor and Emily Blunt who do it for him. With some hiccups ofcourse. It’s a good film. Quite like the thought which relates fishing to faith. That you have to be patient and then u are rewarded. Should watch this feel good film.
Rating
***

Homeland (season one)

*ing : Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Morena Baccarin
Creators : *many*

Tagline : The nation sees a hero. She sees a threat.

I have heard LOT of things about Homeland. And its been nothing but praise. Everyone I know who has seen the series cant stop gushing about it. And I had my expectations sky high. The series (first season) is good, very good yet, it doesn’t justify the hype around. ! its about a tough CIA women who is after one of the major leaders of Al-Qyeda. The plot is quite similar to the best movie of last year “Zero Dark Thirty” but just with more drama and emotions. The twist is that she has to follow a prisoner of war from Iraq who she thinks has been turned on and is a terrorist now. If he is one or not, you must find out watching the series.
Rating :
*** & ½

Argo

*ing : Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman
Director : Ben Affleck

Tagline : The movie was fake. The mission was real.

Argo won the award for best movie at Oscars this year. After prolonging for months, I ended up watching the movie and quite enjoyed myself. I have always been fan of movies directed by Ben Affleck. Gone Baby Gone and The Town. Liked both of them. But both movies were more in his comfort zone as both were set in his hometown Boston. First time he goes on a completely different territory and goes all the way to Iran in 1980. Where a crisis in Iran has forced few Americans hide in a diplomat’s house. The situation is quite bad and they needed to be taken out soon. So these people pretend being a film crew and take them out. Sounds simple but film is damn good edge of the seat riveting thriller. Your heart is in mouth in final moments of the film. As I said, I really enjoyed this film, yet I cant agree that this is the best film of the year. I dnt know myself which other one wud be but it dint seem like a right choice. Also, Academy must hv nominated Ben Affleck for best director. I think that’s the guilt that made them vote for Argo as best movie.
Rating :
*** & ½

Idiocracy

*ing : Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard
Director : Mike Judge

Tagline : The Future Is A No Brainer

One of my favorite movie FightClub has a very famous dialogs. Advertising has chasing cars. Buying things we don’t need to impress people we don’t like. And I hv always agreed on it. Advertising has made us dumb in lot many ways. I never like the product which is very aggressively promoted. I wud always go for underrated subtle ones than In-your-face types.
Idiocracy is about two very very average people in present world who due to failed experiment ends up in future. And they see that advertising has made everyone really dumb. So dumb that they are the smartest around. The film has a very very interesting premise but its not well made and neither its entertaining. Yet, u can watch if if you want.
Rating :
** & ½

Dredd

*ing : Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey
Director : Pete Travis


Tagline: Judgment is coming

one of the rare month when I hv seen least number of movies. Been caught up with work and many things around. Dredd however was a poor choice. It is a poor rehash of a last year’s Korean movie “The Raid Redemption”. Film I loved.
Like Raid Redemption, its about a building taken over by Mafia and Gangsters of the city. This time, a cop and a rookie accidently gets caught in it and ends up blowing the entire Gang. Dredd is set in futuristic world and has more gun battles than the amazing Martial Art in Raid. Dint like it much
Rating :
**