Showing posts with label Ajay Devgn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ajay Devgn. Show all posts
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji: Response is average
Response: Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji saw below average collections at the box office on Friday, registering around 45 per cent occupancy.
Though figures are not available for the entire weekend, the occupancy rate is likely to surpass Friday’s level and touch nearly 60 per cent during the weekend. On Saturday alone, Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji netted almost Rs 9 crore.
Though figures are not available for the entire weekend, the occupancy rate is likely to surpass Friday’s level and touch nearly 60 per cent during the weekend. On Saturday alone, Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji netted almost Rs 9 crore.
The film’s director Madhur Bhandarkar said, “I’m confident of my foray into comedy. Humour has always been an integral part of my life. I have made effort to make the moments of life light. I am sure my audience will enjoy my new film. Humour is the other side of me which my audience will witness.”
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Omi Vaidya, Shazahn Padamsee, Tisca Copra, Shruti Hassan and Shraddha Das
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar
Time of movie: About 2 hours 20 minutes
Story: Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji is about three roommates Naren (Ajay Devgn), Abhay (Emraan Hashmi) and Milind (Omi Vaidya) who wan’t to make their lives more colourful.
Naren, is a 40-year-old divorcee but has fallen in love with his 20-year-old secretary (Shazahn Padamsee). Abhay is busy playing boyfriend to bored housewife Tisca Chopra. But things change for him when he meets her daughter (played by Shruti Hasan).
Naren, is a 40-year-old divorcee but has fallen in love with his 20-year-old secretary (Shazahn Padamsee). Abhay is busy playing boyfriend to bored housewife Tisca Chopra. But things change for him when he meets her daughter (played by Shruti Hasan).
Meanwhile, Milind is willing to spend everything he earned on his girlfriend (Shraddha), who desires to be an actress. Will the three roommates get what they want?
Review: Bhandarkar ventures into comedy from his serious and issue-based films like Corporate, Traffic Signal and Page 3. While foraying into a romantic comedy, Bhandarkar has gone a tad off track. Ajay Devgn beautifully plays the role of a divorcee of the forties and Shazahn is cute and beautiful but there’s not much acting in her.
Same with Shruti Hasan. She’s gorgeous but her performance doesn’t really deserve a mention. Remember Omi Vaidya in his stunning role in 3 Idiots. Well, if you expect Omi to repeat his performance in Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji you’re in for some disappointment this time.
Emraan Hashmi, however, performs commendably and Tisca Chopra adds the much-needed spice in her short stint as Hashmi’s older and married lover.
The music is fascinating, cinematography is good but the story and dialogues are rather flawed and go haywire. Well, you can go ahead and watch it. But something is really lacking in Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji … and you’ll feel it.
Rating: 3/5
Monday, August 24, 2015
Singham: The best of action
Response: Singham, directed by Rohit Shetty, witnessed a mind blowing response at single-screen theatres, with some even seeing a full house. The average occupancy at single-screen theatres was around 75-90 per cent. Multiplexes too witnessed a good occupancy of 50 to 70 per cent.
Singham’s net collection stood at Rs 9.1 crore in the domestic market on Day One, making it a clear hit film. The gross earnings were Rs 12 crore, and if international earnings are taken into account, the first-day earnings had inched towards Rs 15 crore.
Film type: Action
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Kajal Aggarwal, Prakash Raj, Ashok Saraf, Sachin Khedekar, Murli Sharma, Sonali Kulkarni, Hemu Adhikari and Sana Amin Sheikh
Director: Rohit Shetty
Time of movie: 2 hours 20 minutes
Story: Singham is about an honest police officer, Bajirao Singham (played by Ajay Devgn), who is from a small village called Shivgad on the Maharashtra-Goa border.
Singham is very popular in his village and settles all disputes of villagers, even if he has to shell out money to do it. He keeps his village crime free.
But the honest cop has to take on an extortionist Jaykant Shikre (played by Prakash Raj) from Goa, who is involved in illegal activities and goes scot free owing to his political connections.
The politically-ambitious Shirke gets bail in a case but has to report to the police station every day. He comes in contact with Singham and is involved in a tiff with the honest police officer, who Shirke feels will come in the way of his dealings.
Through his connections, Shirke gets Singham transferred. Singham later quits his job as he finds too many bottlenecks coming in the way. With the backing of his girlfriend, can Singham rein in Shirke?
Review: Singham is the usual Bollywood masala that highlights the slugfest between the good and the bad. It may be a remake of Tamil film Singam but has the lethal combination of Ajay Devgn and Rohit Shetty, which is the perfect recipe for a hit.
Singham has the best of action, which is Ajay Devgn’s forte, and Rohit was quick to realise this. The action sequence is one of the USPs of Singham.
The emphatic dialogues do make Singham enticing and will make you awe-struck. Rohit has also brought out the right combination of romance and humour in the film.
Also, Ajay comes in a new form. Like Salman, he also gets a six-pack abs that adds flavour to his villain-slayer role, which he has gone back to after a slew of comedy films.
Ajay Devgn carries Singham all by himself, even though there is nothing new in the story. Kajal Aggarwal, with her glamour, does a good job while Prakash Raj deserves thumbs up as the baddie. Well, Singham is surely a paisa wasool film, if you want to get the best of action with none other than Ajay Devgn.
Rating: 3.5/5
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Golmaal 3: Fasten your seat belts (if you have them)
Response: Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal 3, with Ajay Devgn in the lead role, has almost trumped Vipul Shah’s romantic film Action Replayy (starring Akshay Kumar) at the box office.
The two mega films were lined up for Diwali release, and according to a cinema hall owner, the Golmaal sequel is running almost to packed houses against Action Replayy, which has logged 50% occupancy and is yet to pick up.
According to a Delhi multiplex owner, Golmaal 3 had registered an occupancy rate of 60-70 per cent while for Action Replayy it was 35 per cent on Friday.
Film Type: Comedy
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Johny Lever, Kareena Kapoor, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemu, Mithun Chakraborty and Ratna Pathak Shah
Director: Rohit Shetty
Time of movie: Two hours and 20 minutes
Story: The clowns of Golmaal are back and this time their numbers have only gone up. Mithun plays the father of three orphaned children (Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor and Kunal Khemu) while Ratna is the mother of two orphaned kids – Ajay Devgn and Shreyas Talpade. Mithun and Ratna happen to be erstwhile lovers and Kareena Kapoor helps them resurrect their romance and gets them married. But can the two families live together? The movie revolves around how the two families unite after bouts of rivalry.
Review: This is a very very flippant film but there is one guarantee: you’re going to enjoy it from start till finish. So, in case you manage to find seat belts, fasten them from the beginning. Rohit Shetty, who can now be dubbed the undisputed king of sequels, has a lot of fun in store. For two hours, don't try to make any sense out of the film, just forget any logic and laugh out loud.
All the characters in the film have their discernible role to play and there is no mix up in this. Ajay Devgn is the angry young man who can crack fingers if pointed at him. Johny Lever adds a dhamaka with his bhullakar (short-term memory loss) don role. Arshad Warsi, with his typical tapori character, along with Tusshar Kapoor and Kunal Khemu are well aware of Ajay Devgn’s finger-breaking trait and remember to keep their hands in their pockets while bickering with him. Shreyas also sets the crowds in motion with hisss... stammering.
But the best performer is Tusshar, who rattled the cinema halls with his silence (which he has not been able to do so in a normal role). And, Mithun along with Ratna play the adorable old couple (The Hum Saath Saath Hai types). Mithun’s Disco Dancer songs do add a déjà vu to this Golmaal.
Meanwhile, Kareena plays a perfect matchmaker and Facebook, Ratna’s dog, the perfect irritant to new guest, Mithin, who goes on to live in Ratna’s house after their wedding. In short, just go for it. It’s a 100 per cent paisa wasool movie!
Rating: 4/5
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