Movie name: Special 26
Language : Hindi
Why did I watch it : New release, decent rating on IMDB, story line looked
interesting, got company of teamies to watch! :P
My take : Set in the 1980s, the film is based on a real story of how some
con artists pulled of fake CBI raids and how interestingly they got away, until
a case got registered. The setting looks authentic and I did not find any logical
flaws that hinted against the time period in which it was set. The interesting
turns in the latter half, although after a couple of them, you kind of guess what
the climax could be, makes it for a good watch.Some good performances from
Akshay Kumar(I am not a Khiladi fan, no way!), Anupam Kher and Manoj Bajpayee.
I even liked the small but interesting roles of Jimmy Shergill and Divya Dutta.
Movie name : Parzania
Language : Hindi
Why did I watch it : Friend's recommendation.
My take : It is based on communal riots in Gujrat. The first half of the
movie shows how "normal" the life is, of a middle class family and
that of a Gujrati city, until the riots erupt and tear the civil society apart
with not much trace of civilization. It gets quite disturbing at places. Watch
it if you want to see the movie version of the reports you may have read during
those times in the newspapers.
Movie name : Pyaar ka panchnaama
Language : Hindi
Why did I watch it : Heard as interesting discussion based on the
movie, got interested.
My take : It was ok. I am not a big fan of the movie. The protagonists of
the movie are three guys, who are friends and also share an apartment. The
story revolves around their love life, work life and their mismatched
expectations of life and how they come to terms with them. Although these guys
are working men, their impressions seem to be juvenile at times -at first you sympathize with their troubles, but almost all of it will be self-inflicted! It
is time pass stuff, watch it if you enjoy stereotyping of “guys are like that –
girls are like this” kind of stuff.
