KILL/DIL Review Rating 2.5 / 5 Star

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 Yash Raj Films

Producer

 Aditya Chopra

Director

 Shaad Ali

Music

 Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

THE STORY

Dev (Ranveer Singh) and Tutu (Ali Zafar) are two orphans who are abandoned at birth and are found in a garbage dump by the local merciless gangster Bhaiyaji (Govinda). He takes them in, nurtures them and trains them to become professional killers. The duo highly regards him and everything is gung ho until one day, when a criminal reformer Disha (Parineeti Chopra) enters Dev’s life and the two fall in love. Bhaiyyaji does not accept their relationship and Dev has to make a difficult choice now. Even Tutu gets stuck between his friendship with Dev and his loyalty towards Bhaiyyaji and things thereby take an ugly turn for one and all.

CRITICAL ANALYSIS 

This is a story of love, revenge and betrayal where is an attempt to create a perfect blend of guns and roses. But not a single moment of emotional connection to establish with the story or the characters. Performance wise, Ranveer Singh is the saving grace of the film with his innocence and comical moments. Ali Zafar seems more impressive physically and seems rather uncomfortable in the skin of his character. Parineeti Chopra is great in her role. Govinda tries to put his best but acts in his old style. Aloknath in his brief role leaves impact. Rest cast of the film lend support well.

TRADE ANALYSIS 

Director Shaad Ali gave two super hit films under the YRF banner which were SAATHIYA and BUNTY AUR BABLI and took a sabbatical after the downfall of his last outing JHOOM BARABAR JHOOM. Sadly, he has let the audience down yet again with such a comeback after seven years. This first half is good and in the second half the story does not hurtle towards a melodramatic climax. The dialogues written by Nitesh Tiwari, Shreyash Jain and Nikhil Mehrotra are fantastic. Musically, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy are good. Sham Kaushal’s action is above average. Cinematography by Aveek Mukhopadhyay is excellent. Ritesh Soni’s editing is up to the mark. Production and technical values are very good. The film was heavily publicized.

VERDICT

At the box office, despite a strong star cast, the film is expected to do moderate business.

6-5=2 Review Rating Zero Star

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Producer/ Director- Bharat Jain

THE STORY

Six youngsters undertake a trek in the jungles of Karnataka that goes horribly wrong when bizarre incidents are encountered by them one after the other. The friends either disappear or get killed. All of the incidents get taped in a video recorder and are presented in the story as found footage.

CRITICAL & TRADE ANALYSIS

It is a remake of the Kannada horror film with the same title. Bharat Jain has tried his level best to create a version which gives the same amount of chills to the Hindi audience as well but ends up providing a shoddy patch work of it. Undoubtedly, the genre of found footage is different and hence, an interesting experiment but he fails in terms of presentation. The cast is full of newcomers and no one is up to the mark. The script is weak. Editing is bad. Cinematography is poor. Production and technical values are mediocre. The publicity was zero.

VERDICT

At the box office, the film is total disappointed.

ANGRY YOUNG MAN'S FIRST LOOK UNVEILED

The first look of VSR films ANGRY YOUNG MAN was unveiled on Saturday 8th March at Sunny Super Sound, Juhu. The film is based on love and revenge of young boy Arjun (Ajay Singh Rathod) and young girl Sarah (Prachi Sinha).

Sarah an innocent, bubbly girl and the other side Arjun who is a street-fighter. The strong beings when Sarah moved to Mumbai and became the neighbor of Arjun. She finds Arjun amusing and gets attracted towards him. Sarah is amazed to see the most dreaded goons of the city bow in front of him with respect. This increases her curiosity about Arjun and she becomes keen to see him fight and is intrigued. Sensing Sarah’s thoughts and with the risk of losing focus in life, he maintains a distance and tries to keep away. But fate had other plans for them. His ignorance adds fuel to fire and Sarah falls in Love with him. Arjun doesn’t reciprocate her feelings. Arjun's past doesn't give him permission to fall in love. When Sarah comes to know about his past, she further falls in deep love with him........

The film is being produced by Vijay Sinh Rathod and directed by Ramesh Rout and stars Ajay Singh rathod & Prachi Sinha in lead along with Raj Arun, Nawab Sinha, Suniel Godhse and Ehsan Khan. Its music by Amjad – Nadeem and Mikey McClearly, script written by Ajay Singh Rathod & Tabrez Khan, lyrics by Shabbir Ahmad & Ankur Tiwari, Sound designed by Ajay Dey, edited by Dilip Deo, actions by Mahmood Khan, background Score by Aditya Dev and cinematography by Siddharth More.

Few images of Prachi Sinha

‘TOTAL SIYAPAA’ TRAILER LAUNCHED

The trailer of Reliance Entertainments and Friday Filmwork’s TOTAL SIYAPAA was launched on 25^th November at PVR, ECX, Andheri, West with the writer Nereraj Pandey, director Eashwar Niwas, producer Sheetal Bhatia, Sanjeev Lamba of Reliance Entertainment and lead pair Ali Zafar and Yami Gautam. Besides Ali Zafar and Yami Gautam the star cast includes Anupam Kher, Kirron Kher, Sara Khan and Swara Bhaskar. The music has been also composed by the Pakistani rock star Ali Zafar. The film was previously  titled AMAN KI ASHA and dealt with its share of controversies before the title was changed to TOTAL SIYAPAA  which is scheduled to be released on 31^st January 2014.

Neeraj Pandey

“When I wrote story of this film, first the name came into my mind E. Niwas, who has directed SHOOL and  LOVE KE LIYE KUCH BHI KAREGA. Today I can say proudly he has completely justified with my script. I could not do this.” A WEDNESDAY and SPECIAL 26 fame writer Neeraj Pandey said, “ When I will feel I’m able to direct my own script, I  will sure direct.”

 Eashwar Niwas

“This is a funny film, when one see this film she / he must be laughing by seeing drama which is prepared  like a delicious food. I’m thankful to Neeraj Pandey who has given me chance to direct the film and thought me worthy.”

 
Ali Zafar

“I’m Pakistani in my real life and in this film playing the character of a Pakistani Muslim youth Aman who is in India and falls in love with a Hindu girl. I hope my fans and all Pakistani will accept me in this role and also they will like it.”

Yami Gautam

“I’m very happy to work in this film. My previous VICKY DONOR depicted   a love story between a Punjabi boy and a Bengali girl. Here, my family is Punjabi and my co-star Ali Zafar is Pakistani Muslim.” When asked ‘Will you do inter cast marriage in your real life like reel life?’ Yami Gautam replied. “It’s a serious issue and will require some really hard thinking.”

ITEM SONG 'JADOO KI JHAPPI' in RAMAIYA VASTAVAIYA

 A special song 

JADOO KI JHAPPI in Tips Industries Ltd’s RAMAIYA VASTAVAIYA was launched on 1^st July

 at Novotel Hotel, Juhu in the attendance of Jacqueline Fernandez, debutante Girish Kumar and his father, producer Kumar S. Taurani.

The film has Shruti Hassan as the female lead.  Jacqueline makes a special appearance only in this item number along with Prabhu Dheva and Girish Kumar. On the demand Jacqueline performed dance on the stage and Girish Kumar also joined to her. The lyricist Priya Panchal told that the song is inspires from the line popularized by Sanjay Dutt in the MUNNA BHAI M.B.B.S. series. Sachin-Jigar has given the music. The film is releasing on 19^th July.

MUSIC LAUNCH OF 'YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA 2'

Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Kristina Akheeva,Neha Sharma, Anupam Kher, Johnny Lever, Sucheta Khanna, Sangeeth Sivan among 

other members of the Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 team, were in attendance at the event. 

Apart from them, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla, Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia D'Souza and Kunal Kohli, Rakesh Roshan, Subhash Ghai, Ramesh Sippy, Abbas Mustan among other celebs, also graced the occasion with their presence. While giving a short speech to the audiences, Dharmendra made a shocking revelation!

He said, "I've been wanting to tell the whole world about something that's been within me for years. I've tried to say it in the past, but have not been able to. However, I can't hold it any longer."

He paused for a moment, before declaring, "I feel that I'm the No. 1 dancer in the country!"

He said that his dance will be on show in the Main Taan Aidaan Hi Nachna number fromYamla Pagla Deewana 2, and that audiences can then decide whether he is the best dancer or not!

The unique thing about this particular song is the idea behind it. Speaking about the same, director Sangeeth Sivan reveals, "There are so many people in this country who are not dancers, but they love to dance. They have no rhythm but they just enjoy dancing. Although I consider Bobby Deol as a very good dancer, Sunny Deol and Dharam ji (Dharmendra) are not dancers..dancers! So, this song is a tribute to all those people who don't know how to dance, but still want to dance."  

The number, choreographed by Caesar Gonsalves of Boso-Caesar, has been shot at real locations such as the railway station, cinema hall, on the streets among others.

Composed by Sachin-Gupta and penned by Kumaar, 'Main Taan Aidaan Hi Nachna' features Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Neha Sharma and Kristina Akheeva.

Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 releases on June 7, 2013.
Pics. by : Kabir Ali.