Friday 1 February 2013

Rahul Gandhi or Narendra Modi?

Rahul Gandhi is obvious leader of the congress party and this fact has been known since years but now the party has taken one step forward projecting him the unanimous choice for the Prime Ministerial candidate by making him Vice President of the organisation. Till now he was mobilizing the youth of the country and establishing the direct rapport with the remotest people through his visits. Meanwhile he did fail many times to prove himself as a clean finisher during the elections.For example Uttar Pradesh from where largest number of MPs and MLAs compare to other states. Inspite of putting in every possible effort Congress lost to Akhilesh Yadav led SP. Where words of Rahul Gandhi proved as exaggeration and nothing Akhilesh did the work on ground level and picked the right issues. This is enough to make of that words will not do for the common man. Words cannot feed them, it cannot provide them shelter, cannot assure them for their children's education. The difference between BJP and Congress from the 2014 general election point of view is that congress will project the leader who will come up with consensus among the alliance and internally in the party too. But in case of BJP no single leader is seem to be getting the privilege of getting elected unanimously. Although with few opposition coming from the party members Narendra Modi is being projected as the strong candidate for upcoming election. whereas outside BJP he doesn't hold much ground because Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who is known as his staunch opponent has publicly made statements on Modi that if BJP would project him as candidate then in that case JD(U) will have no option but back out. Other regional party and long time member of NDA, BJD's Navin Patnayak too doesn't have much to offer Modi. After the exit of Nitin Gadkari the way has become a bit easier for Modi because now he has got a helping hand in Rajnath Singh. So if he has to be in the forefront in the race of prime ministerial candidate then he will have to talk more to his opponents than to friends.    

Wednesday 30 January 2013

Review Of "Table No. 21"

Table No. 21 manly inspired by the television reality show Sach Ka Samna hosted by the lead actor of the movie Rajeev Khandelwal. Here Paresh Rawal once again emerges as a genius actor. The shift from the comic role of OMG to the cruel and mean host of the show in this movie is laudable. This movie is testimony of his brilliance in acting. Basically this movie presents a game show which has tricky questions and the players Rajeev and Tena who are couple on vacation have to answer it right. If they lie with the help of lie detector they will be caught. And the amount which is at stake is 21 crore. They get allured by the prize money.  Initially everything goes well but as the personal question from past comes up and they have no option but to speak truth otherwise will lose 21 crore here movie picks momentum. The interesting question and equally interesting answers will keep you engaged. For sure it will not give you enough time to think of popcorn or sort of stuff you might be holding on hand. Very important thing songs have not been crammed in the movie which has helped it to maintain its pace. Rajeev Khandelwal since Amir has been tremendous performer, he instills life in intense scene sequences. Tena Desai has done complete justice to her role. She has made her mark with acting and looked gorgeous too in bikini. No character in the movie will be seen doing overacting that's the beauty of it. In the end movie comes up with the lesson which makes great sense. The star director of the bollywood must be envious of the movie which has fared so well with little budget. Hence a good script will always be soul of any movie and good performance of the characters instills life in it.
For those who believe in script and performances its a treat catch it soon.

****/5

Friday 25 January 2013

Review Of "Race 2"

As usual one more thriller from the stable of director brother Abbas-Mustan. This time too they have managed to keep pace in the Race. The USP of the movie is its unpredictability. Every scene carries with it sense of something unusual is going to happen and that is the trademark of the directors which they have maintained since Baazigar and Khiladi. The flashy vehicles, exotic location, stylish dressings all tell you that a good deal of budget has been injected in the movie. Basically this is a revenge story. Ranbir (Sif Ali Khan) has to settle past scores with Rehman Malik (John Abraham) and the whole story revolve around this two characters trying to outsmart each other. Let's start with the lead actor of the movie Sai Ali Khan, he has done justice to his role like earlier but in Race 2 we see Ranbir with a change of personality. In R1 we had seen him as intense elder brother with serious dialogues whereas here we find him a little more casual who sometimes tries to do comedy.Chase scene of him is one of the attraction point of the movie. In terms of looks he again emerges as a killer like the earlier one. John too has not disappointed with his performance.For the lover of hulk John a cage fight scene can be a eye candy. Anil Kapoor has been able to make the audience laugh through his witty sentences. He never looks like 50+ man behind the french beard. All the three ladies of the movie seem more like showpiece. Depeeka Padukon who looks hot throughput the movie but in the acting front there is nothing to watch put from all 3 of them. Especialy Amisha Patel is disaster in every scene.Unwanted and unnecessary song make the thing worst for the audience. There is not a single number which you can hum for longer time.At the end story is left open for the next sequal and hope Abbas-Mustan will get us a competitive RACE that time. If we compare Race 2 from the earlier version it lags way behind in the race. Overall a good entertaining and popcorn movie. If you like stylish movie and don't care much about the script you can spare your 2 hours and 26 minutes.

* * * / 5