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Trance (I) (2020)
9/10
Trance is Fantasy drama film which have different and unique style!
4 March 2020
Trance Full Review

Hello friends , today I will review Al Malayalam film ( Trance ) Its philosophical drama and the main Idea is about Religion business,The protagonist here a man who Inspires people in many things He lost his mother who admit suicide and His life is miserable ,While he is doing many kind of jobs so he can take care of his young brother who is not well mentally , he got a big offer when he traveled to Mumbai the job is A Priest! So he influence people and show them that he is a messenger from The messiah Who have Miracles and can cure diseases This is what happen in India and many countries by several Religions So there people who treat like (Donkeys) as it mention in the film And that is the main aim of this movie to show all the real mirror Director Anwar Rasheed done this movie in unique style Different than other cinemas in India It's not typical Masala film or action & comedy flavor which we used to watch . Why this movie is unique & different ? We saw films like PK & OMG in the Bollywood which have same Idea those was done in simplicity way which have more emotions & comedy but in Trance the Director focus on the deepness of the philosophy in people life so he work on different Technique in making this movie by mood of colors , blue to Red & yellow this helps to show verity of places with right Racors he shows beautiful reflections by colored fish and right timing of flashbacks so its mood changer & every scene have its meaning for sure the main idea is about Business of Religion but there is a black comedy & fantasy world in the film in my opinion this should be declared as genius direction in Indian cinema most scenes shot by movement cameras with many extreme long shots and every location have life on the screen because of the beautiful photography Camera angles so much perfect. I said before that the look of this movie is unique because of the color mood And what help it to be more attractive is the powerful background music Which is loud in some places & that the need of situations which we see in the film ,I loved The philosophy of medicines in the movie The main character eating Medication capsule so one of the mafia group It shows the combination between addiction of Religion by ordinary people And the addiction of medicines by people who ruled them After the interval you may feel bored because of some stretched scenes But at the end you will know the reason for that I will not spoil it and you should watch it by yourself . Fahadh Faasil he is one of the most creative actors in India I feel he is gunnies by his choices of films For instance (Super Delux ) the most acclaimed film last year which should be chosen to represent India in the Oscars ,Also there is a movie where he plays a role of thief who steal a Necklace from a women in the bus He eat that Necklace and police waiting him for 3 days to exit that from his stomach! This is one of the different kind of Malayalam Cinema ,Also he done Negative role last year in a film which is about small city That was also one of the best films In Trance you will Have Fhhadh in larger than life role Where you see his most powerful act by his strong dialogues delivery attractive style of talking with different expressions any lover of good cinema should not miss any film of this actor and he should be declared as best actor for Trance or nominated as best actor . as for female lead Nazriya Nazim she came after the interval she is beautiful and have bold character tis film was need actress like here and she done good job ,Gautham Menon , remember this name He have one expression in the movie from the start till the end And he must be like that as the character need Even someone hit him or when he do any kind of movement He should have that strong and confident look So watch this film for him also ,Subin Shahir as TV anchor , has his moments His character need to be more underrated and covered Watch him in the most beautiful scene the TV Talk with Fhahadh Subin have charisma in his smile and I believe he done good roles in many films before ,Vinayakan who appears at last quarter of the filmHave less dialogues but his expression was so good by his eyes. Trance is Fantasy drama film which have different and unique style of mood Also it has many messages you will discover it by every time you watching it ! And maybe day after day you this film stuck in your mind ! So watch this movie with full of attention And believe me you will see good cinema in India after watching it !You should support those kind of films which can prove to the world that Not only Korean or Iranian cinema is perfect films for the festival There is also Indian cinema can be part of that which is from south India ! For those who didn't watch it , I hope after this review they go to the nearest cinema Don't miss Trance ! Undoubtedly I will give it 4.5 out of 5 Thank you will meet you in another Reviews Hamad Saif Al Reyami @hamadreyami
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6/10
Saif Ali Khan Refresh
14 February 2020
⭐⭐⭐ Big refresh from #SaifAliKhan, most hard situation story handled easily, it will win your heart before your mind !
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Malang (2020)
7/10
Kunal Khemeu eat the half Cake!
14 February 2020
When I saw the trailer of Malang My expectations was between 40 & 50 % on the benefit of the film but after the interval the movie gearing up fastly and changed my mood positively! the movie will make you love it at the end I hope it's not a remake of Korean film! Kunal Khemeu eat the big cake! to know more watch my full Review! My YouTube channel Hamad Al Reyami ⭐⭐⭐🌟
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Love Aaj Kal (2020)
1/10
Imtiaz Ali get well soon!
14 February 2020
Sadly this movie would be registered as a worst history in Imtiaz Ali career ! why that ? you will meet Ranbir Kapoor & Saif Ali Khan in face of Kartik Aaryan! I don't think that anyone can love Imtiaz Ali work in Tamasha , Rockstar & Love aaj Kal 1st than me!Very bad film!unfortunately I booked for it online, otherwise I would Tear off the Ticket now! ⭐🌟
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Joker (I) (2019)
10/10
Don't know what stopped me to Review the Joker ?
23 October 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Joker Review i

Hamad Saif Al Reyami

Still after 3rd time watching Joker I do not know what stopped me from reviewing this Film? I will try my best to Review it! Although There are many Reviews and videos published for Joker but what I will say it will not be a spoiler .

The story from the Joker perspective: My name is Arthur, someone who is undesirable in this society. Even my lean body doesn't attract anyone! My mother is a sick person and I take care of her and she is the only person who I admire in my life. I enjoy watching (Murray ) program on television, which adds to me some kind of tenderness which is lost in my life . A new life starts for me and I get to know my feelings clearly and what I need gradually forming. The rest of the events I will not tell you here and it is better to identify it by watching the film, and Hamad Saif Al Reyami will complete to explain my and everyone performance who worked in making my character. Since the Joker film has become an important phenomenon in the world of cinema and entered the atmosphere of the Oscars there are so many opinions and gossips has been talked about the film, so let me first to talk about the negativities of this movie, yes there are many negativities from point of some called critics!

Some said that Joker glorifying crimes and born more criminals in the so city. My answer is simply: Did (Godfather) which is considered one of the most beautiful works in cinema, trained criminals on how to shoot the gun and kill people by cold mind? what about (Robert de Niro) character in (Taxi Driver) who have obsession with anti-society, where he became a criminal of nothing, did this character contributed to deployment a large number of terrorists, and this is also one of the glorified films in the cinema ?! Therefore, the subject has nothing to do with artistic criticism. The conflict came from critics who may be professional in expressing their views on the political or economic issues of society. Some of them can conduct workshops and seminars on family relations. They didn't criticized Joker artistically! so this topic finished , some general public and viewers, who didn't like Joker were in small numbers and this is their right, but if we get to know each other closely, we will find most of them fans of (speed) or (super heroes) movies, I belive they were shocked by the Joker who is radically different from all the characters which been played in the series of ( Batman) and some of them come to the cinema hall just enjoy eating popcorn with a loud sound from their mouth , so how they can follow the film carefully! here I will start my critical review this movie. What did Todd Philps done to make this film so special? There are several important points exploited by Todd Philps the director of Joker which made me lay and magnetization my mind for two hours! Todd used many technical skills I will mention some of them by my point of view : The colors of the curtain in (Murry) show is similar to joker colors. A number of scenes, which contribute to the publication of special pictures and posters of the film in an elegant and mixed. Every scene in the film looks like a picture from beautiful photograph album because the angles of the (Lawrence Cher), let us me capture now some scenes from the Joker you will find that you got an album from a professional photographs why those scenes looks so beautiful ? it is because of the colors and lighting and deliberate choices of places which fit to come out beautiful, such as graffiti or dyed characters in the window of the bus and make the streets wet and choose places that would copied in our mind like stairs and the metro stations, also he chose winter time for filming this movie to show all characters in thick clothes with multiple colors which match with the Joker mask.

Moreover, most scenes were filmed at night to add the atmosphere of the film Grief and melancholy

. Technical things can be handled easier than before and this may be a small percentage to make this film attractive, which was written by Todd and (Scott Silver) since 2017, joke character is completely different from previous films of ( Batman), so that is the challenge In writing the this kind of character

In order to prove this thing, the writers of the film have drawn characters and scenes in depth as I mentioned about visuals work ,here you will see new things in the character of the Joker like his laughing styles . anger lough, laugh sarcastically at society , a laugh of pain and sorrow, and of course laugh just for laughing. Each of his lough has different tone and a different of sound and there is a sad smile full of grief that we didn't feel in previous Joker characters. The character of the Joker was painted on paper as Lean body to show a special aesthetic across the screen and this makes viewers involuntarily motivated enthusiastically to encourage this Joker, especially when he has the feeling of freedom from restrictions. A special dance scene was added to the Joker, which is also a deliberate addition to explain his psychological state. Blending psychological things in the film such as laughter when joker is in tension this thing never been written before in any film! Mostly those kind of situation used to show criminals in this kind of laugh scenes just to show the fierce character! but here you are very sympathetic to the Joker and laughing because of mental illness, this The behavior made me to study this character, through which you can deduce many things from human behaviors, whether positive or negative and here I find negativity more which is often the dominant and this contributed a lot in the sympathy with the character we see across the screen.

To support Joker story writers imagine this character in the beginning of the 80s were in which the revolution was fabricated in New York and of course in the film was based on the fictional city ( Gotham ) known in the Batman series ,some real events used here, Such as a commercial featuring Clint Eastwood in his age of 40s, as well as the title of a movie outside a cinema theater called (Zorro, The Gay Blade ) Which was released in 1981. Soundtrack and music has been very appropriate in this film, when we talk about music and songs in Hollywood we recall romantic films like the legendary film (Titanic) with the famous song of (Celine Dion) or the music of the most famous gangsters film in the history (The Godfather) which carried special music It stays as an echo in our ear And whenever you hear it anywhere, the godfather returns in your imagination

So this dark film( Joker ) carried songs and music from Hildur Guðnadóttir

, all songs are accurate and was great choices in which made perfectly for the situation like the song (It's Life) comes in a scene that represents the life of Joker who made a decision for himself. In my opinion, the bath dance music will be remain as one of the best art in the Hollywood music because of the aesthetics of the scene which beautifully directed by balanced dance, this was one of the important scene in the film and of course the instrument which is used for this tune was effective its called (Haldorophone) Hildor coordinated her melody and experience for years until she made this to the joker.

The cast may have been less importance because of the the Joker character, but every character in the film present something important, Robert De Niro, who plays a comic television presenter which character remind us of the comic artist in the early 1980s (Robert Babkin). The fact that we did not get used to watching him in these roles, but from the 1st scene of him he enters with a musical welcoming which made me feel that he entered the mode of this character watch him in the climax scene with joker where he deliver great impact! Zizi Betz in the role of Sophie and her analogy with the formation of the fingers of her hands as a gun which is similar to the (taxi driver) character has a special role in the film, Francis Conroy as Arthur's mother does not have many dialogues but her impact is important in the conduct of the Joker life, Brett Cullen plays the role of Thomas Wayne Candidate for Gotham City is an important role in the formation of the Joker character.Joaquin Phoenix, will be known as Joker by many people even for who do not go to the cinema , he Calculates and estimates his role which was written on the paper, the control on his face, especially when he smile and laugh, and the style and the tone of his dialogue delivery is completely different from his previous films, I became watching him in two parts in the film, but you can recognize him by sound of laughing, His lean body is perfectly consistent with the character whether in the movement of walking or jogging as well as his face properly formed at the height of his cheeks up after the smile feel it is a perfect image of the character of the Joker which gives you the impression that no other actor can be suit to this role, honestly Joaquin made this role Immortalizing in the memory of Hollywood Although it is early to say that, but what Joaquin done is not seen for several years from any actors ! it will be so difficult for anyone to bag the best actor award this year from Joaquin ,will they need a miracle indeed for that! Director Todd Philps has succeeded in giving us important lessons of feeling different cinema experience , the Paranormal world of DC comics has adapted the dramatic and human art very well , the question is whether DC will be continue to work on this ideas for other characters or it is just in case for the Joker? The movie may be two hours long, but you will live with it for a long time. For those who refused Joker, They have to watch it again so that they will not lose the chance to savor this film which difficult to have in our time! 5 stars out of 5
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Baazaar (2018)
6/10
Good Idea ..some bad mixture!
30 October 2018
Bazaar have good plot which is little bit similar to Hollywood wall street films but the MIXING and jumping Bollywood masala like songs ( very bad songs ) and Dilouges war made it in many ways horrible, Saif Ali Khan did justice by his act as well for Rohan Mehra but he should work in his expressions ! One time watch

3 out of 5 Hamad Saif Al Reyami
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Andhadhun (2018)
10/10
was stuck in my mind for one week @
22 October 2018
By / Hamad Saif Al Reyami @hamadreyami Film Critic & director

When Radhaika goes to visit her blind lover in his house with non-makeup, will you expect this scene from another Hindi film was it Radhaika or another Actress ? This is what I call the signature of Shri Ram Raghvan "

A week ago, director Vishal Bhardwaj inspired from a short story "Do Bahni" and made his long feature "Patakha" now the same Shri Ram Raghavan is inspired by the short French film about blind pianist "The Piano Tuner"

The idea, story, events and scenes is very difficult to told even indirectly I do not to exceed the virginity of this work, you must see it by yourself.

As for the official trailer you know some of the main characters , the blind piano player Ayushmann khurrana and the mysterious lady which played by Tabu and the girl friend of blind man played by Radhika Abte.

I am sure that the director Shri Ram when he was watching the French film delighted and promised himself to make out somthing different and new offcurse by his way, there is a scene in the French film which is very similar to the scene of the Andhadhun, which gives me great tension , I was telling myself that I will watch now a copy of the French movie but when that scene ends the Raghvan action starts with crazy and interesting storytelling in

The first part will take your all attention so my advice to you do not go to watch the movie unless you have not finished all your conversations and messages in your mobile!

The scenario painted by Mr. Raghan it is above the imagination of any intelligent or even ingenious audiences In short, you will be on a date with a great cinema There is a wonderful mix between the subconscious mind and the perfect heart of the cinema art

The first part was written successfully, but the second part was covered with some frills, because of the reverberations I felt that in front of the seat Mr. Raghvan was sitting in the cinema and saw my face and he quickly changed and clear all misunderstanding and return back my attention

The genre of this film is thrille black comedy, there are those who would like comedy and maybe can not be satisfied because of thier relaied on old school comedy ! perhaps some would say that director did not succeed to make me more excited ! Simply this kind of films depends on a single thread from start to finish and anything embedded in between will kills the main mood of it ,so it's better what was on the screen which not destroy the movie symphony woven which grown in my mind from the opening scene

Most of scenes written cleverly every scene i is so special that I've titled them ! For example, the scene of Ayushman playing piano at the house of Tabu (of course the scene is available in the trailer and this is not spolling )

This scene itself is a short film full of the desire of any viewer loves the cinema, and many others scenes with full of surprises (Raghvan will Iarit you lend me your brain just for one week)!

The soundtrack is USP of Andhadhun is , how much I adore Piano, especially if the pieces come into contact with every scene of the film.

Amit trivedi Rafter & Grish Nakod

The camera work is convenient with the film MR K.u.mohanan do not need Lots of effort.

Tabu said in her interview that she did not learn acting, I will say thank you that you did not practice acting otherwise where I can get new words to admiration you ! Spontaneous performance , you will not know what this character wants and when she will surprised you, Tabu gave the character "Simi" whicu written on the paper , life in front of the screen.

Ayushmann khurrana by his role gave me a reason to be more interested for his upcoming films , he is the blind Akash piano player, was really looks piano player as well as real blind man This is his most powerfull performance in his career.

Radhika Apti presence is important even if the role is almost short and she has become a required artist to perform in any artistic film.

There are other intersting roles such as Zakir Hussain who beautifully appearance and with him there is a lady who is lottie paper seller add more flavour to the black comedy

not forget the actor of the 70s, Anil Dahwan, brother of director David Dahawan and the uncle of the film star Varun Dahawan who worked with Raghavan in Badalabur I was intrigued by the role of Anil maybe happend because of Varun , but Raghavan does not play randomly the role was suitable to Anil as for his real condition .

Director Shri Ram Raghavan I was very pleased to receive your film "Andha Dhun" which means "blind melody" not as I read it wrong in the past! I have the honor to be one of those who saw your work in this life so do not be late for your new project I am waiting for you in the future

Go and watch the film in the cinema , close your eyes and ears form anyone who wants to spoil the story

I want to give it yesterday 3.5 out of 5 but after waking up this morning the film was stuck in my mind which forced me to give it

4.5 out of 5
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Shaukeen (1982)
10/10
Shukeen best comedy drama ever in Indian cinema!
7 October 2018
It's rare to have great comedy in Indian film industry with interesting plot and intilegant actors like Ashok Kumar , Utpal Dutt & A.K Hinkle One of my all time favourite comedy drama You will lough by your heart

Hamad Saif Al Reyami Film Critic & Director
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