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Stree (2018)
A very funny and important film
Stree above all is a brilliance of writing. Writers Raj Nidhimoru and Krishna DK the right notes and have made a spooky yet charming and hilarious film about a spirit named stree who abducts men, but only after taking there consent. The film works on three levels one being a a nice horror film, second being a genuine comedy with clever lines, and the third and the most important being a satire on the conditions of women in India. We have seen the satire films not working previously like 'Bangistan' but stree doesn't hit a false note. The actors are all at the top of their game. Pankaj tripathi, Aparshakti khurrana, Abhishek Bannerjee all are perfect for their parts; Sharaddha kapoor is perfect as this mysterious woman whom Vicky's friend consider to be the 'Chudail', and everyone know the Rajkumar Rao can do wrong ever; I MEAN JUST GIVE HIM ALL THE AWARDS.
Sanju (2018)
Ranbir Kapoor's Sanju is no less than Daniel Day-Lewis's Linoln
Making a biopic on a person who is still alive and still very much relevant is merely an impossible job, but Rajkumar Hirani does it with perfection. Sanju the biopic of Sanjay Dutt is one hell of a movie. Not only does it deal with the drug and the jail phase of Sanjay Dutt's life but also make it a human story. You might wonder how can one person have lead so many different lives in one lifetime.
Ranbir Kapoor dives deep into the character of Dutt. The eerie similarity between him and Dutt might confuse you for a few minutes. But essentially Sanju is a father-son relationship story and a friendship story. Although we do get a glimpse of Dutt's love life with Ruby played by Sonam Kapoor and Dia Mirza who plays his wife Manyata Dutt.
Vicky Kaushal, Paresh Rawal and Manisha Koirala are great in their respective roles.
In the end Sanju might as feel feel as a film that portrays him as the one who is wronged so many times in his life. But i think I might as well be knight-picking here as 'Sanju' is one hell of a film.
Uma (2018)
Srijit Mukherji doens't fail to impress this time
Srijit Mukjerji the mind behind the brilliant films like 'Chotushkone' ( a gripping thriller) or 'Hemlock Society' ( a dark comedy ) seemed to have lost his mojo for the last few films. Ventures like 'Nirbak' ' Bugum Jaan' and more recently 'Yeti Obhijaan' were very disappointing indeed. But this time he has managed to deliver a yet delightful film about how far a father can go to make her dying daughter's last wish to come true. It's refreshing to watch Jishu Sengupta on screen, he seems to have evolved a lot as an actor in the past few years. Even though the film is full of legendary actors like Anjan Dutta it is actually Sara Sengupta essaying the title role of Uma who steals the show. Anyone who is from Kolkata and has witnessed Durja puja here will know what an impossible job it is to create a 'fake durga puja' in kolkata. But that's fine as Srijit never lets us ask a lot of question about the possibility of this happening. Though the film is genuinely a very good film, the colfilcts at times feel a little repetitive and a few characters are outlandishly too bad and cruel, and one particular sudden change of heart is a little unconvincing. But one cannot disagree that Srijit Mukherji is back in form and boy what a nice film he has made.
Race 3 (2018)
A few random twists, cars flying can't make a good film.
I've been a fan of popcorn entertainment films. No one can deny that even Salman Khan shines when he works with a capable director Remo D'souza is definitely not one of those directors. Salman Khan described the film as and action film with a little 'Hum Aapke Hain Kaun' even if the film was something like that it would have been far more entertaining. All the other characters are one note except Anil Kapoor who seems to enjoy killing people on screen and having a gala time. As it turns out the most meme worthy moment of the film is not Daisy Shah going " Our business is our business none of your business" it's actually Saqib Saleem adding 'bro' at the end of every sentence. Being one of the young adults out there let me say it for the record that WE DON'T TALK LIKE THAT. The problem with Race 3 is that you cannot make a film just to show case the super-stardom of your lead actor I thought that we had stopped making such films.
Lust Stories (2018)
A breath of fresh air
Lust Stories is a combination of the vision of the four brilliant film makers we have in India right now. It's not a flawless film, just like we humans are not flawless. My personal favourite among the four films was the one made by Zoya Akhtar, a beautiful coming of age story which shows the prevalent class discrimination in our society. When a maid shows Bhumi Pednekar's Character (also a maid) a Salwar which was given to her as a gift by her employer only to find that it has a hole in it. The maid still refers to it as 'perfect' and proposes to wear it at her sister's wedding. The film by Anurag Kashyap seems to be a little bit too long though the character Kalindi played beautifully by Radhika Apte is one of the most complex women we might have ever seen in Hindi Cinema. The film by Dibakar Bannerjee featuring Manisha Koirala in the lead shows the story of a night and how three people realises life has more meaning to it. Finally the surprise was the film by Karan Johar's film on how a woman has to seek pleasure in a marriage when her husband thinks him having a good time is equivalent to her having a good time as well. This film features a particularly very hilarious scene which will make it difficult for you to watch K3G with your family ever again. All in all it's refreshing to see that all the 4 films are told from a woman's perspective, about time right ?