My show reel as Director

 

My short film "NOTICE BOARD" Written & Directed by Raj Ch

 

My work as Assistant Director & Script Writer for a short film "48 Hrs".


 

Assistant for a music video "SUTTUM VIZHI" Tamil song.

Thanks for watching it!

Best Regards

Raj

 

 

The Place Beyond the Pines

 On “THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES”

 

An engaging narrative, repelling story and a master piece from Director Derek Cianfrance.

First it’s Ryan Gosling and then Brad Cooper in the second half who makes unlived with their top notching performance, but it’s Ryan Gosling (was amazing--highlight of the film) who steals show with his less screen time role than Brad plays “Luke Glanton”  the overly and badly tatooed motorcycle stunt rider.  Ryan Gosling's characterization of the low class Luke is heartbreaking and raw. Brilliantly portrayed of these two characters of Ryan & Brad plays a rookie police officer Avery Cross. 

 

The movie “The Place beyond the Pines” set in and around Schenectady, N.Y. runs in three part reveals Father & Son relation, third part takes to a different note place 15 years later, when Luke's son Jason (DeHaan) meets Avery's son (Cohen), and the two partner in teenage misbehaviour. And the sudden focus on the kids was heartbreaking without knowing much about how they became so tender and damaged.

I was moved by the story, and the performances of Ryan Gosling.

 

Final word, “The Place Beyond the Pines” is an enthralling, well designed and acted film.

Review of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is an intense bio-drama

Some lives are made for the big screen. Milkha Singh's certainly is one.

A belligerent film, Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra made an intensifying film after Rang De Basanti, BMB stands as best Bio-drama ever made in Indian cinema.

It’s Farhan Akhtar, who steals whole show with his brave witty performance, was outstanding in each frame. To that adds color Pawan Malhorta & Divya Dutta in their less limited role.     

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is perhaps one such piece of cinematic art that bridges the gap between the sportsman and the various incidents that led Milkha to superstardom. It is an important film, has many reasons to celebrate, one celebration of our forgotten hero “Milkha Singh”.   

 

 

Storytelling was so intellectual; Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s film is a tribute to the legendary sportsman. After having made films like ‘Aks’, ‘Rang De Basanti, ‘Delhi 6’, Mehra succeeds in pulling off BMB; a feat that speaks volumes about his passion for the subject.
The cinematography (Binod Pradhan) is outstanding and Bhaag Milkha Singh heights on striking visual compositions.

The film could have avoided its length, where first half goes pretty slow, draws you from the second half.

I go with 3 out of 5.

   

Review of Special Chabbis

A Sharp & intelligent film by Neeraj Pandey

 

This film going to best of best film in the Bollywood history, Neeraj Pandey who owed us with his debut film A Wednesday, which ported enormous response from critics and boomed the box-office. Tipped as intelligent director in Hindi cinema, returns with same intense and focused, paints his trademark as intelligent director tag in the current Indian Film Industry.

Special 26 a thriller, based out of real incidents happened in 1987, explores a territory of thrilling, with detail whilst keeping the entertainment values on top, maintained look of 1980’s in each and every frame that was brilliant, so rare to find in Bollywood cinema. However, Pandey could have parted the overt center of point on giving his hero a love life (Kajal Aggarwal). These overtly not needed much, if not that case, the film could have counted more on OUT-OF-BOX film.
Anupam Kher was outstanding, and Manoj Bajpayee leaves his intuition style and proves his best at any given role.

“My Rating 4 on scale of 5”

Review of INKAAR

Half-toned, with in number of ideas under their belly!

Two good-looking and smart, ambitious individuals work in an ad agency – Maya (played by Chitrangda Singh), and Rahul (played by Arjun Rampal). An incident takes place. We see two takes on the same story.  Bangs on between harmless flirtations and accuses of sexual harassment.

  

 Once I come out from the movie, I can remember only the ending part, the way it was ended, it’s very rare to see this type of ending in the Bollywood. 

Films remains on half incomplete,with plot happening longest three days in the movie, sinkinering to back-back flashbacks, starts on interesting notes with an outside investigator and social worker Deepa Naval showing up at the agency to conduct a closed-door probe, as Maya drafts a complaint on Rahul varma  for sexual harassment. And on tehnical not Shantnu Moitra’s tunes are hummable but could not hold the audience in the seam of his past exciting compositions.

 

As Inkaar made in backdrop of Advertising Industry, where in number of ideas lie in front of us, in that aspect Inkaar missed its main body, if that had been, it could have end on interesting notes. That shows Mishra’s less of reach on advertising industry, where it tags to brunch of unexciting characters around Maya & Rahul varma.   

I am going with two stars out of five for Mishra’s “Inkaar”.