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”.

Great Experience of Master Class at AISFM

  Today, been a great experience for me at AISFM

 

 It’s a very pleasure to see two great people in the film world, Jeffrey Stanzler & Barry Braverman, and location happened to be our AISFM, a perfect set to have a genius master class by this two film chaps.

 


Thanks, AISFM for arranging this Master Class, it’s a high worth exercise experience, discussed some great stuff in the master class. The class move was a stand a lot talk, I say which will help me tomorrow when I shoot a film, their in-depth inputs, and tricks will definitely points in me.

I have packed many things in my bag from this master class, one that mainly discussed stuff SHOOTING a SCENE from point of view of a cinematographer, how it’s very important to have an  idea from cinematographer on shooting a scene, to consider right position of characters in the frame and lighting techniques. Appreciate AISFM for setting a live indigenous set design, OUT-OF-LIVE experience that proves to be International Standards and One of finest best film school in India.

Thursday Early morning show on YouTube of “Les Choristes"
 

A classy film, which bends on high-able background score, and less involve of female characters in the movie, that’s true film to watch for me.

Some fine performance by all the characters, loved it and freshness in the all characters.

Top class performance from the character Mathieu, (still I remember the character name, that’s effect on me, I have seen this movie back down to two days ago, and I still wet the characters of the movie.

 

The movie does not any location, completely runs in board school, and spells on life of wayward children in the boarding school.  Character of Principal, true sense to watch it, a brilliant performance from him, and other performance to be remind is characters of the children’s.

Technically, had top class, and big bow goes to the director Christophe Barratier, who made film look natural and got fine performance from lead roles. Combined on single location, never roomed to the boredom loop, well versed characters and especially the character of Music teacher, where the movie interprets on music choir line, is exploited brilliantly as backdrop of the story and full of great music and fine piece of short-telling.

 

  

Final word, a beautiful movie!