Bachna Ae Haseeno: Movie Review

The Good:

• The story. It is sensible although predictable. Right when you start to think that this would be a love triangle or quadrilateral when it turns out to be completely different. I do not know if the story is inspired from some other flick (foreign or domestic) but kudos to the writers
• Screenplay. Indeed one of the few movies which do not loose their bearing although the pace may vary over the course. The screenplay is good and keeps you interested.
• Ranbir Kapoor. Well he definitely looks good and there are no two ways of saying that. He does not overdo his stuff which is good. He might do well in future too.
• Bipasha Basu. For once I appreciated her act, really, she has outdone the others in the movie.
• The characters are developed well and are consistent over the course of the movie.
• Music is catchy with most of the tunes hummable and the title track is of course a golden oldy although remixed. Vishal Shekhar redeem some browny points.
• Locations. Well this has been the mainstay of YRF where foreign locales are used generously. This is no exception.
  

The Bad:

• I would have to say Deepika Padukone. She tries but comes out as a stiff act. She needs to loosen up a little. Whenever she comes on-screen it looks as if she running through her lines rather than acting through.
• The second half slips in the entertainment quotient.

The Ugly:

• None.
  

Endnote
Watchable affair with popcorn by your side to keep you busy in the second half.

Singh is Kinng: Movie Review

The Good:

• Hmmm... Let me think. Comedy was OK. Music was just about OK. Akshay Kumar was OK. Katrina looked good, again. The movie is well... below OK.
  
• There are a bunch of laughs sprinkled here and there. Akshay Kumar does his best with his brash sense of comedy as the punjabi jat (yet again..). For the most part the characters at least try hard to make the audience laugh.
• With rampant publicity across the world the business minds behind the movie did well to make up the cost of the movie and also rake in some profits.
• The title song is catchy with our desi female rapper Hard Kaur doing the jigs as well as vocals.

The Bad:

• Well apart from the title song, none of the songs pack a punch although the mould is punjabi bhangra which is fast catching up in bollywood movies. The music is a let down.
• Akshay Kumar is getting into this mould of a brash jat who has a knack of uttering sniggering punchlines. Well nothing wrong with that but I sincerely hope Akshay does not get stuck in this mould. He is a good actor and one of my favorites. The repetitive style is killing the jokes and the true fan following. Akshay sir, kuch action wagerah bhi ho jaaye.
• Screenplay. Well it moves like a old station wagon who has run out of steam. It jerks and burps and never settles on a thread long enough to hold your interest. In a race of who blinks first, between the audience or this screenplay, this screenplay looses.
• Too many side characters. It becomes difficult if you have to provide for everybody. Javed Jaffery comes and goes, Om puri is reduced to nothing in the second half and Sonu Sood had nothing much to do either. None of the supporing cast helps the cause.
• I went with high hopes and came back big headache. Some might argue that you should leave your brains home before watching such fare. I think the film posters should advertise this fact that "Brains not allowed".
  

The Ugly:

• Akshay Kumar everywhere in the frame, yet not being able to salvage the fare. He is practically in every frame of the movie.
• Om Puri's character elicited some laughs and promised more but unfortunately he was omitted out.
  

Endnote
Avoidable with a sigh for it could have been better.