Saw 2
After a crazy halloween weekend in Austin, we reached Arlington by 8pm and headed straight to AMC to watch this movie. It was a lot like the first part - lots of gore, blood and death.
The movie starts with jigsaw trapping his victims in a house where they are breathing some letal gas. The
game begins with eight strangers connected by some factor which they need to figure out in order to escape. The detectives from part 1 are involved in this case again. The detectives figure out where Jigsaw is hiding and find him on a wheel chair. Detective Mason's son is one of the victims kidnapped by Jigsaw. So emotions run high.
Jigsaw tells Mason that his son is a place that is safe and secure and all the detective has to do to get him back is listen to him while he talks. He also tells him that they have 2 hours to figure out the location of the place where the victims are being held.
The victims are looking for a way to escape in the meantime. Most of them have gruesome deaths. The victim who escaped in part 1 of saw is again trapped this time. The scene where she is thrown into a pit of needles really freaked me out. Anyway only two remain alive towards the end. Do they survive ? What happens to Jigsaw ? What about Detective Mason ? I don't want to spoil the suspense by giving the answers. Watch it.
My verdict is that I liked the movie. It did have a twist in the end like the first part. Unlike sequels which fall flat, this is a pretty good job. So, if you liked the first part, you would like this too.
Barsaat
This movie was released sometime in Aug this year and I had heard quite a bit about it because of the star
attraction - Bips and Priyanka. If you want to read a review about the complete story, read it in rediff. My review is mostly about the logic or the lack of it in this movie.
I did not have high expectations about the movie as I had been forewarned. The movie begins with Arav (Bobby Deol) working
off-campus (in a mechanic shop owned by a desi) in America ofcourse. They never mention which city; some shots seem very European. Anyway, Arav is a Genius is fixing cars ( I should ask him to check mine). He is advised to go and pray in a Gypsy temple ( huh ? ) and it looks more like a tribal hut where people seem possessed (hahahah). There is a big jar(like a halloween candy jar) filled with rolled parchments. He is just about to pick one when Anna (Bips) also pulls out the same fortune roll !! Duh! How did that happen ? The jar seemed small for two !! And looks she did not have the basic courtesy to wait for her turn. Anyway, their joint fortune is " today you will meet your destiny (
in bed heheheh) ". Because her IQ is really low, Anna comes to the conclusion that Arav is her destiny. They have many chance encounters after that to justify her conclusion.
In his spare time , Arav likes to jog (looks more like jumping) and test-drive cars ( don't we all). So he goes to the Ferrari show room to test drive a car.( Now why din't I think of that ?) Anyway, they refuse and he is left to just see the interiors when he bumps into Anna again. She then offers to drop him ( fyi she is test-driving the Red Ferrari convertible cos she has
contacts). So Arav the Genius, evaluates the
aerodynamics ( he actually uses that word) of the car by sitting in the passenger seat. He forgets his laptop in the car.
When he gets to his work place (the garage), his boss tells him that he has an interview with BMW the next day. Huh ? Arav is perplexed as his
designs are in his laptop and he has no way of contacting Anna. When he goes for the interview, the panel tells him that they already saw his designs and are very impressed. So, within 2 minutes he gets a job in BMW !! LOL ! Bips turns out to be his love-struck assistant (who had recommended him for the job). They fall in love (yawn). There are some boring songs. Did the reviews say Bips looks hot ? She looked weird and I think she has to do something about her squint.
So, the story drags on. Arav manages to impress the Chairman of
BMW ( Shakti kapoor...). Can they actually make such claims ? Then comes the big day, Arav's design is launched ! Shakti kapoor's voice booms ' Ladies and Gentlemen; I present to you the designer of zed 4 ( what the hell ?) - Arav' . ROFL. He actually said Zed 4 ( and not zee 4). ROFL. He then starts talking in Hindi (no translaters seen). Then announces the engagement of his grand-daughter Anna (surprise) with Arav !! All this at a BMW car launch ! Hahaha...What imagination !!
Everything looks rosy; they sing and dance. Then, one day Arav gets a call from India and he has to leave immediately. Flash back : Some village and 2 kids eating mangoes ( how cute). Ofcourse one is Arav and the girl is Kajal (Priyanka Chopra). So, they are childhood buddies. Kajal's grandma is not well and so Arav's parents promise her that Kajal would be married to Arav. All this is when they are kids ( thats almost child-marriage, isn't it ? ).
So here comes amazing logic; Arav goes to a boarding school (after the promise)for 10 years and he never comes home in that time (wat ?). He finishes what we assume to be 12th std. Then he tells his friends that he has got his admission in US for M.tech (
and not MS). He has his visa ready and tickets for a flight in 48 hours! Wait a minute, how did he get admission for M.tech after finishing 12th std ? Who was sponsering him? His father does not even know about the plans; so who paid for everything ? I guess he is Genius and must have found a way.
(Lesser mortals like us had to do B.E, write GRE and then do MS. But here is another way for future aspiring students. We should ask the director about the method. I can open a
consultancy in India for higher studies based on this method and get rich hehehehe. )
Anyway, Arav's parents force him to marry Kajal in those 48 hrs and he leaves on the night of the wedding. This was three years ago and he has never come to India till now. End of flashback. He meets his wife and asks her for a divorce on grounds that he does not love her. We are tortured with a lot of melodrama. Priyanka looks weird too. I wonder if the tape we saw had some inherent distortions. So finally Kajal signs the divorce papers; she moves out at once while the family members cry. She moves out by putting 4 clothes from a hanger into a suitcase ! Duh...! I need more things to even visit a friend in the same city for more than a day !!!
Arav decides to stay till Diwali; in the meantime he realises how good Kajal is. She has a cottage industry in her grandma's house which has a big turnover; so big that she wants a bank loan of 25 Million because she got a contract from someone in Europe (maybe Gucci heheh). She calls her business as ' A&K ' Industries. She tells Arav that A is a sleeping partner with whom she has never slept. ??? No prizes for guessing who 'A' is. Now Arav has a change of heart ( I think he was evaluating between owning a industry and a job in BMW). He and Kajal have a lot of steamy scenes in the rain when suddenly his cell phone rings ( I think it was a special water proof cell phone model). Its none other than Anna who tells him she was coming to India to get married to him.
To make a long story short, Anna comes to India and learns about Arav's first marriage; meets the understanding Kajal; they become friends (really?); songs; wedding; climax; more rain; then Arav realises who his love is; Anna realises the true words of the fortune from the Gypsy temple - don't ask me wat it was, by now I had slept. End of story.
Moral of the story : Its good to know the BMW chairman's grand daughter esp if they are stupid and gullible.
Where do you find such understanding women ? What did they see in a loser like Bobby Deol ? He looks so sad and bored throughout ! And wats the deal with rains ! Its always raining in the movie !! Maybe it was shot in Cheerapunji :-)
Should you watch the movie ?
Well...maybe only in FF mode..I would specially recommend the scene where " BMW Zed 4" is launched. ROFL !
"Barsaat.....a sublime love story "Cast: Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu
Director: Suneel Darshan
Music Director : Nadeen-Shravan
Editor : Sanjay Sankla
Producer : Suneel Darshan
Sanam Hum Aapke Hain
Going by the long title, its easy to guess that this post is a review of a Bollywood movie released sometime this year. I had never heard about it and did not remember reading a review of Rediff either.
It was another boring day in Arlington and Karuna and I decided to pick up a movie from the desi store. Maitri mart had no new movies as usual and I picked a few movies at random. The guy at the check out counter had no clue about the movies either but he recommended this movie. So we trusted his judgement. We had no expectations from it ofcourse. Yet, it turned out to be quite entertaining !
If you are wondering who has acted in it, I have no clue. I have never seen any of them before and hope that I wont have to look at any of them in future ! I think all the actors paid the director to act in his movie. I think this movie was made on a "lower-than-low" budget. I would be surprised if the producer had to shell out more than $200 in making this movie. After all, I am sure the actors paid him to act in the movie, the clothes are really awful; maybe the actors brought their own clothes. Or maybe they got it for free. The songs are not worth watching even in fast-forward mode. What about locations ? Well, the whole movie was shot in some village in India. But the director is very creative and resourceful; the script requires scenes to be shot in London and South Africa; yet he uses the same village to portray these places !!
LOL ! More about it in the story.
Believe it or not, there is a story; about three friends. I don't remember any of the names so I will just use alphabets. The hero of the movie, A, supposed to be very handsome (hahaha), studies in some city, is an orphan, is looked after by an uncle who is a boatsman. A has a younger sister and a very annoying granny. Throughout the movie, her nasal " aa beta aa" can be heard and had us all in splits ! The heroine, B, is the daughter of the village head. A and B are in love and they get married in a temple (yawn). Here is the crux of the movie, there is no witness to the wedding. Then, a tiger roars somewhere and the newly-weds get busy.
In the meantime, we are shown London ( yeah, right), a haughty mom, patriotic dad and a dutiful daughter (ugly and fat), lets call her C. The daughter decides to go to " Hindustan" to get married. I will spare you the tortorous cliched script. So, the whole family lands in India and are in the look out for a prospective groom. Ofcourse, the groom they select is none other than the handsome A (hahaha). And because they are very rich, they offer A a job in their company. The girl C is his boss and they work " closely".
By now, it is obvious that the A-B marriage is a secret. The nasal granny does go with a proposal to B's dad, but he turns her away because A has no job. So, now you know why A takes up the job with C. Anyway, A leaves the village and goes somewhere. Because the director keeps showing the same village for any place, we kinda lost track of what it was supposed to be. Now A and C are sent to South Africa with regard to work. A ofcourse does not inform anyone and just disappears ( I think its easy to get visas to S.Africa). So do they show S.Africa ? Hahaha, yes they do, it is the same village with some huts in the background. We expected some tribal people to jump out and start dancing; but I guess that was beyond the budget.
Story shifts to the village now and as any of us would have guessed, B is pregnant. The village doctor is indeed gifted because he can judge any ailments by just checking the pulse. So, he tells B's dad about her condition. Ofcourse, we are again tortured with filmi dialogues. Then B decides to commit suicide. And lo, she is saved by D. Whos D ? D is yet another handsome guy (hahhaha) who is in love with B. He is the son of the richest lady in the village. So, to save her
izzat (yawn), D marries B (how noble ! ).
In the meantime, C's dad has arranged for his daugher's engagement party without even asking the guy (duh). Ofcourse, A reveals that he is already married and suddenly remembers his family and
wife. He returns to see that his friend,D, has married his wife and they have a child too ! He confronts them. Oh yeah in between, D goes to meet A and sees him having fun with C and mistakes the situation. He is so traumatised (so were we), that he has an accident and is crippled (how creative). So, when A hams his dialogues, B realises that she is D's wife because...and this is the essense of the movie...the marriage with D took place in public (in comparision with the secret marriage with A) ! The logic just blew us away ! Then, comes the climax. D eats sleeping pills so that A and B can be to-gether again. So, when B comes dressed as a bride (so that she can have a fresh start with D), she sees him choking. What would a normal person do in this situation ? Call a doctor ofcourse ! But because B is more intelligent than others, she runs to the temple and starts hamming !
Mere pati ko bachao ! Woman, which pati are you talking about ? Even we were confused. Anway, A brings the village doctor , who ofcourse checks D's pulse to guess that he took sleeping pills; saves him. So, when B returns home after her
praying, she finds her husband (D) alive. She now yells at A and asks him to get out of her life. So, she lives happily ever after with D. A and his family move out of the village. C and her family go back to London (they show the same village ofcourse).
Moral of the story : Get married in public !
So, should you watch it ? Ofcourse ! The story is stupid, illogical and has no sense. But, if you watch it with a whole bunch of friends, then you will be ROFL through out !
Starring: G. Laya, Gagan Kang, Jeet Goswami, Ritika Punjabi
Producer: Sugandhi A Ojha
Director: Ajay K. Ojha
Music: Manoj Vijay
"The story is about 3 charachters of village and their tryst with destiny."
Hello
Well, this is my first post. I have watched a lot of movies about which I want to write; but it has to wait for some more time ( till I finish my exam next week).
