Selfiee #picksandpiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit

#picksandpiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #Selfiee Cast: #AkshayKumar #NushrrattBharuccha #DianaPenty #EmraanHashmi #AbhimanyuSingh #MeghnaMalik #MrunalThakur #Akashdeep Director: #RajMehta Rating: * * Runtime: 143 mins #HypePR #DisneyHotstar #Starstudios #DharmaProductions #CapeOfGoodFilms #SupriyaMenon #PrithvirajProductions #MagicFrames #HirooYashJohar #ArunaBhatia #KaranJohar @everyone #PrithvirajSukumaran #ApoorvaMehta; #ListinStephen

This film opens with a deadbeat Punjabi song sequence that literally kills the interest and is then followed up by an outlandish, improbable storyline with some hyper-melodrama structured around it. This remake of the Malayalam hit #DrivingLicense does no one proud. It just makes a mountain out of a molehill and can’t even make the leads look like they are doing something believable.

Rabia And Olivia #picksandpiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit

#picksandpiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #RabiaAndOlivia #DisneyHotstar #AltairMedia Cast: #SheebaChaddha #NayabKhan #HelenaPrizenKlague #MustafaSheikh #ShadabKhan Director: #ShadabKhan Rating: * * * Runtime: 95 mins @everyone

A fairly compelling immigration drama that earns its affection from the drama that ensues between a troubled young Canadian girl undergoing grief from the loss of her mother and the wannabe immigrant, Indian caregiver/nanny who has applied for refugee status. Though melodramatic, the narrative manages to get the audience involved and empathetic regarding the hurdles the caregiver faces. Issues of racism, mental health, loneliness and brotherhood in a foreign land creep into the tender story about love being the best medicine for issues of the mind. Nayab Khan as the caregiver Rabia, Helena Prinzen-Klages as the troubled child Olivia and Sheeba Chaddha as Rabia’s mother put in affecting performances. Director Shadab Khan does well to restrain the narrative from becoming an all-out weepie. A decent watch this!

Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh #picksandpiques #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit

#picksandpiques #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film:#GandhiGodseEkYudh Cast: #DeepakAntani #ChinmayMandlekar #PawanChopra #TanishaSantoshi #AnujSaini #GhanshyamSrivastav Director: #RajkumarSantoshi #UniversalCommunications Rating: * * 1/2 Runtime: 110 mins

Mixing real events with an imaginary spiel of ‘what if Gandhi survived the assassination attempt by Nathuram Godse?’ Rajkumar Santoshi makes a sincere attempt to get rid of the cobwebs surrounding ideologies of the two people central to this story…but in the process the father of the nation comes across as diminished. It wasn’t a good idea to pit the architect of our freedom against a rabid ideologue with a terrorist’ mindset. Rajkumar Santoshi’s rather simplistic imagined arguments showcasing Gandhi’s magnanimity and humaneness in the face of Godse’s unforgivable act of treason, may be appreciated…But the subplot of two young lovers ( Tanisha Santoshi and Anuj Saini aka Sushma and Naren)being separated because of Gandhi’s rigid beliefs regarding sevaks from his Ashram leading a celibate life doesn’t ring true even though it becomes the instrument through which the Mahatma is being projected as a human being with faults of his own. Godse’s frequent rants regarding Gandhi’s fasts holding the nation to ransom doesn’t hold water. Pawan Chopra as Nehru and Deepak Antani as Mahatma give noteworthy performances and Rishi Punjabi’s cinematography lend weight to the period setting even when the screenplay and narrative make a vacuous attempt to portray Godse as more than just a convicted murderer.

Pathaan #picksandpiques #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit

#picksandpiques #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #Pathaan Cast: #ShahRukhKhan #DeepikaPadukone #JohnAbraham #SalmanKhan #PremJhangiani #DimpleKapadia #AshutoshRana #AakashBhatija #PrakashBelawadi #VirafPatel Director: #SiddharthAnand #YRF @everyone #AdityaChopra Rating: * * 1/2 Runtime: 146 mins Writers #ShridharRaghavan(screenplay) #AbbasTyrewala(dialogue) #SiddharthAnand(story)

A fast paced James Bond/ Mission Impossible style action extravaganza specialising in jump cut action sequences in a nation hopping narrative with its three main stars showboating their chiselled bods alongside their conspicuously cultivated international looks - this film has a great deal of marketing chutzpah behind its espionage thrills but no real story to tell. It’s brand positioning of the #YRF spy universe at its best with the magnanimous #SRK allowing #SalmanKhan to steal a march right from under his nose, #DeepikaPadukone looking lissome and hot and #JohnAbraham aiming for the sexiest villain ever tag. Even #DimpleKapadia looks years younger and slimmer…and there’s no stopping this money-spinner from overtaking all Box office records in sight.