Cadets #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Title: #Cadets Rating: * * *
About wannabe real heroes going through boot camp at Armed Forces Academy this series is a sort of YA #Fauji (frequently referenced) with aspiring trainees coming of age under stringent conditions. Based on #BootsBeltsBerets by #TanushreePodder, the series blends drama, action, puppy romance in engaging, likeable & impressive ways even with new comers in the fray.

Director: #VishwajoyMukherjee Runtime: 8 eps/27- 32 min each
Cast: #TanayChheda #ChayanChopra #TusharShahi #GautamSingh #JayaBhattacharya #VijayVikramSingh #AkshayAnand #ShubhamRoyChoudhury
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Tikdam #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #Tikdam Rating: * * 1/2

This anti-migration pro-climate action narrative set in #Sukhtaal with kids as activists for change is rather simplistic, cliched, naive & contrived but is presented with a great deal of heart. The kids really do a good job making it endearing & watchable.

Director: #VivekAnchalia Runtime: 117 min
Cast: #AmitSial #DivyanshDwivedi #AarohiSajid #ArishtJain #NayanBhatt #AjitSarvottamKelkar #JenniferPCcinato
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Angry Young Men #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Title: #AngryYoungMen Rating: * *
A footnote for posterity. Docuseries that is way too personal than professional, has a nepotistic approach (family produced) with friends fans & family opining rather than peers & competitors, it’s a nostalgia tinged account that skirts around contentious issues & lacks legitimacy but has some anecdotal heft, feel good imagery & fancy introductory animation. Thankfully their legacy of being the most successful Story screenplay dialogue writer duo in Hindi cinema, the real stars behind 24 hit films, who dared to charge Rs 1 lakh more than Bachchan, remains unsullied. And we still don’t know why they ended their partnership? Dissapointing!

Director: #NamrataRao Runtime: 3 Eps/40-45 min each
Editing: #GeetaSingh
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Stree 2 #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #Stree2 Rating: * * 1/2
Loud noisy rather humourless sequel attempt at marrying #Stree with #Bhediya fails to be meaningful or vigorously entertaining. Cheesy effects, exaggerated performances, tiresome songs, ineffective scares & stale slapstick humour set-pieces make this effort a branding & Marketing exercise rather than a cinema meant for pure entertainment. The central male quartet do a fab job making it all count for something though.

Cast: #RajkummarRao #ShraddhaKapoor #AparshaktiKhurana #AbhishekBanerjee #PankajTripathi #TamannaahBhatia #VarunDhawan #AakashDhabade
Director: #AmarKaushik Runtime: 149 min
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Vedaa #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #Vedaa Rating: * *
Over-indulgent runtime, punctuated by hazy distracted action choreography. Illogical scripting culminating in a Dalit Card carrying ending largely inimical to the slo-mo almost meditative run of play #Vedaa fails to curry favor despite a broody intense monosyllabic powerful #JohnAbraham, marvelous #SharvariWagh, breathtaking cinematography & background score inspired by the #HouseofDragons theme aiming to box it into a faux ‘real life’ inspired women’s empowerment narrative.

Cast: #JohnAbraham #SharvariWagh #KumudMishra #MouniDas #AbhishekBanerjee #AshishVidyarthi #TamannaahBhatia #KshitijChauhan
Director: #NikhilAdvani Runtime: 150 min
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Khel Khel Mein #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #KhelKhelMein Rating: * * *
Contrived slyly sutured umpteenth adaption of the #Italianfilm #PerfectStrangers this playful gamey intersection of corny situations & heightened emotions makes for some vicarious mindless fluent entertainment. #AkshayKumar #TapseePannu & #AmmyVirk make light of the heavy duty moments - enough to give us a few laughs.

Cast: #AkshayKumar #AdityaSeal #TapseePannu #AmmyVirk #FardeenKhan #VaniKapoor #PragyaJaiswal #TalatAziz #KiranKumar #GauravManwani #ChitrangadaSingh
Director: #MudassarAziz Runtime: 135 min
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Phir Aayi Haseen Dilruba #PicksAndPIques #JohnsonThomas

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Film:#PhirAayiHaseenDilruba Rating: * *
Trifling conspicuously contrived Escapist fare lacking in suspence or thrills with Rani&Rishu aiming for a getaway while Montu the cop puts the brakes on. References to pulp fiction crimes of passion notwithstanding, the direction is pretty sloppy, unviably twisty, writing is confused&lacks bite & dialogues sound meaningless - so it’s the performances that keep the interest going. #VikrantMassey #JimmyShergill and to some exetent #TapseePannu save the blushes.

Cast: #TapseePannu #JimmyShergill #VikramMassey #SunnyKaushal
Director: #JaipradDesai Runtime: 132 min
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