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Lion -Movie Review!!

Lion 

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“Long way home “ By  Saroo Brierley  with Larry Buttrose a true story adapted for the big Screen under the title “Lion ” has released across India  and  a story established in the setting of Khandwa,India  the opening shot was beautifully shot. And the story of Saroo A boy from  khandwa who keeps insisting to accompany his brother to earn for the family after the younger sibling (Saroo) who refuses to give up,And practically showcasing  his strength lifting of weights by lifting cycles and other objects his brother Guddu agrees to take him along.

The child (Saroo) is left stranded at the railways station after his brother instructs him not to move till he is back. Saroo then goes to check out the train on the platform,But the train soon departs with him.

Saroo keeps shouting Help!! Help!! But soon reaches WestBengal capital Calcutta  unable to find his roots back home.He is taken to an orphanage and  gets adopted   By a couple from Australia would like to adopt him and so he then departs to Australia.

25 years later,He is at a friends party and jalebis an Indian sweet is served there,Which take him back to his past and now he is emotionally out of control and a friend suggest why don’t you try Google Earth to find where You belong.

After a thoughtful consideration he begins his search and  just when he  is giving up on the search as he has tried  for GaneshTalai he came across it one day ,specially when he was frustrated  and given up  hope of finding his mother.But,When he finally reaches home he is welcomed warmly by his mother who  had kept looking for her son and did not loose hope of finding him even Single  day.

A must watch and truly the contender of the Best Film,Sunny Pawar the little Saroo was the most “Pawarful” character driving the story ahead.

Moonlight -A movie Review


The much talked about movie at all the award ceremonies was released for a select Indian audience two weeks before it officially releases in the theatres this week and it doesn’t fail to disappoint moviegoers as it delivers a story that was needed to be told with subtle dialogue to fill the gaps that you might come across at the end.The movie ends as a cliffhanger for the audience to interpret the ending.A movie set in Miami and the plot revolving around A African American man surviving at Miami with inner conflicts to deal with.The Movie is based on the play In moonlight ‘Black Boys look blue  Boys ‘by Tarell Alvin McCraney’And shows the Central characters in three stages of his life and each showing more and telling about the character.A great way of moving the story ahead.A must watch for an Audience looking out for offbeat story.

Danak !!! 


Danak a Hindi movie meaning “Rainbow “was released last year in  June , Is now Available on NetFlix India.From a filmmaker who’s movie you might recall but, might not be familiar with his name Nagesh Kukunoor who made “IQBAL” a movie based on a story of a guy who is ambitious about playing cricket but because of him being Physically challenged,Isn’t taken seriously.

Danak is made by him and produced by Drishyam films,A production house supporting low budget movies,With story ideas that would otherwise not be part of the celluloid.

Danak,A story about two Sibling,The brother a 8 years has lost his eyesight and one day while the family goes to watch a movie in the village the sister comes across an Ad saying SRK could help in donating eyes/Operating the eyes.And so she writes a letter to him,A few days later SRK is in Rajasthan shooting for film.

The movie follows their journey,In believing that SRK can only help them,Their stubbornness takes you on an emotional ride,of following their Dream and realising it.

A simple story,Yet effectively delivered on how Bollywood stars are seen as idols for their Fans.

Jolly LLB!! 


A franchise of Jolly L.L.B starring Boman Irani and Arshad Warsi,This one is more dramatised as it is Star Oriented and less story Driven.Akshay Kumar as a lawyer did the Job in both ways for the franchise getting a wider audience and getting his Act right.Anu Kapoor the defending lawyer,The replacement for Boman Irani also did a fairly good Job. But,The presence of Boman in the original story was more effective with his performance.The Story and the direction in the original was much more Crisp compared to the franchise jolly L.L.B 2.

The cases too, the drunk driving case in the original and the encounter case in the in the franchise two different cases was good choice of the writer and Director Subash Kapoor.The Music and Song were the focus in the franchise another change, compared to the originals.

Overall if seen as an individual movie,You are forced to think This is how and why our System is corrupt,The story too is released in a time in when justice is getting delivered and there is still hope for the hopeless who have given up on the Judiciary. 

Valentine Day!! 


Ways To spend your valentine Day for a Drama Queen:
1.Watch “DDLJ” with your partner.Tell him how close he is to being your Raj,and how much more he has to change.

2.watch “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”with your partner,And if she has still not understood end it with Kuch Kuch hota hai Her name “Tum Nahi Samjhoge”

3.If you partner is getting serious about the relationship just tell her life would be “Kabhi khushi Kabhie Gham”

4.And if everything seems to be fine in your life you Can go ahead and watch “Dear Zindagi” and love your life.

5.If You want to be a little classy in your proposal watch “Dil Dhadkane Do” because “Zindagi na milegi Dobara”

6.And if you just want to hangout with your friends “Dil chahta hai”,hum na rahe Kabhi …