FAN – A story for all Fans

The Most awaited film for all the SRK Fans, ‘FAN’ is definitely worth waiting for. Shah Rukh Khan, just the name is enough to watch this film and he does a complete justice to his role of a Fan ‘Gaurav Chandana ‘, touching the chords with his fans since 23 years. And we now have a dialogue for those who failed to understand the emotions in this film.
” Rehn de, Tu nahi samjhega “.

Maneesh Sharma has done a great job with the screenplay. The transition from Fan to Enemy is very well directed.
If you’re anyone’s Fan, not necessarily SRK, the scene when the Fan sees the Star for the first time is brilliantly directed and acted. The expressions in the Mannat scenes are so real, it immediately reminds our encounter with our idol. Be it a sportsperson, a politician or an industrialist. The first sight is always startling.
The message given in FAN is perfect. Don’t just idolise the glamour of your star, get inspired from the struggle and hardwork done by him to achieve that stardom.
But unfortunately it’s too late for Gaurav to understand this. And the climax is perhaps the best part of the film, where both Aryan and his Fan Gaurav are equally good.
To conclude, the high octane action scenes, chase sequences, simple dialogues delivered in impressive ways, amazing direction, cinematography and editing makes this film a winner!
And obviously this is Shah Rukh Khan at his best.
If you are a Fan of anyone, you’ll totally love this story.
Otherwise ” Rehn de, Tu nahi samjhega”

– NA

Bollywood 2015

Bollywood at its Best in 2015.

2015! Yet another year ends… And leaves behind some great movies, epic sequences and fantastic performances. Being an ardent fan, Bollywood impresses me every year with some unique stuff or sometimes the same stuff in a unique way. With every passing year my love for Bollywood is ascending and therefore it is intricate to pen down the best of 2015.

In 2015, Bollywood was successful to amaze the diverse tastes of the audiences. The patriotic ‘Baby‘ or the revenge drama ‘Badlapur‘, ‘Hate Story 3‘ (yes, it has a story!) were appreciated by the audiences. While films like ‘Dum Laga ke haisha‘ and ‘Pyaar ka Punchnama-2‘ turned out to be impressive, ‘NH10‘ and ‘Drishyam‘ didn’t fail to thrill. The parallel cinema lovers too, were in joy with films like ‘Margarita with a straw‘, ‘X‘, ‘Angry Indian Goddesses‘ doing well. Also, the films like ‘Talvar‘, ‘Masaan’ and ‘Manjhi‘, having strong plots and superb performances, were highly appreciated. Films like ‘Tanu weds Manu returns‘, ‘Dil Dhadakne Do‘ and ‘Piku‘ also should not be given a miss.

With all such amazing performances and plethora of dialogues, 2015 witnessed some major clashes at the Box-office. The first one being, ‘Baahubali‘ and ‘Bajrangi bhaijaan‘. With larger than life sets and magnificent visuals , Baahubali managed to impress everyone while the latter had the Superstar Salman Khan breaking his recent image and giving a strong message through his film. Year ended with another big clash, between ‘Dilwale‘ and ‘Bajirao Mastani‘. With SRK and Kajol reuniting along with a fun and comic starcast, ‘Dilwale‘ was a complete family entertainer. On the other hand, SLB’s magnum opus ‘Bajirao Mastani‘ was a treat to watch with epic performances by Ranveer, Deeepika and Priyanka and the majestic sets. Above all, I feel ‘Tamasha‘ was top-notch! Hats off to Imtiaz Ali for this one. A film showing the reality of life with brilliant performances by Ranbir and Deepika.

With such diverse genres of films, it is difficult to choose the top list of the year. But, there were some splendid actors who owned 2015 with their performances. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is getting better with every film. ‘Badlapur’,’Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ and ‘Manjhi’ are the proof. And with ‘Piku’, ‘Tamasha’and ‘Bajirao Mastani’, Deepika Padukone was the undisputed queen.’Ranveer Singh’ was a show-stealer in the role of Bajirao ballad, he has made it large!

If you have missed these films, do watch it. 2015 was great, and 2016 is going to be even better with the likes of Airlift, Wazir, Fitoor, Fan, Raees, Sultan,Mohenjo daro, Dangal and many more.

Signing off!

-NA

CreativeKalakar (Twitter)

 

Dilwale Review – A to Z Entertainer

All films are important. The logical hollywood films or the contentful and message-giving bollywood films and also larger than life tollywood films. We have audience for all these, but Me, being a film buff love all kind of films.  Because, all we need is entertainment!
Here’s my Dilwale Review.

Dilwale – A,B,C,D,E,…

ABCDE – Action, Bromance, Comedy, Drama, Emotions and it can be continued till Z.
One of the much awaited film of the year, mainly because of SRK – Kajol reunion, is here! Well, they are undoubtedly the best onscreen couple in Bollywood and we get to see that in Dilwale too. But there is more to this Action-Comedy other than the flying cars and the SRK – Kajol chemistry. In this era of the variety of films, we need some entertaining films like Dilwale.

Synopsis

The flashback story is about Raj (SRK) and Meera (Kajol), who belong to two rival mafia families. Eventually they fall in love, but after a lot of gun firing and car flying, they go separate ways.

Cut to 15 years later, Raj settles to a normal life as a car modifier and mechanic leaving behind his past, to take care of his brother Veer (Varun Dhawan). Veer soon falls in love with Ishita (Kriti Sanon) and tries to woo her with his funny ways. But ishita happens to be the younger sister of Meera and then the past haunts back to Raj and Meera. Will their history affect the future of the young couple?

The story seems predictable but it is still fun to watch it on screen with some amazing performances.
It is not the typical Rohit Shetty film (yes, the cars do fly), he has something more to offer this time. The drama, the emotions and the romance along with the rib-tickling comedy.
There are moments when you have tears of laughter as well as tears of emotions. And the cars are the sexiest in this Action Comedy.

Although it might not be “something new” for the viewers, the performances of the actor will leave the mark in their “Dil”. Be it, the relationship between the brothers Raj and Veer or the funny chemistry between Veer and Siddhu (Varun Sharma),  chemistry is between each and every actor. But the epic chemistry is obviously between Raj and Meera, A 5 – minute date is enough for them to win hearts.

Cast

Not to forget the supporting cast of the film, without whom the film wouldn’t have been so entertaining. Johnny Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Boman Irani, Mukesh Tiwari, Pankaj Tripathi are the funniest lot and Varun Sharma impresses with his witty style.

Varun Dhawan is the most sweetest younger brother to the caring elder brother Shah Rukh Khan. Kriti Sanon is stunning and Kajol has no competition, finest performance!

Final Take

If you want entertainment, just go and watch Dilwale. It is Rohit Shetty’s best film with all the elements of a blockbuster. The SRK – Kajol jodi ruling the Bollywood since two decades are a treat to watch for all the fans!
Watch it for the Chemistry!
And the last scene will surely bring a smile on everyone’s face. 😊

Dil se dekho! But remember,  “Dil To Har kisi ke paas hota hai par sab Dilwale nahi hotey. ”

NA
@CreativeKalakar (Twitter)

SRK and The Intolerance Story

What is Intolerance? Perhaps, most of the people did not knew what it meant when SRK mentioned it in his interview on his 50th birthday. But where there is SRK, all of a sudden people remember Pakistan, unpatriotism and the controversies. Let anyone else speak about intolerance, it’s absolutely fine. No one will even bother to think about it or google the word. Thank you SRK for letting people find out what intolerance is, actually people just found the word but not its meaning. The only meaning that is coming in light is related to Pakistan, anti-national behaviour, terrorism, etc.

India is a democratic as well as secular country. Then why should a person leave his country because he expressed his views. Irony!

Not to be said again and again, but SRK is the most popular Indian globally. The second richest entertainer is an Indian! Yes, an Indian. He makes India proud, but still some want him to leave the country.

Other countries would love to have him, but his heart lies in India, the place where is father contributed for the independence of the country. He is the one honored with  ‘Unesco Pyramide con Marni’ for charity and education for children, ‘Datuk’ by Malaysia, ‘Legion of Honour’ highest civilian award in France, two-time honorary doctorate, recently by University of Edinburgh for his outstanding record of philanthropy, altruism and humanitarianism. There are many more such awards and honours apart from the film awards. Isn’t it enough to make India proud overseas?

When the president of US quotes in his speech “India will succeed so long as it isn’t splintered along the lines of religion, any lines. So long as all Indian go to the movies and applaud an actor like Shah Rukh Khan”, If not the movies, atleast applaud for his philanthropy or the inspiration he gives to millions of people.

But Sadly, the people outside India know his value and are proud of him, but in his own country he is called as anti-nationalist by some. The same actor who gives a message of humanity in his film ‘ My Name is Khan’ or the feel of patriotism when India wins the hockey world cup in the movie ‘Chak De India’.

Well, he has billions of followers for a reason. The fans outside his house for his birthday are enough to say how much he is loved in this country. I think India is fortunate to have a person like Shah Rukh Khan, who is making the country proud worldwide.

But, the question of Intolerance is still unanswered. Well, that cannot be answered by accusing someone.

Tolerance will be established when every person,religion,caste and race will be respected.

Jai Hind.

NA