WEEKLY MOVIE GUIDE (what to watch and what to miss in Cinema)

AARAKSHAN

Genre                  Drama

Release Date       12th August

Director               Prakash Jha

Duration               167 minutes

Cast                     Amitabh Bachchan,Saif Ali Khan,Deepika Padukone,Manoj Bajpayee,Tanvi Azmi

Pluses                  Awesome first half with series of power packed dialogues,Amitabh and Saif are too good,Manoj is outstanding,writing is top notch by Anjum Rajbali and Jha,Tanvi and Deepika lends good support

Minuses               Second half is too slow and starts drifting in altogether different direction of improvement of education system plus private coaching bashing,Prateik is unfit in his character,climax is too predictable and stereotype,film ends up being a 'masala' flick sadly,Prakash Jha as director is a let down this time

Verdict                3/5 (watch it to experience how a great first half,burning subject with great actor and powerful dialogues can salvage a film even with an average director at helm)

Box Office Prediction        It will collect in excess of 50 crore nett as it has a great cast plus huge amount of curiosity due to controversies it had generated (which are totally unnecessary) but will not be a huge hit like Jha's last release 'Raajneeti'

PHHIR

Genre                  Thriller

Release Date       12th August

Director               Girish Dhamija

Duration               120 minutes

Cast                     Rajnish Duggal,Roshni Chopra,Adah Sharma

Pluses                  Tight story,thrilling climax,average performances

Minuses               Bad special effects,technically film is below average,songs are unnecessary

Verdict                2.5/5 (watch it to surprise yourself with a thrilling story and underdog film)

Box Office Prediction        No expectations from the film and zero marketing and it should collect not more than 10 crore nett

CAPTAIN AMERICA:THE FIRST AVENGER

Genre                  Action/Adventure

Release Date       12th August

Director               Joe Johnston

Duration               124 minutes

Cast                     Chris Evans,Hugo Weaving,Samuel L. Jackson

Pluses                  Above average action,good performances from lead cast

Minuses               story offers nothing new,untidy direction,bad background score

Verdict                2/5 (watch it if you like old styled action adventure flicks)

Box Office Prediction       It can maximum garner around 5 to 7 crore nett in India