DRIVE (loved the drive)
Genre Crime/Drama
Release Date 30th September
Director Nicolas Winding Refn
Duration 120 minutes
Cast Ryan Gosling,Carey Mulligan,Bryan Cranston
Pluses Art house treatment to a thriller,amazing crisp editing,silence works big time in film (as there are hardly 38 lines for Ryan to speak) in order to create mystique around the characters,action is sudden,real and pulsating,direction is intense,Mulligan-Gosling chemistry has sparks,climax is worth the wait
Minuses Nothing except being slow at places
Verdict 4.5/5 (watch it as this is as good as it gets)
Box Office Prediction It should collect in the region of 4-6 crore as this kind of cinema has few takers in our country
ABDUCTION (missed the point)
Genre Action/Mystery
Release Date 23rd September
Director John Singleton
Duration 106 minutes
Cast Tayler Lautner,Lily Collins,Alfred Molina,Jason Issacs,Maria Bello
Pluses Potential script,few good action sequences
Minuses All performances are below par,climax is cliche,treatment is just below average,editing is uneven
Verdict 2/5 (watch it if you are a compulsive action movie freak)
Box Office Prediction It will not collect more than 2-3 crore nett
CHARGESHEET(Dev sahab,ab aur kya kahein)
Genre Drama/Thriller
Release Date 30th September
Director Dev Anand
Duration 120 minutes
Cast Dev Anand,Jackie Shroff,Divya Dutta,Naseerudin Shah
Pluses Dev Sahab's spirit
Minuses everything(it can work as an unintentional comedy)
Verdict 0/5 (watch it for any reason you may find if any)
Box Office Prediction It will not more than 30 lakhs nett
FORCE (packs a punch)
Genre Action/Drama
Release Date 30th September
Director Nishikant Kamat
Duration 138 minutes
Cast John Abraham,Genelia DSouza,Raj Babbar,Mohnish Bahel,Vidyut Jamawal
Pluses John is back and how-you need to watch it to believe it,John shows what he is capable of and gives a realistic action film,action is rustic and real by Allan Amin,Genelia is very good,dialogues and direction are top notch,climax has twist, interesting treatment,couple of songs are good,Villain Vidyut is impressive in debut
Minuses Nothing except may be few will not like the twist in the end
Verdict 4/5 (watch it to believe that action film can be entertaining too except being irritating like 'Ready' and 'Bodyguard',John's best performance even better than 'Dhoom' and yes please watch it with 'taalis' and seetis' in a housefull single screen theater)
Box Office Prediction It should at least collect 45 crore nett-Super Hit!
SAHAB BIBI AUR GANGSTER (relish the dialogues UP style)
Genre Drama/Thriller
Release Date 30th September
Director Tigmanshu Dhulia
Duration 120 minutes
Cast Jimmy Shergill,Mahie Gill,Randeep Hooda,Deepal Shaw
Pluses All performances are top notch-Jimmy,Randeep and Mahie,plot is good,screenplay is racy,treatment is pure 'UP' style,dialogues are highlights of the film
Minuses Climax is a bit let down
Verdict 3.5/5 (watch it to believe why i didn't like 'Yeh Saali Zindagi'-here every character has soul and twists are realistic and there is no unnecessary style dose in dialogues)
Box Office Prediction It will collect around 5-7 crore nett as there are 6 releases simultaneously
HUM TUM AUR SHABANA (part of assembly line comedies)
Genre Comedy/Drama/Romance
Release Date 30th September
Director Sagar Bellary
Duration 125 minutes
Cast Tushaar Kapoor,Shreyas Talpade,Minishaa Lamba,Satish Kaushik,Sanjay Mishra
Pluses Sanjay Mishra and Satish Kaushik are outstanding,in 2nd half 'hijack of dead body' sequence is hilarious,'Music Band na karo' and 'Thank you Mr. DJ' songs are chartbusters
Minuses Lead cast is pathetic,concept is old,climax is even worse
Verdict 2/5 (watch it only for couple of hit songs and Sanjay Mishra or avoid it)
Box Office Prediction It will collect in the range of 12-15 crores nett
TERE MERE PHERE (third rate comedy)
Genre Comedy
Release Date 30th September
Director Deepa Sahi
Duration 120 minutes
Cast Vinay Pathak,Riya Sen,Sasha Goradia,Jagjit Desai
Pluses Vinay is great as always,there are few really funny moments,direction is good and cinematography is amazing
Minuses Riya irritates and plot is too cliche
Verdict 2/5 (watch it for only Vinay Pathak but don't expect 'Bheja Fry' here)
Box Office Prediction It will not collect more than 2 crore nett
HAPPY FEET 2 (a pleasant outing)
