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

PUSS IN BOOTS (smile all the way)

Genre                  Animation

Release Date       2nd December

Director              Chris Miller

Duration              90 minutes

Cast                    Voice of Antanio Banderas,Salma Hayek,Zach Galifianikis

Pluses                 Amazing animation,enough laughs,crisp editing

Minuses              Script is too cliche,takes time to warm up

Verdict               3/5 (watch it for sheer pleasure and child like innocence)
Box Office Predictions 5 cr nett lifetime at indian box office,sure hit

Jack and Jill      (predictable but fun)

Genre                  Comedy

Release Date       2nd December

Director               Dennis Dugan

Duration              91 minutes

Cast                    Adam Sandler,Katie Holmes,Al Pacino

Pluses                 Thoroughly entertaining,Sandler and Katie bring house down with their comic timings

Minuses              Too predictable,writing lets down, direction is uninspired

Verdict               2.5/5 (watch it if you like Adam Sandler brand of predictable comedies)
Box Office Predictions 3 cr nett max at indian box office-a below average affair

LAND GOLD WOMEN (realistic portrayal)

Genre                  Drama

Release Date       2nd December

Director               Avantika Hari

Duration              120 minutes

Cast                    Narinder Samra,Neelam Parmar,Hassani Shapi

Pluses                 Intense and realistic script on honor killing,Narinder and Neelam are good

Minuses              Pathetic editing,background sound sucks,pedestrian direction

Verdict               3/5 (watch it if you like off beat issue based cinema)
Box Office Predictions 25 lakh nett lifetime,no chance at box office

I AM SINGH    (missed oppotunity)

Genre                  Drama

Release Date       2nd December

Director               Punit Issar

Duration              126 minutes

Cast                    Gulzar Chahal,Rizwan Haider,Punit Issar,Brooke Johnston

Pluses                 Neat editing,Noble intentions/idea

Minuses              Direction is weak and screenplay devoid of any speed,below par performances

Verdict               1.5/5 (watch it for noble idea of suffering of Sikh community after 9/11 attack)
Box Office Predictions 3 cr nett lifetime,a box office disaster

THE DIRTY PICTURE  (entertainment entertainment entertainment!)

Genre                  Drama

Release Date       2nd December

Director               Milan Lutharia

Duration              142 minutes

Cast                    Vidya Balan,Nasserudin Shah,Tushaar Kapoor,Emraan Hashmi

Pluses                 Vidya Balan steals the show-such a sensual and on the face role with right pitch of fun,intensity and poise,beyond doubt a ground breaking performance worthy of all awards next year,Naseerudin is impressive and Emraan provides right amount of firworks,Rajat Arora's dialogue are the second best 'character' only to Vidya Balan

Minuses              Direction is too loud and overdo stuff at places in order to please masses,last 20 minutes disappoints (tread mill is the reason of death!),so much focus on 'assets' starts looking like 'liability' after some time in theater

Verdict               3.5/5 (watch it for Vidya's mind blowing performance and Rajat Arora's dialogues)
Box Office Predictions 25 cr first weekend and 58 cr lifetime nett collections-Super Hit!
Dialogues' Highlight
"Touch to bahuton ne kiya par chuya kisi ne nahin"
"Zindagi jab maayus hoti hai tabhi mesoos hoti hai"
"Mardon ka zamana hai aur aafat auraton ne machayee hai"
"Silk sabse mehnga is liye hai kyon ki uski kismat mein chamkana likha hai"

Bollywood ka King Kaun? - 15 weeks to go 38 releases! Part 2

THE DIRTY PICTURE  Vidya Balan,Emraan Hashmi,Tushaar Kapoor,Naseerudin Shah

Pluses          Directed by Milan Lutharia,this one is based on south film industry's sex siren Silk Smita's real life,plot is fresh and has potential,Vidya is bound to deliever a massive performance after 'NOKJ' and 'Ishqiya',Emraan looks dashing too in an impressive role,right combination of sex and sensational plot is set to fire at box office

Minuses        Hardly any except music is not chartbuster

BO Nos.       Film's budget is 20 crore and this is a sure winner with potential of 45 crore nett

ROCKSTAR   Ranbir Kapoor,Nargis Fakiri

Pluses              Rahman's music is high point of this flick,Ranbir's big release after a gap of almost a year and half,new face Nargis has craze among younsters,Imtiaz's next venture after double success of 'Jab We Met' and 'Love Aaj Kal'

Minuses          First promo looked quite long and tepid

BO Nos.        This 60 crore venture likely to run in losses as more than 55 crore nett looks tough





DESI BOYZ  Akshay Kumar,John Abraham,Deepika Padukone,Chitraganda Singh

Pluses         David Dhawan's son's dbut venture as director looks good as a package(Good locales and good music)

Minuses        Akshay does not look in his elements,plot looks stale

BO Nos.   This 40 crore flick looks to earn at least 60 crore at box office,average hit






LADIES Vs. RICKY BAHL  Ranveer Singh,Anushka Sharma,Parineeti Chopra

Pluses        Team of 'Band Baaja Baraat' is back-director Manish Sharma,lead pair and writer Habib Faisal,plot is fresh,cast looks rocking too

Minuses         Only problem is fear of being repetetive
BO Nos.        20 crore rom com looks super hit already,at least business of 50 crore is guaranteed

RASCALS    Sanjay Dutt,Ajay Devgn,Kangana Ranaut,Lisa Hayden

Pluses        David Dhawan directed this comedy will be releasing on dusshera and that too without much competition,Ajay is in good form at box office lately and this may help this film

Minuses        Promo looks jaded and plot looks stale plus music is boring

BO Nos.        30 crore film looks bleak but good release date will take it around 50 crore nett