'Meeruthiya Gangsters' Movie Review By 'G9 Divya Solgama'

'Meeruthiya Gangsters'

Movie Review By 'G9 Divya Solgama'

'Desi Pranksters'

Expectations:

Gulzar's 'Mere Apne' could be termed as one of the inceptor film, portraying the tale of youngsters taking law in their hands. But, it was N. Chandra's 'Ankush', which dealt around the lives and happenings of these misled youngsters. On the lines of 'Ankush', many filmmakers narrated such types of tales dealing with criminal activities by youngsters but with different town or cities. The latest to join such types of films is 'Meeruthiya Gangster' which is directed by the writer of Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs Of Wasseypur' (Part I & II). Both these parts were loved by a different set of audience and marked its own style. So, let's find out whether 'Meeruthiya Gangster' will give us another different type of crime based film or might be yet another clone of such types of films.

Story:

'Meeruthiya Gangster' is a story of a group of friends residing in the city of Meerut. The group is led by Nikhil (Jaydeep Alhawat) and consist of Amit (Aakash Dahiya), Gangan (Vansh Bhardwaj), Rahul (Chandrachoor Rai), Sunny (Shadab Kamal) and Sanjay (Jatin Sarna). Together, they do small time kidnapping and enjoy the ransom amount among themselves. One day Gagan's girlfriend Mansi (Nashrat Bhardwaj), complains about her senior colleague Jayantilal Jain (Brijendra Kale). This inspires Nikhil and his friends to kidnap him in order to seek a bigger ransom. Because to this kidnapping, police inspector R.K Singh (Mukul Dev) starts following their trials and what happens next is what the entire film is all about.

Screenplay & Technicalities:

The story might remind you of a recently released film 'F.U.G.L.Y' and many such types of films. The story is very minimal and has been stretched to its fullest. There is no proper screenplay or drama happening around as the film just keeps running over the routine fun, crime and stuffs. The movie starts with a super long introduction of various characters followed by repetitive screenplay. The makers also introduce many side tracks which slows down the flow of the film and ends up being dragging and monotonous. Though, the movie has its share of positive moments like Rahul Dev-Sanjay Mishra scene, Brijendra Kale track, Jatin Sarna's scenes and few more. The language used in the film is funny and enjoyable. Wished the writers would have kept the flow of the film intact, without diluting it with unnecessary subplots and details. The camera work is good and works in the favour of the film.

Music & Direction:

Music by Siddhant Madhav is fine, but not impressive.

Director Zeishan Quadri narrates his film in a non structured manner due to which the whole effort gets diluted. On an individual basis, there are a few good, enjoyable scenes, but on an overall basis the movie lacks intensity and dramatic moments. Except for some comical stuff, there is nothing new in this film.

On performance basis, Jaideep Ahlawat, Aakash Tyagi, Vansh Bhardwaj, Chandrachoor Rai, Shadab Kamal and Jatin Sarna acts decently and does their part with total grace. Nushrat Bharucha looks good but has very less to offer. Mukul Dev is repetitive. Sanjay Mishra is good in his small role. Brijendra Kale is impressive.

So bol meri ‘'Filmi Khopdi' iss film mein kitna hain Dum???

Dum??? Well, the movie has some enjoyable moments and decent performances by its lead actors. The movie lacks highly on intense drama and a good story telling. The impact is weak and has nothing new to offer making these 'Meerithiya Gangster' act like some local desi pranksters where after a unique style all their pranks ends up as a bland and silly act.

Ratings - 2/5 

'Hero' Movie Review. Starring - Sooraj Pancholi, Athiya Shetty, Tigmanshu Dhulia & Aditya Pancholi. Directed by Nikhil Advani. Produced by Salman Khan & Subhash Ghai.

'Hero'

Movie Review By 'G9 Divya Solgama'

'Fast Forward Version....'

Expectations:

Right from the Kapoor’s era, whenever star kids are launched there is immense curiosity and excitement related to their launch due to the aura of their parents. Except for few star kids, most of them choose the conventional path of getting launched in a romantic film or a big budgeted film. The latest launching vehicle for the star kids is getting launched in a stylish film, which is a remake of a hit film. Last year Tiger Shroff was launched in ‘Heropanti’, which was a remake of a hit Telugu film and this year we have Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty getting launched in ‘Hero’, which is a remake of Jackie Shroff starrer 1983 film of the same name. 1983’s ‘Hero’ was a path-breaking film in its own way as it narrated a tale of an anti-hero with some fantastic music and great direction associated with it. A role which was written for Sanjay Dutt, marked the right launching vehicle for Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Sheshadri (after their failed debut attempt). Thus, let’s find out whether the latest version of ‘Hero’ will do the same wonders for Sooraj and Athiya as it did for Jackie and Meenakshi in their times or might end up being another remake trying to cash-in over its past glory.

Story:

‘Hero’ is a story of a local goon Sooraj (Sooraj Pancholi), who works for a criminal Pasha (Aditya Pancholi). Pasha is facing trial in the court and will be sentenced based on the evidence provided by I.G Shreekant Mathur (Tigmanshu Dhulia). Thus, Pasha orders Sooraj to kidnap I.G Shreekant Mathur’s daughter Radha (Athiya Shettya). Sooraj disguises as a cop and manage to kidnap Radha very easily. While in exile, Radha and Sooraj fall in love with each other. After a while Radha finds out the real identity of Sooraj and still wants him in her life as she believes after completing his punishment Sooraj will be a changed man and thus asks him to surrender in front of the law. What happens next is what the entire film is all about.

Screenplay & Technicalities:

The story structure is scene to scene similar to the original film. It’s only that everything out here is hurried and taken for granted. Right from the first scene, there is no detailing to any characters nor the flow of the film is presented in a dramatic or entertaining manner. It’s just that the movie is going on and on with few dialogues and songs on a loop mode. Except for few good fight scenes, dances, locations and Salman Khan’s video in the end credits, there is nothing much to cherish in this half backed film. Sooraj’s character lacks the darkness and is not at all intense. He dances, looks smart, falls in love, parties, etc instead of being a menacing character. There is no transformation of an anti-hero to hero in his character. Everything is presented in a convenient manner without any struggle or hardship. The comical tracks were unwanted. The climax is presented with typical Salman Khan / Rajnikant style of fights where the conviction level was not at its fullest. Also, the finale part was totally predictable and bland. The love track also develops without conviction and needed more moments attached to it. This movie also makes you realize the fact that 1983’s ‘Hero’ is a great film in terms of its writing, direction, performances, casting and music. The camera work is good and the movie has been shot on some good locations.

Music & Direction:

The music of 1983’s ‘Hero’ was highly entertaining and immensely popular with songs like ‘Lambi Judai’, ‘Ding Dong’, ‘Pyar Karnewale Kabhi Darte Nahin’ and few more along with its theme flute music. Sadly, in this latest remake of ‘Hero’, except for Salman Khan’s version of ‘Main Hoon Hero Tera’ and ‘Yaadan Teriyaan’ there is nothing worth hearing in this film.

Director Nikhil Advani fails to do proper justice to the original version of ‘Hero’ and ends up delivering a half baked product. He misses out on the fine detailing and ends up delivering a bad remake on the lines of films like ‘Ram Gopal Verma Ki Aag’. 

Performances:

Sooraj Pancholi looks smart and will have an immense female fan following due to his physical appearance. Sadly, he fails to express and give a decent dialogue delivery as he needs to work hard on his speech. Athiya Shetty in comparison to Sooraj Pancholi acts decently, but fails over her weird appearance. Tigmanshu Dhulia delivers one of his worst performances. Sharad Kelkar, Anita Hasdani, Vivan Bhathena are fine in their parts. Aditya Pancholi and Suresh Menon had hardly anything to offer. Salman Khan in the end credits is the best thing to happen to this doomed film. 

So bol meri 'Filmi Khopdi' iss film mein kitna hain Dum???

Dum??? Well, despite of superstar Salman Khan launching these new comers there is nothing overwhelming about any of them after watching the film. The movie ends up as a show-reel for its lead actors. In comparison with this movie, I would suggest everyone to watch the original 1983’s version to understand the value of good, well written and entertaining film. As for the latest version of ‘Hero’, the movie ends up like watching the fast forward version of the original, where you know what’s happening in this soulless film, but fail to miss out over the required detailing and entertainment quotient. 

Ratings - 1.5*/5

'Tera Mera Tedha Medha' Movie Review

'Tera  Mera Tedha Medha'

Movie Review By 'G9 Divya Solgama'

'Knots & Dirty Stains...'

Expectations:

The 60’s era was flooded with back to back romantic musical films. But, with the arrival of the 70’s era, we witnessed soft, light hearted romantic comedies with younger and less popular actors. Some of these films like 'Choti Si Baat', 'Saath Saath', 'Golmaal', 'Baaton Baaton Mein', 'Piya Ka Ghar', etc made their mark onto the list of classic films and inspired various other filmmakers to keep making such small budget light hearted romantic films with lesser known actors. One of this week's released film 'Tera Mera Teda Meda' (TMTM), is also one such film with lesser known actors and low marketing. Thus, let's find out whether 'TMTM' will manage to give us a sweet feel good type of romantic comedy or might end up being another film with good one liner script and nothing else to offer.

Story:

'Tera Mera Tedha Meda' is a story of Rajan Jha (Rahul Bagga) who keeps painting nude females and is in a live-in relationship with Kamini (Geetika Tyagi). As per astrological planets Rajan's ‘Mangal’ (Chittranjan Tripathy) and ‘Shani’ (Rajesh Sharma) are in the trouble making zones, thus creating lots of ups and downs in his life. Due to these happenings, Kamini break up with Rajan and so things in his life changes drastically. What happens next is what the entire film is all about.

Screenplay & Technicalities:

Now, looking at the synopsis the story seems like a typical romantic type of film with love-break up-love as it's core ingredient. If only the writers would have stuck to the basic story line, the impact would have been positive. Instead, they ended up adding weird detailing to all the characters from the film. The hero is gifted to paint only nude pictures, the heroine gets bitten by an owl, due to which she cannot face the sunlight but develops night vision and can paint in darkness, the narrators are the planets (in human form) wearing Govinda style clothes and keep singing songs for every situation, one of the narrator drinks oil in bottle and keeps spraying deodorant to avoid the smell, there are other planets (in human form) who keep playing musical band, one of the neighbour is bi-sexual pervert, who keeps lusting on every girl and guy he meets, then there is a weird family from Bihar who forcefully tries to get the hero married to their ugly looking daughter, then there is one more heroine who is more horny than the perverts sitting on a computer watching porn 24x7 and many such characters with unique qualities attached to them. Most of these characters and their tracks are non-relevant to the theme of the film. The dialogues have double meaning and are trashy (‘Tumhare ander painter nahin chupa hain, hawas ka panther chupa hain’, etc). The C.G.I work is weak and looks terrible on the screen.

Music & Direction:

The songs are unwanted and fails to go with the flow of the film. Background music is jarring.

The director Chittranjan Tripathy tries to blend a rom-com with some naughtiness attached to it, but fails miserably due to weak screenplay. He ends up being modern day Manoj Kumar, who, puts his foot in various sections of film making (director, actor, music director, lyricist, writer, etc).

Performances:

Rahul Bagga tried to do a decent job, but ends up being victimized of inconsistent performance. Geetika Tyagi looks good and does her part with grace. Reema Worah was loud and vulgar at times. Rajesh Sharma and Chittranjan Tripathy were fine in some parts. Sanjiv Chopra was cheap.

So bol meri 'Filmi Khopdi' iss film mein kitna hain Dum???

Dum??? Well, except for one liner story idea and few unintentionally funny scenes, there is nothing much to look forward in this film. 'Tera Mera Tedha Meda' ends up like a piece of non usable cloth with several knots and dirty stains attached to it. The best way to use it is to dump it into the garbage can.

• Ratings - 0.5/5