"Dum Maaro Dum" Movie Review

The beauty with Ramesh Sippy Entertainment - who gave us hits like "Sholay" and "Bluffmaster" is they turn in quite an effort from storyline to dialogues to immaculate execution which lights up the screen. Screenplay to action scenes, characterisation to BGM  score, "Dum Maaro Dum" deserves hurray for Rohan Sippy whose passion for everything filmy outmatches that of his father. He ropes in Shridhar Raghavan for a plausible Goa-drug-mafia story and crispy dialogues, Preetam for music, whoever for brilliant camerawork and a brilliant starcast - Abhishek Bachan, Aditya Pancholi, Bipasha, Prateik Babbar,  and Rana Daggubati. All of them sizzle except item girl Deepika Padukone- you can catch her better in Kingfisher calendar. And just when you think this Adults movie ends where it should end - there's a twist. Rana D gets meaty role and can eke out more roles in Bollywood while Prateik is the soul of the film. Watchable.

"Paa" Movie Review

"Paa" is a delectably sensitive portrayal of an overaging kid by Sr.Bacchan with controlled performances by Vidya Balan and Abhishek Bacchan. You will but shed copious tears as climax nears. Ad-maker Director Balki keeps the narrative slick, enlivened with filial emotions. Ilayaraja scores well without a sign of fatigue.
11.12.2009