Bell Bottom

 

Movie Review (Hindi)

I am glad I watched this movie. I almost did not. The reason being I listened to and read up opinions on the movie. I always try not to do that.

But this was a story around true events of a hijack and a rescue. Akshay is once again involved with flights and rescuing passengers based on true events (Airlift). Bell Bottom of course sees him as a RAW agent and the movie picks up momentum when the rescue missions gets underway. From then on, till the end, there is no time to breathe.

The other actors did not have much screen presence to make an impact except, perhaps, Akshay’s mother played by Dolly Ahluwalia.

 Though there were several factual errors (I learnt about these from the opinions I read), these did not impact my involvement in the story. But I do have a question. Seeing that there are a host of producers for the movie, what prevented them from doing some research before jumping into the shoot? If a world more than 30 years ago is to come alive, there would be so many changes to watch out for.

Well, besides the thrill of the movie, today’s audience does want some credibility to be shown on screen. I hope the next venture will be more on point.

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar

Movie (Hindi)

I found the name of the movie quite interesting. Pinky (Satinder) was played by Arjun Kapoor and Sandeep (Sandy) was Parineeti Chopra. Besides this, the movie is a fast paced thriller which does not waste time on unnecessary songs and dances. In fact, the edit seems quite ruthless at times, keeping me quite alert.

Director Dibakar Banerjee has always brought something fresh for the audience to mull over. Arjun as a policeman (on the run) and Parineeti as a banker (on the run) have got into the skin of their characters. Neena Gupta and Raghubir Yadav are the best support cast one could ask for. The shooting at Pithoragarh itself adds authenticity to the plot.

Such movies in Bollywood are a rarity. So when they are released, they should not be missed.