Project Hail Mary

 Movie Review (English) 🌟

I am not a fan of Sci-fi movies. So when I heard about the Hail Mary Project, I knew I wouldn't watch it. I had not read the book. But, I also am a Ryal Gosling admirer and so took the leap and watched. 

And am I glad that I watched!! This isn't the usual sci-fi movie with wars in space and fantastic creatures. It is a simple story of love, camaraderie, bonhomie, fear and vulnerability - all of which we can relate to.

When a lonely astronaut befriends another lonely alien in space, the audience is bound to root for their survival and want to see the two go on adventures together having each other's back. That is precisely what happens. The ending is a definite tearjerker.

Thanks to Andy Weir for this beautiful story and to directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller for visualizing this movie so beautifully, and most of all to Ryan Gosling and Rocky, the alien, for making the story come alive! 

Movie Review (Hindi)

P K

P K is what I expected a Raju Hirani movie to be. A scintillating plot, lots of gyan hidden in an interesting story and a top notch actor. His tight editing left no time to breathe.  There is no doubt that an alien would question our social mores and find this a strange world. 
Again, I was wondering if the alien, Amir Khan, had landed in any other country, life would have been simpler for him. But no, he had to come to India where the Mahatma was respected only on the rupee notes, where one got clothes to wear from dancing cars, where people refused to claim ownership of a packet of condoms, where certain people claimed to be in direct communication with God, and much much more. And not to forget our alien hero falling in love with Anushka Sharma, the latest among heroines to do a silly lip job.
A friend did feel that the Hindu religion could not be oversimplified so easily. The question of faith holds different connotations for different people. Whatever be the case, the film is quite a hit and Hirani got extra publicity  thanks to some extremist Hindu group demanding a ban on the movie. Did not work.
Looking forward to a sequel to this movie...