Newton Review: Newton rediscovers Gravity of Indian Cinema!

As of the recent times, the Bollywood audience has been shifting considerably from star power to content driven cinema. Over the past few weeks movies like 'Bareilly Ki Barfi' and 'Shubh Mangal Saavdhan' has cemented that audience has started preffering content over anything else. 'Newton' adds to this list of content driven cinema. Aanand.L.Rai, the producer of content driven cinema like 'Nil Battey Sannata' and 'Shubh Mangal Saavdhan' delivers yet again a gem, 'Newton'!

                                                   

'Newton' is a movie of actors and not stars. Rajkummar Rao is literally on fire! Starting from 'Trapped' to 'Newton' he is simply outstanding. Portraying Newton Kumar, a slightly disillusioned man about how the world works, he is simply phenomenal. Pankaj Tripathi as Aatma Singh, Raghubir Yadav as Loknath and Anjali Patil as Malko are simply phenomena. They portray their roles to perfection. 

                                               

Amit Masurkar's direction is spot on. He skillfully depicts the scenario of an election in the modern day India. The dialogues are thought provoking and intelligent. The editing, the cinematography, the locations are pitch perfect. The movie leaves you with an important message and also makes a strong statement about the condition of electoral offices in India. The music is also audible to the years even though it is not necessary to have those.

                                                 

The movie has everything going for it except the pace. The pacing of the movie is however the only villain. With all said and done 'Newton' is one of the better films of the year and deserves 4 stars! Go out and watch it.

                                              

P.S. I still prefer Rajkummar Rao as "Pritam Vidrohi" from BKB over "Newton Kumar".



SMS Review: Out"Standing". Miss it at your own risk!

Shubh Mangal Savdhan finally released after a long time. Produced by Aanand.L.Rai under his banner "Color Yellow" which is known for its unique movies.  SMS is no exception. It tackles a very important topic in the world today of erectile dysfunction with brilliance. 

                              
 

Ayushmann plays a sensitive, caring, sweet and hopelessly romantic Mudit To perfection.  His problem and the frustrations are so well depicted that you vouch for him and care.  Bhumi as a hopeless "Bollywood Romance lover" and caring Sugandha is awesome.  She is surely the next generation "Vidya Balan". Ayushmann and Bhumi yet again weave magic with their chemistry. Seema Pahwa is on fire and quite literally.  Playing girl's mother she is phenomenal. All the characters were scripted and depicted themselves beautifully. Phenomenal Acts!

                                      

The movie picks up the theme of 'erectile dysfunction' and does justice to it. The hysteria in the movie and the way they portray their message is phenomenal. Dialogues are hoot-worthy and the cinematography, direction and all the technical aspects are amazing. Locales of Haridwar and Delhi are depicted well. And the subtle undertones are outstanding. The music and background score by Tanishq Baghi is out'standing'. The background score dwells along with the narration and the the retro songs used just give an even better approach to the movie. The movie fills you with Bollywood nostalgia.
                                           

The movie faulters in 2 places: 1) The cameo of an ace actor which is perhaps quite "thanda". 2) The last 10 minutes of the movie where seemingly wrapped up quite shabbily. But with all said and done SHUBH MANGAL SAVDHAN gets 4 stars! Go and watch it. In a place like Dublin the movie got an occupancy of 85% in the evening show and considering that it should do well in India as well so a lifetime collection of 25-30 crores should be fair!
                 
                                             

P.S. It is 2017's 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha.' And never knew Ali baba could give life lessons!