Thums Down - Recent Films that Disappointed :-( | Risk | PB Rating: 7.0 out of 10 | Public Rating (by 125 unique users): 5.39 | Producer: K. Sera Sera Productions | Director: Vishram Sawant | Music: Akbar Sami, Bapi-Tutul | Lyrics: Amitabh Varma-Sundhir | Starring: Vinod Khanna, Randeep Hooda, Seema Biswas, Tanushree Dutta, Yashpal Sharma, Anant Jog, Makrand Deshpande | With an over-done genre of "cop versus hoodlum" stories sprouting up like weeds, Risk lacks the personality to distinguish it from the crowd. | Eklavya | PB Rating: 6.5 out of 10 | Public Rating (by 385 unique users): 8.55 | Producer: Vinod Chopra Productions | Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Music: Shantanu Moitra | Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire | Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Sharmila Tagore, Boman Irani, Jimmy Shergill, and Raima Sen | The film is picturesquely shot, in vivid color. There is only one song. There is no strong background score (the Gayatri Mantra and other shlokas are pleasant to hear but do not comprise a musical score) which in a film like this is a major fault. | Traffic Signal | PB Rating: 6.5 out of 10 | Public Rating (by 184 unique users): 5.51 | Producer: Percept Pictures | Director: Madhur Bhandarkar | Music: Shamir Tandon | Lyrics: Sameer | Starring: Kunal Khemu, Neena Chandra, Konkana Sen Sharma, Sudhir Mishra, Ranvir Shorey | Overall, the setting is realistic, makeup is terrific on all the characters to make them look ethnic and nasty, and music as a background to scenes is adequate. Traffic Signal is someone's home, its a hard dose of reality, dark, and revealing. | Vivah | PB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 | Public Rating (by 341 unique users): 4.93 | Producer: Rajshri Productions Pvt. Ltd. | Director: Sooraj Barjatya | Music: Ravindra Jain | Lyrics: Ravindra Jain | Starring: Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Seema Biswas, Aloknath, Anupam Kher, Lata Sabbarwal, Samir Soni, and Amrita Prakash | I can't think of a better way to forget your problems than watching a movie in which there is only one bad person. And I can't think of a movie that pulls it off better than Vivah. | Baabul | PB Rating: 5.0 out of 10 | Public Rating (by 848 unique users): 4.49 | Producer: B.R. Chopra | Director: Ravi Chopra | Music: Aadesh Shrivastava | Lyrics: Sameer | Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, John Abraham, Rani Mukerji, Om Puri, Parmeet Sethi, Rajpal Yadav, Avtar Gill, Gargi Patel, Sharat Saxena, Smita Jaykar, and Aman Varma | All those planning to experience "Baabul", I suggest staying home and watching "Baghban" instead because with "Baabul", Mr. Chopra's intentions are clearly there, his execution is not. | | | < =1.1 src="http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/js/3904-47112-17985-4?mpt=1175632908&mpvc="> on error resume next For mp_i=11 To 6 Step -1 If Not IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." & mp_i)) Then Else mp_swver=mp_i Exit For End If Next |
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