Badla

Director :Sujoy Ghosh

Genre : Thriller

Language:Hindi
Year :2019

Naina (Tapsee Pannu ) a young business woman,after being attacked and left unconscious wakes up to find her lover,Arjun ( Tony Luke) lying dead next to her.The rooms were closed and there was no way for anyone to enter.She hires Badal Guptha (Amitabh Bachchan) a successful lawyer to defend her,and they discuss the events,to find out what could have happened. And the game between truth and lies begins...

This is an official remake of Spanish thriller,Contratiempo. Evenif the it is a reamke,the director has successfully set the story into a new atmosphere ,suitable for Indian audience.And it is always a delight to watch the veteran, Bachchan ,performing a genius character.Tapsee is also perfect as the cunning Naina.

Good watch

Contratiempo / The Invisible Guest

Director :Oriol Paulo

Genre : Thriller

Language:Spanish
Year :2017

Adrian Doria, (Mario Casas) a young business man,after being attacked and left unconscious wakes up to find his lover,lying dead next to him.The rooms were closed and there was no way for anyone to enter.He hires Virginia Goodman (Ana Wagener) a successful lawyer to defend him,and they discuss the events,to find out what could have happened.

An excellent  thriller with twists that will leave you with goosebumps,backed by brilliant performances from the cast.
Excellent watch.

Awe !

Director :Prashanth Varma

Genre : Mystery

Language:Telugu
Year :2018

Awe is not the usual mass masalka telugu flick.It is something entirely different - a mix of genres - drama,comedy,romance,sci- fiction,fantasy- which is all told in a mysterious way. First the viewer will think it is an anthology. But soon,we will understand all the stories are connected.There is no way to review without spoiling the film.So it is better to watch and experience.

The cast includes Kajal Agarwal,Nithya Menon,Regina Cassendra,Eesha Radha,Revathi,Priyadarshi Pulikonda, Murali Sharma along with voices of Nani and Ravi Teja.Everybody has delivered brilliant performances.

If you are a movie buff, you will understand the basic theme is inspired from a Hollywood film.But that doesn't take away anything from this new experiment in Telugu film industry.It is sure to make the viewer say 'AWE' by the end.

Looking for a mind blowing experience ? Watch 'Awe !'

Gully Boy

Director :Zoya Akhtar

Genre : Drama/Romance 

Language:Himdi
Year :2019

Murad ( Ranveer Singh) lives in a street in Mumbai.His father is a driver and his mother is unemployed.He has a younger brother and grandmother in his home.He is a last year graduation student.He has a beautiful and possessive girl friend,Saffeena,(Alia Bhatt),who is his world.Parents wants him to go for office job,in his uncle's company.But Murad is a rapper and wants to become a famous one .He meets another rapper called Sher (Siddhant Chaturvedi) in his college. Sher identifies his talent and supports the youngster. But ultimately,Murad must choose between his dream and the reality...He has to decide whether to walk on a path that was taken by so many others,or to travel on a path unknown and chase his dreams..

India is a developed country.Well,by status it is..But the gap between the high class and lower middle class is still very wide.and it is ugly.There are many people,who has accepted it as their reality,who are scared to think anything other than a job serving others.They won't think different or will not allow thier children to think different.It is sad,but it is a reality.There is rich and there is others to serve them. Zoya Akthar,portrays this to us  through the eyes of Murad,a street boy - gully boy- who wants to break the chains and fly away....And it is a beautiful experience watching his journey.

I am not a fan of rap,but I sang 'Apna time aayega' with Murad.I felt connected to Saffena and her possessive and innocent love.I understood the friendship between Sher and Murad  - that is what powerful cinema does-it connects.....

One of the best from Bollywood this year,'Gully Boy' is a brilliant film,that tells us to follow our dreams and to take the leap.

Miss Sherlock

Season : 1
Genre :Crime/Mystery
Language : Japanese
Network : HBO


If you are a person who reads a book or watch movies ..wait..if you are a person who is not living under a rock you will be familiar with Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.If you are not familar I am sorry ,you need to come out of that rock....Well,everyone else read on......

There are many adaptations of the characters..Famous among modern day adaptations are BBC's Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch.and Martin Freeman,Guy Ritchie  movies starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law and CBs's Elementary starring Johny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu -playing Sherlock and Dr.Watson respectivley.'Elementary' did something different by gender swapping Watson.But the new Japanese series 'Miss Sherlock' goes a little further,by gender swapping both Sherlock and Watson and the result is fantastic.

Set in Tokiyo,the series follows the adventures of Sherlock ( Yuko Takeuchi) a consultant detective and her friend Wato (Shihori Kanjiya),a doctor who returned from war prone Syria.Sherlock solves various crimes with her deduction skills and helps the local police.But there is someone in the shadows,who is watching her every move.someone who wants to destroy her.

The first sesaon got 8 episodes .There are characters based on the original novels and some new ones also.The cast has doine a brilliant job. As a Sherlock fan,I loved this new adaptation.I hope they make a second season.
If you are a fan of the genius detective and his normal friend,don't wait,watch 'Miss Sherlock' to enjoy a different take on your favorite character....

October

Director :Shoojit Sircar

Genre : Romance 

Language:Himdi
Year :2018

Dan (Varun) is a 21 year old, who works as a hotel management intern.He is an arrogant and irritatig guy,who very much depend on his friends for each and everything -or that is what we think first.Everything is not as it seems,right?

Shiuli (Banita Sandhu) also works in the same team.She is one year junior to Dan.She is a simple girl who follows the rules and work hard to achieve her goals.They both lives in opposite poles.

She is a girl who loves the night jasmine flowers.Flowers that blossoms in the nights of October and fells down by the dawn.Flowers with a beautiful smell and a short lifetime.....

During new year celebration,Shiuli falls from 30 feet hight.She is hospitalized.Before falling the last thing she asked her friends was -
"Where is Dan?"

What is love? When will it happen? How or Why does it happens? Well,I don't know exactly...I don't think anybody does.....It happens between the words exchanged...between a smile shared....between a careless look....between movements that cannot be explained....

For Dan it was three words - "Where is Dan?"

There are people among us, different from everyone - the man child who needs his friends for everything - the arrogant one -the irritating one - the headache - the guy without a plan for life - the one who merely exists....The one who wears the mask to hide the loneliness. The one who got a sea of love inside him,but nobody to share it....

Dan fells in love with Shiuli - who maybe paralyzed for the rest of her life.He cares for her - more than - his career,his friends,his parents - more than himself.And that is the beauty of those lonely ones - when they falls in love ,there is no conditions applied - they love without boundaries.For them,it is all or nothing.....It is beautiful and tragic at the same time......

October is a beautiful film which connected with me in so many levels.Dan especially...
It will eventually break your heart,but there is a peace in that pain. After all,pain and love are inseparable friends right?
It is not a love story,but a story about love.

Pete's Dragon

Director :David Lowery

Genre : Fantasy 

Language:English 
Year :2016

Little Peter and his parents were traveling through a forest road.A deer jumps in front of them and the car flips down into the forest.Pete's parents dies and the 5 year old is all alone in the forest with a story book and his bag.But then from the forest comes a friend - a big green dragon who rescuses the kid and look after him

6 years later,Pete meets with people from the town who comes to forest.They take him with them,but Pete is not ready to leave his best friend Elliot alone in the forest.

Just like every Disney movie,this one is also an  emotional story of love,friendship and adventure.Good performances with stunning visulas makes it a great film.

Beautiful watch .

9

Director :Jenuse Mohammed

Genre : Mystery 

Language:Malayalam
Year : 2019

Albert (Prithviraj Sukumaran) is a cosmologist.He lives with his son,Adam.His wife died giving birth to Adam. The father son relationship is not so good as Adam is always making quarrels in his school.

A comet is approaching earth and for 9 days because of electromagnetic pulse there will be no elecricity in the world.Dr.Iniyat Khan (Prakash Raj) Albert's mentor asks him to go to the Himalayas and research and record about the comet.Albert reached Himalayas with Adam and his team of scientists.

On the day of passing of the comet,Albert meets a girl called Eva (Wamiqua Gabbi) in the forest.As she got separated from her friends and there is no way to reach them.Albert allows Eva to stay with them in the Banglow

Soon,Adam discovers that Eva is not the beautiful girl she seems to be,but someone very different.Adam must tell Albert the truth,else everything will go wrong.But will he be able to do that?

9 is a brilliant attempt by the makers as it is the fist Mollywood film to tell a story which goes through various genres like sci fiction,horror,mystery,drama and psychological thriller.This is a flim which ends with an open climax - meaning the viewer can interpret the climax according to his viewpoint.

This is one of a kind mollywood film with it's brilliant script and stunning performances.Loved it..

Lucifer

Director : Prithviraj Sukumaran

Genre : Drama

Language:Malayalam
Year : 2019

P.K Ramdas,Chief minister and veteran leader of a political party in Kerala dies.The political situation worsens as everyone tries to reach for the crown.Most of them have their own goals to achieve .Bobby (Vivek Obroi) a cunning business man and son in law of P.K.R ,has a master plan to control the party by providing fund from an outside source - from a drug mafia from Mumbai.Priyadarshani Ramdas (Manju Warrier) and her daughter Janvi (Sania Iyappan) are all helpless infront of Bobby.

But there is one man who has the courage and power to stand against Bobby - Stephen Nedumpally (Mohanlal) - an orphan who was raised by P.K.R,who is now leader of a powerful political party of his own.

So begins the war of power and soon the enemies will realist that Stephen is not the man,they thought him to be-but someone who is more sinister than anyone they ever meet....

The directorial debut by actor Prithviraj Sukumaran is a blockbuster ,earning 100 crores worldwide within 8 days.The film is a mystery which is disguised as mass entertainer,just like the hero.There are various layers in the script by brilliant Murali Gopy,which reveals easter eggs here and there and if you look closely,we will realize it is not just a political drama.but something much more powerful and mysterious.

Loved the Devil...Waiting for  second part...

The Umbrella Academy

Season : 1
Genre :Black Comedy/Drama/Superhero 
Language : English
Network : Netflix

October 1,1989
43 women around the world gave birth.Nothing unusal in that huh? But none of them were pregnant when the day began  

Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a billionaire found and adopted seven of those children while the rest went missing.He believed they were meant for greater things like saving the world/Those superpowered kids together formed  'The Umbrella Academy'

Present day.The golden days are gone.The Academy is no more and Sir Reginald is dead.The siblings comes together after a very long time and soon,they discover there is some secret  about their father's death.They must put aside the differences and join hands to solve the mystery.

The show is based on Dark Horse Comics Even though it is a superhero genre ,this one is totally different because of it's black comedy and interesting characters. It is a delightful watch with  brilliant performances,

Loved it...
Waiting for S2....