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Now that both the versions of Break Free by Shah Rukh and Hrithik is out. The verdit is a no brainer. Hrithik simply blows away the competition. He is friggin awesome.

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Bugsy **** (4/5)

Burn *** (3/5)

Il Postino ** (2/5)

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Pehla Nasha, Baazi, the Oscar nominated Lagaan, Swades and now Jodhaa Akbar. Ashutosh Gowariker has bet his career and money on movies that he believes in. Okay, ignore the first two movies as a learning curve, but starting from Lagaan, you just wonder at the passion and intensity that goes into his movies.

Now for the question that everyone wants to know. Is Jodhaa Akbar (JA), India’s answer to Troy or Braveheart? Naah. Let’s be realistic. You cant make such movies for $10 million. The budget of JA wouldn’t even cover the remuneration that Brad Pitt takes for one movie.

See the movie in isolation, and its nothing but, a brilliant piece of art. The detailing that has gone into the movie, the costumes, sets, the magnificence of the palaces, the jewellery that the protagonists wear. Everything is top class. Akbar speaks chaste urdu (thank God for the english subtitles) and Jodhaa speaks hindi. The music by AR Rahman is brilliant. Especially Khwaja Mere, Jashn e bahara and Azeem O Shaan Sehehanshah (magnificent choreography).

Hrithik Roshan is brilliant as Akbar. Aishwarya is good. At least doesn’t giggle silly like she does in other movies. The support cast is as usual good like in all Ashutosh’s movies. Special mention about the cinematography of the movie by Kiran Deohans. Its of international standards.

My rating **** (4/5). Must Watch.

Above pictures courtesy: SantaBanta

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Ah, cant believe that 4 days of weekend are nearly over. But at least i don’t have a guilty feeling that i wasted them. Watched lots of movies, finished 2 books (Reluctant Fundamentalist and Freakonomics), started reading Jack Welch’s Straight from the Gut, read a few business magazines and some research on commodity trading. Overall a profitable weekend.

A list of the movies i watched, along with my ratings.

Traffic (**** 4/5)

The Professionals (*** 3/5)

David and Bathsheba (** 2/5)

The Message (*** 3/5)

Oceans 12 (** 2/5)

All pictures courtesy: IMDB 

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You’ve seen bike races, car races and heck even humans racing in movies. For the first time, there is a movie where the characters believe in having autorickshaw races to settle scores.

With characters who have names like Bigle, Son of Gun and Rani @ Biryani, Oram Po is a hell of a ride. Though its a done to earth plot, the whole movie is weaved around autos and every character has a funny way of talking. Look out for the guy (John Vijay) who plays the character “Son of Gun” and his hillarious dialogue delivery.

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The movie is directed by the husband-wife duo of Pushkar & Gayathri. As for the actress Pooja, well she is yum yum too. Just like the biryani she serves in the movie. Special mention to the cinematographer of the movie ‘Nirav Shah’ who also shot the monster hindi hits Dhoom and Dhoom2.

My rating *** (3/5)

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