Natrang

Movie Review “Natrang”

Genre: Drama

Director: Ravi Jadhav

Producer: Zee Talkies

Language: Marathi

Star Cast: Atul Kulkarni, Sonali Kulkarni, Kishor Kadam, Vibhavari Deshpande, Sunil Deo, Priya Berde, Kishor Choughule and others

Music: Ajay - Atul

Lyrics: Guru Thakur

Release Date:- 01/01/2010.

“Natrang” is a movies based on book written by Anand Yadav. It is a story of farm worker and wrestler Guna played by Atul Kulkarni. He is fond of ‘Tamasha’, not just fond of but passionate about it. He thinks it is not just a medium of entertainment but an art. So when there are some troubles getting farm works, he and his friends decides to start their own Tamasha group. But then he has defied by family and community for doing so. But movie is about how he resist everyone’s opposition and build up the group. But real trouble comes when they need a ‘Nacha’ in there troupe. When no one was ready he decides to be one himself. He loses his well built body and learns behaving like woman. And troubles come after that and how he overcomes them is what ‘Natrang’ is.

“Natrang” is sure shot Must Watch Movie for everyone. There are many reasons for that. First and foremost is stupendous performance by Atul Kulkarni. He made tremendous efforts for this character Guna and made him unbelievably real person. He first builds up amazing body to look like wrestler and then shed down all of it to look like ‘Nacha’. That’s really commendable. Performances by Sonali Kulkarni and Kishor Kadam were excellent. Sonali look ravishingly beautiful all the time. But pinnacle of the movie is its music. Hats off to Ajay-Atul, once again they proved they are A.R. Rahman of Marathi film industry. Great job by director Ravi Jadhav.

There are hardly any loose ends in the movie, everything is perfectly bound. Only thing I feel should have been different is ending. As I would have like to see more elaborate success story in the end rather than just giving it last 10-15 minutes.

If I have to rate this movie I will give it 9 out of 10. In case you still to watch this movie, don’t miss it.

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Writer: Milap Zaveri, Tushar Hiranandani
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Cast: Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh, Amrita Rao, Tara Sharma, Genelia D'Souza, Lara Dutta, Satish Shah, Archana Puran Singh, Rakhi Sawant, Divya Palat, Shahbaaz Khan, Suresh Menon.

62. Welcome – Hindi (2007)

Cast : Akshay Kumar, Firoz Khan, Paresh Rawal, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Mallika Sherawat, Vijay Raaz, Malaika Arora and others

63. The Invisible – English (2007)

Director: David S. Gover
Writers: Mick Davis, Christine Roum
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime
Cast:Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Marquette, Alex O'Loughlin, Callum Keith Rennie, Michelle Harrison

64. Viruddh – Hindi (2005)

Director: Mahesh Manjarekar
Writers: Mahesh Manjarekar, Sanjay Pawar
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65. 3 Idiots - Hindi (2009)

Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Writers:Chetan Bhagat, Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijit Joshi
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cast: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan, Boman Irani, Omi Vaidya, Mona Singh, Javed Jaffrey, Rahul Kumar, Parikshit Sahani, Dushyant Wagh, Achyut Potdar, and others

66. Kya Kool Hai Hum - Hindi (2005)

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Writer: Sachin Yardi, Pankaj Trivedi
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Cast: Tushar Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh, Isha Koppikar, Neha Dhupia, Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav, Bobby Darling

67. Nishani Dawa Angatha - Marathi (2009)

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Cast: Ashok Saraf, Makarand Anaraspure, Nirmiti Sawant, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Mohan Aagashe and Others.....

68. Eight Below - English (2006)

Director: Frank Marshall
Producer: David Digillo, Toshiro Ishido
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Cast: Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, Wendy Crewson, Gerard Plunkett, Jason Biggs and Dogs

69. Pinjra – Marathi (1972)

Director: V. Shantaram
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Cast: Shreeram Lagoo, Ganpat Patil, Nilu Phule, Sandhya and others

70. The Shawshank Redemption - English (1994)

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Cast:Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown....

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3 IDIOTS

Movie Review “3 Idiots”

Genre: Comedy, social, drama

Director: Rajkumara Hirani

Language: Hindi

Star Cast: Aamir Khan, R. Madhvan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Omi Vaidya, Kareena Kapoor, Mona Singh, Javed Jafry and Others

“3 Idiots” had high expectation even before it release for many reasons. To list few, the movie was supposedly based on Chetan Bhagat’s popular book “Five Point Someone”. It was next release of Aamir Khan after ‘Ghajini’ which was we all know was block buster hit. Then it was next project of Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra after “Munnbhai Series….” Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor paired with each other first time. Movie has excellent ensemble cast.

Sometimes this big hype before movie release cause downfall of many movies. But “3 Idiots” fulfilled all the expectation beyond imagination. “3 Idiots” is ingenious acting performances, direction, and script. Once again Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra comes up with highly entertaining movie with social message.

Movie criticizes Indian education system and Indian students learning style. Today in India knowledge is secondary to numbers or marks. Movie tells us to learn the books acquire knowledge, experiment with it, and try new things rather than just mugging up or following path laid by others. Make your own way, live life on your own terms.

Although the movie has superstar like Aamir Khan, other actors like newcomer Omi Vaidya and Boman Irani stand out. All of us surely going to love these 3 idiots immensely and going to remember not only Rancho (played by Aamir Khan) but also Chatur (Played by Omi Vaidya) and Prof. Sahastrabuddhe (Played by Boman Irani) for long long time. I can see producers of this movie making sequel of “3 Idiots”.

If I have to rate this movie I will give it 9 out of 10.

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Nishani Dawa Angatha

Movie Review “Nishani Dawa Angatha”

Genre: Comedy

Director: Purushottam Vrede

Language: Marathi

Star Cast: Ashok Saraf, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Makarand Anaraspure, Nirmiti Sawant, Mohan Agashe, Vinay Aapate

Special Appearance: Bharat Jadhav, Sanjay Narvekar

“Nishani Dawa Angatha” is a film based on a novel of same name. Author of this book is Ramesh Ingale. As per Marathi film industries ritual this film is a comical farce on very serious issue. This film talks about why there are so many illiterate people in rural areas although Indian Government runs so many literacy programs over the years. And which had been very successful on papers. “Nishani Dawa Angatha” shows the loopholes in such government programs.

The story happens in a village name ‘Savargaon’ in Buldhana district in Maharashtra. In the village there is a school run by six male and six female teachers. Principle of school is played by Ashok Saraf. One day principle received a letter from government announcing that adult literacy program is started and all the teachers are expected to do extra duty for the same i.e. they will have to work after their normal working hours and teach illiterate adults at nights 8 to 10 pm. Although everyone is irritated with this, they had to do this as it is governments order.

But as it happens in any government work, people start find loopholes to miss the work. Everyone involved in the program right from teachers, supervisors, officers tries to save their skin. They run this program for three years and without creating anyone literate, the village bags the award for the excellent work in literacy program. That is what movie is all about.

The movie got excellent storyline. But there is much more scope of improvement in screenplay, and direction of movie. Director Purushottam Berde tried to be true to the novel all along but little bit of cinematic liberty could have added charm to the movie. All the actors were brilliant. If I have to rate this movie I will give it 7 out of 10. But it is still a must watch movie and highly entertaining too.

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51. The White Baloon – Persian / English (1995)

Director: Jafar Panahi
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Such a Simple story can tuch your heart......

52. New York – Hindi (2009)
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Producer: Aditya Chopra, Yash Chopra
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Cast: John Abrahm, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irfan Khan

53. Jurassic Park III – English (2001)
Director: Joe johnston
Writers:Michael Crichton, Peter Buchman
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Cast: Sam Neil, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Allesandro Nivola, Laura Dern and others

54. Hum Tum – Hindi (2004)

Director: Kunal Kohli
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Nice entertainer.......

55. Ocean's Eleven – English (2001)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writers: George Clayton Johnson, Jack Golden Russell
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Elliott Gould, and others

56. Ocean's Twelve – English (2004)
Director:Steven Soderbergh
Writers:George Nolfi, George Clayton Johnson
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Cathrine Zeta-Jones, Don Chedale, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts and others

57. Aankhen – Hindi (2002)

Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah
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58. Saatchya Aat Gharat – Marathi (2004)

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59. Abhimaan – Hindi (1973)

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60. Pretty Women – English (1990)
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41. Saving Private Ryan – English (1998)

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43. Gladiator – English (2000)

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Very inspiring and patriotic film…..

45. Bluffmaster – Hindi (2005)

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Second dose of treasure hunting

47. The Lost World – Jurassic Park – English (1997)

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49. Kabul Express – Hindi (2006)

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50. Khuda Kay Liye – Urdu (2008)

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