Arjun Reddy and Kabir Singh - review

Now I must say that this review is about the movies Arjun Reddy and Kabir Singh but its more about Vijay Devarakonda and Shahid Kapoor :))))
So both the movies show a hot dude who is an Alpha male, who chose his girl, and took her to his den... And the girl, lucky her, she enjoys the ride, and the perks of being with him. And the story continues with its twists and turns.

Now my feminist review on the story:
I loved VD as the Alpha male hot dude :). Shahid was also close, but VD is VD.... , there is no Arjun Reddy without VD. What i liked about the character was:
Him wanting to take care of Preeti and his dedication towards her
His simplicity in choosing an average looking girl and being honest to her
Him wanting to take care of Preeti during her PMS time... Thats cute
Him going to the operation theatre half awake and still ending up saving someone's life

His relationship with his brother and his grandma

His best friend being there for him through tough times.

What I did not like was:
The average looking girl had to be dumb with barely a couple of dialogs... I get the fact that guys prefer girls who don't talk a lot. But that doesn't happen in reality. Girls talk.. its in their DNA to talk. So I absolutely didn't get this part.
Him not falling for Jia Sharma. Jia was an absolutely nicely played character in the movie. She is successful and famous and yet falls for him. And she takes care of him like he did to Preeti. But Arjun Reddy doesn't like being taken care of... what a pity.
Arjun Reddy talking about fat girls being a good combo for Preeti... Dude Preeti aka Shalini is also fat...

Comparing the Telugu and Hindi cast:
Again VD is VD, but Shahid come close. This is a good break for Shahid after a dry patch
Kiara is incomparably better than Shalini.
Kanchana did a great job as grandma, but the hindi version was .... below average
Both the Jias were good.
The elder brothers did a good job in both movies
Shiva's character was amazingly good in Telugu but very stupidly done in hindi. That guy in Hindi version was so uncomfortable when delivering the PMS dialog. Pathetic.

All said and done Kabir Singh was still a bit hit in the North, even with all the shortcomings. Whereas Arjun Reddy was flawless. An eye pleaser for a feminist like me ;).

Ohh Baby - movie review

I must confess that I am not a fan of Samantha, well atleast until I watched this movie. Ohh Baby is about a old lady, Savithri, who turns into a young girl so that she could fulfill her dreams of being a singer. So Savithri (Lakshmi) turns into Swathi (Samantha) overnight and the movie is about her adventures.

I loved Samantha’s bubbliness  while maintaining Savithri’s nature. The scenes that i loved in the movie was when she misunderstood that her grandson was going to propose her :)). And the scene where she meets her mother-in-law as the young Swathi :)). Samantha’s character was played beautifully when she confesses that she wants to be young forever and at the same time she ferociously defends Chanti, when attacked by two young guys in a pub.

I liked the message sent by this movie that old people have a life so understand them. At the same time when Savithri becomes young she learns the art of advising without hurting other people’s  feelings.

Her scenes with Naga Shourya were absolutely romantic and hilarious at the same time. In the end, she did a fantastic job imitating Lakshmi. This movie is worth watching again! :)

Seven and Nila- Netflix review

I saw Seven over the weekend and thought it was good for a short movie. Most of all I was glad to see a good looking Tamil actor for a change. I am so tired of the all the ugly Tamil actors that i have pretty much stopped watching Tamil movies.
However more than the actor, I liked the performances of Nanditha and Regina. I am impressed by both actresses and feel that they should be getting better movies with this movie. I did not like Regina before because of how she came to be known as a lookalike of Ileana but hey she is better that Ileana. I like Ileana but she does not know how to act but Regina does a good job I must say.
Its a pretty ok - once to watch show.

Nila was another movie I came across through my desperate searches to watch something worthwhile on Netflix. The actor is funny :) but i guess he just played the character he was supposed to. The actress was pretty and did her role well. What i did not like in the story as to  - there was no reason to what the female lead did what she did and why she did even though she did like what she was doing. Movie was kind of realistic but not enough to engage a viewer. 

Crazy Rich Asians and the burden of rascism

When I read Crazy Rich Asians I didn't know that it will turn into a movie and that too a famous one. Throughout the movie, I was fascinated and bewildered by the brash avatar of Asianness and the racial slur against 'starving kids in America' to ' macaroni and old age homes'. I am glad that this movie is the answer to all the racism subjected on non-white people in Hollywood till date. I want to be part of this reverse Ku klux clan even though I observe that the palace guard in the movie was a dark skinned Sardarji.