Review of Laila Majnu (2018) . . .

Review of Laila Majnu (2018) . . .

Sajid Ali is a younger brother of one of my most favorite film makers and very talented and Imtiaz Ali Sir.
Screenplay penned by Imtiaz Ali and execution done by Sajid Ali. I would say Sajid Ali is following the footsteps of his elder brother.
He's tried to make as beautiful film as his brother filmed. He has tried to add so much romance and emotions which can be seen in the films of Imtiaz Ali.
Laila Majnu is a classic tale which is for me always fresh to witness with new faces and from the new story tellers. This time love story set in Kashmir where a Laila (Tripti Dimri) and Qais (Avinash Tiwary) fall in love with each other and at the some point due to their families problem they aren't going to be together thus it takes turn where she gets married arranged by her family and He leaves Kashmir and stays in London till the interval. Post interval there's 4 years of time span and he comes back to Kashmir and what happens post interval I'm not going to write here because that's the soul of the film. Till interval it's quite typical Bollywood romantic emotional film but then it turns out to be something else which makes it a masterpiece for me.
It's unfortunate that i couldn't watch it in the September when it released. Because it wasn't released in my town. But still better late than never I guess finally it came on web and I watched it.
Film starts with Laila's introduction with her friends at college, some lyrically best songs come in the very first 30 minutes. Music isn't popular but still i loved the songs because it works like an additional screenplay. Each song placed perfectly and sung by my favorite singers Atif Aslam, Javed Ali, Mohit Chauhan etc so regarding music i would say this film may not have the chartbuster which is very important thing but still it has quality songs rather than forcefully added ones. It hasn't touched the Pritam or A.R.Rahman music.
Cinematography is very very beautiful succeed in capturing the beauty of Kashmir. Loved the visual landscapes of Kashmir.
Dialogue writing isn't great but definitely good. It has some catchy dialogues between Laila-Qais. Lyrics of the songs are more better in story telling than dialogues.
Direction is very nice, beautiful, engaging. Debutant director made this much beautiful film is really proud moment for his brother, for the industry and cinema lovers. My best wishes with him for the future. I read some reviews about it. It might not have collected that several crores at the Box-Office but i must say i loved this film so much and one of the beautiful films of this year.
Climax scene is one of the best i have ever seen. It made me cry.
Namaj scene is so painful and loved it immensely.
Talking over a phone by Laila-Qais is romantically presented.
Qais talking to his sister and brother-in-law scene is superb.
There are many scenes and Kashmiri touch which make it worth watch.
I saw one interview of Imtiaz Ali where he said he has grown up with so many ladies around him in his family so it's always great thing for him to present any female character with some natural touch. It always happens in his films Jab We Met or Highway he presented lady character so beautifully and same thing i could see in his brother Sajid Ali.
Lastly performances. Except leads there are nothing much to talk about the performances.
Tripti Dimri as Laila is quite good, suitable in the character of Kashmiri Muslim girl with desires. She looks stunning.
Avinash Tiwary as Qais is debutant Actor and i must say he is the best debut actor male of this year.
OMG what a stellar performance in his very first film. When i started the film i didn't expect that he's going to take this film or this classic story to the next and modern level but he proved himself very nicely. He's the one who takes the film on his shoulder post interval. He's as normal rom-com hero in the first half but in second half he's someone else totally. I'm not going to reveal much here but he has done mind blowing job in playing dual personality.
How Imtiaz Ali succeed to bring out dual personalities from Ranbir Kapoor in Tamasha his brother Sajid Ali succeed here to bring out the dual personalities from his protagonist Avinash Tiwary.
What a spectacular performance. Namaj scene, climax scene that Laila Laila, La Ilaha IllAllah dialogue with such a natural emotions made me cry. Take a bow man. Hatz off.
Tere Naam, Veer Zara, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and Laila Majnu  these type of love stories all the time prove that true love exists in the world.
Also shows that what a person can become in love and how much time he can face in the WAITING.
This is definitely for those who believe in true love. A  must watch.
Overall loved it and expecting this kind of thing from Sajid Ali. Welcome to the Bollywood Sir i hope you may achieve more and more love and respect like your brother.
4.2/5.
--- By Harsh Desai Filmy . . .

Revie of Thugs of Hindostan . . .

Review of Thugs of Hindostan . . .

When i heard the news that Yash Raj Films is making a biggest budget film which starrs none other than two big names of Bollywood Mr. Amitabh Bachchan Ji & Perfectionist Aamir Khan in lead roles. The excitement level was too high for me. Obviously not only me but fans of these stars, general audiences, critics and the entire film industry all were super excited for this one and it raised in general audiences because they released it on festival. Since many years it's definite thing at least one big film comes on Diwali. Some sets the records and some don't satisfy the audiences.
This Diwali it was biggest film Thugs of Hindostan from Yash Raj Films. A month ago i saw the trailer and that was definitely good but still i didn't expect much after  watching trailer. I loved Director Vijay Krishna Acharya's debut Tashan no matter how badly that preformed at that time. It was entertainer for me. His next was Dhoom 3 which i didn't like but loved Aamir Khan's performance in that film.
This time he came with epic saga set in 1795 during British government.
All the time it creates top level excitement among the audiences and set high buzz whenever two big stars share screen together.
It was Vikram Samvat 2075 morning i read the reviews of Thugs of Hindostan from well known critics and i felt quite bad not because reviews were average but how they penned down such negative words. Same day i discussed with one of my friends who's also movie buff. She said the same thing what i thought about Indian critics who believe reviewing a film means pointing out negative things from the film.
Well let it go it happens often whenever some big films lack something or less appealing. As it was planned i went to watch it in cinema in the night show.
After trailer my expectations weren't much high but all i wanted to see that was two megastars working in the same frame. It happened for the very first time when Amitabh Bachchan Sir and Aamir Khan signed a film together. I wanted this treat since long time. I can't express what a pleasure for me to watch them on big screen.
Written and directed by Victor aka Vijay Krishna Acharya Thugs of Hindostan i found more mass appealing and entertainer for single screen cinemas rather than less preferable by class audiences of multiplexes.
Story of Khudabaksh (Big B) who is taking revenge against the British rulers. Not writing more about the story here as it is clearly predictable from the trailer.
It has revenge, patriotic, actions, thrills, mind blowing VFX etc ingredients included by the Victor to make it a BIG one.
From the beginning to the end whether it's jungle scenes or fort, sea, battle ground etc scenes are just amazingly shot. Cinematography is very beautiful.
Now about performances Katrina Kaif has very small role like Dhoom 3 but she looks stunning in her outfits and makes the scene more hotter.
Ronit Roy is quite good in her part.
Fatima Sana Sheikh is awesome. She doesn't only acts well but also looks stunning and catchy. She is doing so well.
Mohmad Zeeshan Ayyub is superb and adds humor with his one liners.
Legendary Mr. Amitabh Bachchan as Khudabaksh nails the role completely. He is fantastic in it. His entry scene, fight sequences, dialogue delivery in which he is unbeatable. All the way he is master. At this age his dedication level is what makes him versatile. Hatz off to Sir Ji.
Lastly this film would have been nothing without him.
That Firangi role played by perfectionist Aamir Khan. I saw his interview with Karan Johar on his show Koffe With Karan Season 6 where Aamir Khan said this time for Thugs of Hindostan he gave first priority to his role than the script. Generally he chooses script first then goes for the role but this time he chooses role over script.
He is OUTSTANDING in his role. His character is what he defined himself "Bahot Hi Kaminey Ko Angreji Mein Kya Kehte Hain"
That twists in his role makes the film watchable. He is badass guy. He is master in cheating. These all things make his character superb. I took more interest in his role rather than the film.
I found the film quite good and obviously not bad at all as read in the reviews. I didn't get it why people don't understand that this is a film by Victor not by Sanjay Leela Bhansali or Ashutosh Gowariker so they should not expect such things from Victor. Victor has his own ways while they have their own way.
Undoubtedly it's going to be compared with Baahubali series too therefore people were excited to see bigger than Baahubali but unfortunately script wise it is not ahead than that.
Another thing i noticed here is there was no involvement of Aamir Khan in the making of this film. Such involvements means in writing or direction etc. All he did is performed his role and definitely enjoyed working with Bachchan Sir. If it was handeled by Aamir Khan than this would have been something else product. A more superior, more class appealing, more content driven. Obviously Aamir Khan is known for his films not by the heroism like Salman Bhai. If his films are good then definitely it's going to make sound business at Box-Office as well as satisfy the audiences.
On the whole i got to know that people were expecting some cotent driven film as it was from Yash Raj Films, Starring Bachchan Sir & Aamir Khan but unfortunately due to an average or i would say usual script it's less engaging and somehow class audiences aren't going to like it because of lack of quality content. Because they've seen Aamir Khan doing a film like 3 Idiots, Pk, Dangal which are more content driven and giving message to the society while this one is clearly an entertaining one.
Well it's nothing good for me to write anything negative regarding the film and i must say i enjoyed the film especially because of Bachchan Sir and Aamir Khan on big screen first time.
I want as general audience want Aamir Khan to come back soon with his style of films like Dangal and all because we know he is master in it and he is able to contribute more quality content to the Indian Cinema.
My Ratings specially for two megastars.
3/5.
--- by Harsh Desai Filmy . . .