Review of Section 375 . . .

Review of Section 375 . . .

It's second directorial venture of Ajay Bahl who first made B.A.Pass which was brilliant piece of cinema at least i believe. It was loved by many filmy buffs but not sure whether successful at Box-Office or not. He's back with his second film which also has unusual story like first one.
Section 375 is based on very relevant issue of current situations in India or world.
Touching a women without her consent is a crime and doesn't matter if it's your own wife. She has to give her consent for sexual activities no man can touch her without it. This was highlighted so well in film Pink. Here it's not about this topic but Rape case is something like this.
1 junior assistant of costume designer (Meera Chopra) files a case against a film director (Rahul Bhatt) who forced her for sexual activity in his home.
Court sentence him 10 Years prison and then 1 lawyer Tarun (Akshaye Khanna) believes that he didn't rape her and this case against him seems a false allegations and takes his case. While his own old intern is against him who's fighting case for the victim and then really very hard hitting court room drama film begins.
It throws light on recently MeToo movement happened in India specially in the film industry where females are abused and unfortunately due to lack of support or fear of society they keep it hidden but some brave woman came ahead and talked publicly about whatever happened with them during working hours.
Still the main plot of the film is not that I'm going to be more clear as it's not typical film where rape case is being discussed in the court and at the end accused gets the sentence to death or anything like that. It's not a film totally on MeToo movement however it's a film about Justice VS Law. Yes when the film begins Akshaye Khanna tells there's a difference between the Justice and Law.
Some films raise questions after it's release and this one also raised question that why MeToo there should be MenToo, another thing is why film is showing girls are allegate wrongly guys if the relationship doesn't work out.
I think there can be so long debate or arguments on the topic of sexual consent but here more I'm going to tell about the film not the topic much.
It's a court room drama film but thank God to writers for writing such an engaging script so we can not have to bear that typical "Milord" kinda stuffs in the court or"Mai Geetha par hath rakh ke kasam khata hu" types.
From the very beginning of court scenes both the lawyers speaks some brilliantly written dialogues which is a great start to take it ahead and deep in the topic. Very skillful and tight screenplay.
Direction is top notch specially all the courtroom scenes are well balanced and didn't bore me for a single minute. Ajay Bahl sir hits the right chord once again after B.A.Pass.
Besides writing and direction what court drama needs is performances by the actors. Richa Chadda as victim's lawyer simply solid. Very nice presentation by her. She impressed with her several good dialogues. Kruttika Desai as one of the judges is also superb, Anup Chaudhary is also fantastic as Judge.
Meera Chopra does her job so well. She's damn good actor and played her role of victim Anjali very well.
Rahul Bhatt is amazing as always. He played role of accused film director Rohan Khurrana. Such a fantastic actor.
But lastly whosl eats all these actors with his OUTSTANDING performance is yes none other than one of the finest and unfortunately underrated actor of Bollywood Akshaye Khanna. OMG what an acting. Just superb role play of criminal lawyer Tarun Saluja. I loved his performances in many fo his films and surprisingly he makes me wonder with each of his unusual performance in recent times. Unfortunately he wasn't used properly else he would have definitely some awards with him in his home.
I think an appropriate choice for this role. Hatz off.
Those who have not watched the film and after reading going to watch it please don't miss the climax the very end of film. Because from starting almost end you will have some thoughts but in the climax that may change so powerful climax.
Lastly i would say it may leave you with some questions or you'll be confused which side you're but see it as Justice vs Law not like Man VS Woman film.
For this hard hitting powerful drama and specially for brilliant performance by Akshaye Khanna
My Ratings
4/5
--- by Harsh Desai Filmy . . . 

Review of Dream Girl . . .

Review of Dream Girl . . . 

Dialogue writer Raaj Shaandilya's debut as a director Dream Girl arrived on this Friday. I was officially busy on first day till night so caught it on Saturday night in theatre. I read reviews which were mostly positive. What i expect from Ayushmann Khurrana's film is different yet engaging story & his stellar performance to make it worth watch for me.
I loved his performances many times. His dedication towards the role and selection of the scripts all the times makes me more excited to wait and look forward for his upcoming films.
Dream Girl in which he plays role of Karam who's working at various dramas where het gets role of any lady character because he has talent to talk in the voice of girl. He's not getting a decent job which can help him to pay off the loans taken by his father (Annu Kapoor). He finally meets a person (Rajesh Sharma) who's running a call center and offers him a job in which he has to call people and talk to them as Pooja. Later story continues with this job and he meets Maahi (Nushrat Bharucha) and what ups and downs happens in his life is shown in the film.
Story is fresh while screenplay is predictable but dialogues written so brilliantly which makes the film out and out entertainer and one of the nice comedy film of this year or recent times. Obviously because director is already an experienced dialogue writer and in his film too he wrote such a witty humourous yet sometimes hard hitting dialogues. Hatz off to Raaj Shaandilya Sir for this.
Several dialogues are so so so funny such as Ayushmann offers a seat to lady in a bus when he returns from an interview without getting a job "Aap Yahan Baith Jaiye Mai To Waise Bhi Ghar Pe Baitha Hi Rehta Hun"
Rajesh Sharma tells him to read the agreement before signing Ayushmann tells "15-17 saal padhai hi ki hai kuchh nahin mila".
Vijay Raaz' best dialogue besides his all the poetries in the film "Policewale agar kisi ko kuchh dene lage to fir kahe ke Policewale" this was so funny at the same time hard hitting.
What a writing. Loved it.
Performances by supporting cast is outstanding. Vijay Raaz superb as Police Constable who's drunk and poet most of the time. Nidhi Bisht is also playing deadly role whose heart is broken three times by various boys and he has no more faith in boys now. Abhishek Banerjee who's playing Brahmchari brother of Nushrat Bharucha is also funny and enjoyable.
Manjot Singh as friend of Ayushmann is also superb and has got some very good lines. He has done good job. Rajesh Sharma is also good in his role.
Nushrat Bharucha looks stunning and beautiful. He plays her part so well but doesn't have much to do besides lending support to Ayushmann.
Annu Kapoor is one of my fav performers who never disappoints with their performance. Whether that's Jolly LLB2 or this or any of his film i remember he has done superb dialogues delivery and out and out watchable character. Here he's playing role of father of Ayushmann who's lost his wife earlier and stayed whole life alone with his son.
Annu Kapoor has so much potential and he's a true theatre artist who can act brilliantly all the time. Here he doesn't have much important or detailed role but still when his scene comes he steals the show. He's mind blowing.
Lastly the one who's the main positive point of the film is Ayushmann Khurrana. He's the one who accepted many challenging roles in his short span of career. From Vicky Donor to Andhadhun to this loved him most of his films. Here the role of girl who's many times earlier portrayed by many brilliant actors in the history of Bollywood also for comedy many TV shows using the idea of transformation of a boy in the role of girl is great watch for an audiences.
Role of Karam/Pooja both extremely well played by him. For me it's not his best performance or best film but yet it's an entertaining and also gives message in the climax part. It's our good luck to see films of an actor like Ayushmann who's doing thrillers like Andhadhun and same time comedies like Badhaai Ho and this one. It's our fortune to have very talented actor like him in the industry. He's one of the best performers of coming age.
Many congratulations to him and best wishes for his super success ahead.
Music of the film is also ok i loved Radhe Radhe track.
Overall for me it was entertaining, engaging and specially for outstanding performance by Ayushmann Khurrana i will go with
3.5/5.
--- by Harsh Desai Filmy . . . 

Review of Chhichhore . . .

Review of Chhichhore . . .

I really didn't like the trailer of this film because it seemed typical college story kinda film and specially older looks of the cast are not convincing for me. I found it below average and expected that it's going to be a soft comedy drama like many film makers delivering every year and rarely one or two of them have the right content. I loved work of Director Nitesh Tiwari in Dangal but trailer of Chhichhore didn't impress me much so i didn't go on first day of it's release generally i go on Friday for most of films. When i looked at the calendar of up coming Bollywood films then there are two more films Dream Girl & Prassthanam that I'm thinking to watch it in theatre. I was not curious for Chhichhore.
 On first day i found reviews on social media and unexpectedly maximum of reviewers were giving thumps up to this film. Many people compared this with 3 Idiots or Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikander kinda films. My friend also talked to me regarding this and finally i decided to watch on Sunday.
Nitesh Tiwari ji who directed a content driven blockbuster Aamir Khan starrer Dangal came up with another good entertaining and wonderful film Chhichhore. Story set in College Days includes Emotions, Sports, Comedy and mix up all these ingredients a predictable yet engaging film emerged.
Writing of the film is backbone. Excellent Performances by Sushant Singh Rajput, Taher Raj Bhasin, Varun Sharma, Shraddha Kapoor and other supporting cast. Still i stay unconvinced with their old age look but besides this there is a lot to enjoy it the film.
wonderful message " it's okay to be a Looser sometimes" it works so well.
Flashbacks with introduction of each character is very well directed, various Sports in college is also nice part of the film, Entry of Taher is brilliant, Friendship of them definitely reminded me of Hirani's 3 Idiots. There are some enjoyable scenes but double meaning dialogues to create a humor is what makes the film adult and i can't give a label of family film to this and yes definitely you can enjoy it with college friends or specially if you stayed in hostel it's time to relieve your old memories with it.
Shraddha Kapoor doesn't have much to do but looks nice and delivered her performance with and ease. I'm happy that she's improving her acting skills with Stree or Saaho or Chhichhore. I didn't like her in earlier films. Good luck to sweetie.
SSR is damn good in college time while in older look he didn't justify or i think i didn't like it. Not his great performance but good one.
Rest casting is so nice and all of them delivered superb performances.
It's light hearted emotional drama yet fun ride. Title could've been something else more suitable.
My Ratings
3.4/5.
--- by Harsh Desai Filmy . . .