Manorama- Six Feet Under

Abhay Deol has yet again proved his worth in this industry which has most of its stars set in roles with below the belt comedies. Manorama- 6 Feet Under --- at first go the title seems to be a bit weird and does not give anything away about the kind of movie that it was to be. It is only after watching it - would you probably appreciate it.
Set in a small town of Rajasthan, being directed by debutante Navdeep Singh, who is well known for his award winning ads, shot this film in 52 days flat which is rare. This film is truly first-of-its-kind dark comedy about an amateur detective in a small town who gets caught in a web of lies, trickery, deceit and murder. The entire plot is set in a sleepy town of Rajasthan, where the only mode of entertainment is perhaps peeping into other's lives.
Performances by Raima Sen, Gul Panag, Sarika, Kulbhushan Kharbanda & Vinay Pathak make the movie worth a watch.

Special mention to Vinay Pathak who plays the role of a "corrupt" cop which is not unfamiliar!!! But as expected of him and this character, audience would love the humour and cynicism. He is the mirror for Abhay Deol to see the real picture, someone, who tries to make Abhay's character see the reality - which is obviously revolting. So much that you wish he had a longer role.
Gul panag is perfect to the T-- a wife who is gnawing but at the same time, loves her husband and her family more than anything.
Raima Sen needs a good lesson in Hindi. She looked beautiful, and stunning in the Aquarium scene.
The other characters though not so famous, or should I say lesser known faces also add to the flavour of Rajasthan with the goons competing with each other as to decide who is better off than each other. It's good to see unknown faces acting and mouthing such real-to-life lines.
Shot sleekly, with hardy any special effects, the Director of Photography - Arvind Kannabiran, makes Rajasthan look so beautiful..that you want to be there. This means that this film brings together stalwarts of the advertising world to test their talent in the world of cinema.
The film keeps you engrossed to quite an extent but after the interval it becomes slightly dheela. Loses its grip but picks up soon.
This film is definitely not for those who are used to the slapstick comedies that Bollywood is dishing out by tons, who are used to seeing sci-fi, action thrillers - but for those who yearn to see something different-- Go and watch it. Really nice film...has some flaws..but then who said Navdeep had to be a Spielberg!

Dhamaal

Directed by Indra Kumar, the film is a laugh riot। The film has Sanjay Dutt as the central protagonist and the senior most amongst a bunch of other mad-mad actors!
This movie does well by coming up with a comedy which is pleasant departure from the now often dished out below the belt comedies. A good watch for the family. It really proves how a clean entertainer can be made.
Inspired by a series of Hollywood as well as Bollywood flicks (Rat Race/Its a Mad Mad World/Gopichand Jasoos), this movie has also been inspired by the age old jokes. Although, the placement of the jokes has been done in such a way that despite knowing what is to come next, you just cant stop being in splits and makes your watch worthwhile.
Though there is no proper story line- in fact -the story has nothing unusual, nor a good music but when it comes to performance, you will simply love the characters! Javed Jaffrey is simply hilarious with his very innocent character who is oblivious of the fact that he is possibly the biggest Idiot! Trust me there wouldn't be a minute you would think about anything else than the heaps of laughter you have poured. All the actors did their part extremely well, obviously expected of the main characters, but it's the other characters too, as in that of the Pilot played by Manoj Pahwa, or the Dacoit - Sanjay Mishra, or better still the presence of Vijay Raaj as the Air Traffic Controller who tries to give directions to a plane - is maddening and takes the film to another level. All five are thrown into hilarious life threatening situations that has the audience in side splitting laughter and guessing.
However, the film could have been tighter. Besides, the story doesn't run too deep. It is never explained how the four good-for-nothing blokes become friends in the first place.
It's sheer masti and DHAMAAL.

Despite the minor flaws, Dhamaal is similar to David Dhawan's brand of comedies: Fully dhamaal!

RAM GOPAL VERMA KI AAG on B4Bollywood

RAM GOPAL VERMA KI AAG

And gone with the AAG is the script, the direction, the music, the dialogues.

A comparison is not justified to the Baap (Daddy) of Hindi Cinema- Sholay…. there is nothing to compare.
Mr Bachchan aka Babban was good as a villain, but this job did not require his presence, could have been done by anyone with a simple training in acting.

Songs are not hummable at all, the Holi song, was a mess with Sushmita’s yellow kurta getting of and on couloured with red colour.

Mohan Lal, Ajay Devgan, Sushmita Sen - a waste of talent.

It seemed the Director was so much overwhelmed with Sholay that he missed the basics of direction. Taking nothing away from Mr Ram Gopal verma who we all know has given us great entertainers, through this film he has come across as a human being who is prone to making mistakes.

Even if a comparision is not made to the flim this movie is inspired from, the film does not stand of its own.