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Ghajini (2008)
9/10
Watched this with Katrina Kaif. Excellent Film.
18 January 2009
I was pleasantly surprised to find Katrina Kaif with her family in the queue right behind me in this popular central London theatre on a Saturday evening in the last week of December.

The film was excellent. Katrina seemed to have anecdotes on a number of scenes/locations. She was sitting in the row in front me and was chatting (gossiping) with her sisters and mom every few minutes especially when the trailer of Chandni Chowk to China came up.

Her sisters are not as hot as her though....

She is gorgeous to say the least. She was also with this English guy who sat next to her and was calling her 'sweetheart' (Salman....you have competition~?). They went out together in the intermission too. He maybe family though....

Well impressed with the film. Ran for 3 weeks in this theatre house-full.

Goes to show that script does matter.....Good music and Asin is stunning. Aamir rocks as usual...what a bankable Indian legend!!
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CC2C (2009)
1/10
Stay Well Away! Everything an Indian Cinema should not be.....
18 January 2009
Watched in London this evening. It was horrible. Half of the audience left mid-way. I hung around to see if things improved but was disappointed.

The theatre was less than half full. Not surprisingly, even though this was the first week. Ghajini ran for the last three weeks in this popular central London theatre house-full! In the name of Kung Fu and Mariat Arts, the fantasy of the production team must have been to sell this really rubbish script thinking the action and so called special effects would make-up for the bad direction - but this has clearly fallen flat on its face.

Majority of special effects are appalling, you can see the pixels in the background or you can see the lack of smooth movement in jumps and action sequences filmed badly with ropes.

The screenplay bar the first 3 minutes of the film is really bad and looks like a bad stage play. I can go on and on but will stop now. Its has been a complete waste of time. Am a fan of Ashay but he clearly has over-over-acted in this one.

It is shocking to see your review comments. This movie is horrible and a very badly directed venture that has fallen flat on its face.

Wait for the box office results. I have seen a number of films in London and never seen an emptier theatre in the first week like I saw today. A lot of people left mid-day and I should have followed them. It is a really stupid production.

Films like these spoil the name of Indian cinema. Nikhil Advani should learn lessons from other directors that script of a film matters too!!
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10/10
Very Highly Recommended !!
12 July 2008
I saw this film tonight in London and the theatre was packed. Within the first 30 minutes I could understand why.

What a wonderful Indian film after a long long time!! Very well made.

Very punchy, funny and realistic. Good performances by everyone especially Imran Khan and Genelia. The character casting is excellent. Arbaz and Sohail Khan in a cameo are great.

One of the rare Indian productions where the jokes were effortlessly funny.

Music is great and so are the songs. Songs are panned out well and do not stand out as in most other Indian films. Another wonderful production from Aamir Khan's stable.

Very touching and refreshing film. Very highly Recommended!!
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1/10
What a joke!!
4 June 2008
Unbelievably stupid amateur effort.

Complete waste of time. Of the 10 people in this theatre in London tonight where I watched it, half walked out midway through the film. I hung around thinking surely things would improve since the plot and direction had hit rock bottom....and how wrong was I...they kept digging.

Songs are pointless except one catchy tune. All the songs are out of place though.

Film's plot is embarrassingly stupid. The director has gone overboard trying to make this a classy project. The production team must be living on a different planet to think that this movie has anything good to offer. I am so upset wasting my time that I would term this film as a real TRASH.

The direction is AWFUL!! Real amateur. A smart kid can do a better job with directing this. 'White Feather Films' - I'll be wary of them henceforth.

GUYS STAY WELL AWAY!!!!!!!!
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