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Rang De Basanti (2006)
A must see movie
I went in to watch the movie with zero expectations and came out totally 'entertained'. Sharman Joshi and Atul Kulkarni were good as expected. Soha Ali Khan , Siddarth and Alice Patten were impressive. The narrative was good. I am a little wary of Kiran Kher being a little too loud at times but she really underplayed it in this movie. I felt Aamir Khan should probably cut down on his college-goer roles although I can't think of many actors who could have pulled off his role that well. Songs are good. 'Roobaroo' is my favorite. And now for the 'take-home message'.The movie makes one sit back and think rather than get carried away with the emotions churned out by the movie. The latter don't last long {usually never longer than the time one spends discussing the movie with friends}. It is definitely a must see movie.
Anukokunda Oka Roju (2005)
Movie with a good plot and an equally good narrative
This movie starts off slow, but picks up the pace and engrosses the viewers soon enough. You cannot piece the puzzle together until almost the last 20 minutes, and some scenes seem disconnected until the time of the realization. But, yet, the realization is not an "aha" moment, but a "oh. .is that so".. So, some parts of the plot seem contrived. But compared to the run of the mill telugu movies, this is a lot .. i mean a lot, better.
Narrative, screenplay and direction are good. Like another user mentioned earlier here, there is a documentary touch to some shots. Narrative seems a bit slow at times, but it could be because the pieces seem disconnected.
Charmy did a good job, both as the free spirit initially, the terrified/worried one later.. She also did a good job as the drugged one, but there she seemed to imitate the terrific portrayal of sridevi in "vasantha kokila"..
Jagapathi babu and the hero did a good job too. The "school master" character was funny and had us in splits. Good pun in the over-enthusiastic English was well written - like "u want to come inside from outside", "u dance , i glance"..
All in all - a movie that is definitely recommended.