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Kaal (2005)
AKaal of good entertainment
Beginning the movie with a slick music video (Shahrukh + Mallaika) and ending with another one, the rest of the movie was one stale sandwich and it tasted really bad. Videos have no connection to the storyline and are shot just for the sake of promotions.
In the name of star cast John, Isha, Lara and Vivek were showcased as chick candy-floss and they ensured that they remained just that. The cast never looked so bad thanks to excessive camera close-ups (especially Isha) and total lack of interpersonal chemistry.
The excessive use of night vision photography (in green), incongruent mix-up of Indian style forest with African style grass land, mix-up of national park names Orbit Vs Corbett, shoddy way of characters getting killed and comic way of making characters look like possible suspects are just few of the irritants that are successfully hurled your way.
In terms of acting, none of the candy-floss are convincing. Not their fault because of fraught storyline and senseless script. Ajay Devgan's character though a nice angle to the story, is too weak and too apparent to add any real twist to the story. The most interesting character was Vivek's driver who for unknown reasons just vanishes out of the screen.
What counts in favor of this movie are few scenes in grass land style forests and safari style background music. It was a good attempt to make a beast based thriller and thanks to financiers for pouring money in such unconventional bollywood subjects. Also this movie has come out at right time, when all of India is wondering as to what happened to all the vanished tigers in Sariska National Park.
Socha Na Tha (2005)
A fresh romantic flick
Before I started watching this movie, I had no idea what the story was about. I had seen the first movies of Abhay Deol's cousins (Sunny Deol's Betaab & Bobby Deol's Barsaat) and did like them when they were released. So I was expecting a good movie even for Abhay and I wasn't disappointed at all. On the contrary I liked it a lot. The movie is simple, funny, straightforward and avoids clichés and twisted tales much on the lines of Dil Chahta Hai (though it has quite different story line).
The initial dialogues between Viren (Abhay Deol) and Aditi (Ayesha Takia) are crisp and consuming and provide a brisk start to the movie. The music score from Sandesh Shandilya is little different and unconventional but I started liking it by the time movie ended, especially the score "Abhi Abhi...". Though the story is simple, it is well edited and is able to communicate with the audience.
Overall I think this is a very good movie. It makes you laugh and makes you feel good about the time you spent watching it. I would highly recommend this movie. Score: 4.5 / 5