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Although, Anurag Kashyap could have pulled it off much better, the film-makers yet managed to nail it with good balance of style & substance. Surely, this film is not everyone's cup of tea 'cause its a very new platter of bizarreness & surrealism, something that's not a stereotype Bollywood.

The first quarter of the movie is a bit lame & has cringe-worthy moments wherein they introduce the characters whilst trying hard to feed the audience how bizarre & psychotic is Bobby, the lead, played by Kangana. Dialogs & moments that were meant to be funny can't even manage to get a smirk. Editing is quite abrupt and after every last line delivered, there's a moment of blank faces of characters just looking at each other as you wonder 'Ok...so, why....what are they thinking?'.

But the momentum gains when Bobby's obsession on Keshav (her tenant), rises and his wife is found dead. Editing dept. takes a sharp turn and starts to blend Bobby's psychosis with flashes of her delusions while the plot keeps rolling.

Satish Kaushik as the police detective was a bad choice as it was seemingly obvious that he can act no more. Rajkumar Rao's full potential wasn't explored but he makes a good screen presence. Kangana is surely the one who steals the show.

The pace of the movie increases further, high up till the climax with a twist. The Cinematography & Art direction especially in the second half is lavish & very well done. Red Herrings & Foreshadowing are appropriately used and nothing is overdone, making the movie crisp, subtle & short.

Overall, JHK is a refreshing experience and quite original to be in Bollywood's scarce list of Psychological thrillers; perhaps straight after Raman Raghav 2.0.

There will be blood is a Path breaking Artistic Cinema of an Ambiguous & Epic Tale, so uniquely different that it will influence filmmakers for generations. Seemed to have written with a definitive pattern, Paul Thomas Anderson successfully exemplifies the most top-notch character study ever written in the history of cinema.

The Post TWBB viewing experience has lead to Innumerable conceptions & misconceptions amongst different viewers. This is because, this movie neither allow us to get linked with the plot which lays underneath nor letting us into the character's shoes. So the after effect is nothing but confusion about various events of the plot lying on its surface and struggle to understand the meaning of those events.

But once you are in it, the blood will flow through your veins with a force so stout, that the Movie will haunt you. The more you watch again, the more you shall extract and gradually break through its enigma.

The significance of this Movie's greatness is that it's been gifted with a screenplay deliberately planted with loose ends and missing links, but filled with allusions.

At first place, TWBB is a homage paid to Stanley Kubrick Movies and many other classics. In other way, the entire movie can be said as an elaborated portray of the first section of 2001: A Space Odyssey's "The Dawn of Man" Again here, "The Dawn of Man" depicts the invention of 'Tool' (which lead to a perpetual progress of mankind) and domination of the Inventor in the fight of conflicts for drinking water of the land. TWBB too, illustrates the discovery of 'Oil' by the protagonist and his conquest over the conflicts with various other opportunists.

The plot of the movie remains less significant to what is shown in the Movie. The crux lies in what is not shown in the Movie.

Set at the Turn of the 20th Century, The Lead Character of the Movie is Daniel Plainview, a ruthless & highly ambitious opportunists who struggles his way up to become an Oil Tycoon; a person for whom the only route for salvation is accumulation of unlimited wealth. On surface, we only see him as a greedy businessman, but as soon as we try to think what makes him that, we are on a journey of understanding this vibrant personality - The terrible past or childhood days of Daniel Plainview, not shown or narrated in the Movie, which molded the mind of this man. And then you have all answers, for why Plainview never hits his son, why he hates common people, why he never worship god.

The Movie depicts the Two Primary Driving Forces of Human Civilization which is Capitalism & Religion, in its early stage. The Petroleum Boom & Religious Propaganda intensifies as all human sentiments of greed, social recognition, religious fanaticism, love, family, ambition & survival unravel amongst the various characters setting up an odyssey of conflicts of opportunists for who shall defy or abide whom.

Leaving the Plot aside, There will be blood has one of the greatest one man towering performance in the history of cinema. Daniel Day Lewis accurately depicts the central character of Daniel Plainview immortalizing that character.

"I can't keep doing this on my own with these ……… People" - The dialog will remain immortal.

Year 2003. Quentin Tarantino directed Kill Bill Vol.1 which had a climax scene of sword action between Uma Thurman & Lucy Liu. There is a beautiful sequence of shots wherein the two duelist are photographed in close-ups & simultaneously, a long shot where, the two actors are placed on the right corner of the screen while, a pivoted water tap moving up and down is placed on the left part of the screen. Year 1985. Ketan Mehta, India's acclaimed director and in his best cinematic achievement, had directed a similar shot wherein one of cinema's most memorable & immortal villain character played by Naseeruddin Shah counts-down from 10 to 1 alarming the lead actress to come out of her hideout simultaneously photographed with a Water Tap on the Extreme Left of the 70 mm screen, creating a magnificent scene.

And since then, there has been no such cinematography ever induced in any other Indian Movies. For those foreign audience, be noted, that this Movie is not a conventional Hindi movie loaded with songs. This Movie is a serious cinema of high degree of art.

Only 4 words can make a review of this movie: "Watch it on Priority" !

I wondered how would I enjoy an age old film when I rented the DVD of this Magneficient Movie. I am a hardcore Hitchcock fan and started watching oldies when I almost got deprived of good plots from modern-day flicks and started craving for more original plots.

Thus, began my visual journey of great movies starting from Hitchcock's later Movies of 60s and then 50s and then 40s ..... and then 30s ! Although personally, I had a halt there on watching Movies of the 30s as I could hardly enjoy some of the movies made during that decade.

But, this Movie struck me so hard that it left a great impact on my Mind. Undoubtedly, The 39 Steps(1935) remains as the greatest movie ever made till date. Its still a step ahead then other great classics such as "Vertigo" & "North by Northwest".

Amongst the many reasons why this Movie is great, are its almost flawless & moving script, precise editing & great dialogs. And finally, the impact which it creates on us through medium of various emotions of all the characters.

Its a story about a Charming Young Man 'Mr. Richard hannay' played by Robert Dannat, who gets entangled in a spy chase when he tries to shelter a counter-espionage agent in his house. When the Agent is killed by the Spies, he is on his run from the Police and the killers from London all the way to Scotland country side. Almost after the second half, he gets handcuffed to the lead lady 'Pamela' played by Madelline Carol who also thinks that he is the murderer. In his aggression to claim his innocence, together both the leads continue the journey further, resolving the clues which they get, and finally arriving to the memorable end with dramatic twist.

The detailed thought which was put in while drafting the screenplay of this Movie is surely remarkable. Like how Hannay directs Pamela to fill the registration book of the Hotel as he cannot write since his right hand was handcuffed to her, And Like how good Hannay delivers a great speech in a political gathering, telling only the truth, being misunderstood as a political addresser, And like the perfect handling of the conversation between Hanny and the Unhappy Housewife during their very short acquaintance, And many many more.

The Beauty of the Movie is that it creates a strong bond with the viewers. We get involved into the Movie and enjoy the charm, erotism, fear & curiosity, throughout. This is the Magic of Alfred Hitchcock.

Watch it on priority. Relish this magnum opus of perfect 10/10 thriller ever made in the history of cinema !

This Film is the One which you fall in love with. Alfred Hitchcock shall always remain over the top of any directors of his time. The most influential aspects about his films are sheer Simplicity & Gripping Drama. The another best thing about Hitchcock's films is a Definite & Gripping End.

Any thing said about "The Man who knew too much" is less. The Cinematography, Acting, Dialogs & Camera Works are magnificent in this Movie. The Song "Que Sera Sera" at the end shall remain in our memories for life time. The film is so enjoyable from start to end that we never know when it ends. Rarely would Hitchcock include humor in his films, this film has comic scenes which fits in to the movie.

This film is absolutely brilliant & as good as Vertigo.

I rate "Citizen Kane" 4/10 and that too just for the ONLY 3 best things about this Movie - Cinematography, Acting & the suspense about 'Rosebud'.

After understanding "Citizen Kane"'s high acclaim & its status as one of the finest movie ever made, I was very curious to see this Film. I was definitely disappointed by far end. Indeed its boring especially in first half & has some very inconsistent characterization & scripting. Many things remain unexplained.

The Philosophical strength I feel could have been understood by very less number of people because of its inconsistent characterization & many loose ends.

Its a story about Charles Kane who becomes heir to huge wealth when he was a child. Kane when grows up, instead of investing in Gold Mines or getting professional consultancies for his investments, intends to run a Newspaper company & starts endowing his wealth in it. Here is where Kane is shown as a Non-greedy, humble & wise person who aims to reach his readers with the best & truthful News, which he & his team can. But at the same time we learn later, that he is self-centered some times. He spends his wealth in a monumental palace known as Xanadu & disregards the aspirations of his wife. At one point he is shown wise, ambitious & a person who plan things & achieves success. On other side we see that nothing works good for him as he keeps failing in later part of his life. Not because of just some ill-fate, but because of some motivation & intelligence aspects which he was capable to do at some points but never attempts to do. Its a major contradiction in his characterization.

We learn that Charles Kane was just a Tycoon because of his wealth which he inherited. Whereas he was absolutely incapable of monumenting or expanding his empire. His approach to get involve in politics was for betterment of people & not for any status benefits. Just when he met Susan Alexander (a small time singer), everything after that turns wrong. He marries her & things turn worst. He looses the election, incurs huge losses in Newspaper business & finally we see him settled down in his Xanadu living his last days. After Susan leaves him, Charles die with his last words "Rosebud".

One thing is sure, We are never allowed to get into the character of Kane. Whoever saw this movie, cannot tell what kind of person was Charles Kane. This I feel is a definite Script error for Characterisation. Orson Welles instead spent much of his ideas & efforts in Art Direction & Cinematography. But that does not solve purpose. We are talking about movies, which means entertainment. Where is the Substance? Where is the intensity & drama & understanding of the characters ? We know that he runs a Newspaper Company. The Scenes concerning only shows how Kane counts his number of readers & how he throws party. What about his involvement & personal approaches which boosted his business ? What Speciality does Kane have ?? There is no answer to this. No Salient Features about Newspaper Company is shown !! The First half is boring, but the second half gains some intensity. We slightly get gripped with it. The second half, when Kane's bad fate begins to overcome his life. Kane tries high to captivate success for his new love. He builds Opera for her but she was not skilled enough to hold the audience's applaud. She fails. But that failure was of Kane. His decisions never fruitified. He keeps failing. Things go wrong & one his best friend who worked for the Newspaper, too leaves him.

But characterization.... still a problem. While watching the movie we get discomfort that Hey Man ... somewhere something is lacking !!! The Story just donot land up in right corner. There is no emotional bond created with the audience. We do not feel any relishment while watching the friendships & love relationships which Kane tries to maintain with various other characters. Although Charles Kanes emotions are tried to be reflected but we feel that it must've became a struggle for Orson Welles.

I cannot land up in a right corner about this Movie. Of course it is Overrated, but narrating some good points & bad points are necessary.

Plus Points : 1. Cinematography : In word is Excellent. 2. Kane's Psychological behavior : His Ego during break off with his Friend Leland / His belief & Self-Satisfaction for his Performing Wife, Susan. 3. Acting : I feel Orson Welles' Act as Citizen Kane is one of the finest amongst any classic movies.

4. The Suspense about Rosebud : It absolutely justifies the Psychological realization of the dying Charles Kane.

5. An innovative Non-Linear Story telling which probably was influential attribute during those days.

6. And the Best Scene of the Movie : The Night of the Opera - No words to describe it.

Bad Points : 1. Inconsistent Characterisation of Charles Kane 2. Weak briefing about the Working Pattern / Sources of Revenue & Team Work of the Newspaper Company 3. Boring first half 4. Very Bad Performance by Dorothy as Susan Kane 4. Xanadu scenes which were over directed & the reasoning of Charles Kane's decision to live in Xanadu which was not shown 5. Some pathetic scenes like Jigsaw Puzzle 6. Lengthy 7. Poor dialogs etc. etc. & many other bad points.

Finally, Citizen Kane MAY BE a story about a Person who is like any common man. His incapability for being a Tycoon & governing Monetary interests formed his down-to-earth personality which also becomes the reason for his failure like how Orson Welles failed in this over - directed project now an overrated classic !

Apocalypse Now is a very good story. But unfortunately Francis Ford Copploa Could not establish the quality of "Gripping & Free Flowing Story telling" which was an excellence in The Godfather. Instead he turns up in a slightly loose, mediocre presentation & inconsistent screenplay.

The Central Plot of the Movie is a Dcoumentation of the Vietnam War & the War's relative impact on various soldiers which distorted their ideologies. Vietnam war probably was the deadliest approach of USA's 60's Bureaucracy on the basis on Human Grounds. The Vietnam War shall be remembered in the American History's Blackest Pages which reminds them the loss of lives & Integrity during that Period, out of which, finally they earned nothing.

A Bureaucratic Hunger for Captivation of Global Power, Unscrupulous American Intelligence & Cold War on Communism switched on the the US's indulgence in Vietnam & took them to the longest war which at end outcomed in frustrations & metal terror. Anything said about Vietnam War is always less.

The Facts of Horror : Apocalypse Now failed in actually documenting the Horror of the War which it relates at the end. All American citizens know about the calamities but what happens when a foreigner watches this Movie ? he is question marked ???. Platoon was probably the finest Vietnam War Epic ever made.

The Movie is a Story about Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) who is given a Mission to assassinate Col. Kurtz (Marlon Brando) who is believed to have refrained from the Army & settled down amongst the local tribes in Combodia near to Vietnam Border. The Film then starts with the Journey of Willard to reach his final destination (Combodia). Willard's adventure through the river takes him to various places & he faces many war events. He is acquainted with the Strategically sound Col. Kilgore, Playboy Playmates, Small time Dealers who exchange stuffs like Magazines & Ciggarettes etc. Within the first 2 Hours of the unedited version encompasses the Late Part of the War & exemplifies the Present situation of the War. The American Soldiers are fighting the Guerilla War for More than six years now & its been now a place, looking for survival. Survival not just from death, but from seclusion, from aggravation, from despair. Its shows us how at many points the war got disorganized. There were no leaders, no coordination and the soldiers were just fighting.

Willard then reaches a place where a Group of French People lived & formed their small family establishment. This is were Copolla creates the Philosophical foundation of the Movie. The First message about the Casualties of War & the Ideologies of War were exhibited, as the French Family Justifies their reason to stay.

Finally after more than 2 hours of the movie, Willard reaches the Place of Kurtz's small empire. The Entry Scene of Marlon Brando & his First Dialogue about Freedom is probably the best part of the Movie. Brando's role of Col. Kurtz is more powerful than his role in The Godfather. He creates a Massive Screen Presence.

The Film finally establishes its Philosophical attribute about Human Kind's Personal Abandonment from reality. Col. Kutz, always a humanitarian personality after being mentally wrecked from the Horrors of War, runs away from reality & finds himself a sublime position... within the tribes... but still is ready to die ! The Philosophical ideas of the Movie is sound, But the Horror which it relates was never shown. The Film cannot succeed as the emotional establishment on audience was never made & much of time was wasted in playmates, unnecessary mediocre conversations & traveling through the river.

Its known fact that Small Villages were destroyed within minutes just on suspicion of enemy's presence. Poor Vietnamese, Women, Children's, Infants suffered horrifically. These Horror cannot be just understood by showing few scenes of Napalm explosion & helicopter Bombing.

The War scenes were not well-directed. The Cinematography was not good. The Over all script was highly inconsistent.

But the Movie got saved by few good scenes & primarily because of Marlon Brando. He is terrific. Go & watch this movie only for Brando. If you have seen Platoon, then you shall understand the Horror in a better way.

Well, what to say.... The film is good. No doubts. Its considerably inspired by Stanley Kubrick's all time classic 2001 : A Space odyssey. Instead of apes, the film starts with the a review of present civilisation and importance of human relationships & values, through a bunch of Astronauts who are Close friends. Later this is poorly related with an idea of existence of Life in the universe in spiritual sense. Ho ! Ho ! Slightly Silly.

Brian De Palma cannot establish the Mammoth Philosophical Theme & Ideologies which was exhibited in 2001 ASO. Perhaps he lands up in a Slight Mediocre presentation.

But the film is very good in visuals. The Special effects in one word is fantastic.

These bunch of Astronauts are given a mission to visit Mars and investigate the Failure of communication & possible accident experienced by a Mars bound Space Station. Subsequently they also have to establish a rescue program if there are any survivors. Enroute their mission to mars, these astronauts face some adversities & technical calamities (a replacement of dispute with Hal 9000 in 2001 ASO) & one of the astronaut dies. Probably it was Brian De Palma's way of explaining our dependence on tools in outer space ....Mediocre again !! They manage to land on Mars and find a lone survivor. They encounter an unusual giant object lying on the Mars Surface... A Face. A Giant Solid Structure resembling a Human Face Similar to Lord Buddha (A straight derivation of the black Monolith & Zoarastrian influence from 2001 ASO).

The Face sends an electromagnetic waves with sequences matching the algorithmic structure of a DNA. They visit the Monolith, oops The Face, I mean & find some Aliens who explains that Life on Earth was bestowed by them by donating & Planting the first DNA on Earth....Ho! Ho! Ho! So whats next. A straight derivation of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Like the UFO Buff Richard Dreyfuss, one of the Astronaut CHOOSES to fly off with the new friendly creatures. No...He is not transformed into a Star Child, but Swaps-Off the Planet with Aliens in to their new world. THE END.

The Film does not land up in the right corner & may be found as pathetic to many sensible Sci-Fi audiences. The Characterisation is too poor. And foremost the direction is highly amateurish, which couldn't be expected from Brian De Palma.

The Zero-Gravity & Centripetal Artificial Gravity sequences are a direct inspiration from 2001 ASO. But even today we shall always prefer & love to watch the original sets of the 1968 classic.

But Finally, the Film is worth a watch. The only best part is its Visuals, which we relish in all moments from the Space Journey to Mars Exploration.

Ram Gopal Verma has not intended to actually remake "The Godfather". Its his tribute to the original great story & subsequent adaptation for Indian audiences. Hence, if one thinks that Sarkar is an Indian remake of Coppola's "The Godfather" he might get disappointed as for fact even the director has not intended to revive the original Master piece.

"Sarkar" is an Acting galore. After Agneepath, we see the best performance of Amitabh Bachchan of his career. Here is an absolutely unique genre of Acting skill depicted by Amitabh Bachchan, playing Subhash Nagare (Sarkar) illustrating all emotions through his Eyes. With very less dialogs spoken, Amitabh Bachchan proficiently establishes a massive screen presence captivating the audience throughout the movie.

Its finally proved that, its only Amitabh Bachchan who can reach or excel the act of Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone from the original.

Sarkar begins with a common man visiting Subhash Nagare seeking justice for his rape-victim daughter. The first 30 minutes is an explosive drama. The meeting with Rashid & Sarkar is riveting. The villains in the movie are like any other Hindi movie Villains and are shown larger than life which possibly was a setback unexpected from R.G.Verma Film.

The strength of the movie drama again slightly suppresses by pale acting from Kay-Kay, who plays Sarkar's elder son. Abhishek as Sarkar's younger son is shown as obedient & modest as Al Pacino in The Godfather.

The Script is then changed from the Original, and in a better fashion to suit Indian cinema. The Elder son joins the Baddies & Sarkar is caught in a conspiracy of killing a honest politician. Sarkar is arrested and an attempt to murder Sarkar in Jail is planned by the baddies just when the younger son saves his father. The gradual transformation of Abhisekh's humble human person to the tough-guy is splendid.

The major drawback of the film includes the lack of display of the Operations & Business Conducts carried out by Sarkar. We don't come to know primarily what are their various source of income. What governs the strength of "Sarkar" ? What are the mutual benefits deriving from relationships of the Politicians with Sarkar ? In R.G.Verma's Satya & Company, they perfectly dispayed the operations which the gangs conduct, their source of income & various businesses they do.

Finally the film is a journey revived through "Agneepath" where we relish the powerful performance of Superstar Amitabh Bachchan.

SPOILER : I hate to waste any more of my personal time to write a comment for this horrible film. But if this comment is read by any aspiring viewer, shall at least be saved from spending three dreadful hours of his life.

One of the finest Director of India suddenly presents us his worst offering. Sadly this film is so shocking & horrific, that I cannot describe my foretasted feelings while leaving the cinema hall.

The movie revolves around a Drummer & utterly butterly romantic-girl-flattering-lover boy Shahrukh Khan who doesn't want to bingle with Karisma Kapoor who inturn is in deep love with the former, while the new girl in their block, Madhuri pulsates for Shahrukh with vice versa fashion, finally to see Akshay kumar's future love-life flattered by witnessing the twosome's emotional bond.

So we have the biggest ludicrous dialog put on air "Hey, He is just a friend, I never loved him", "She is just a friend", "I never saw him from love angle" .............................. CAN A BOY & A GIRL BE BEST FRIENDS, HEY CAN TWO BEST FRIENDS FALL IN LOVE .................................. STOP IT !!!! STOP IT !!!! for god's sake this concept sucks.

So these 3 characters keep revolving round & round. The script writer must have written the film in less than 3 hours.

Perhaps this Film is the most senseless movie ever made in Indian cinema history.

A leading critic had exclaimed that "Dev" is an average Film yet is Important. "Dev" is important as it provides a clear picture of Indian Politician's brawny involvement in Hindu-Muslim Rifts. "Dev" although not based on any true story but is Reminiscent of many alleged political events which led to Hindu-Muslim Riots.

The Fatal drawback is the lack of intense drama which Nihalani is expert in making. It seems that Nihalani left over all the Dramatic strength which was endowed in Ardh Satya, Droh Kaal & Thakshak.

"Dev" is Govind Nihalani's second commercial venture this time with superstar Amitach Bachchan. The first combination of India's finest Director & Finest Actor gave a lot of expectations. But I shall not say that those expectations were shattered completely. Nihalani's work is an extract of his distinct Art. His Non - "larger than life" approach is unique factor responsible to induce solemn reality.

"Dev" is a story about two friends, Joint Commissioner of Police Dev Pratap Singh played by Amitabh Bachchan & Commissioner Tejinder Khosla played by Om Puri. Just when we thought that "Dev" is a film about The Good defying The Evil, we are wrong. Dev is not a conventional story which we see in all Cop movies. The Film is Primarily based on Ideologies. The Different Ideologies which the two best friends have and their efforts to justify it.

"Dev" starts & ends with two close friends who are cops, while having their drinks, shares each others ideologies on backdrop of Hindu-Muslim Rifts. The Rifts are created by Political ensemble which the common man are not so aware of. The Focus is then laid on a small Muslim Community area, where the young muslims are getting carried away by their leader's fanatic guidelines. Nihalani shows, that the reason for religious fanaticism is a result of non-acceptance of minorities which in turn is due to fanaticism and the cycle goes on. The Anti-Social activists from the minority community, when get nabbed down by the Police, results a provocation by the leaders to protest the Police simultaneously provoking the formation of more Anti-social elements.

Dev has an ethical morals and a holistic view of crime & justice. He believes in providing complete justice to anyone irrespective of his/her minor or major presence in the community. But Tej has concentric view and believes in exterminating the Anti-social elements & terrorism by the System supported by Politicians. While doing so, Tej also believes that there's no injustice even if the innocents are exterminated. Here Tej & the Chief Minister works hand in hand, while they remain dormant during Hindu attacks on Muslim. Dev is found alone in his struggle to support the Muslims get their Justice.

Finally Dev reports the Political-Police driven Riot scandal to the top authorities. The Last scene discovers, that the movie is more a focus on ideologies. Two friends can have different beliefs in the same system. May be both are right. Dev selects to do what he feels right even if he have to sacrifice the age old friendship.

The Philosophical ideas exhibited in this movie is by far superior than any other Nihalani movies. The Conversation between Dev & Tej are prime scene stealers.

Kareena Kapoor as Muslim witness to the riot is fantastic. Fardeen Khan as the carried away extremist, needs to improve a lot. Om Puri is just superb. Finally its Big B Amitabh Bachchan gives full justice to "Dev". The Final dialog is splendid when he says the Moral of Story : "A Soldier's duty is to fight, fight till the last drop of blood, irrespective of whether the war shall be won or not"

"Droh Kaal" is by far another finest film ever made in Indian Parallel cinema. Its another Hard-Hitting Drama from Master Director Govind Nihalani.

To bring out a Script with thorough Practicality & Real-Life Approach of Rift between Police & Terrorits becomes very difficult task and possibly one may land up being conventional main stream cinema. This is not the case with this Film. May be Ardh Satya (earlier Nihalani's work) & Droh Kaal are the only Realistic Hardcore Police Stories ever told.

The Film is utmost Gripping & bears Hair Raising Moments. The Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhay Singh, played by Om Puri sends in "under-cover" squad amongst a terrorist group to reveal their complete conglomerate activities. The Top Secret operation is only known to him & his Colleague DCP Abbas Lodhi. Amongst the five terrorist groups, one of the group's commander, Bhadra played by Ashish Vidyarthi, gets caught and is in Police Custody. Even staying within the Custody the terrorist commander controls his terrorist force to threaten the DCP and plan an escapade. He is also aggravated by these Police officers' constant attempt to hamper their various activities. On his aggression, Commander Bhadra threatens DCP Abhay Singh by keeping his family on his target. The DCP had no option than just to work hand-in-hand with the Terrorist Group. He is forced to Shelter two terrorist in his home staying along his family. He is asked to provide all vital informations of Police operations. His Colleague, DCP Abbas Lodhi gets killed. Finally the film turns sharp in the end where there's an Opportunity, the DCP can get to destroy the enemies.

The Best thing in a Govind Nihalani Film, is conversations. He is the master of creating Hardcore Drama by vibrant human ideologies exhibited in true sense through perfectly-written Dialogues. The conversation between DCP Abhay Singh & Commander Bhadra in Interrogation Room & in Jungle are brilliant.

The End Part of the Film is as Gripping & Hair Raising like the end scene in "The Silence of the Lambs".

Naseeruddin Shah as DCP Lodhi is also fantastic. Finally the Film again belongs to Om Puri, who delivers a controlled & powerful performance.

"Ardh Satya" is one of the finest film ever made in Indian Cinema. Directed by the great director Govind Nihalani, this one is the most successful Hard Hitting Parallel Cinema which also turned out to be a Commercial Success. Even today, Ardh Satya is an inspiration for all leading directors of India.

The film tells the Real-life Scenario of Mumbai Police of the 70s. Unlike any Police of other cities in India, Mumbai Police encompasses a Different system altogether. Govind Nihalani creates a very practical Outlay with real life approach of Mumbai Police Environment.

Amongst various Police officers & colleagues, the film describes the story of Anand Velankar, a young hot-blooded Cop coming from a poor family. His father is a harsh Police Constable. Anand himself suffers from his father's ideologies & incidences of his father's Atrocities on his mother. Anand's approach towards immediate action against crime, is an inert craving for his own Job satisfaction. The film is here revolved in a Plot wherein Anand's constant efforts against crime are trampled by his seniors.This leads to frustrations, as he cannot achieve the desired Job-satisfaction. Resulting from the frustrations, his anger is expressed in excessive violence in the remand rooms & bars, also turning him to an alcoholic.

The Spirit within him is still alive, as he constantly fights the system. He is aware of the system of the Metro, where the Police & Politicians are a inertly associated by far end. His compromise towards unethical practice is negative. Finally he gets suspended.

The Direction is a master piece & thoroughly hard core. One of the best memorable scenes is when Anand breaks in the Underworld gangster Rama Shetty's house to arrest him, followed by short conversation which is fantastic. At many scenes, the film has Hair-raising moments.

The Practical approach of Script is a major Punch. Alcoholism, Corruption, Political Influence, Courage, Deceptions all are integral part of Mumbai police even today. Those aspects are dealt brilliantly.

Finally, the films belongs to the One man show, Om Puri portraying Anand Velankar traversing through all his emotions absolutely brilliantly.

Stanley Kubrick can be said as an Einstein of film making. 2001 : A Space Odyssey is more than a Movie. Its an unforgettable master piece, perhaps the most intelligently made movie of all time. More important for us is to applause Kubrick's effort as he has not made the film with a commercial angle but, instead brought out a learning experience through cinematic media. 2001 : A Space Odyssey can be said as a Mix of remarkable Documentary & a superb cinematic drama.

The best part of the film is how Kubrick has documented the behavior in Outer space & in Zero-Gravity system. Its merely impossible to explain by words or novel to explain the behavior & perception which one can face in zero-gravity. When coming to fiction, Kubrick shows how humans in 21st century overcomes zero-gravity by using principles of centrifugal force. Difficult even to mentally visualize, but Kubrick & his team generously designed, crafted & shot the greatest scenes ever, of the Rotating Giant Wheel Space Craft & Discovery Space Ship's Crews Walking through the Rotating Deck.

2001 : A Space Odyssey is a Film about "Evolution of Higher Intelligence for a Need of Survival under influence of Unknown Phenomenon"

The basic idea of Arhtur C. Clarke was that, evolution of intelligence on Earth, from Apes to Man was bestowed by some extra terrestrials (Aliens) and subsequently transforms them from man to the so called "Star Child" (Higher intelligence) at the end and after 4 million years.

During a sudden Phenomenon in an early morning, the apes come across the Monolith, a Black Rectangular Object, standing erect on the Land. It was a very unusual object for the apes as in wide contrast to their present environment. The "Curosity" increases amongst the apes and by overcoming their "Fear" one of the apes touches the Monolith followed by other apes. Here is where they overcome their fear and gained confidence. Their brains achieves a second degree of intelligence. Soon after that incidence, the apes are able to "THINK" and then comes the invention of a "Tool", perhaps the best scene of the film blended with great music. With this "Tool" apes are able to fight and defy the rivals.

The fast forward to 21st century visualizes the "Civilised" Man with his tool which is now sophisticated and in constant innovation. And there is a conflict between the man & machines (tools). Excellently directed by Kubrick, the dispute between the Discovery crew & Hal 9000 is remarkable.

Try to understand our connection with the earth. If we don't have any tool with us we can still walk around and survive on land as gravity keeps us together with the Earth matter such as air, water & soil. But in Space, if one loose control of his tools, he shall not survive as there is no Air, water, land & gravity. Our organic form of life is designed to be in need of these.

Here is the need of MUTATION. Its time, since man have reached its highest progress but is helpless in Outer space, there is a need for Another Evolution. A New species which shall require no tools to travel. And the Phenomenon again occurs after 4 million years.

Jupiter & Beyond exhibits that "Dave" the last survival of Discovery space ship, after killing HAL 9000, visits the monolith and subsequently enters a new universe. This again unknown, Kubrick leaves on us to wonder. But the New universe is Multi-dimensional. In the present world we live is 3-Dimension and we are able to move in the space around us in 3-D pattern. This is the rule of our universe. But Dave's new world is Multi - Space-Time dimensional. Imagine if you could also have a Road of time in which you can move to & fro like the Highway on which we travel. The birth of Higher intelligence Life form is an origin from this world. Dave is influenced / mutated again the by the unknown monolith and incarnated as "STAR CHILD" in present universe which in the movie is a Giant embryo. Here is were the film ends.

The Plot of the film is definite. A journey of evolution from "Apes - to - Man - to - Starchild" How it happens, Kubrick shows it as under influence of the Sentinel Monolith. But the evolution happens, Monolith is a fiction, but Genetic Mutation is true. Nature have always constantly mutated Life form to habitat its relevant environment. This is a story of habituating outer space.