Breaking Dawn Part - 2

“Twilight”, is a woman oriented series. A course of life, chosen by the lead, “Bella”. And over the course we have seen “Bella” grow…from a teenage girl to now a full grown woman.

“Bella” looked very smart and sexy. Now that she has turned into a coldblooded being herself and as Edward says that they are now of the “same temperature”….things are very different. “Jacob” says “you look good together”, really they did.

 “Bella” in that sleek little blue dress with a side cut, all set in her hunting mode will take you by storm. Edward says “I underestimated you”…I underestimated her too. She looked very different from her previous “Avatar”. I never liked “Bella” much as a girlfriend or wife but I really liked her a lot as a responsible & protective mother. This is a totally transformed “Bella” that we have never seen before.

Other than the ever gorgeous “Cullens”, this time, the film does have something new to focus on ….the world view….there were so many different looking vampires . It was interesting to see them showcase their unique talents.

The main focus of the movie was “Renesmee”, Bella’s baby girl. And I’m really happy from the bottom of my heart for “Jacob”. Finally his aching heart got some solace. Another thing, “Shirtless Jacob” looked good.

“Edward” looked good as a caring husband and dotting father.

My heart was really thumping in anticipation of some distressing moments at the end, but trust me the climax, will take you by surprise and I personally came out of the theatre with some broad grin on my face.

I will give this movie 4/5.

Jab Tak Hain Jaan

Jab Tak Hain Jaan, the last “Classic Love Story” of Yash Chopra fails to impress me. May be the expectation was too high.

Much depend on the marketing strategies, I guess. The first look with Shahrukh in the army dress with the shaery was good. The Shahrukh’s intro with “challa” was pretty impressive. Shahrukh looked very impressive in both his pre and post interval avatars and he acted well too.

The two songs that defined Katrina Kaif was “ Saans” & “Ishq”; she looked very glam and danced well too.

Anushka’s intro song was “challi re – challi re junoon ko liye”. Anushka looked Bindaas.

 The film’s strong point was definitely the Trio – Shahrukh, Katrina & Anushka who will hold you with their good looks and acting abilities . Other than that, drawbacks are the story which is a bit boring and the treatment which is a bit slow. Even if you miss a few scenes that’s OK.

I really expect some real good dialogues from an Aditya Chopra’s film…nothing is quite striking.

Music by A.R. Rehman is good but not extraordinary.  

Overall though it has managed to create frenzy in the masses and it is doing very good box office collection personally I’ll not remember this movie in long run.

I will not give this movie more than 3/5.

Shafqat Amanat Ali

Shafkat Amanat Ali

Just saw Shafkat Amanat Ali’s performance in MTV Unplugged. Kya ruhani aawaj bakhshi hain khuda ne. He seemed like singing in a state of meditation. Khud mein guuum ho ke gaya hain. He seemed absolutely absorbed in his own singing. Somehow, his singing is more like forming a connection between the mundane and the supreme. Unfortunately I had a strong feeling that he does not have a hero’s voice but still his voice is so powerful it can pierce the hardest of hearts.

Lovely selection of songs, to name a few :

·        Aankhon ke sagar, hoton ke sagar, le dube humne

·        Yeh hounsla kaise jhuke, yeh aarjun kaise ruke

·        Mora saiyan moh se bole na, main laakh jatan kar hari

·        Mujhe yun hi kar de khwabon se juda, jane kahan chupke baitha hain khuda