Movie Reviews 2020

Credit: Wikipedia Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan  is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film which is written and directed by Hitesh Kewalya and produced by Aanand L. Rai, Himanshu Sharma, Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the banners Colour Yellow Productions and T-Series. This film is a spin-off to the 2017 film,  “ Shubh Mangal Saavdhan ”, whose script was also written by Kewalya.  “ Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan”   stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Jitendra Kumar or Jeetu, Neena Gupta, and Gajraj Rao. The film also has a cameo for Bhumi Pednekar.    From the onset, the film makes clear what it is about. The opening scene of Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan is a throwback to the closing scene of DDLJ. Only this time, it was two guys, rather than the common conception of a guy and a girl and that grabs eyeball. The film looked different despite all the clichés. And it has lived up to this expectation to an extent.   Since time immemorial, love stori...

Image Courtesy: Wikipedia Uri: The Surgical Strike is a 2019 Indian military action film. This film is directed by Aditya Dhar and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and was released on 11 January 2019. Starring: Vicky Kaushal, as Major Vihaan Singh Shergill (Para SF team leader); Paresh Rawal, as National Security Advisor Govind Bhardwaj ; Yami Gautam, as Pallavi Sharma / Jasmine D'Almeida, an undercover intelligence agent; Mohit Raina, as Major Karan Kashyap, Vihaan's brother-in-law (Para SF sniper); Kirti Kulhari, as Flight Lieutenant Seerat Kaur (IAF officer). The film is based on the surgical strikes conducted in 2016 by the Indian Army, against militant launch pads in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). 35-50 terrorists were reportedly killed in the covert operation, in retaliation to the terrorist attack in Uri that killed 19 Indian soldiers. Subsequently, Pakistan denied the incident. First things first, Vicky Kaushal is on a roll. He plays the role...

Sam Hargrave debuts in the feature film sector through Netflix’s action flick Extraction, starring Chris Hemsworth, Pankaj Tripathi, Randeep Hooda, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, and Golshifteh Farahani, among others. Extraction may be viewed as Avenger’s mini-reunion with the Russo brothers and Thor, aka, Chris Hemsworth, being among those who produced the film and director Hargrave being the stunt co-ordinator in several MCU movies. The film is based on the graphic novel  Ciudad. Extraction is mainly based in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh and there are more fights and actions than there is story. The movie revolves around the kidnapping of an Indian drug lord’s son who is kidnapped by the ruthless and powerful drug lord (Amir Asif) of Bangladesh. The story is set in Dhaka where most of the action takes place. Tyler Rake, played by Chris Hemsworth, is a private mercenary who is hired by Ovi Mahajan Jr.’s (Rudhraksh Jaiswal) father, Ovi Mahajan Sr., the drug lord (portrayed by P...