Udaan Hindi Film Review

A strict father who believes that excellance can be bred only by being tough on his children.A father who take out his frustration by beating his children.Udaan looks at this father and his relationship with his two kids.Teenager Rohan is expelled from school.His strict and abusive father is disappointed with it and wants him to pursue engineering where as he wants to be a writer.He rebels against his father and this forms the crux of the movie.An younger brother is caught between this fight and this film chronicles the lives of these three in the steel city of Jamshedpur.

Director Motvane shines,but some scenes are not directed well.One scene that comes to my mind is the ragging scene of Rohan at bar.Then again there are some great moments like the scene of departure of Rohan from school.The scene where two brothers walk away hand in hand is a also a great one.In both these scenes Amit Trivedi's music also enhances the impact.In acting front Ronit Roy and  Rajet Barmecha are adequate.But acting honours go to Aayan Barodia as Arjun.Manjot Singh also impresses as Rohan's friend.

My rating: ABOVE AVERAGE 

Phas Gaya Re Obama Hindi Film Review

An NRI who becomes bankrupt due to recession wants to sell his family property in India to tide over his economic difficulties.Little did he realize that his state is held to ransom by gangs specializing in kidnappings.As soon as he lands in India,he is kidnapped for ransom.When local gangsters come to know about his bankruptcy,they hatch a plan with the idea given by NRI himself.The film looks at how they execute the plan. This film works wonderfully as a satire on the "kidnapping industry" in which police and even minister is involved.

Direction,screenplay by Subhash Kapoor  is top class.Rajat Kapoor,Manu Rishi,Sanjay Mishra play their parts well.Neha dupia is not much impressive.Amol Gupta shines in parts.

My rating: GOOD

Band Baaja Baaraat Hindi Film review

Bittoo Sharma(Ranveer Singh) is a lazy  college graduate who don't have any plans for future.He meets Shruti Kakar(Anushka Sharma) at a marriage party.He falls in love with her,but she is not interested in him rather she wants to pursue her dreams of becoming a wedding planner .Circumstances force them to become partners in a wedding planner company.The film tells how they achieve success in wedding planning business,how Shruti started to have feelings for Bittoo and how he reacts to it.

Debut director Maneesh Sharma impresses.He is able to extract great performances from Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma.Dialogues by Habib Faisal is natural and captures Delhi effortlessly.Music by Salim Sulaiman is adequate.

My rating: ABOVE AVERAGE