The Week That Was

Sinu & Saumesh

Dhak Dhak Girl in New Avatar

The zany black comedy Ishqiya of 2010 is back in a new avatar in the second installment with Dedh Ishquia. Bollywood release this week is a spectacle. A spectacle demands attention. Not a 100 cr. enterprise but enterprising enough with rural settings and sharp dialogues as its prequel. Naseerudin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, & Huma Qureshi transports the viewer to another world and time. This week also saw the trailer release of Madhuri and Juhi starrer Gulaab Gang. Not the usual tableau of fire-spitting women at war. Certainly, coming-of-age in Bollywood for Madhuri and Juhi.

Fight All Out

In Tamil Cinema, the major talking point of the week is the box office confrontation of Ajith's Veeram and Vijay's Jilla. As we said last week, Jilla was leading the race on many counts. Both the movies are touted to do good even when almost all the reviews have rated the movies as only average fares. The fates of the movies would become clear in the coming 3-4 days. Meanwhile, a look at the comments on the online reviews can give one a sense of the vitriolic fan wars that is in progress. 

The Winner Takes It All

Drishyam continues its majestic run for the fourth week attracting splendid audience responses and equally strong criticism from a section of the audience. One could have a different opinion on the claims that this is the best movie to have come out in Malayalam in the last few years, but it sure has the unique distinction of being the most talked about movie in years. Then, somebody tried to make a few quick bucks by uploading the movie on a torrent site, an idiotic move considering what befell the people who tried doing the same with Bachelor Party last year. The initial allegations of naivete gave way for a sense of awe when people found the culprit to be a teenager. Drishyam is in no mood to climb down to the second spot be it in collections or controversies.