Reviews

I got to watch this movie for free. I was hoping it was a bad dream because the entire movie was a nightmare!!! I didn't want to sit through it all. I was at the point of getting the hell out at the 20:00 minute mark, 22:00 minute mark and every 2 minutes after that until, finally the movie was over.

What can I say about the plot? It's a confused mess...here's the whole plot (Himesh is the star employee in a film production company and has a live-in girlfriend too. Life looks good except for the fact that the girlfriend is over possessive and loves to keep him on a tight leash. When she goes on a family trip to Indore, Himesh suddenly discovers the joys of freedom and finds a new friend in Sonal Sehgal, the proprietor's sister. Will he be able to get back to his old, suffocating relationship?). The whole movie is a confused mess. It was probably meant to teach one how to enjoy the little things about life. But, all it does is...practically, make me wanna kill myself. I mean, right when his wife leaves at the start, Himesh starts checking out girls. I mean, that's not right.

Next come the performances. Himesh sir, please stick to music. NO NO NO to acting. Your acting sucks! Stop trying to prove people wrong. They are NOT wrong. expressionless comic performance. The girls actually get the performance right. That's why I'm giving this a 2 instead of 1. But, that's not even close to enough. That's like cherry on top of a piece of crap!

Music...eh...nothing bad, nothing good. So-so. Liked the beat in some of 'em, but, the lyrics are just horrendous.

So, PLEASE, take my advice and stay away!

As for my expectations, well, they weren't really very high going to the movie, considering the crappy marketing and the promos. But, boy, was I surprised!? I was absolutely blown away!!! Here's my breakdown:

Story : 9/10

Screenplay : 9.5/10

Editing: 10/10

Performances:

Irrfan Khan - 10/10 (EPIC)

Sunny Deol - 10/10 (PROBABLY SUNNY'S BEST PERFORMANCE)

Konkona Sen - 9.5/10 (ALMOST PERFECT)

Isha Koppikar - 9/10 (DIDN'T GET ENOUGH SCOPE, BUT, SHE WAS GOOD!)

Direction : 10/10

The story may start off a little like "been there, seen that," but, it turns out to be a different thriller, surprisingly.

OVERALL --- A RIVETING AND EPIC THRILLER!!!

Well...I just came back after watching My Name is Khan. All I can say is...EXCELLENT!!!

Well here's how...

1) Direction -- Absolutely Brilliant!!! How so? Well, to start off, Karan Johar's My Name is Khan has realistic elements. Second, how the camera moves. I don't know if too many people know this, but, SRK was the stunt co-coordinator in the movie. Those were very well directed too! I don't know what the critics' problem was with the hurricane scene, but, I think it was needed to move the movie forward. If there hadn't been a hurricane scene, then, the movie wouldn't have moved so smoothly and would've had some loopholes. GREAT JOB KARAN AND SRK ON THE BRILLIANT DIRECTION!!!

2) Performances -- Probably the best part about the movie. Looks like Mr. Khan has done his research about Asperger Syndrome. Kajol looks charming. The chemistry between SRK and Kajol brings magic into the world. Kajol has done a wonderful job. BUT, the movie totally belongs to Shahrukh Khan. The extras such as Jimmy Shergill, Sam (Son of Mandira and Rizwan), the young Rizwan, Vinay Pathak (motel owner) and Christopher B. Duncan did an amazing job.

3) Dialogues -- Great as well! There are some cheesy dialogues, but, the really excellent and influential dialogues outnumber the cheesy ones by so much that you pretty much forget about the cheesy ones.

I would STRONGLY STRONGLY STRONGLY recommend you go watch this one. (There will be mixed reviews on this movie however. Either you will REALLY REALLY LOVE IT, or you may not like it at all because it is a sensitive subject, but, there's a much huger chance of you LOVING it).

"My name is Khan and I'm not a terrorist!" <-- AWESOME!!!

Okay...lets start off by saying the movie is pretty good and holds the standard of a good bollywood movie. Shahrukh Khan pulled off his part "excellently". Naseerudin Shah has also pulled off his part pretty nicely. Anupem Kher, even though, wasn't the one of main characters, but, stands out. Pooja Bhatt's acting was poor-ish. Some of the parts of Pooja Bhatt's were nicely pulled off, but mostly she was pretty bad. She shouldn't have been chosen to do this movie. I would have recommended someone like Rani Mukherjee, Juhi Chawla or maybe even Kajol. Here's how the story goes (gotten directly from wikipedia):

Roop Rathore (Shahrukh Khan) is a singer in Bombay just like his father (Anupam Kher), who is now sick and needs immediate medical care. One day, while he is singing at Ajay Narang's (Naseeruddin Shah) hotel, Ajay's sister Reshma (Ramya Krishnan) falls in love with Roop. Reshma is a spoiled girl and Ajay looks through all of her wishes. Unfortunately, Roop is in love with a doctor named Pooja (Pooja Bhatt). Meanwhile, Reshma is obsessed with Roop, and asks her brother to call him again to sing in their hotel. But when she sees that all the girls are flattered over Roop, she gets very angry, and asks him to sing only for her now onwards. But Roop would rather work for rival Patel (Shri Vallabh Vyas) than take this offer. Ajay's obsession with keeping her sister happy at all costs comes into play and Patel is brutally beaten by him until he agrees to throw Roop out of his hotel. Desperately in need of money for his father's operation, Roop has no option but to agree to Reshma. Roop breaks up with Pooja.

The operation of his father is successful, but his father is saddened by his situation and decides to leave Bombay. Roop later tries to leave Bombay himself, along with his father and Pooja, but his plans are interrupted when Reshma tries to commit suicide. Nevertheless, Pooja and Roop get married. Frustrated with such turn of events, Reshma and her brother Ajay devise many plans to make their life miserable. At the end of the movie, Roop's father is killed by Ajay, and when Roop tries to save Pooja, he and Ajay get involved in a fight. Reshma threatens to kill Pooja if Roop won't stop fighting with her brother. When he stops, Ajay tries to shoot Roop and Pooja, but misses and hits Reshma instead.