The Hangover: A treat to watch

“When was it that you had the worst hangover”? Do you recall the things you did when you were high on cloud nine? Well you all must have had answers to the two questions that I put up to you. But, how about I ask a similar one: “Have you every been so high that you don’t remember any events/incidents between the time you got high and till you were out of your hangover”? Do you have an answer now? Let’s make things a little worse for you: those moments when you were high were the best you ever lived till date, but you can’t recall them. How tragic!
Well the movie Hangover takes you on such an adventurous ride where four men land up in Vegas for Bachelor’s Party (groom, his two friends: teacher and the other a dentist and the groom’s brother-in-law) get high in Vegas and they can’t recall any incident from their best night ever. They lived the best moments of their life from stealing a cop’s car, getting their dentist friend married to a striper and getting him pull out his own tooth, breaking into Tyson’s bungalow and stealing his tiger, helping a local mafia to win eighty thousand at the casino, landing up in the hospital: but how tragic that they can’t recall any of the incidents. When they are over with their hangover, they realize that the groom is missing, and the three of them (two friends of the groom and brother-in-law) set out on a hunt to find their friend with the few clues that they have of their previous night; which lands them up with a baby belonging to the striper, hand cuffed at the police station, getting Tyson’s tiger back to Tyson’s bungalow, winning eighty thousand at the casino to repay the local mafia and finally finding their friend (groom) at the roof top. They have their digital camera which helps them to know what they really did that night. Well it’s a definitely a fun ride where they all race against time to get the groom to his wedding.
A bollywood movie “Sunday”, starring Ajay Devgan, Ayesha Takia had a similar plot related to Ayesha Takia not remembering what happened on last Sunday. But this Hollywood treat is definitely different and much more entertaining. All the actors especially Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham have done justice to the characters and they do keep entertaining you throughout the movie. The movie maintains a constant pace all through which has helped to maintain the flow of the movie which holds the viewers to their seats and their popcorn.
It is a definite movie for all viewers to watch with friends in the near theatre, thank you Todd Phillips for such a hilarious and entertaining summer treat.

Movie Review: New York

Release of Yash Raj’s Banner product “New York” was a definite treat for all the bollywood fans and much awaited movie to be watched as it had been a dry patch for all the fans for almost two months as the long battle between the multiplexers and the distributors/producers ended giving all a relief. And Aditya Chopra left no stone unturned to provide the viewers with the latest entertainment that the Yash Raj banner had for all its fans.
Well, what happened after 9/11 in the States, had changed the perception of the entire world towards the Muslim community, and the suspect actions taken against them is very well known to the entire world, Movie “Khuda Ke Liye” did throw light on this topic and they sent a message to the world that; “All Muslims are not terrorists“. Well, Yash Raj banner picked up the same topic but they portrayed a different side of the story where- innocent people who land up in the suspect list and their journey after their release.
Well, the movie isn’t just about the FBI or the Detention Centre or about how people take up the route of terrorism. We should not forget that we are watching a Yash Raj Production, so there are good and smart looking people around (John, Neil, Katrina), good clothes and good locations, good frames and of course good music ( Hai Junoon, Mere Sang) and a good directional effort from Kabir Khan and a well supported producer effort from Aditya Chopra. All in all, a perfect treat for the hungry audience of the bollywood who had been denied a good decent meal for a couple of months.
Well the movie does loose out of a little, there is confusion as to whose story is it: “Sameer’s or Umar’s”. The first half is not impressive, especially the college portion, thanks to Hai Junoon which holds the audiences to their seats. Every actor has done justice to the characters: if was great to watch John with some acting performance, Neil too has proved his acting skills apart from his good looks, Katrina has matched the requirement of the character in the film and she looks so pretty (Love you) and Irrfan has done what he is best at, hats off to all of them.
The movie has definitely sent a message to the people around the world, as to how life changes for people who undergo such a trauma of being a terror suspect and that all Muslims are not Terrorists and the society does create situations which force them to take the route of terrorism which they think it to be as Jehad.
Over all, it’s a movie to watch in the theatre with your friends, family, girlfriend/boyfriend and everyone so go for it, thank you Kabir and Aditya for such a treat.