Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Valentine's Day (2010)

Two things: All star ensemble and revolving around Valentine's day. Can you resist?
Ofcourse not!
The film revolves around different people, from different backgrounds, different age groups and different occupations (in short, different everything!), and the different stages their various love lives are at. This movie is all about love and when I say love I dont only mean romantic love.
All through the movie, we see how every relationship goes to the next level or stage, as every individual makes a descision which will change their lives and specifically their relationship in some way. Needless to say, all descisions have not been bond-strengthening descisions.
In this movie, you will a lot of faces and many people will watch this movie because of some actor that they really like. Why do I think that? Because the cast itslef is extremely divesrse. You have the beautiful Julia Roberts, the relatively new face of Bradley Cooper, the "Grey's Anatomy" hotties Patrick Dempsey and Eric Dane, the newly famous star among teenagers, Taylor Lautner, every young girl's ideal Anne Hathaway and many many more (not mentioned beacuse there are so many!). In short, one of your favorites is definitlely in the movie.
If you're the kind of person who enjoys romance and is looking for something easy and light-hearted, Valentine's Day is the movie you should go for.

Monday, March 1, 2010

My name is Khan (2010)

Before this movie's release, many people were questioning whether Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) was reaching the decline of his career. "My name is Khan" was being called the movie which would be the deciding factor. With the release of this movie, SRK has shown that he is not yet ready to leave.
This movie revolves around Rizvan Khan (SRK), an Indian Muslim who moved to America before 9/11 took place. This movie shows his journey all over America, trying to meet the President of the United States to give him this message: "My name is Khan and I'm NOT a terrosrist". In parallel, we see Rizvan Khan's own story. from his childhood till the present, and his reason behind taking this seemingly absurd journey.
SRK and Kajol have always been a lovely couple in my opinion and they were so in this movie too. SRK's acting is obviously very good and so is Kajol's (who plays the role of a Hindu hair stylist, Mandira). Though I would have liked to see more of Jimmy Shergill and Sonya Jehan, altogether the film was brilliantly brought together with its hilariously funny and hearbreakingly sad moments.
Hats off to Karan Johar for yet another hit!