Movie review : Erin Brockovich

After a short break from reviewing good movies, i am back again. Thanks to my sweetheart for recommending this movie to me.Erin Brockovich ..... just a name, but deeds are real fantastic. It is a true story of a single mother of three children  and also unemployed ( real trouble ) who starts  to take special interest in case involving medical records in real-estate  files and PG&E offering to purchase it's factory's vicinity homes.. 

It's a numerous award winning movie which no one can miss. Guys ,it is a real treat for eyes and ears too... Yes, you read it right. the dialogs in the film are too good. they perfectly depicts who Erin is. I am giving here few samples : 

1) Erin to George who asks her number and who later becomes her boyfriend 

George: How many numbers you got? 

Erin Brockovich: Oh, I got numbers comin' outta my ears. For instance: ten. 

George: Ten? 

Erin Brockovich: Yeah. That's how many months old my baby girl is. 

George: You got a little girl? 

Erin Brockovich: Yeah. Yeah, sexy, huh? How 'bout this for a number? Six. That's how old my other daughter is, eight is the age of my son, two is how many times I've been married - and divorced; sixteen is the number of dollars I have in my bank account. 850-3943. That's my phone number, and with all the numbers I gave you, I'm guessing zero is the number of times you're gonna call it. 

2) Erin to a woman from partnering law firm who wishes to take over Erin's work and would be doing it professionally. 

Kurt Potter: Wha... how did you do this? 

Erin Brockovich: Well, um, seeing as how I have no brains or legal expertise, and Ed here was losing all faith in the system, am I right? 

Ed Masry: Oh, yeah, completely. No faith, no faith... 

Erin Brockovich: I just went out there and performed sexual favors. Six hundred and thirty-four blow jobs in five days... I'm really quite tired. 

I shall not tell storyline because it is just a click away but i would surely recommend this movie to all readers out there. What to say about Julia Roberts.She lived Erin brockovich for this movie. Her body language, her style, her way of delivering dialog is awesome.No one would be a better suit than Roberts for this role. I really liked the movie. Woman's power is depicted so clearly that every woman would feel proud be one. :)

A must watch...

Movie Review : The bridges of madison county

Directed by Clint Eastwood
Starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood

 Plot : A married woman with 2 teenage children will be spending time alone @ home for 4 days as her family members are going for some state fair .. Now, she has got a perfect opportunity to live her dreams on .. to do whatever she wants to do .. to live her dreams .. and if all goes well, she can LIVE her dreams in real .. :) and yes, it does .. Opportunity comes her way on the very 1st day with a entry of hero.. who happens to be the chance she wanted to badly ...
He approaches to her to ask address of Madison county's covered bridge .. as she is not sure of it's address , she goes  with him to show the bridge ... Now, the bridge becomes the point where they first 'spot' each other as a love interest.
At the first meeting itself, they get drawn to each other.. it is pure passion, attraction and some of lust which gets converted into a sheer  LOVE for each other ...She gets attracted to him physically upon seeing his half naked body .. then, they both bonds with each other over lunch and then over dinner .. The little details which are shown of their first day tell us all .. :) They do kiss and eventually share a bed with passion for each other .. The beauty of their love does not dies away with it. It grows with every moment .. like their love.. Over the next 2 days, they fight, they make up, they hang out together, they talk out loud their fears and the worst comes out  to be 'getting apart' ...

He urges her to come with him..and she decides to do so ..to follow her heart.

Finally, the day arrives , she packs her things to run away with him .. but, while taking meal with each other for last time, she changes her mind .. she chooses the great responsibility of her over her true love .. Shocked, he leaves her .. knowing he wont come, she still keeps on hoping he will come..

Eventually her family comes home and  still she  hops that he would come .. but, nope. they both  were not meant to meet again , to live life together ..
Her dilemma which is depicted in the movie is wonderful... Her completes all her duties  with same smile on face but a big agony in her heart.  He never contacts her until her husband dies. He sends her a baggage containing all their memories  together and also a book dedicated to her named "Four days" by him.

The beauty of the movie lies in the direction and  both leading actors .. All the other things are just negligible ..Viewer gets so mesmerised by the leading lady's charm and later on by their love's charm..
Every couple should watch this movie if they wants to fall in love with each other all over again.. :)

Movie Review : A walk to remember

Yesterday, i saw this wonderful romantic movie named "a walk to remember"....

Before i begin to tell my opinion about the movie ,i must admit that these days i am seeing lot of romantic movies .. I like very few of them .. and along with serendipity ,this one is one of them now.. :)

Every couple have their own definition of love.. some call it a divine power,magic, gift of god, purest thing specially created for man etc... etc.. Till date, many Hollywood movies also have added their own definitions.. this film also adds one.. But i liked the definition stated in this movie very much.. it is simple yet meaning full .. not perfect though .. 

The movie gives the message that Love is a same as of wind.. you can't see it ,but you can feel it.. . 

Wow, what a new perspective this movies adds... Love is to be felt by lovers... which negates the material aspects Like, proximity of lovers, language in which they communicate.. because, emotions can be felt by the person irrespective of these things .. so, LOVE is the purest of kind and is the best emotion.

The story is based on a spoiled hero and a heroin who is down due to cancer.. how hero falls in love with the heroin .. How, he tries to fulfill all her wishes on wish list.. ,how he fulfills her 1st ranked wish of getting married in the same church as her parents got married .. the story is cute and it goes on in quite interesting way .... Of curse, guys might feel that movie is dumb as in movie does not show any contribution from the girl's part in their relationship .. but, strong reason behind this is her cancer... 

But, i do felt that not telling him before, that she has cancer is blunt.. When she felt his closeness, she should have told him .. .. hmmm..

Anyway, I liked the movie for it's wholeness and strong story-line ..

The hero changes a lot because of heroin ... there is no touching scene between  hero and heroin .. but ya, there are few romantic scenes .. like, dancing together in spite of the fact that they both don't know how to dance , spending whole night (innocently ;) ) under the starry sky on a blanket gazing at stars [ I liked this one :P ] 

So, all in all, good movie with good direction. Must see for couples... ;)

Movie review : Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai

A very romantic movie by Satish Rajwade.... and of course, i was not going to miss it. so, i quickly planned for the same as i found some resemblance of my life into it.

So,movie starts with the a nice shots of my "pune" as seen at the wee hours of day.Entry of heroin and hero is quickly followed by that. Heroin is Mukta barve ,who's name is not known to viewer till end and thus depicts "amachi mumbai" ,also have  same fashion madness in her costume (which suits her very well ). Now hero is Swapnil Joshi from "majhe pune" , who have a typical "puneri" mentality  ( i am gonna explain it later what is the meaning of puneri mentality :P ) and is not up to date in fashion. He helps her find a guy's address in a special puneri marathi ( Pure ,not like Mumbai's marathi  which is more like a hindi+marathi :) ) ,but, now heroin gets to know marathi culture in pune and also  world famous  Puneri Patya ..unfortunately she could not meet the guy and so again coincidentally she meets him again.

Now He is there to help her as he feels that "not helping a girl is against principles in pune" .. :P why he goes behind her is explained later at the end.  now, he becomes the knight in a shining armour  for heroin. He takes her to coffee shop , then to Sarasbaug , tulashibaug, visit to Sinhagad follows. Through out their visites to  places , they exchange their thoughts, principles and they begin to adapt each others language specific habits :) and most importantly their Past..They both share a  secrets with each other which they have not even shared with their family and friends.. In so small time, they bond so well that they just forgets about the "hurting spots" in their minds ( Hers being ex-boyfriend : Arnav  and his being ex-girlfriend : Sunkchi-a japanies girl) , This is sweet.. :)

Then, they also visits the  Dagadusheth ganapati followed by famous hang out place on FC road : Wadeshwar .. which becomes the last stop of theirs as she need to go back to mumbai .. Actually, she had come  to pune to meet that guy (who they name after his residence's name : Hridaymardaym )  and she is to tell him that she can not marry him. But, at the end she forgets everything abt him  and tells hero to convey her reasons to that guy.

Finally ,time comes when she needs to go back . hmmm.. They bid good-byes and don't even exchange numbers. he leaves and she awaits  train to mumbai. Then, few events happen which unfolds the mystery of the hridaymardaym guy.. that guy turns out to be our hero :)...

The thing i liked about this movie is it's simplicity and illustrative way of showing a difference between mumbai and pune and slowing diverting  that  to the difference between a boy and a girl and institution called marriage. :) .. Movie also beautifully unfolds the tender relationships that develops between hero and heroin ... I myself , think knowing each other's past is the best thing that can build relationship , now it is not necessary that we should stick to one's past.Past is just a way to peep in one's heart and to judge whether there is any place for us :)

Music is also good. It just creates the mood for the romantic situations  that movie demands.

What to say about  acting,Mukta did a fabulous job as a girl representing Mumbai, she keeps a dashing,bold characteristics through out movie but also shows a acute feminine behaviours like blushing when he proposes her.  The costume also suits her very well. Swapnil shows a unique "punery" guy and takes  claps on statements about pune. Overall, movie seems like pro-pune.. :) .Only thing i felt was wrong that, his dialogs contain many mumbai's local words.dialog shows he follows modified-marathi from mumbai's marathi itself..

Overall, a very good movie . Every couple ,especially, pune-mumbai couples must watch this movie.It will help you to better understand your counter-part.. :)

Lalbaug-Parel : Epic tale of "textile mill" era of "Amachi Mumbai"

After Ringa Ringa, i did not watch any marathi movie.so, decided to watch a latest flick Lalbaug-Parel.Though, i could not catch Prabhat theater's show of that movie as timing was not convenient for me. I myself think that one should watch a Marathi movie in Prabhat only... It feels different.. :)

So, finally, i decided to go to Nilayam theater.Lalbaug and parel being the old part of mumbai there resides our "Marathi manus". Now, that time, Textile Mills were the greatest means of earning bread and butter for people of mumabi. But, sudden downfall of these mills kept marathi manus dumbstruck and till date he could not rise from that fall.

The cast of the film is just fabulous. Each one of them have done their job perfectly and roles just gets imprinted on viewer's mind permanently.I especially liked Sidhdharth jadhav as speed breaker : a stammering guy who becomes side-hand of Pakya ( a local gunda outcome of mill's downfall ).

The movie starts with a description of change in rates in Lalbaug-parel area which increased 100 times in 50 years. Proceeds with the narration of Baba ( ankush chawdhary). The whole plot is seen through one family's eye but other families and common problem of mill shutdown is woven in fabulous way. The common problems like men turn towards crime, woman resort to prostitution and some families also commit mass suicide are very well conveyed. The political plot behind the end of mill era is touched very little but, still sufficient as the film seems to be revolving around a family drama and not towards criticalities of politics behind end of era. so, we can say , that film is on downfall of mill stuck family story..

All in all, very good movie to watch .... :)

Natarang - a Must watch Marathi movie

3rd Jan 2010 Sunday,i was at home on a long vacation but that day was the end of it and so i was in a mood to fully utilise my last day of vacation. Suddenly my mom asked me for a Marathi movie : Natarang to nearby theatre.That day itself i read a review of the movie and it was very positive. I usually don't trust reviews very much but i only go to movies which have got at least Standard ratings.. but, this movie have got excellent ratings so, i decided not to miss this one.

Natarang is based on a novel by Anand Yadav [ who resides opposite me.. :) ] 'Natarang' revolves around GUNA, a farm worker from the backword community, who is an amature wrestler with ultimate dreams of playing the King in the traditional Marathi folk art Tamasha.Somehow he nurtures his dream and gets an opportunity to form his own Tamasha "phad" with the help of Pandoba,a native villager and another great fan of Tamasha. they start off well with all enthu and lots of practise ,but soon gets few hurdles which includes finding lead Tamasha dancer without which Tamasha would not go on.He gets one ,our heroin "Nayana" ,but again Guna gets stuck with a unsolvable problem. Our heroin demands a "Nachya" for Tamasha group, where concept of Nachya is that of a male who acts,lives like a female and used in Tamasha as a humour maker..

Guna is so passionate about his qualities as "Kalavant" that he gets ready to do that role, a brave decision for the sake of Tamasha,his passion... For this he needs to do lots of sacrifices.There starts his tough life as nachya ... First of all ,he needs to give up his manly habits,shed weight,give up manly postures and needs to learn feminine gestures.

Transformation in him are excellent. He carries his new role with the same passion and gets along very well with it. Their Tamasha group soon becomes popular...But, here on his family fronts, Every one keeps a distance with him as by selecting a life of Nachya ,he have disguised a family honor. But, with out thinking about family,he continues.. His nachya goes on... But, somehow somewhere he creates an enemy for himself which causes a g8 trouble at the peak of his carrier.his group gets shattered cause of this tornado.. and after that his losses becomes greatest.. his baba dies, his wife leaves him, his self-respect goes, he even couldn't rub off his image of nachya ..... but, still he keeps on worshipping the "kalavant" inside him...

Finally, he starts his new life as a nachya itself ,but tries to do some diff roles too which gives him good identity besides nachya. :) At his end days, he gets what he wants , a recognition to Tamasha folks.. :)

All in all, good movie, very good language, very good acting by Atul kulkarni.. :) best .. the transition from manly Guna into feminine Guna is just simply awesome. :) .. simply awesome. He is best..I liked the movie very much..After Jogava this one is the best marathi movie i saw.. :)