3 Hindi films I liked
The last couple of years were a total washout for me in terms of the Hindi films I watched. I seemed to watch the worst films ever made like Heyy Baby, Welcome, etc.…shudder.
Recently, I watched “Wake up Sid” , “Bachna Ae Haseeno”, and “New York” that made me realize that a lot of good Hindi films are made that one shouldn’t miss out on. I enjoyed watching all three movies, which some of you might have watched ages back.
“Wake up Sid” got good reviews in every newspaper I saw. I watched it in Satyam cinemas, the multiplex theatre here in Chennai. The film had a fresh, young, breezy feel to it that I simply loved. Sid, played by Ranbir Kapoor, is a typical pampered boy who has a rich daddy to take care of his every need. When he flunks his college finals and is rude to his mom, his life sees a turning point. He walks out of his house and lives with Konkana Sen, an older friend who works with a magazine. His talents in photography get him a job with the same magazine and he pulls his life together with a little help from his friends. He also finds love although it is more appropriate to say love finds him. Sid being the clueless guy he is doesn’t understand he is in love until after the girl realizes it. Anyway, all’s well that ends well.
“Bachna Ae Haseeno” has Ranvir Kapoor playing a Casanova who breaks hearts and moves on. The first girl in his life, Minissha Lamba is disillusioned after she meets him and changes from being a romantic, dreamy girl to someone who routinely carries out her duties. Bipasha who lived in with Ranvir in the movie for a year and a half is left heartbroken when he thoughtlessly leaves for Australia, ditching her at the altar. She gets embittered and becomes a cynical, overbearing woman, albeit an extremely successful model that has it all. Only when he falls in love for the first time with Deepika Padukone ( in the film) and she rejects his proposal of marriage, does he realize that he, too, has hurt other people. He flies to India to redress his wrongs. The locations for the song “Khuda Jaane” are simply awesome. St. Marks Square in Venice, Greece, the island of Capri are all shown in their glorious splendour. Once he reaches out to his ex-girlfriends to apologize to them for hurting them, he feels he has become a better person and when he goes back to Australia he has a pleasant surprise in store for him.
“New York” is set against the backdrop of terrorism post 9/11. It concentrates on how the US government tortured innocent Indians just because they had Muslim names, ironically turning peace-loving happy individuals into terrorists. Katrina Kaif is convincing with her natural anglicized accented Hindi. Neil Nitin Mukesh comes across convincingly as an innocent chap who is asked by the FBI to carry out a secret mission, and John Abraham suits the role he plays as well.
The last couple of years were a total washout for me in terms of the Hindi films I watched. I seemed to watch the worst films ever made like Heyy Baby, Welcome, etc.…shudder.
Recently, I watched “Wake up Sid” , “Bachna Ae Haseeno”, and “New York” that made me realize that a lot of good Hindi films are made that one shouldn’t miss out on. I enjoyed watching all three movies, which some of you might have watched ages back.
“Wake up Sid” got good reviews in every newspaper I saw. I watched it in Satyam cinemas, the multiplex theatre here in Chennai. The film had a fresh, young, breezy feel to it that I simply loved. Sid, played by Ranbir Kapoor, is a typical pampered boy who has a rich daddy to take care of his every need. When he flunks his college finals and is rude to his mom, his life sees a turning point. He walks out of his house and lives with Konkana Sen, an older friend who works with a magazine. His talents in photography get him a job with the same magazine and he pulls his life together with a little help from his friends. He also finds love although it is more appropriate to say love finds him. Sid being the clueless guy he is doesn’t understand he is in love until after the girl realizes it. Anyway, all’s well that ends well.
“Bachna Ae Haseeno” has Ranvir Kapoor playing a Casanova who breaks hearts and moves on. The first girl in his life, Minissha Lamba is disillusioned after she meets him and changes from being a romantic, dreamy girl to someone who routinely carries out her duties. Bipasha who lived in with Ranvir in the movie for a year and a half is left heartbroken when he thoughtlessly leaves for Australia, ditching her at the altar. She gets embittered and becomes a cynical, overbearing woman, albeit an extremely successful model that has it all. Only when he falls in love for the first time with Deepika Padukone ( in the film) and she rejects his proposal of marriage, does he realize that he, too, has hurt other people. He flies to India to redress his wrongs. The locations for the song “Khuda Jaane” are simply awesome. St. Marks Square in Venice, Greece, the island of Capri are all shown in their glorious splendour. Once he reaches out to his ex-girlfriends to apologize to them for hurting them, he feels he has become a better person and when he goes back to Australia he has a pleasant surprise in store for him.
“New York” is set against the backdrop of terrorism post 9/11. It concentrates on how the US government tortured innocent Indians just because they had Muslim names, ironically turning peace-loving happy individuals into terrorists. Katrina Kaif is convincing with her natural anglicized accented Hindi. Neil Nitin Mukesh comes across convincingly as an innocent chap who is asked by the FBI to carry out a secret mission, and John Abraham suits the role he plays as well.
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