Pushkar Pens

  When the Indian Army's surgical strikes had its share of onscreen glory with " Uri : The Surgical Strike " and Maj Vihaan Singh Shergill , could Balakot have been far behind? So here we are presented with the Indian Air Force and Squadron Leader Shamsher Pathania aka Patty . The Special Forces Para Commandos are replaced by the be-all-end-all Air Dragons. But first things first. " Kaho Na.. Pyaar Hai " came in 2000. 24 years later, Hrithik Roshan still drools you with his tall fair and handsome aura, bear-me-if-you-can abs, those absorbing hazel green eyes, finely chiselled jaw line and basically that Greek God looks.... Enough to cheekily accept that when he says " please " to a lady, she is bound to go in a trance... And he is doing it as a weapon of surrender here for ladies!! You have enough of all this in the first half along with an engaging chemistry with Deepika which comes to life in short bursts.  Actually the first half is very engrossing....

"Baahubali" made us have a large than life look into the potential of movies outside of Bollywood, and made Prabhas and Rana Daggu household names....With "Pushpa", Allu Arjun entered into our drawing room discussions... "RRR" gave us Jr NTR and Ravi Teja...And now Teja Sajja is the new man in town. Young, unassuming, all of five movies old... The man to watch out for, though, is Prashanth Varma.... a Gurukul studied movie maker with strong beliefs in the ancient Indian History... If you ever wondered as to why our extremely rich ancient history cannot be adapted to super hero movies, well, " Hanu Man " is the answer. It mixes Superhero tropes wonderfully with original storytelling. So while someone like " Adi Purush " buckled under the pressure of being attached to mythology and God,  HanuMan  does not forget to have it simple, religious and funny at the same time. And that is the success of our Writer-Director Prasanth Varma, where de...

  Remember Johny Gaddar, Badlapur, Andhadhun... What do they all have in common ? They are all good movies who may not have raked in their 100s of crores but they were liked by the audience. And they are all from the stables of that underrated genius, Sriram Raghavan .  He is back after six years with " Merry Christmas " and has certainly lived upto his own genre and brand.  The movie is based on Frederic Dard's French novel 'Le Monte-charge'. The title of the French story literally translates as 'Dumbwaiter'. In English, the novel was known as Bird in a Cage. Both a freight elevator and a trapped avian are relevant analogies in the context of the tale that Merry Christmas locates in the Christian community of 1980s Bombay. Two strangers meet on Christmas eve, become familiar and friendly... And what follows thereafter in next 24 hours is classic Sriram Raghavan stuff. The first half will appear pretty run-of-the-mill with 'boy and girl next door kind...