“Vedaa” is a film that’s as uneven as it is ambitious. It offers moments of brilliance, particularly in the performances of its leads, but it also leaves you wondering what it could have been with a tighter script and a more focused approach.
Srikanth tells the remarkable story of a young man with exceptional vision and tenacity, yet it doesn’t shy away from depicting the delicate junctures in Bolla’s life.
“LSD 2” unfolds like a frenetic fever dream deliberately crafted to mirror the digital turmoil we navigate daily, and it ominously hints at a dystopian future we are racing toward. Scenes transition rapidly, reflecting our dwindling attention spans, and the camera becomes a colossal symbol of the myriad screens that dominate our lives.
Ani, having lost his vibrant spirit after his father’s death, retreats into himself, leaving Kavya feeling neglected and unimportant. At home, Kavya’s decisive nature overwhelms Ani, while outside, the wandering photographer seeks the domestic warmth Kavya offers, and Nora looks to Ani for support as her career struggles persist.
Chamkila’s story is that of a lower-caste man rising from poverty, an “ordinary man” who knew the power of delivering what his peers sought.
ACP Avinash Verma (Manoj Bajpayee) and his SCU are called upon by the Commissioner of Police to investigate a mass shoot-out at the Night Owl Bar in Mumbai. Layers begin to peel at something bigger, deeper, and darker at play.
Vinny (Venk Potula (Veep)), a terribly depressed rapper is struggling with a lack of inspiration after a bad breakup with Rina, the daughter of the owner of Juneja Department Stores. When Vinny comes to know that Rina (Summer Bishil) is now getting married to Sanjay ( Karan Soni), an Indian born successful boy, he decides to disrupt the plans.
Manav Khuranna (Ayushmann Khurrana) wraps up an action sequence while shooting for a film in Haryana. An incident involving a brash Jat youth ends with a fatal accident, and Manav has to escape quickly lest he gets embroiled. He makes a dash for England, and finds himself in all kinds of trouble as the dead guy’s brother Bhoora ( Jaideep Ahlawat) follows him there for revenge.
The story of a 28-year-old introvert, recluse and loner dentist, Dr Freddy Ginwala (Kartik Aaryan), who has been on a matrimonial website Meri Shaadi.com for five years looking for a ‘soulmate’
Qala’s tale depicts the struggles of a young girl in pre-Independence India fighting for a niche in the fields of classical music and playback singing.
Samay and his friends are obsessed with telling stories, even if it means collecting empty matchbox boxes and telling a story with the figures on them. It is this wide-eyed innocence and imagination that drives everything forward for Samay and his friends.
Despite an over-arching SoBo vibe, Varun Dhawan does justice to his Delhi accent as he traverses the “other country” in North East India. With one liners connecting dots with famous jokes, memes and just good old Bollywood references, the movie makes you chuckle and giggle. Environment protection as its core theme – the movie gets it’s bg score and VFX right.
Very logically plotted, the movie does a good job holding the audience captive from scene one till the end. Almost seven years after Vijay Salgaocar (Ajay Devgn) sold his riveting story to us, the modest cable operator’s take on the alleged murder of Sameer Deshmukh, son of top cop Meera Deshmukh (Tabu), is not as foolproof as it sounded by the end of the first part, in which he and his family were saved from the might of the system.
A series of murders happen in the Unicorn Group, where Jayant lands a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. When all the fingers point at him, he must find out who the murderer is, and the clear involvement that he might have had with those who are dropping dead, to save himself from getting killed at the same time.
Flawed and real, four friends Bhupen ( Danny Denzongpa), Javed ( Boman Irani) , Om ( Anupam Kher) and Amit ( Amitabh Bachchan) are thick as thieves, yet so different from each other that you would wonder what keeps them together.
Cast: Nana Patekar, Taapsee Pannu, Shriya Saran, Ali Fazal Director: Prakash Raj Tadka: Love Is Cooking, the official remake of the 2011 Malayalam blockbuster Salt
In its 120 minutes, the film does not get its punches right despite the actors screaming their lungs out at the slightest provocation and still failing to make their point.
One hour into the movie, the survival saga kicks in. And we are twiddling our thumbs because there is no FF button to move the story along to the moot.
Well, that’s how the first half transpired.
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