Worst Hindi films of 2010

No, seriously. What can be more appetizing than drawing up a chart for the top 10 movies for this year? Top 10 bad movies, I mean. There's been quite a few good films this year -- most of them, heck, almost all of them being small-budgeted films -- Udaan, Ishqiya, Love. Sex Aur Dhokha, Do Dooni Chaar, Peepli [Live]. Okay Band Baaja Baaraat too. But, the real fun lies in picking out the 10 most audience-insulting, big-budget bombs that made you want to tear your heads while in the theaters. And your neighbors' too.

Here's my retrospective of the TEN turds of 2010(yellow yellow dirty fellow)

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10. *Kajraare *-- It was as if Pooja Bhatt decided to stomp her foot hard, leave the directorial duties to Himesssssss bhai himself and take off to a place where there would be total solitude. Because, that's what one would seek for after watching this bull-headed film in which apna Himesss bhai tries to 'buy' his love from God-knows-whats. WTF. Yes, that's what they were saying while watching this movie on TataSky. No, wait. It released in a total of, what, 2 theaters, may be.

 

9. *Knock Out *-- Irrfan Khan looked like a pimp in this 'original' film. A 'very original' film that just happens to be based on 2003's *Phone Booth*.

So what if the storylines are a bit similar? So what if entire scenes are Ctrl-X'ed and Ctrl-V'ed? Apni pikchur hai bhai, aise insult na karo. Sanjay Dutt and Kangana Ranaut make your skin crawl. And this is not even a horror movie.

 

8. *We Are Family *-- Well, of course you are. Kajol, Kareena, Arjun, Karan

-- you are ALL one big family. A family that wears designer outfits all the time, even while on bed. A family that's so clean-cut and cute that it makes diabetes sound cool. A family that watched its own effort bite the dust despite having taken all the official permissions, despite having bought the remake rights. Has there been a film this year that's as regressive as this?

I bet not.

 

7. *Veer *-- Salman Khan plays an ancient warrior clad in orange jean pants.

Orange? Orange?? In the 18th century? Or was that 17th? Who cares really!

Director Anil Sharma still thinks that Gadar was his masterpiece. Meh, it seems like Sharma keeps returning to his roots. That of loud and jingoistic film-making. Not a shred of talent to be found in this movie. Zip. Nil.

Pind. Oops, I meant Pindari.

 

6. *Pyaar* *Impossible *-- This is such a funny, funny, funny, funny film, I tell you. I had tears in my eyes when Uday Chopra's character starts using Apple OS and Windows simultaneously. And the climax where the BIG twist is revealed -- the one in which Uday Chopra has password protected his gargantuan invention or whatever. It wasn't until I started choking did I realize that "No, you don't have to laugh yourselves to death for this silly, stupid movie. Not for this."

 

5. *Action Replayy *-- Just remove the time-travel factor and the retro costumes and what do you have? Nothing. Nothing at all. Well, except an nausea-inducing Akshay Kumar and our queen-of-over-the-top actress(!) Aishwarya Rai. The fake wig of Akshay Kumar has a better expression than that of all the expressions of all the people (in this film) put together.

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4. *Prince *- *It's Showtime *-- Yes, it is indeed time. To show that Vivek Oberoi has lost it. That angry, young man who I saw in Company has taken a sabbatical and isn't returning anymore. Something far sinister has returned.

Yes, hide all you Jason Bourne's because the ultimate creature(!) is here.

One who uses vacuum pipes to send diamonds from the top floor to the ground floor. And yes, there's a chip too. One that wipes your memory clean or steals it or something like that. And romancing (read dry-humping) those semi-clad bimbettes? Priceless.This might have worked as a film-so-bad-that-it's-good but the way it takes itself so seriously is something you need to see to believe. So good that it's bad? Wait, isn't that too much to ask?

 

3. *No Problem *-- Says who? Missing diamonds? A ticklish Anil Kapoor? A gorilla who farts tornadoes? Suniel Shetty? Akshaye Khanna as a drag? Anees Bazmee? Man, the way I look at it, there's a hell lot of problem

 

2. *Anjaana Anjaani *-- Well, I have to admit.... I had some expectations from this one. Because I'd enjoyed Bachna Ae Haseeno to an extent. But this film is so bad that you will want to write down in huge billboards and show them to the filmmakers, "Hey, what's the use of stretching a condom....sorry, a rubber band that far?" That peeing in water joke is so gross, i can't even begin to explain. And if you haven't ever had an allergic reaction in your whole life, rest assured, Priyanka Chopra will make sure that you get one after watching this piece of junk.

 

And the one that was already standing in the market with its pants down and that was caught with its pants down is...

 

1. *Housefull *-- I am almost tempted to quote Roger Ebert and say I hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated this movie. But that in itself would be a significant amount of unwarranted praise for a movie so filthy and puerile.

Made by the man who calls himself the director of *Heyyyyy Babyyyy,* (pardon me in case I missed a few y's) this is such a low in terms of comedy that it makes the Priyadarshan movies look saner and subtle by comparison. A monkey slapping Akshay Kumar, cheap gay jokes, Boman Irani sleep-walking. You name it. This movie has all the pre-requisites for one colossal disaster. *Avatar *of yours? Can you even spell A-V-A-T-A-R, Mr. Khan?

 

Written by Gyandeep Pattanayak

Music And Muse | Just Ada

Music is one of the most defining parts of a romantic movie. Though I planned to work on music with another group; somehow it didn’t materialized and quite luckily I met Aditya.

I had worked with Chandrasekar in past and we share quite a rapport. With Aditya in loop we started working on the music. The lyrics were not great as I am not much into poetry. However, Aditya got the chords right. Sohum perfectly complemented him and Chandru mixed the parts well.

The first song is ‘Every Morning Every Day’. This number defines Deep’s love for Ada and his reluctance to profess it in front of his beloved. “Crooning this number would be difficult,” Aditya commented. Though the first draft came up pretty well, a lot has to be worked upon to make it near perfect…

The basic theme of the second song ‘In Your Arms’ is prepared. We gotta work hard this weekend to get it done.

We have Deep but we are still searching for our Ada. The girl, who initially said yes, chickened out at the last moment. Man, you can’t understand girls. Had I knew that I will have so much trouble finding a girl for my movie, I would have worked on an all-men story… may be on the lines of Brokeback Mountain… may be a gangster movie with lots of politics in backdrop… Had I knew…

When the girl we initially selected said no, I was literally boiling. I was really very unhappy because she took quite some time just to say no and the search had to start from scratch. I seriously hope that we can convince someone doing this role.

Ada is a beautiful character. Her love for Deep is totally different from the way Deep loves her. While Deep is like the firefly that doesn’t think twice before coming close to fire, Ada is like the wick of the lamp which is burning and her only solace is love. Their existence depends on how they finish themselves.

Working in such independent efforts can be draining but then you will have something to remember even after marriage and having kids. I am writing this all… may be someday my kid would love to read these posts…

Till next updates… Signing Off…

Love…

Sujoy

Quite Right @RajeevMasand | Editor's Pen

Rajeev Masand is one of the most respected movie reviewer in this country. While many reviewers tend to give thumbs up to silly movies from big banners and thumbs down to some really good movies, Masand keeps his point straight without any bias. No wonder, he is the Ebert of B'wood Cinema.

On twitter, recently Masand pointed out the importance of reviewers and as expected I saw a few good-for-nothing movie makers trying to bash him. As a movie blogger, we thought about taking a stand on this issue. Whether it has any impact or not, doing it is the most important thing in our opinion.

I understand that making even a piece of **** like Tashan is no easy task. It needs a lot of work in front of the camera and at least ten times of that behind the lens. Passing a judgment over all the hard work is apparently an easy shot. But there is something call responsibility.

Writing a review and doing a review are two different things. A movie has a banner and a star cast but does it provide good entertainment and telling that without any prejudice or affection is Doing A Review. Masand does a review.

What would have happened to a movie like Udaan had committed reviewers like Masand didn't rated it high. It could have died a natural death and faded out from memory of public just like movies like Sankat City did. Its easy for people who make movies like Housefull to bash reviewers because at some point they know that a big star cast will earn them a good opening and that’s enough for them. They don't need to have anything on platter... not even story. But when someone makes a movie with heart and blood, he needs support and that’s when Masands come into picture.

@RajeevMasand: Thanks for being there as an idol for movie-lovers like us.

Love,

Sujoy Ghosh

Year of sh*tty Duds | Under Lens

What to say, man! What a sad year this has been for Hindi films. Rather for the filmgoer. I for one think that industry-wallahs think of us as morons who’ll scramble for to watch anything decorated with stars and … well nothing else.

 

2010 has seen duds like Veer, Khatta Meetha, Anjaana Anjaani and my favorite shitty movie of the year I Hate Luv Storys. (Okay, don’t get angry Mr. Reader-of-this-post  there were more like Pyar Impossible(Uday, with you truly pyaar is impossible), Chance Pe Dance(which had no dance),  Teen Patti(hey what was happening ?!), Paathshala(Zzzzzz… ), Phoonk 2(You could have donted the money to charity RGV), Aisha (Wasn’t it supposed to be Jane Austen and NOT Sex and the City …. aarrrgh), Lafangey Parindey , Knock Out, Kajraare(when did this release :O), Break Ke Baad(give me a break), Khatta Meetha (Shout-your-lungs-out comedy))

 

Veer- Year started off with the big budget Veer penned by mighty Khan, Sallu himself. It was pretty much a cringe fest. Anil Gadar Sharma thought his shit would be accepted once more. “Wait a minute”, Gadar Sharma might add, “at least Sallu didn’t do his Hello Brother humour trick here.” Yeah but you made Sohail do that for us, you moron.

 

Anjaana Anjaani- Well you know what, I wish at least one of the protagonist had succeeded in committing suicide before the story began. At least we would have been spared all the trouble L

 

Prince- So-bad-it-is-good category. Vivek made sure we had a good time. With a premise this silly they couldn’t have possibly thought that we’ll take this seriously. With seriously funny dialogs and some actually good action sequences, it was pretty bad.

 

Hisss- For years we have been hearing about Mallika’s Hollywood venture, and then it came. It went off theaters before we could say FLOP. This sure is one movie we wouldn’t misss…

 

I Hate Luv Storys- Imran you’re the man. When it comes to not-acting while trying to act, you’re the go-to guy. This guy didn’t have ANY expressions in the most crucial scenes of the film. Sonam was Oscar material compared to Imran. With a plot that was paper thin and silly that eventually did sacrilege to Dil Chahta Hai climax. My Dear Imran, You single handedly made it worst of the year in my books (And will somebody care to explain HOW this went on to be a hit L )

 

I know I might have missed out on many of your NOT-favorite movies of the year in this post but that is what comments section is there for. Vent out your anger, we’re listening.

 

PS- Kites some might feel  wasn’t great, but come on compared to greats like IHLS it was heavenly. Moreover it did work for me so no bashing for Papa Roshan venture.

 

Written by Ali Naqvi.

Yamla Pagla Deewana | Music Review

Whenever we hear the above three words, a typical image comes into mind, which is of none other Dharmendra, in his best dancing mode. But this time we have bonus in form of junior Deols too.

Check out the title track of this album and you will know what I mean. RDB realized the charm of the original chartbuster and avoided much adulteration. Sonu Nigam , who has literally made his life from Rafi songs, was the apt choice. The song has the appeal to make you dance on the floor in Dharamji's famous style. The experiment done in form of additional new lyrics, 'soniye manmoniye', should have been avoided.

Next comes, earthy 'Charha De Rang' and is instantly likeable. I believe that the makers were most confident about this track. Reason being that it appears as many as four times in the album. Though its best in the album, but I personally like trying only the main version of songs in any album. Composed by Nouman Javaid, it has a strong Indian flavour. Rahul Seth has done a splendid job.

Then there is a twist in the album with the entry of item number 'Tinku jiya'. The song is high on beats and  lyrics are totally soaked in the rural flavour, that you can't humm. Anu Malik (turned lyricist) composition is what promises to be a 'masala' outing for the masses.

To complete the album, we required a love song, which is fulfilled by 'Sau Bar', a complete failed attempt. I believe soft numbers take time to grow on you, and I would this song a benefit of doubt. Omar Nadeem and Shreya Ghoshal are behind the mike, and their performance is the reason for my leniency.

Munni + Sheila ki Jawaani = 'Chamki Jawaani', another to join the race of item numbers.  Initial portion of the song is on the same lines as 'Kajraare'  and later qawalli touch makes it enjoyable. Mamta Sharma, 'Munni badnaam' fame is outshone by Daler Mehndi and Master Salim. My friends made my room a DJ floor when I played the song. We really enjoyed and had fun.

An overdose of item numbers is felt when the album throws up another similar track, 'Son titariya'. By now, I had started wondering if the setting of movie is in UP/Bihar or Punjab. This is folk piece sung by Krishna Beura, instantly reminding of 'Humka peeni hai' from 'Dabaang'. I believe too many whistles in the theatres would accompany the song. Vocals and music are good, but life of the song is again short.

Talking of Punjab, and no Sukhvinder yet? Here he comes with 'Kadd Ke Botal', and smashes all my hopes. Lyricist is Dharmendra ji himself !! The song didn't even touch bottom mark of older Punjabi tracks, I expected something more pacy .

The album is concluded with a-minute long 'Gurbani' put together by Sanjoy Chowdhury and sung by Shahid Mallya.

 

Verdict – Apt to make it to your playlist but not to your collection..

 

Written by

Neha Jain

Shakespeare In Love Movie review | The Critique

Rating-3.5/5 Stars

With little expectations of liking it, and no knowledge of it being a comedy I embarked on watching ‘Best Picture’ for the year 1998.

Set in Elizabethan times with Shakespeare as a rising playwright, who’s every play is inspired by a muse. At this point of story he is without a muse and thus without an inspiration to write. How he eventually finds her and scripts his classic Romeo and Juliet forms the rest of the story.

Joseph Fiennes as Shakespeare is excellent in his comic timing as well as his lover boy act. Gweneth Paltrow as his muse, who is binded by customs but is still madly in love with Shakespeare comes across as a earnest performance. Judy Dench with her surprise appearance as Queen Elizabeth impreses too.

How it changes from a light hearted comedy, going through twists to reach its lightly tragic end is a treat to savour.

Watch it whenever you have time. It will surely surprise you, as it surprised me.

Written By Ali Naqvi 

The Script Being Scripted | Just Ada Movie Blog

Shredded by failures in life, I tried to put some thoughts on paper. Few lines got their way to form a beautiful story… Just Ada. A simple story with typical death-can’t-deny-love sorts loaded with heavy emotions and pain seeping out of my heart.

 

Just Ada holds a very special place in my life. It was my first serious affair with writing. I had a broken heart and it helped me heal. When I heard some good comments, I felt good about myself and since then am driving my passion for writing with blood, sweat and time.

 

When I thought about making a movie, Just Ada was a natural choice for me. But writing a story and writing a script are two entirely different things. The thought of converting it into a script that can hold viewers for an hour gave me goosebumps. However, I was motivated enough to give it a shot and when now it is being done and further work on dialogs is going on… I am feeling nice.

 

Many people remarked that the story is similar to Walk To Remember and Love Story. Denying that would be lame. However, if anything inspired me at that time; it was Anand. The amazing friendship between Anand and Bhaskar, and doctor’s struggle against his friend’s death. Bhaskar tried to do whatever he could have done and stood by his friend till the end.

 

A lot is to be done…

 

Written by Sujoy Ghosh

Band Baaja Baraat | The Critique

Rating: 3/5

He might look like just another back-bencher of your class you whistles at girls and smoke cigarette at the paan-shop across the lane but he has it in him. Ranveer is some good talent; if not great. BBB is really lucky to have some fresh face like him and for me... YRF is back. This time with an unexpected BANG. 

From Chandni to Mohabattein, the secret of YRF movies were their songs and love stories. In latter part of this decade, they let the formula go slip and with the formula even success moved on. BBB brings in the formula back. The introductory song of Anushka reminds of good old days when in marriages the entire family used to gather and get involved in the National Wedding Songs. With first fifteen minutes into the movie, you start liking it.

BBB is a simple movie. Girl meets boy and they become friends and bizness partners. They love their work. One day something happens between them (read sex in inebriation) and everything shatters. Story is simple but the dialogs are stealer. Simple and with loads of fun. Performances are good, especially the lead pair.

There are a few flaws. The love making scene seems to be a bit out of place and second half is weak when compared to the first half. Music is good but a lot better is expected from YRF banner. Direction is simply superb considering a debut. Manish, man... you rock. In short, watch it. Its a good film. Without a big name, this is going to make a mark.

To detractors who say that Ranveer's father invested in the movie: Even if he did, he did for good. What's wrong in it? Atleast he didn't served a Pyaar Impossible...

Written By: Sujoy Ghosh

Point Taken | Editor's Pen

Well, I am the friend Ali referred to last edition in Editor’s pen.

To some extent I do agree with Ali that cinema needs support of icons to send across the message to masses. But there should be a line. Aamir’s patronage to Peepli Live brought that movie to centerstage. Every odd channel was showcasing the movie in prime-time slot because Aamir was presenting it. Some parties supported while few opposed it; just to hog some lime-light. Movie got hype and may get an Oscar. Great. Amazing. My Point: Do you remember the Director? Who played the role of Natha? Aah… everything got overshadowed by Aamir Khan. Why? Because he was right there in every odd frame while on publicity spree.

But yeah… atleast he is trying to bring people to fore.

The irony of cinema is that the better actors don’t have smart face. More labor more scars… For example, Om Puri is easily one of the best actor. He could have been superstar with a hard-hitting movie like Ardhasatya but did he? No. With a gruesome face he had at that time; it was impossible to attract ladies to theatre. Had the face being replaced by Salman Khan; the movie might have been right there at the top with Deewar and Sholay.

The bitter truth is that we are not able to accept new people. It’s safe to work with regulars, with Khan and Kapoor surnames or with faces on billboards. We make products; not cinema. If someone make a cinematic effort like Peepli Live; he needs to label it with Aamir Khan Productions to make it work as a product. But then that’s not quality…

I am not a big fan of Aamir Khan. But I sincerely respect his way of interpreting commercial cinema and ensuring that there is some good amount of cinema in his movie. Many of his contemporaries just make advertisements…

Ali had a question. Would I like my movie to be a blockbuster or a critically acclaimed flop that attains cult status with time? My answer: Anyday I would like to be in league of Shyam Benegal than in league of… well. I should stop. People may sue me.

Love…

Sujoy Ghosh

Hollywood In Bollywood | Candid Krishnan

I wanted to watch much hyped Hiss and asked my girl out. She first stared at me. She was thinking that I was more interested in Mallika than in SFX. Obviously, she was right. Girls are always right. So, I didn’t argue. As I surrendered, she agreed to accompany me. Strange…

But I was really interested in Hollywood movie set in India. I thought that it would be atleast interesting to watch HWood understanding of India. Not to mention, I was grossly disappointed.

I always felt that if Slumdog Millionaire can win so many Oscars; Indian movies definitely deserve better treatment at the International Level. How can they overload such a weak, stereotyped and heavily inspired (read the forbidden synonym for copy) movie with a plethora of appreciation. What was it…? Definitely not in the coveted league of other Academy Award winners.

Hollywood definitely doesn’t understand India. We still are land of snake-charmers. We have a large number of call-centers in each and every part of this country where anyone can sit and reply to dumb blonde questions. Breaking News… India is far more than that. On a serious note; HWood doesn’t want to break the traditional image of Indians. Poor and sorrowful. They will show NASA but minus Indians. A real NASA guy would laugh at that. For most of HWoodians Indians are like Slumdog-turned-Millionaires but the truth is that their interpretation of this journey from Slumdog to Millionaire is not as simple as appearing in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. I think Danny Boyle should watch movies like Udaan to understand India.

And Hiss… that’s a sham. F it off.

Written By: Candy Krishnan

Manmohan Desai | The Statesmen

MANMOHAN DESAI (1937-1994)

The best part of Indian cinema is the ‘masala’ that it holds. Many a lot Indian movies have been made, that surely win all the critical acclaims, but the ones that rule the box-office are the one that contain this ‘typical and special ingredient’. One person who has made the most efficient recipe with it is non other than MANMOHAN DESAI.

Movies like Amar akbar Anthony (my all time favourite), naseeb, coolie, suhaag, roti, … and a lot more to name are the ones that make him true father of ‘masaledaar’ bollywood.  Mostly his movies used to start with a huge line up of tragedy (usually having Nirupa Roy as a blind mother), and have all the family reunited by the end of the movie. Probabaly where I consider the concept of “Happy Ending’ was invented. The imagination had no limits. Almost anything was possible in his flicks!

He entered the film industry as a screenplay and storywriter. It was during the sixties and early seventies that he gave many hit movies. In 1977, he started his own movie production company, MKD, by launching Amar Akbar Anthony as the producer as well as the director. This was infact the most successful year for him, giving 4 blockbusters in the same very year (Dharamveer, Chacha-Bhatija and Parvarish).

Majorly Amitabh used to star in his films, giving Manmohan Desai his biggest blockbusters, but he also casted Shashi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra and Jitendra. Even if they had any of them, the major part in the movie was played by Amitabh only. He thought that only he can give justice to the flights of fantasy that the director cooked up. Music during this time in all his movies was given by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, who contributed to his blockbusters by composing music that added zing to the flavor.

His downfall started in the 1980s, when he gave movies like Mard and Ganga Jamuna Saraswati. Even his son tried his hand on the movies, but no success was seen (Alla Rakha & Toofan). But that doesn’t belittle his contribution to the Indian Cinema. His style of filmmaking will always live, and rule in our hearts, as long as The Bollywood lives.

Written By Rishabh Shukla

Zakhm - Short Film Review | Golden Podium

The movie ‘Zakhm’ serves as a companion piece and extension, to the much acclaimed novel “the Kite Runner” by Khalid Hosseini. Zakhm is set after the ending of the Novel, where Amir tends to ailing Sohrab and confesses his guilt.

It is an interesting idea to explore, as in the novel Amir never tells his guilt to anyone. ‘Zakhm’ shapes his confession to the one who has been affected most by Amir’s.

As ‘Zakhm’ is essentially, a monologue the movie depends hugely on Gaurav Karmakar (who plays Amir). He has given a heartfelt performance, by appropriately lending intonation to dialogs. His expression depicts a man who has long been tormented by his guilt and at the same time of relieved. Also I must mention his near perfect pronunciation and delivery of Urdu is laudable.

Equally important for a monologue is dialogue, and dialogues have been written appropriately in Urdu conveying feeling and at the same time look convincing coming from a character who has lived in Afghanistan.

Camera placement is smartly done; opening it shows Sohrab with an ailing Amir; followed by a close-up of Amir.I liked the way the movie ends with some utensil noise (from the kitchen maybe) which Amir goes off to see. Smart indeed, Sujoy. Sujoy has done well helming the roles of director, script/dialogue writer. Also commendable is the idea for a short, as an extension of a novel and not just enacting some scene from the novel.

Well done to the team who made Zakhm, looking forward to watching more of your work.

Written By Ali Naqvi

Before Sunset | Critique | Movie review | Unusual Love Stories-Part 4

Note- To read review of ‘Before Sunrise’, Click here.

Rating - 5/5 Stars

“Journalist : Do you consider the book to be autobiographical?
Jesse: Well, I mean , isn’t everything autobiographical?”
Nine years after events of ‘Before Sunrise’ Jesse is in Paris, attending a book conference for his book he authored; a fictionalized account of his meeting with Celine. And there Celine is waiting for him, we soon get to know that Celine couldn’t make for their scheduled meeting after 6 months of ‘before sunrise’ at Vienna.

Jesse has just few hours before his flight to US. They decide to spend the time talking. The beauty of the script is how natural their conversation is. It goes through various stages; Firstly, They are formal in talking, like people are when they meet after a long time; then they talk about life in general what they have been doing; then proceed to talk about each other, their personal problems. This transition of their talk is so natural and real that you just can’t help but love the whole thing.

The actors are just too natural to seem acting. The secret is that the director and both actors all three contribute to the story. In fact, both actors have added their personal details to the movie, which make it even real and their acting even more natural.

This movie, similar to Before Sunrise is just about them talking. Both the actors have considerably aged in the movie, which again adds a realistic touch. If I were to pick one performance of the two actors it has to be Julie Delpy. Though even her role is more substantial, but she has just performed too well! Atleast an Oscar nomination was deserved for her performance

In the last scene where Celine enacts one of her favorite singers, on stage, and towards the end tells Jesse in the same singer’s style, “Celine: Baby, you are gonna miss that plane. Jesse: I know.” This in my opinion has to be one of the sweetest scenes I can remember in all the films (I was initially giving it 4.5 stars, additional ½ star in the rating is for this amazing scene)

PS – If you remember Saif Ali Khan- Rani Mukherjee Starrer ‘Hum Tum’, also had protagonist writing a bestseller to reach to his lost love. Coincidence? I think NOT!

PPS- Ethan Hawke has indicated that maybe they MAY make a third film. Though the premise in my opinion narrative has reached a wonderful end, but I trust Ethan Hawke- Richard Linklater –Julie Delpy trio to spin a soulful story once again. I for one will wait for eternity to see the next part.

Written By Ali Naqvi