REVIEW: DUM MAARO DUM

Directed By: Rohan Sippy

Goa, as we hear the word, Sun-Sand and Sea with tempted beauty comes in to mind but there is one more thing behind, which is more darker reality of this heaven on earth, Drugs and Mafia running it all over. The movie moves around all these and at the end showcases how it is spread and hard to stop.

Abhishek Bachchan(ACP Kamath) is sent on task to clean-up goa from Drugs. He chooses his own way to do this. Prateik a young kid who wants to fly New York for studies has no money but got easily got trapped by local drug dealer to carry drug fro him for money he offered fro his study. Rana is a musician who lost his love to the drug mafia and when he saw Prateik movie fro same wants to stop and save him. Aditya Pancholi is a local business man and man behind all these drug mafia. Govind Namdev a police man in Kamath’s team for this drug mission. These guys moves story quite well.

Rohan Sippy has made movie quite stylish and tried hard to engage viewer for whole run and he succeeds in this. His execution is very good except a few thing which he needed to workout before but that doesn’t matter here as overall things move smoothly. Music is also good. Dialogues were good specially those of Abhishek.

Talking about performance two performances standout one from Abhishek Bachchan (when ever he plays cop its superb) he plays ACP Kamath with full conviction, job well done after last few bizarre and one from Govind Namdev as Rane. Rana and Prateik were good for their characters but nothing special. Sadly, Bipasha had nothing much to do but she was also ok. Aditya Pancholi made his mark and do satisfy with his performance.

Overall a good movie and worth watching (especially some scenes of police interrogation of abhichek were brilliant).

RATING: 7 OUT OF 10.

REVIEW: Zodiac (2007) starring: Robert Downey Jr. & jack Gyllenhaal

Based on true events, this is the story of a serial killer who calls himself zodiac. After committing the crimes, he sends letters to press informing them about the killings and throwing in some puzzles to solve. The events take place in late sixties and seventies.

Here enter our main protagonists, a cartoonist (Jake Gyllenhaal), a crime scribe (Robert Downey Jr) & a Fed (Mark Ruffalo) who try to get this serial killer. The movie revolves around various situations that the killer throws open and how no one is really able to gauge the complete picture.

Performance wise, all the actors have been optimum. The obsession of Jake Gyllenhaal to catch this killer, the humorous as well as adamant attitude of Robert Downey Jr. and the detective skills of Mark Ruffalo entertain you.

Directorial skills of David Fincher can also be seen as in his earlier thrillers such as Fight Club, Seven, Panic Room, etc. The dark feel of the movie scare you but i guess this is what David Fincher does best.

The murder case is still open in United States with no conclusion even after 5 decades. Thus, the movie tries to show the complications and limitations of people and it does succeed in that. A nicely made movie providing valued entertainment.

The Usual Suspects(1995)

Boy, this is good. Its real good. Will make you scratch your heads but if you are with the movie throughout, you'll know its of great quality. 5 criminals woven together for crimes that few can pull off. Greed of money keeps them together. Till one incident happens where a boat is burned with with huge amount of dope and cash on it. Kevin Spacey is caught for the crime and he weaves a great tale of deception to escape the clutches of policemen. Throughout the movie, the director Bryan Singer manages to capture your full attention. John Ottman's score couldn't have been better. Equal credit needs to be given to the writer, the editor and other technical crew members who managed to carve out a perfect thriller full of ambiguity where the suspense opens up beautifully in the end.

A must watch for classic cinema lovers as this is the movie that made Kevin Spacey a star.