Chennai Records

SRK has finally made his way back to the top!! After smashing records in its opening week ,Chennai Express has now become the HIGHEST GROSSING DOMESTIC MOVIE (India) beating 3 Idiots' 4 year record.Making Rs.203.3cr Chennai is now on top ,and still going strong despite new releases.

At this rate ,its just a matter of days ,before Chennai takes down 3 Idiots in the matter of worldwide gross too.

Chennai Express (2013)

[a masala movie for the SRK fans]

Chennai Express (2013)

IMDB- 6.8

RJG Rating- 65

Rahul gets on the wrong train taking him through an adventure of a lifetime.

Starring- Shahrukh Khan,Deepika Padukone

Director- Rohit Shetty

Shahrukh leads the movie with his usual charm.But at most times he goes a bit over the top.But this can be ignored as the movie requires him to spoof himself and his past characters for comic relief.SRK is great at comedy and he hits the notes at the right times.Deepika Padukone gives a good performance as well.She gives a much more controlled take on the role than SRK.Both have a good chemistry which gives the movie the much needed push.

The story for Chennai Express is nothing great.It has some new elements but the proceedings are the old usual ways.The story is predictable and mostly leans on SRK to carry the movie forward.The comedy was entertaining in the first half and dry up in the second giving way to romance and some drama.The second half pales in comparison ,but somehow manages to take the movie to the end.It doesnt take itself too seriously and knows its a masala movie at heart.So expecting a deep story is a bad idea.

The music was surprisingly average.The constant crooning "Chennai ai ai ai Express" was irritating and there was a song overload in the second half.The songs were all good and the sequences were colourful and fun.

Direction by Rohit is below average.Chennai is just like his previous movies ,predictable and over the top.The movie skips through various scenes ,and some shots look very amateurish.Some scenes are plain time fillers and have no real purpose than to dish an odd joke or two.The movie even suddenly sprouted some message/moral from nowhere at the climax.

The main attraction to Chennai is definitely Shahrukh.It isnt his best but its sort of a new type of role and he makes the movie bearable for his fans.Rohit has made Chennai Express with the sole intention to market the movie for the huge SRK fan base.

Overall ,Chennai Express is ONLY for Shahrukh fans, others might not enjoy this one bit.Its a one time watch ,a timepass movie.

Acting -3/5

Story- 2/5

Direction- 2/5

Comedy- 4/5

Romance- 4/5

Drama- 3/5

Chennai Express!

New Poster & First Trailer for Chennai Express!

Trailer #1

Starring Shahrukh & Deepika ,CE is directed by Rohit Shetty.

My thoughts on the trailer are not so positive.Barely understood Deepika ,while SRK seems to be over the top.What are your thoughts on the trailer?

Anyways lets wait and watch-August 8 2013

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)

[a cliche ridden movie]

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)

IMDB- 6.9

RJG Rating- 35

4 friends take a trip to Manali ,where each learn about each other.

Starring- Deepika Padukone,Ranbir Kapoor,Aditya Roy Kapoor,Kalki Koechlin

Director- Ayan Mukherjee

Ranbir goes over the top playing a sort of casanova character.His character is pretty uneven and mainly its the scripts fault.Deepika Padukone plays a sort of different character for once.But again it isnt anything worthwhile.Kalki plays her usual type of role ,shes good at it.Aditya Roy does a good job too.

The story is downright cliched.Theres no other word for this type movie.From the start itself its cheesy.Theres a deep lack of creativity in the story.You can predict stuff miles away.Character development is poor.The story is written solely to support Ranbir's character.Changes in Deepika's characters happen overnight.The only part which was worth watching was the flashback scenes of Kabir and his family.

Direction by Ayan is a major letdown.His earlier work Wake Up Sid was fresh and featured one of Ranbir's best work.But with YJHD ,he resorts to the ideas that were tried out by almost every romantic movie in Bollywood.YJHD is a watered down version Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.On top of it the melodrama makes certain scenes unbearable.

Songs are injected into the movie for no reason.The soundtrack used is not even fitting for the movie.Throughout the first half ,music from various cartoons are used.Why its done ,is unintelligible.It lowers the standards the movie is trying to convey.On the bright side ,the songs were good.

Overall YJHD has nothing new to offer ,except some over used jokes and melodrama.

Acting- 2/5

Story- 1/5

Direction- 1.5/5

Romance- 2.5/5

Drama- 3/5

Race 2 (2013)

[setting new standards for dumbness in Bollywood]

Race 2 (2013)

IMDB- 5.4

RJG Rating- 05/100

Sequel to the blockbuster hit Race ,follows Ranvir's latest plan for revenge.

Starring- Saif Ali,John Abraham,Deepika ,Jacqueline

Director- Abbas-Mastan

None of the actors are of any good.The only thing Saif Ali Khan does is give out his "know it all" stare.John Abraham proves once again that he has no other talents than modelling.His only contributions to the movie are his various shirtless scenes.As a villain he is a big time fail.Anil Kapoor is another wasted talent.He and Amisha Patel dish out various fruit related (im not kidding,all their dialogues are fruit related!) puns.Although both Deepika and Jacq have some story related role ,they only score on the skin show department.

Its easy to mistake the story for being written by an 8 year old who probably ate too much chocolate.Within 5 minutes from the start ,it starts getting beyond the realm of ridiculousness.Its so bad that i wanted to 'facepalm' myself permanently for watching the idiocity that unfolded onscreen.Cheating poker ,speed based bomb, escaping from planes ,stealing historical items ,the list goes on,its all so idiotic that it starts getting hilarious in the second half.One of the best qualities of the first movie were its twists.With Race 2 ,the twists and turns can be seen a mile away.Its all too obvious and predictable.Almost all of them are shamelessly recycled from Hollywood.

This movie is an insult to the human senses.Abbas-Mastan have either gone nuts or are just trying to make quick cash with their worthless movies.They fill the movie with stylish shots trying hard to cover up the dumb story.Even here they fail.The visual effects are very poor and seem to be a decade old technology.The overdose of stylish sequences drag the movie even more.

The action sequences are too long and the comedy is very poor.The fruit related jokes are the most utterly lamest things ive ever heard in an action movie.Why fruits? Was it to support the cherry popping jokes? Theres no other reason for fruit comedy in Race 2!!

The only plus point that can be salvaged from Race 2 is its music.The music videos were interesting and helped to increase the movies tempo.

Overall Race 2 is one of the worst movies ive seen in 2013.Stay away from it.The music videos can be seen on Youtube for free.

Acting- 0/5

Story- 0/5

Direction- 0/5

Action- 1/5

Thriller- 1/5