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

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Bol Bachchan (2012)

[another garbage from Rohit Shetty]

Bol Bachchan (2012)
IMDB- 6.3
RJG Rating- 15

Abbas, a man who has just moved into a rural village ,gets trapped in his own web of lies.

Starring- Ajay Devgn,Abhishek Bachchan ,Asin ,Prachi Desai
Director- Rohit Shetty

Ajay Devgn and Abhishek are the lead actors in this movie and both are useless at it too.Among the two ,Ajay is better ,while Abhishek proves that hes getting worse at acting with each movie he does.Asin is just a space filler,she hasnt much of a role and her acting hasnt improved either.Ajay Devgn gives a below average performance.The only good performance is by Prachi Desai.

Theres no story for Bol Bachchan,its filled with so many plot holes that its a mistake looking for any kind of story whatever.The movie is filled with pointless scenes which doesnt offer any explanation on what and how it came to be.On top of this the movie is entirely predictable.Every year, theres a movie about mistaken identities,big web of lies and an angry character which gets lied to.Bol Bachchan is the EXACT same format.

Rohit Shetty, as a director, is a complete failure.The entire movie has numerous slow motion scenes and LONG fight sequences which arent even necessary for the movie.The Rohit Shetty trademark of having vehicles crash and flip are present.Since its taking place in a village ,we have buses do flips instead of expensive cars.And this happens every now and then.

Overall Bol Bachchan is another idiotic cinema from Rohit.Avoid at all costs.

Acting- 1/5
Story- 0/5
Direction- 0.5/5
Action- 2/5
Comedy- 1.5/5