Dostana (2008)

In this movie, it has John Abraham, Abhishek Bachan and Priyanka Chopra as the main lead actors and Bobby Deol has a small role in this film, more like guest appearance type. The story follows two friends, Kunal (John) and Sameer/Sam (Abhishek) who in order to secure their apartment, they decide to become a gay couple. The character of Kunal, he has a job of being a photographer and Sameer plays a male nurse. Their roommate is no other than Priyanka Chopra, who plays role of Neha and she lives in Miami with her aunt, after the passing of her parents. Then both Sameer and Kunal fall for her and decide to win over her heart. In the mix of convincing everyone and themselves to be a gay couple, they also try to win her heart. Then Neha decides to introduce her gay friends to her departing gay boss, Murli, played by Boman Irani and falls in love with her new boss, Abhimanyu Singh. In the second half of the movie, Sameer's mother makes an appearance who doesn't approve of their relationship, since she doesn't like the concept of homosexuality and doesn't see it as right.

One interesting fact to know is how this is the first film in India whose main plot is based on a gay or homosexuality relationship but in a comic sense. But one movie in India till this day that took homosexuality seriously is the movie 'Girlfriend' (2004). The first half was funny but little boring as well since in the second half that is where things start to get interesting and there is a twist in the plot but ending is something to look forward to. As well, the music in this song was a hit especially the two big songs titled, 'Desi Girl' (above) and 'Maa Da Laadla'. I really did love the acting of Abhishek and John as a gay couple, they did it in an amazing and entertaining way for the audience to watch. Also, these both suited their roles in their jobs as well, photographer and other as nurse. Kirron Kher plays her role as Sameer's mother amazingly and in entertains the audience with her acting in the song 'Maa Da Laadla'. I would give this movie a 6.5/10, if the first part of the movie was more funny would be better and I think even though there was a twist in the film they should've added more maybe. It's still a must watch movie since it will bring the most laughs in practically most of the film there might be few moments but overall its a comedy type film.

Piku (2015)

The two main actors in this movie are: Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachan and Irrfan Khan. But the story is mainly around a father-daughter relationship between father Bhaskor (Amitabh) and daughter Piku (Deepika). This movie is a cute and emotional comedy on the father daughter relationship b/w an aging father and his young daughter, dealing with each others different lifestyles and have conflicting ideologies which lead to many conflicts. Throughout their journey, they learn that they are one another's emotional support and nothing less. The role of Irrfan Khan is that he is a manager of a taxi company, who is the only cab driver left to take the father-daughter their Bhaskor's first home, which is in Calcutta and they go to visit, since he does not want to sell it. Irrfan himself has to drive them to Calcutta, since all his other cab drivers are fed up of Piku's stubborn-ness and her temper issue. There are many genres in this film such as; drama, comedy and emotional/sad-drama type movie. In this movie, you will see how this journey changes the relationship between the father and daughter, how they both learn to get along and understand one another.

This movie, in my opinion should be given a 10/10, since overall in this movie nothing was missing, had good songs, amazing story, best actors for the role and really showed the father daughter relationship in the best way. The songs in this movie such as the 'Piku' or the 'Journey' song really suited the message and story of this song. The main lesson I learned personally is how we should learn to cope with our parents be it our mothers or fathers, since no matter what situation you get into they are always looking out for us. They might not show their love for us in the best or nicest way, but that just means they have different ways of showing it and that's just their love for you, we need to understand that. The acting by all three; Irrfan, Amitabh and Deepika is amazing and they suited their characters in the best way. Amitabh and Deepika showed the true father daughter relationship of how they start out not in the best way, but they do change and even though it took a journey like that to understand it. This movie is one of those must watch movies, not to be missed and might leave you in tears. 

We Are Family (2010)

This movie has Kajol, Arjun Rampal and Kareena Kapoor as the main actors/actresses, since the story follows around their lives. This story involves around Maya (Kajol), who is separated from her husband Aman (Arjun Rampal) and lives with her three children: Aaliya, Ankush and Anjali. Aman is in love with his girlfriend, Shreya Arora and she is a fashion designer. When he tries to introduce her to her children and ex-wife things do not go as planned. After that incident, his ex-wife and children start to dislike her. When Maya is diagnosed with cervical cancer, she starts to decide who would be a good step-mom for her children and from there things start to change. This movie has some very sentimental moments which will have you tearing up. If you are one to watch these tearful and family-oriented movies then its a must watch for you family movie lovers.

This movie's casting, songs and story line for me was a plus since my favourite actress is Kajol and I loved Kareena's acting in this movie too. The songs in this movie are very emotional but there are some which are more upbeat as well and this could either be good or bad depending on the viewer's choice in songs. I have heard both good and bad reviews of this movie, but I would still give it a chance mainly because of Kajol's acting, story and songs too. The ending of this movie was good but as you guys might have noticed I pay special attention to the endings, this one wasn't the best since there could have been more added to it like the whole family not only some members. I would give this movie a 7/10 because of the good casting, average story but worked out and good emotional and upbeat songs. Also, the genres in this movie include; drama, little comedy and some romance, to add in this movie is a family-oriented movie. Overall, even though this movie has been given some critical reviews, they shouldn't stop you from watching the movie. I would say give this movie a chance, think outside the box and if you do not like it then maybe you can recommend it to someone who likes these type of stories. 

Bollywood Movie Time- Why did I start it?

I started this blog because I have always watched many bollywood/hindi movies from the start and had this passion or favouritism towards them. In a sense how this blog started is very random because it started by me and one of my best friends talking about the old and new hindi movies. Then my friend was surprised as to how I have watched most of these movies then she is the one who gave me the idea of starting the blog and see how it goes. I need to give her credit as well because I didn't think I would be writing a blog on these movies but I'm still seeing how it goes since the blog is in a trial run. This blog was also started since I thought why not give reviews for both old and newer movies as a side thing for myself but now I have been adding more.

Now, this blog has become more than something small for me since I pay more attention to little things like which songs I'm adding to them because they need to be appealing to the audience as well. In my opinion, the classic hindi movies cannot be replaced but there are a few new movies such as Brothers or Hamari Adhuri Kahani which may be one of those movies you could watch again and again. Another few movies which can be watched more than once are; Dil Dhadkne Do, Holiday, Dhoom 3, PK and Mardaani. Along with the films I have listed and made reviews for, some of the actors I love in mostly every movie they do are; Sharukh Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan and Siddharth Malhotra to list a few. Some actresses I love for their acting from the start and still do are; Rani Mukherjee, Kajol, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma, Shradha Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra.

Also, the newer movies being made today aren't as good as the classic movies and some of the story lines of these movies are being played out now. They need to make more movies with new story lines which will surprise the audience and there will be better reviews for them as well. Another way to make them better would be to add songs which go well with the theme of the movie and the actors/actresses in the movie. Some new movies are doing well, but there are some improvements which need to be made. On the other hand, my two favourite jodi's in hindi movies are Sharukh Khan & Kajol and Preity Zinta & Sai Ali Khan. I would like it if my viewers of this blog could give me feedback, support and spread the word of my blog. I would like to ask if there are any movie reviews anyone would like me to do, you can write them in any of the comments or message me privately.

If there are any changes or improvements I could make to the blog, you can also write that as well in the comment box. I would like to thank all my viewers who have been sharing my reviews and helping spread the word of my blog. I am new to this, but I hope by adding a variety of movies it will become more popular as time goes by. The more feedback I get the more I can help others in choosing good and well directed movies to watch, maybe more than once like the classics.

Thank you! :)

Brothers (2015)

This new movie 'Brothers' stars Akshay Kumar, Siddharth Malhotra and Jackie Shroff as the few main characters. The movie involves the story of two estranged brothers and how they face off each other in a mixed martial arts tournament. Jackie Shroff plays the role of the father of these two brothers and in this movie also shows flashbacks as to how the fight came upon and why they do not get along. Another actor in this movie, is Jacqueline Fernandez who plays the role of Akshay's wife and plays her role very well as a supporting actress. This movie is very emotional since it goes to the core reason why the brothers haven't been getting along. The director of this movie Karan Malhotra, has shown these emotional scenes in the best way possible and these actors did a brilliant job in playing their roles to the point and getting the message to the audience.

After watching this movie, you will learn how keeping any type of grudge has major consequences to it and should always think before taking any big step, it can leader to either positive or negative circumstances. It teaches you how family always comes first no matter how the relationships are between some family members, should always be there for one another. Another major lesson it teaches is to always forgive your family members, since no matter what they will always be there for you. I would give this movie a 9/10, it had everything from amazing acting by Siddharth, Akshay and Jackie, emotional scenes which were acted out well, good background music and good story to it as well. One thing in my opinion which was lacking, was in the ending of this movie since the ending was a bit too quick and there should have been a scene or two added to it.

Student of the Year (2012)

The movie stars Siddharth Milhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt as the main characters, these three are newbies in the acting industry. This movie is directed by the amazing and marvelous director Karan Johar, who also directed and produced the classics KKHH and K3G. The story of this film involves the tragic start of Dean Yoginder Vashisht (Rishi Kapoor) fallen ill, this brings together few students from his final year at St. Theresa's College and they all come to his side during this tragedy. During this time, they all reminisce and remember all the memories from their final year at St. Theresa's. One major event was the 'Student of the Year' competition, which created problems within this friend circle which included the three main characters listed above. Also, this movie shows how it somehow has a similar story to KKHH, since two guys fall for the same girl and in KKHH, it was the same but two girls fell for one guy. In this movie, one of the lovers and the girl do not realize they have feelings for one another. This movie may seem similar to KKHH, but there are many differences and this movie did not live up to the acting and movie altogether since that movie is a classic which cannot be replaced.

This movie, in my opinion had a lot going for itself, since it had new comers like Alia, Siddharth and Varun, good story, not bad music but some things in this movie did seem to be lacking. The music was a hit especially the song titled 'Disco Deewane' and another song titled 'Ishq Wala Love' sung by few singers like Neeti Mohan, it captured the romance between the two couples. The few genres in this movie would be; comedy, romance and drama as well. It had a good ending but once again I think it could have had some better scenes and more could have been added to the story itself of the movie. In my opinion, this movie can be watched only twice maybe more, if it pleases you but I really do think more could have been added to add more like a bit more comedy and another twist to the plot would have helped. Overall, I would give this movie a 6.5/10, since the ups of this movie were; the music, acting by the new actors/actresses, comedy and the dialogue as well.

Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999)

The movie is about three brothers who are played by; Salman Khan, Mohnish Bal and Saif Ali Khan and the elder played by Mohnish is a step brother in this family. Both Prem and Vinod and the married daughter, Sangeeta are the children of the second wife, Mamta and she hates the eldest son since he is from her husband's first wife. Mamta and her daughter's father-in-law together scheme on how to get the estate and wealth in her son's names. In the process of doing all this, they get the eldest son and his wife thrown out of the house. Also, when Mamta thinks her sons approve of her plan of taking control of the estate and finances, she learns that they actually do not approve of it at all. After this the whole scene changes and there are some very emotional scenes as well. This is one of those classical family type movies and can be watched by the entire family.

This movie teaches a lesson on the importance of family and the value of it as well. The main other lesson it teaches is how family should always stick together no matter what problem they have to face, they should always face it together. This along being a classical family movie, it's also contains, drama, and comedy. The comedy scenes are mainly by Saif and Karishma (love interest of Saif) and Salman plays a more quiet role in this movie alongside his love interest Sonali Bendre (Preeti). The romantic scenes are played and shown by all three couples, but mainly by Tabu and Mohnish, since they play the best role of a husband and wife throughout the whole movie. Overall, I would give this movie an 8.5/10, it had everything from drama, emotional scenes, good songs, comedy and some romance to add in. This is one of those movies you can never get tired of because it is not one of those cliche type movies and has a real moral to it. I want everyone to just remember the meaning of the title of the movie 'Hum Saath Saath Hain', meaning that 'We Stand United'.