Hum Tum (2004)

Another review might be coming before this one, sorry for the inconvenience. A review on the movie Vivah will be coming this week! 

Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015)

This movie involves the story between Ayushmann Khuranna and Bhumi Padnekar, and both of their families. Ayushmann plays the role of Prem, who owns a cassette shop in a local market and his father is urgently wanting his son to get married as soon as possible. Then he takes Prem and the rest of his family to a local temple to meet this girl, Sandhya, played by Bhumi  who has a B.ed. and is looking for an available teaching position. Unfortunately the most visible think about her is her weight not her looks like Prem wanted. Prem wanted a girl with 'Juhi Chawla type looks or any beautiful actress' but he had no choice but to marry her. Later on, as they days go by Prem ignores his wife but Sandhya tries to spice up and add love to their loveless marriage. In their community, a race is organized where the husband has to carry his wife and by the pressure of his family he participates in this race with his wife, Sandhya. In the middle of this loveless marriage, Sandhya decides that maybe she needs to put an end to this marriage and spare him of this forced marriage. One thing to question here is- Will Prem ever notice anything more than Sandhya's weight or just never overlook that part of her? Can this competition, which is titled 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' once and for all bring them closer?


In my opinion, this movie made me laugh many times and question a few things too in the movie. But mainly it makes you realize that we cannot focus on one aspect of our life partner, gf/bf but we should already know this and a movie shouldn't have to teach us these things. This movie had a few genres such as; comedy, drama and it was a family type movie for all to watch. I loved Bhumi's acting in this film, since she played her role of his role of Prem's overweight wife very well and it suited her. The songs were very nicely sung in this film, one of my favourite songs has to be 'Dard Karaara' and the video of that song is posted above. I would give this movie a rating of 9/10, for me it hit all the spots from beginning to end maybe one or two things could be changed but otherwise it was amazing and always makes me laugh. I also loved Ayushmann's acting as well, he knows how to play all his roles and does an amazing job every time. The songs in the beginning of the film by Kumar Sanu were the best since he has such an amazing voice better than other singers. It may seem like a different type of film because of the story involved in it but give it a shot and you might just love it like I did. 

Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

                                          

As you all may know by watching the trailer of this movie or maybe watching all of it by now, that it starrs Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Harshaali Malhotra and Om Puri. The story starts with where this little girl who is mute, her name is Shahida (Harshaali) and she gets lost on her way back to Pakistan from her trip to India. While wandering around the city she gets lost in, she meets Pawan (Salman) who is facing a challenge by his lovers father and the role played by Kareena is as his lover. He is trying to find out where this little girl is from and who her parents are, while doing this him and the little girl develop an unbreakable and cute bond together. Then he realizes this girl is from Pakistan and he somehow has to get her there, this may include an illegal way. He uses the help of news reporter who helps him search for her parents and put the news out there, this story captures an audience in both India and Pakistan. This movie really captures the bond between Pawan and Shahida/Munni, this part of the movie really makes you very emotional and shows no matter where you are from these bonds can last and sometimes for a long time.

This movie includes a mix of genres going from comedy, drama, some romance and also this is a family type movie which will break you into many many tears. In my personal opinion, in the past few years Salman's movies were all having the same thing but this movie beat all of them because of the very emotional and magnificent story which will never get old. It also symbolizes the togetherness of two religions and two nations in the middle and end of the movie, this is something to look forward to. The whole movie was good from beginning to end since at first it set the setting really well for the audience then when the climax came it just got even better and makes you stay intrigued to watch the ending. I have to give it to Salman for his marvellous acting in the both comedy and emotional scenes since he acted them out really well. I would give this movie a 9/10, since it is also one of the best movies by Salman Khan and hope he brings more movies like this for us to watch. I would like to recommend this movie to all movie lovers who are interested in an emotional and dramatic movie with a side of comedy and of course should be a fan of Salman as well.

Fanaa (2006)

This movie revolves around the life of Zooni, role played by Kajol who is a blind woman in this movie, who travels to Delhi with a dance troupe without the permission of her parents and travels alone there. Once she arrives to Delhi, her travel guide, Rehan (Aamir Khan) has a liking for her and flirts with her the most, but her friends do not approve of him. Eventually these two, Rehan and Zooni fall in love and Rehan wants her to regain her vision, He gets her admitted to this local hospital and Zooni invites her parents to see this miracle of her regaining her vision and to meet her lover as well. But no one is aware of the big secret which Rehan is hiding from everyone including Zooni. Then before Rehan can go pick up everyone from the hospital, they get the message that he has been killed in some bomb explosion on his way there. After this, there is a 5 year leap in the movie and shows that Zooni regains her vision and gives birth to a baby boy, Rehan jr, but this is where the climax comes altogether. One day someone knocks on their door, the man claims to be Major Rajvir Singh and they let him in because of all of his wounds which need to be taken care of. They are not aware of the havoc this man will cause because he is the same man who fell in love with Zooni five years ago. It will be interesting once viewers find out what Rajvir Singh has come back for and when finally Zooni's family find out his true identity.

In this movie, there are some beautiful songs such as; Chand Safarish and Mere Haath Mein, even though these are romantic type songs they will never get old. The story in this movie is very different, fits for the actors/actresses, and it is one complex love story with a few twists. Both halves of this movie are very well made, but the second half contains more complexity, twists and better acting by Kajol, mainly. I have to say the best acting in this movie is by these three main actors; Rishi Kapoor, Kajol and Tabu. I would say Aamir Khan but at times I did not like his acting and his long hair as well. The rating I would give this movie is an 8.5/10, a few things I would want to change is the first half of the movie, maybe the lead actor- sorry Aamir, and add another twist to it. This movie is very deep in how it shows the courage you need to make these kind of choices, such as between what to choose, love or duty and making us ask how much can we forgive at the end? The few genres in this movie include; drama, romance and thriller. Overall, I would say give it a watch, most likely you will watch it till the end but I would say before watching it listen to the songs and see the chemistry between Kajol and Aamir.

Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998)

This movie is one of those movies with comedy, romance and lots of drama but has an amazing ending as usual with these amazing actors/actresses. The movie is about Muskaan (Kajol) who lives with her over-protective brother, played by Arbaaz Khan and her chachu, which is played by Dharmendra. Later on, Muskaan decides to go to university in a big city and decides on how to persuade her brother and chachu to let her go. At this university, she meets this boy, Suraj (Salman) and they become friends and slowly start to fall for each other. But, Muskaan's brother Vishal is not fond of Suraj and decides to bring Muskaan back to the farm, meaning to live at home. Vishal has other plans for Muskaan and who she should marry, which is the brother of Thakur Vijay Singh but Vishal does not know that he has his own greedy reasons to be marrying his brother to Muskaan. After this is where the plot twist comes in and story becomes more interesting and dramatic as well. This is one of those romantic flicks with a twist, meaning it is between a city clicker and the simple village girl.

I would recommend this movie to romantic flick lovers with a twist in them and if you want to see Salman and Kajol together in this amazing movie. I do love both Kajol and Salman, but in this movie Salman was the better actor in his role since it fit him perfectly as the lover and the saviour for Muskaan and her family. Kajol was good in her role too as giving Muskaan a bubbly, sweet and while being sheltered in her over-protective family. I would give this movie a 9/10, because of the amazing directing by Sohail Khan, best songs, and the best ending too which brings everyone together of course. I would recommend watching some of the songs first since that's what brought me into watching the movie when I first heard about it. One of my favourite songs from this movie has to be the song titled, Odh li Chunariya since it has the melodic voices of Alka Yagnik and of course the amazing Kumar Sanu. I love how the chemistry between Salman and Kajol is very romantic, genuine and fits well with both their personalities in the movie. The many genres including; romance, drama, comedy and revenge all fit very well together because of the amazing director, actors/actresses and songs as well.

Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (2000)

This movie is titled 'Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega' with Preity Zinta, Salman Khan and Rani Mukherjee are the main actors/actresses. The story in this movie is about how when one day, Raj (Salman) who is a struggling singer, he rescues this girl, Pooja (Rani) from a car accident and takes her to the hospital instantly. Before the accident, Pooja was eloping with the man that she loves and her so called wealthy family assumes that Raj is that man. Pooja is left in a stage of coma, where she can hear and see everything but cannot move. When Pooja's best friend comes Jhanvi (Preity) comes to visit , she is unsure if this is the man that Pooja loves but Raj starts to fall for the best friend and not for Pooja. Also, since Pooja's family is wealthy, he sees an opportunity for himself to grow out of the struggles he has been having as becoming a singer. Once she wakes up from her coma stage, a love triangle occurs between Raj, Pooja and Jhanvi. This is when the confusion starts between the families and its interesting to see how they all cope with this twist in the plot and who stays and who does not.

I would give this movie a 7.5/10 since it had most of everything that a romantic comedy needs and since it's a little old it gives it more of a spark to it. I loved the role which Preity played since her character in the movie was more bubbly and energetic too. The pairing of Rani and Preity is the best since at this time both of them are up and coming actresses. Also, the story is well written, very sweet and sad as well at times. In one of the songs by Salman Khan, Sharukh makes a guest appearance which makes the song even better. Rani's character is one of the best, since she does mature in the second half of the movie and did an amazing job as being Preity's best friend in the movie. I would watch this movie over and over since it's part of the classic movie collection along with many more with actresses such as Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta. I would personally say give this movie a shot, if the story does not intrigue you into watching it, then the songs will for sure have you off your feet and make you want to watch it all. 

Yeh Dillagi (1994)

The main leading actors in this movie are; Kajol, Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan in this family drama and romantic movie. The story revolves around two brothers, Vijay Saigal (Akshay), Vicky Saigal (Saif) and their chauffeur Dharampal's daughter Sapna (Kajol). Sapna's character dreams of riches and day dreams about her dream man who she would want to be with in the future or now. These two brothers are heirs to Saigal Industries, but only one son works properly in the family business. Vicky is the player type son of the Saigal family who does no work in the family business, he is a womanizer, flirt and believes in the one-time affairs not into a commitment with any girl. On the other hand, Vijay is the opposite type son since he's all work in the business and no play unlike his brother Vicky. When Sapna becomes one of Vicky's dream girls after she becomes a model and is 'materialistic', meaning the type of girl he would date. This is when Vicky falls for her and see's her as his dream girl. But after Sapna falls into all this success, it doesn't change who she really is and status of where she comes from. His mom wouldn't fall for this since she wouldn't approve of this relationship, plus Vicky isn't aware if Sapna likes him back or not. Vijay goes for a business trip to where she's doing a modelling gig and they become friends, which leads to more than a friendship. There are many twists and turns after Vijay and Sapna fall for one another since Vicky turns his life around after Sapna left him. There are major sacrifices made by one of the brothers which leads to an unexpected ending in my opinion.

This movie was very different since it was a different type of story than most older bollywood movies. I loved how it showed the two families being from rich and poor, it shows clearly that some people would never change to make their children happy. It teaches a lesson on how one's status. shouldn't stop someone from being with the one's they love. In this case, it shouldn't have made Mrs. Shanti Saigal disapprove of her son's relationship with their chauffeur's daughter, Sapna. I also have to say that the scenes leading to the ending were very different compared to other movies and it touched upon a different genre of family drama in its own way. I would give this movie a 9/10, loved the music, good actors, amazing story and some scenes did lack some chemistry in my opinion but the viewer is the judge of that. This movie had a few genres like; comedy, romance and musical too. I can watch this movie more than once since it has amazing songs and a story which really gives a good message to the audience.