Alia Bhatt is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films. Born into a family where her parents, Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan, and elder sister Pooja Bhatt were actors and filmmakers,
Rating : 6/10 Release Date : 4th December, 2015 Time : 158 minutes Director & Writer: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (based on the book �Rau� by NS Inamdar); Music : Sanchit Balhara; Starring : Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Tanvi Azmi, Milind Soman, Vaibbhav Tatwawdi, Mahesh Manjrekar
The film is a visual delight � the sets, the camera angles, the costumes, the look � everything mesmerizes. Sadly, the story itself � a classic tragedy, in line with most of Sanjay Leela Bhansali�s other films � fails to excite.
Deepika Padukone, Mastani, a princess from Bundelkhand, half Rajput, half Muslim falls in love with Ranveer Singh. The Peshwa. Especially after he and his army rescue her homeland from Muslim invaders. She falls for him so badly that she arrives as a �gift�, unannounced to his home in Pune, despite knowing that he�s married (to Priyanka) and has a kid. The conservative Maratha folk, of course, don�t accept her at all � led by the Peshwa�s mother, a sinister Tanvi Azmi and Vaibbhav (playing his younger brother).
What�s sad about the film is how two strong, fascinating characters � Mastani and Peshwa � are both shown losing their essence as they pursue their mad, crazy, unacceptable love. How a strong-willed, warrior princess becomes a weak supplicant, how a headstrong but wise ruler becomes almost an object of ridicule, not doing right by those who stood by him earlier, including Priyanka.
Deepika is iridescent. Illuminating. Flawless. Looks almost like someone not of this world. Ranveer, especially in the first half, is magnificent- his haughty walk, jerky movements and manner of speaking making his character come alive. Priyanka doesn�t get so much to play with but she does a fantastic job of the screen time she does get. Tanvi�s the show stealer � she�s ominous and exudes malevolence towards Deepika from the moment she sets eyes on her. Milind Soman is a surprise, is very good, as is Vaibbhav. The sets, costumes and colours bedazzle. The songs are good, though too many. And the second half could easily have had a lot of fat trimmed off it. However, special mention of the diction, the way the characters spoke - the lilting Marathi accent - was one of the most engaging aspects of the film.
What�s truly tragic about the story is that (if any part of it is historically true), then we lost two superb persons to petty jealousies, court politics and what is commonly practiced as religion in this country. The saddest part being, of course, that nothing has really changed in our nation.
Rating : 6/10 Release Date : 20th February, 2015 Time : 134 minutes Director, Writer : Sriram Raghavan; Co-Writer: Arijit Biswas, Pooja Surti; Music : Sachin-Jigar Starring : Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Quereshi, Vinay Pathak, Divya Dutta, Radhika Apte
A chance encounter during a bank robbery leads to unwanted, unnecessary death and a vicious cycle of revenge that lasts over fifteen years. Its not pretty, its not pacy and it most definitely doesn�t follow a path treaded by most Hindi films. However, not everything makes sense and it doesn�t really hold our attention all the way through, though the climax is interesting.
Nawazuddin and Vinay�s getaway after a bank job goes horribly wrong and results in the death of Yami Gautam and her young child. Nawaz is caught, jailed but not before he is able to let his partner escape with the loot. Varun Dhawan is the sadly bereaved husband, father, who�s world comes crashing around him. And the twenty year sentence given to Nawaz for his part in the robbery (he claims his partner did the killing, he was merely the driver), is not enough for Varun�
Kumud Mishra is the police inspector who hates an unsolved case on his record � especially as the cops are never able to track down the partner or the loot. Pratima Kannan is Nawaz�s mother, who can�t believe her son is a killer. Huma is Nawaz�s favourite call-girl, who also doesn�t believe he is a killer. And later in the movie, Vinay Pathak and his wife, Radhika Apte play a critical part, as does Divya Dutta as an NGO worker who works with prisoners.
I really liked Varun in this vengeful avatar � he hit the right buttons in a role outside his comfort zone. Nawazuddin does full justice to a role right up his street, especially in the closing stages. The ensemble cast is excellent. The music really good. But the fatal flaw is you don�t quite understand why some of the characters chose the paths they do � even if the end objective does make sense. And that can really make you wonder, even disconnect with what is shown happening on the screen�
Life can be cruel. Revenge can be salvation. And where better to find it than in Badlapur�
