Will Go Goa Gone be gone for the screens by Monday and Gippy survive, read the review

'Zombie' is a genre hardly every touched by bollywood.  If you forgive the Ramsays for making giant 'bhoot'  films, zombie films have never been tried before.  Though a very successful genre in the Hollywood, the bollywood has stayed away from the subject until now.  But directors Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. and Producer Saif Ali Khan have taken the challenge and are bringing in bollywood's first certified zombie film "Go Goa Gone" this Friday.

It will be a mix of humour and horror like the film Shawn of the Dead.   It’s a story of four friends who bump into zombies on a faraway island and a blonde haired Saif Ali Khan comes to their rescue. 

This type of humour is not easily digestible in India so hope Saif and his team know what they are upto with the Indian fans.  

The other film to be released is a one presented by Dharma Productions and Karan Johar.  After Student of the Year, expect this one to be in the same college/teenage genre albeit the story is about the obese girl who is bullied, insulted and taken for a ride due to her circumference.  Director Sonam Nair helms this one with debutantes like Riya Vij, Taaha Shah, Divya Dutta.  

The music of both the films seem to have become a hit.  It is actually a test for Saif as well as bollywood  to test the waters with the Indian film going audience with Zombie genre.  If this film were to be a hit then you could expect a torrential rain of zombie movies in the future.    It would be fun watching how Saif and his directors would have treated this untouched subject with Indian angle.

Gippy is a teenage film which as always has a niche teenage audience to take it forward.  If the film is good like SOTY then you have a hit.  

Divide your Saturday for one and Sunday for the other.  Don't blame Saif, if Go Goa Gone falls below your expectations.  Poor man has tried something new.  

The Bar tender

Sunday Punch 5.5.2013

Key Maker......If you have lost your key......He may help you.

Shootout at Wadala and the Bombay Talkies, what would you prefer this weekend?

SAW (not to be mistaken with the famous English horror flick) or Shootout at Wadala is a flick presented by the Sanjay Gupta & Ekta Kapoor.  If you have seen Shootout at Lokhandwala, you know the genre.  Building up a anti hero to the hilt and then killing him with a encounter is a one line story plot of film.

However the things to watch out for is acting abilities of John Abraham and Manoj Bajpai and the sizzling item song of Sunny Leone.  The dance number should be right up there with Munni and Sheila.  

Story wise the film is simple with the protaganist playing Manya Surve and half of Mumbai's underworld aka Haskar family against him.  The first half is sure to play out this and the second half belongs to the Mumbai Police and its mission impossible Inspector Anil Kapoor.  

Anil Kapoor finally gets to kill John Abraham (like we did not know).  The films of genre tend to be macabre, filthy (language wise) and boring.  But they sure have their die hard fans who would lick this up like the lick Shootout at Lokhandwala.  If you don't mind the gory violence, the profane language and blood oozing everywhere, you can watch this movie.  But if you are expecting some social message out of the film, you will be disappointed.  The director has in his own wisdom tried to make a hero out of a small time crook or an anti hero if you prefer.

The second film is the celebration of 100 years of Indian Cinema.  Bombay Talkies is a 4 directors 4 stories film which will leave you a little unnerved.  Capturing the essence of 100 years in 2 hours is a damning task even for ever so melodrama king Karan Johar and company.

Four segments divided by for directors, KJO, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee and Anurag Kashyap.  If you are a connosieur of the Indian films this is a must watch, if you are the one who feels at home with the festival kind of movies then also this film is a must watch.  But don't expect any fancy tales, melodrama's or action from this film.  

SAW or BT a tough choice to make for the Bar Tender.  

Sunday Punch 28.4.2013

Beating the Heat.......Coconut parcel

Coming this Friday Aashiqui 2 from the Mahesh Bhatt stable, will it shine like its first counterpart

After super duper films from the start of Feb, 2013, this Friday is going to be a lull because only one film is releasing on that day.  The Vishesh Films banner has tried to encash the popularity of its old hit Aashiqui starring Rahul Roy by releasing a film with similar name.

Aashiqui as you remember was and is the only film in India to have succeeded on the strength of its songs.  Story wise the film was a dumb one but the melodious songs went on to make it a big hit.  However Mohit Suri is helming the second version of Aashiqui and the songs don't look or seem that melodious.  

The trailor shown on youtube just make you sure that this is a rehashed version of yester years Abhimaan starring Amitabh and Jaya in the lead.  Well that film was a classic but the bar tender feels that this film wont weave the magic of Aashiqui Part 1.

If you are bored this weekend better go to watch the films released earlier like Jolly LLB, Nautanki Saala or Commando

The Bar Tender