Force has heavily borrowed Masala elements from 80’s movies, and it’s a fun to watch for action lovers.

John Abraham was missing from the Bollywood movie screens for quite some time, but he is back literally in full Force.

After Salman Khan, and Ajay Devgan, it is the time for John to beef up, and join the line-up of remake of a hit Tamil film, Kaakha Kaakha, which starred Surya and Jyothika.



Star Cast: John Abraham, Genelia Dsouza, Vidyut Jammwal

Producer: Vipul Amrutlal Shah

Director: Nishikant Kamat

John always wanted to come with an out-and-out action flick, looks as though his wish has been finally fulfilled in Force.

John plays the role of strict ACP as Yashvardhan (more like Ajay in Singham), who always ensures that justice is always served. He is a hard-ahead senior officer of the Narcotics department. His mission is to expose the drug racket, and eradicate it not only to his place, but from entire country.

He encounters a ruthless enemy, including Vishnu (Vidyut Jammal) – a hit man wanted by the police department. But nothing as such goes wrong with Yash as his strength is his will power, and none of his own can become his weak point.

Then comes the free-spirited Maya (Genelia Dsouza) in his life, and they fall in love with each other madly. Initially, he is unwilling to commit to the relationship as he believes that family is a burden and liability for a policeman, but later gives in. (again like Singham and other Telugu/Tamil movies).



Despite having some exhausted moments, the first half engages the audience, but the real part comes in the second half.

Yash’s trials and tribulates to protect Maya and his colleagues as Vishnu puts pressure on the police force by his ruthless acts. It is a deadly cat-and-mouse fight game, which ends in spell-binding climax.

John is a perfect choice for the male lead in Force; so far we’ve seen him in comedy and romantic flicks, but he has proved that he isn’t an under-rated actor, and he can do even action movies pretty well, to say the least.

Genelia’s bubbly acting has again come up well in the movie and the on-screen chemistry between John and Genelia is great too. Vidyut Jammwal has done full justice to his role opposite ACP.



It is a remake of Tamil blockbuster, but the story line has been tweaked a little, keeping the plot almost the same. Nishikant Kamat has given twists to the original version, making Force a sharp movie, which has raunchy dialogues, and real-raw action scenes.

In a nut-shell, it is an action-cum-love story and John’s rocking performance is the major highlight, while romance and loads of action are other plus points of the movie, but all-in-all, there’s a whole lotta’ violence that dominates the movie!

Rating: 3.5/5

Boxing, Cricket, Football, Hockey… now Ice Hockey! Sport-centric movies are gradually finding their way on Bollywood films. Speedy Singhs fetches several known names from Canada, US, and of course from India in this cross-cultural family drama taking Ice Hockey as the concept.



Star Cast: Vinay Virmani, Camilla Belle, Anupam Kher, Russell Peters, Rob Lowe
Director: Robert Leiberman
Producer: Akshay Kumar, Ajay Virmani

Vinay Virmani, who plays a lead role in the movie as Rajveer Singh is torn between his orthodox family beliefs and his career in the sports. His father Anupam Kher is biggest hindrance in his sports career, as he wants his son to join family business rather than ice-hockey sports.

Rajveer faces racism in Canada due to his own brown skin; he cuts his hair at young age, refusing to adopt the traditional turban in order to avoid racism, but realizes later that it was the biggest mistake of his life.

He was forced to join uncle’s truck business, where uncle’s son-in-law Russell Peters adds to Rajveer’s misery. In the mean time, Rajveer finds no space in Canadian team, but he doesn’t give up.



He puts his dream first and builds up his own Punjabi team of Sikhs called “The Speedy Singhs” with Dan Winters (Rob Lowe) as their coach. His sister, Melissa Winters (Camilla Belle) plays the female lead opposite Rajveer.

Later part of the story is all about how he convinces his father and goes ahead in his hockey career.

As far as the story line goes, we didn’t find it innovative, but it looked more like Patiala House slightly tweaked and rebadged; the only difference is Akshay Kumar was actor in Patiala House, and he has just turned producer now.

The cricket backdrop was replaced by Ice Hockey, nothing else really changed… The movie has a plot that you can connect to, almost instantly, but it suffers on carried counts.

Besides the Ice Hockey scenes, there is no “wow” factor in the movie; also, the feeling of euphoria is missing on the whole, when Speedy Singhs win the match.



When compared with Sharukh’s Chak De India, you’ll definitely feel poor characterization by script writers that has limited the potential of the film.

The performance of Vinay Virmani in his debut movie is quite good, while Camilla Belle and Russell Peters have tried their level best too. As usual, Anupam Kher turns out to be top notch in terms of acting, but Akshay makes an insignificant special appearance in Speedy Singhs.

Rating: Just considering it’s Akshay’s initial try, I’m rating 3 out of 5, though quite frankly it doesn’t deserve more than 2/5

Vesta Williams, a famous American R&B singer, was well-known for her full four-octave voice range. Though physically short, she possesses one of the biggest and brassiest voices of R&B.



Hits:
• Sweet Sweet Love,
• Once Bitten,
• Twice Shy and,
• Special signature song “Congratulations”.

Vesta is no longer with us; she passed away on September 22, 2011 in Los Angeles. She was found dead in a hotel room in California and the official cause of death hasn’t been unearthed yet.

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Ever since the first buzz of Pankaj Kapoor’s Mausam hit the news, it soon became one of the most-awaited bollywood movies of 2011 .



Star-Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Sonum Kapoor, Anupam Kher

Producer: Sunil A. Lulla, Sheetal Vinod Talwar

Director: Pankaj Kapoor

When a seasoned character actor like Pankaj Kapoor takes the director’s seat, expectations too go high. It may be the first time Pankaj Kapoor is making a full-length Hindi movie, but he gets it more than right than who’re experienced in the craft.

Story Line

Mausam, starring Shahid and Sonam is indeed an impressive film, with fine work from everyone involved – the actors, director, music director, and cinematographer, though Shahid’s role isn’t that impressive to say the least.

The director takes the Hindu-Muslim love story between a Punjabi boy and Kashmiri refugee girl through an arching sweep of history.



The movie begins with Harry (Shahid Kapoor), a Punjabi young village boy who is fascinated by speed and trains. He falls in love at the first sight with his neighbor Ayaat (Sonam Kapoor), who is forced to come and stay in Mallukot from Kashmir for safety reasons.

The two share some heart-felt moment with each other, before she is forced to move to Mumbai. Harry is left heartbroken, and at the same time, he receives a letter to join army force, and he becomes an air force pilot.

It isn’t the end of their love story; the couple meets at various places every few years, under different circumstances. On the whole, movie is all about their meeting and separation, and the drama in between!



The first half of the Mausum is concentrated on the life of Aayat, Harry, and their Mallukot activities and the long-lasting friendship between Kashmir Pundit (Anupam Kher) and Sonam’s father Kamalnain Chopra.

Shahid, manages a standout performance – one that should outshine his role in Jab We Met and Sonam looks gorgeous too, with kind of the same air that old-traditional actress had, but she needs to learn to express emotion with eyes rather than mouth!

Rating: 3/5