Bhaag Milkha Bhaag - Trailer Trash Talk

Lalit: Bhaagh Milkha Bhaagh, the first time I heard that, I had no idea what the movie was about or who was producing it. The first thought that came to mind was "Run Forrest Run". I gave it some thought and eventually made the connection to Milkha Singh, the Flying Sikh.

I did a bit of reading and learnt that Farhan Akhtar would be living in Milkha Singh's skin in the movie. But that was about it. I had forgotten about the production until I saw the teaser a few weeks ago.

Raanjhanaa - Review

Varun: I had gone to watch this movie because of Rahman's music (Tum tak and the title track in particular), Sonam Kapoor and the colourful visuals in the trailers. The movie starts with Kundan (Dhanush), a carefree, illiterate, son of Tamil Brahmin kind of a character falling in love with Zoya (Sonam), a literate, daughter of a Muslim professor. (Not that we have ever seen a Hindu-Muslim love story ever but what is with a twist here is the literacy-illiteracy part). It’s a one-sided love from Kundan's side mostly. What Kundan does with ease most of the time in the movie is to slash his wrist. (Not that we have seen slashing of wrists in movies before). The script tried to behave differently by being absurd, rather like the instance of Zoya slapping Kundan more than 15 times and he smiling like a fool, they having something (don’t know what to call it), her father finding about it and sending her out of town, she coming back after 8 years and gotten over him but Kundan like totally still into her (And yes all this while her father not knowing who is the guy whom he send her daughter out of town for, brilliant).

Chennai Express - Trailer Trash Talk

Varun: When I saw the poster, I don't know why it felt like Deepika’s a bigger star than Shah Rukh. Maybe he's not been there for a while. Also could be for these reasons Deepika’s doing some decent work in the recent past.

Watched the trailer, typical Rohit Shetty. Definitely again, taking Rohit Shetty’s name, Rohit Shetty is the bigger star in this one. Shah Rukh is of least importance here. Looks like an entertaining movie for all the Shetty fans.

Man of Steel - Review

14^th June, 2013, on a lazy Friday morning at 8:16am:

Lalit: I will start off with the positives first. What really stood out for me in terms of the development of the character and the story is the direction they decided to take with Superman. Superman was not just an alien. Superman, in definition, was the critique of Kryptonians as well as humans. Let me explain. The Kryptons, in an attempt to get a stronghold in the universe, populated itself artificially. The fate of a baby being born on Krypton was already decided before it was even born. Jor-El wanted to lead a revolution where Kryptons could choose what they wanted to be. His vision was just liberation. Which is why he secretly decided to go back to the roots and have a naturally born child. A child who could represent hope and faith in his vision. Unfortunately, Krypton was a dying planet. Add General Zod to the whole equation and you've already got a huge mess to deal with. He saw his vision die and decided to switch to plan B and beamed his son to Earth, where he hoped his hope and vision will still live. On Earth, Kal-El was adopted by the Kent family and after finding out what he really is, they decided to raise him like a normal child, the explanation of which was beautifully depicted in the film.

Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug - Trailer Trash Talk

Lalit: Did you know that Benedict Cumberbatch will be the voice for Smaug, as well as the Necromancer? I thought they will end the trailer with the dragon speaking, but I guess they still want to keep his voice a mystery. And I am okay with that. That being said, it was an excellent trailer. What do you think about Orlando Bloom though?

Tarun: His character isn't there in the book so let's hope it's not forced. Also it was a long trailer considering the release date is 6 months away. I don't think I'll be watching any trailers after this one

Varun: Haha typical TP.

Tarun: Aapko kaisa laga sir?