3 Thay Bhai Release Date : 15,Apr 2011

Producer    Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
 Director    Mrigdeep Singh Lamba
 Music    Daler Mehndi, Rajat Dholakia, Sukhwinder Singh, Ranjit Barot,
 Lyrics    Gulzar
 Release Date    15-Apr-2011

Going small-town is the current flavour of Hindi films - but not all get it right!
3 Thay Bhai is a classic case of the title building the film up to be a fun, innovative story. What you get, however, is a film that's woefully dull.
Chicksi (Om Puri), Happy (Deepak Dobriyal) and Fancy (Shreyas Talpade) are three brothers who hate each other. They all have their own personal battles that they're fighting alone.
Chicksi (a shamefully regressive track, this one) is worried about his three overweight daughters whose size causes potential grooms to flee (yes, it's that kind of movie).
Happy is a quack dentist and makes his patients supremely unhappy.
Fancy, the film informs us, likes everything fancy - working as an actor in Punjabi films, he dreams of, where else, but Hollywood.
The three brothers meet up to hear the will of their deceased grandfather. To inherit the land mentioned in the will, the three have to comply with some clauses that include spending a couple of days together once a year on the hilltop property.
The film banks on the exchanges between the brothers to bring in the laughs. So the eldest and grumpy Chicksi dominates over the mild-mannered Happy and the foolish Fancy. Through their journey completing the required conditions, they deal with dead dogs, a stranger, and each other.
The film rests on the able shoulders of Om Puri, Deepak Dobriyal and Shreyas Talpade. Sadly, their talent is diluted by the inept dialogue and screenplay.
Puri is made to either scream abuses or fart, Dobriyal stirs up some amusing moments with his cowardly act, and Talpade is all energy but let down by amateurish dialogue.
For comedy, here’s your pick: you have the dead dog jokes, the repeated fart gags, and Talpade constantly mispronouncing words like 'defective’ for detective and 'infection’ for affection.
Debut director Mrigdeep Singh Lamba has everything going for his first project - the experienced producer (Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra), veteran actors and a solid technical team.
The cinematography by Ashok Mehta is immersing and Gulzar's lyrics shine through in the breezy songs.
However, the film runs into a vicious cycle of endlessly running scenes with such repetitive dialogue, and you wonder if the editor was packed off on a holiday.
3 Thay Bhai has a premise that could've been a bagful of fun, but what you get is a tale that's worn-out and humourless. Steer clear!

Thank You Release Date : 08,Apr 2011

Producer    Ronnie Screwvala, Twinkle Khanna
 Director    Anees Bazmee
 Music    Pritam Chakraborty
 Writer    Rajiv Kaul, Anees Bazmee, Rajan Agarwal, Ikram Akhtar
 Lyrics    Amitabh Bhattacharya, Ashish Pandit, Kumaar
 Release Date    08-Apr-2011

Thank You is a film directed by famous director Anees Bazmee. After the huge success of Welcome and Singh is King this is the third time Anees Bazmee and Akshay Kumar teams up together. Thank You obviously is a comedy film similar to Bazmees own pre released No Entry.

The film unfolds the story of three friends Yogi (Suniel Shetty), Vikram (Irrfan Khan) and Raj (Bobby Deol) who are also business partners. All three of them are serial womanizers and are always in a lookout to take advantage of all the pretty young girls that happen to cross their way. Being blissfully unaware of the activities of their husbands the wives are happy with them.

However, the wife of Raj, Sanjana gets doubtful about the faithfulness of her husband and employs a private sleuth Kishan to investigate. As Kishan develops affection for Sanjana, it becomes a personal mission for him to catch the cheating husbands red handed. The trio of friends soon gets aware of the detective. And how they trick the detective & try to save themselves from catching them pants down forms the rest part of the film.

Performance wise, Akshay Kumar is as usual, He does not offer anything new in his acting. Suniel Shetty is a big surprise. He is just fantastic. Bobby Deol is perfect for his role. He delivers a fine performance. Most of all there is Irrfan Khan. He is just superb and soul of the film. Actresses are fine. Rimi Sen is excellent. She has perfect comic timing. Sonam Kapoor is a bit weak in her acting but looks beautiful. Celina jaitely is okay. Vidya Balan, Mukesh Tiwari, Rakhi Vijan and Ranjeet get no scope. Smita Jaykar is fair.

On the whole, Thank You is a fair, clean & a family entertaining film. Watch it for Irrfan Khan's funny acts. Must a watch if you are looking for some fun this weeknd.

F.A.L.T.U Release Date : 01,Apr 2011

Producer    Vashu Bhagnani
 Director    Remo D
 Music    Jigar, Sachin
 Lyrics    Sameer
 Release Date    01-Apr-2011

It is not guarantee that films with ingredients like love, romance and fun will appeal the youths. Director Remo D'Souza has managed to pump in lots of fun into his latest film F.A.L.T.U but it has it's share of shortcomings.

F.A.L.T.U. is a comedy flick about a youth, who tries to do something new and weird to help out his troubled friends. Jackky couldn't get admission for higher studies, as he is terrible at studies. He comes across Pooja and Angad, who also failed to get admission. This circumstances makes him start Fakirchand And Lakirchand Trust University (F.A.L.T.U.).

The film tries to drive home the importance of alternative education. It showcases the students of the fake college becoming winners by doing what they love. But the director fails to bring in logic to the story.

The music of the film is soothing and executed well but the script of the films is weak. Jackky has tried to bring in charm but not very convincing. Riteish Deshmukh and Arshad Warsi too have failed to evoke much laughter though they are known in the genre. However, Pooja Gupta looks lovely while Angad Bedi and Chandan Roy Sanyal have done their job well.

The film has lots of flip sides but it has a message to take home. On the whole, F.A.L.T.U is a film for the youths – with lots of fun and energy. Go for it if you are game for illogical fun!

Game Release Date : 01,Apr 2011

Producer    Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani
 Director    Abhinay Deo
 Music    Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonca,
 Writer    Althea Delmas Kaushal
 Lyrics    Javed Akhtar
 Release Date    01-Apr-2011

Game releases at a time when a different game, of bat and ball is at its peak. You guessed right; the Cricket World Cup mania has gripped the entire country, with India beating Pakistan for a clash against Sri Lanka in the finals.

Anyway, leaving the excitement of Cricket aside, let's talk about GAME here, shall we? It's about four troubled individuals from different parts of the world - casino owner Neil Menon (Abhishek Bachchan), politician OP Ramsay (Boman Irani), actor Vikram Kapoor (Jimmy Shergill) and journalist Tisha Khanna (Shahana Goswami). All of them receive personalised handwritten invitations by billionaire Kabir Malhotra (Aupam Kher), offering them a helping hand if they arrive at his private island of Samos in Greece. Getting easily convinced and without wasting much time, all of them reach the exotic island, only to find out, they have been tricked. It turns out; they were all responsible in some way or the other, for the death of Kabir's daughter Maya (Sarah Jane Dias), three years back. Before Kabir can avenge the death of his daughter, he is found dead, in what looks like a suicide. Detective Sia Agnihotri (Kangna Ranaut) feels otherwise and interrogates the four visitors, holding them murder suspects.

The first rule of a suspense thriller is that it should be succinct. Debutant director Abhinay Deo breaks it by having copious songs and some irrelevant sub-plots which add no value. The first half is a drag, and the story doesn't move much. At one point a character says: I can't take this nonsense anymore. You know what, as a viewer, you share exactly the same sentiment.

The narrative picks up in the second half which has some adroitly done twists. But they fall short of elevating the overall impact. Too much emphasis is made on the look and feel of the film, but the plot isn't exciting enough. If you pay attention to details, chances are you will know the suspense way before it is actually revealed.

Happy Husbands Release Date : 25,Mar 2011

Producer    Suresh Sharma
 Director    Anay
 Release Date    25-Mar-2011

Director Saji Surendran's Happy Husbands narrates the story of three couples and a sexy siren, who almost wreck their peaceful lives.
An interesting premise for sure that has been made into an entertaining watch by its makers, but what lacks here is some style and a modern approach. But then, it's not perhaps meant to be taken that too seriously as well!
Heavily inspired from the yesteryear Tamil film, Charlie Chaplin (the Bollywood blockbuster No Entry has also been based on it), Happy Husbands gives the feeling that things would have been great fun, if those behind it's making had approached it with more passion. Despite its shortcomings, the film is fast-paced and is an engaging one as well.
Mukundan Menon (Jayaram) runs a magazine called 'Kerala Today' and has to cope-up with a nagging wife, Krishnendu (Bhavana), back home. She is too possessive about her husband and is concerned about his good looks, though Mukundan is the faithful sort.
Rahul Velyathan (Indrajith) and Shreya (Samvritha Sunil), the next couple, is still very much like newly-weds, even after some years into their marriage. But the poor girl is unaware that her husband has a roving eye and a big time skirt-chaser, behind her back!
The third couple, John Mathai (Jayasurya) is a photographer at 'Kerala Today', who meets Zarina (Vandana), some confusion ensues and the two fall in love. But the twist in the tale happens with the arrival of Diana (Rima Kallingal), a sexy bar dancer and Mukundan is attracted to her for a while. He soon wants to get out of it, but by then the damage has already been done.
With a rather meek script and with a narrative style that never attempts anything new, the film looks more like those fun shows on TV. The performances too, as a result, are mostly mechanical and even dramatic, often.
Jayaram has to act the way he does in most of his funny roles and even in the mimicry stages. Jayasurya looks good, but his diction sounds odd. It is Indrajith, with his good comic timing and mannerisms, stands out among the three and behaves quite a like a smart Romeo.
The women have nothing much to do, in general, except for the routine stuff. Bhavana often looks totally out-of-place in a role which perhaps requires a more matured actor. Samvritha and Vandana have nothing much to do other than to look pretty, smile, fume and dance. Rima Kallingal has to play a seductress. Of course, she looks chic and talks with a heavy English accent, though she finds it tough after being unemployed with the closure of dance bars in Mumbai!
The comedians, Suraj Venjarammoodu, Salim Kumar and Maniyanpillai Raju do a decent job. The visuals are nice, but some experiments with the camera would have added some style to the proceedings. The music is pretty ordinary and the absence of a good background score is evident, most of the times.
In all fairness, Happy Husbands has shaped up as a decent entertainer, far better than many of the recent comedies. Don't analyze too much about its pluses and minuses, and chances are that you may find it quite enjoyable. Go for it, the film is worth a watch!