Force Release Date : 30,Sep 2011

Producer    Vipul Shah
 Director    Nishikant Kamat
 Music    Harris Jayaraj
 Writer    Ritesh Shah
 Lyrics    Javed Akhtar
 Release Date    30-Sep-2011

A raw rugged cop’s tale of vicious vendetta fused into a tender romance seems like a hard act to live up to. But Nishikant Kamat, seeking inspiration from a hit Tamil film “Kaakha Kaakha” manages just fine.
He gets incredible support from dialogue writer Ritesh Shah, who infuses every exchange on love (with the girl who won’t take no for an answer) and war (against drug peddlers) with a kind of lived-in warmth and familiarity.
Kamat, who earlier made “Mumbai Meri Jaan” on terrorism and the city of Mumbai, here has a blast bringing back the old-fashioned action hero. John Abraham has worked hard on his physique and his expressions too look like a cop who thinks falling in love would take him away from his line of duty.
Enter the vivacious effervescent girl nextdoor. Genelia with her multiplicity of expressions aptly plays “Bubbly” to this duty-bound “Bunty” who would rather not get entangled in human foibles like love and family. But the inevitable happens.
Kamat lovingly weaves the love story between the impish girl nextdoor and the gentle giant into the persistent call of duty, making sure the film’s claims to be an action film doesn’t get drowned in mush.
While the first hour is a loose bag of striking shootouts staged in crowded localities of Mumbai and some highly dispensable romantic songs, it is the second-hour where the narration really gathers momentum pitching the relentless cop against his chief adversary a drug dealer named Vishnu, played with arresting elan by debutant Vidyut Jamwal.
The man-to-man confrontations between Abraham and Jamwal have a rousing rugged resonance to them. They may make you squirm with their brutality. But the two look like well-matched opponents. Action director Allan Amin devises combats that convey a bone-crunching realism.
The two adversaries take care of the rest. John gives a finely pitched performance looking every inch like the action hero who can deliver that punch. He handles both the brutal and tender moments in the violence and romance, with ease.
Newcomer Vidyut Jamwal makes a formidable adversary. The menace is not only in the physique but the tone. This man means business. Some of the supporting cast is interesting too.
“Force” is a full-on action film with balls, brawn and brains. It’s the kind of virile cinema where action speaks louder than words. Blessedly the narrative secretes some fine dialogues and tender love story that goes with the turbulent territory. Nishikant Kamat balances out the colour khaki with sharp colours of humour and romance.

Hum Tum Shabana Release Date : 30,Sep 2011

Producer    Sunil Chainani, Sameer Srivastava, Subhash Dawar
 Director    Sagar Ballary
 Music    Sachin, Jigar
 Writer    Farhajaan Sheikh
 Lyrics    Sameer, Mayur Puri
 Release Date    30-Sep-2011

Coming from a comic guru like Sagar Ballary, who has given comedies like “Bheja Fry” and “Bheja Fry 2″, “Hum Tum Shabana” is a total let down. Unlike his previous films, this has various scenes from different comedy films strung together to look like a comic masterpiece.
Rishi Malhotra (Tushar Kapoor) and Kartik Iyer (Shreyas Talpade) are executives at loggerheads in an event management company organising a beauty pageant in Goa. They get smitten by Shabana Raza (Minissha Lamba), a contestant. Right from their first meeting, on flight, they vie for her attention.
The film begins with an acknowledgment to Madhur Bhandarkar and seems to be inspired by his film “Fashion”. The first half of the film revolves around how the two guys woo Shabana. They give her tips on grooming and the winning formula.
The story proceeds like the old fable of two cats fighting for cheese. Shabana wins a couple of rounds. But for some unexplained reason, she loses the crown. Disheartened, she leaves Goa.
Till the intermission, the plot does not progress.
The second half begins with one feeling as if you are watching a wrong reel. There is a disjoint in the link. You realise that this is a major twist in the story. Shabana lives with her uncle (Satish Kaushik), who is an eccentric underworld don.
Rishi and Kartik are kidnapped by the uncle’s henchmen and kept under surveillance. They are also given tasks, on a daily basis. This is to enable the uncle decide who would marry his niece and succeed in becoming the next don. But instead of participating in the tasks, our heroes plan ways to scamper away. The plot treads on a nonsensical path making one feel irritated as the comedy is weird and defies logic.
The absurdness of the script combined with the dialogues being layered with a track of background music camouflaging the effects of the punches makes the film unbearable.
There is less of comedy and more of hamming. No dialogues are worth remembering. They don’t leave an impact. Tusshar’s performance is an extension of his character in “Golmal”. Shreyas just walks thru his bit making no effort to be different.
Satish Kaushik too is so typecast that it makes his characterisation dull. Minissha and Pia are just tolerable.
The screenplay and story offer no originality. Visually the film is colourful, but the editing, oh yes, the editing with the usage of graphics and computerised effects makes the movie look like an amateurish attempt in filmmaking.
The music by Sachin Jigar is a mixed bag. The song “Thank you Mr. DJ” is like a lullaby. And the title song “Hey Na Na Shabana” makes you realise why you make the effort to see this film.
Wonder what prompted Sagar Ballary to attempt “Hum Tum Shabana”?

Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Release Date : 30,Sep 2011

Producer    Tigmanshu Dhulia, Rahul Mittra, Sunil Bohra
 Director    Tigmanshu Dhulia
 Release Date    30-Sep-2011


Aditya Pratap Singh is Saheb (Jimmy Sheirgill) in his story, coming from a royal lineage, though royalty seems to be evading him with changing times. He struggles to maintain his regal lifestyle through his own political nexus. Biwi (Mahie Gill) is his third wife who yearns for Saheb's attention but he is too busy with his mistress. A smalltime gangster Babloo (Randeep Hooda) is appointed as the new driver of Saheb's wife. Soon enough, the lovelorn wife falls for Babloo, resulting into a lethal illicit affair. But there's more than what meets the eye.
Saheb Biwi aur Gangster has to its merit a taut and crisp script that never gives you a moment to blink and keeps you riveted through its runtime. All three protagonists have shades of grey but are so strongly developed that there is no single character that you are rooting for all through the film. And since you are almost equally inclined towards each of them, the narrative turns more unpredictable and interesting for you. Even the supporting characters – be it Saheb's loyal aide Kanhaiya, his mistress Mahua or his step-mom are integral to the narrative, adding density to the drama.
Tigmanshu Dhulia gets the grammar of his milieu absolutely accurate. One can see royalty fading away through the paint peeling off the walls of Saheb's ancestral mansion. The mannerisms of the noblemen are as aptly captured as the polish in their language. Dialogues, undoubtedly, are a major highlight of the film with a powerful punch or a caustic remark in every second line. They don't write it like this anymore!
The director, at no point, lets the romance track overpower the original conniving essence of the film. Babloo falls for Biwi pretty early in the plot without the traditional trappings of a love story and yet their chemistry is credibly convincing. To achieve that the film employs explicit physical intimacy between the two, which despite being audacious, is never tawdry.
The pacing is prompt and perfect throughout and the narrative boasts of some strong dramatic moments. The proceedings become more eventful in the second half when Babloo, obsessed in love, manipulates situations against Saheb and at the same time becomes his trusted sidekick. With Saheb remaining oblivious to the plotting, it is never a one-upmanship game between the two but makes way for a spellbinding thriller nevertheless. The wife's dilemma of choosing between Saheb and gangster leads to a remarkable climax.
All the three title leads come up with brilliant performances and each character is so strongly written that no one overshadows the other. Jimmy Sheirgill has impressive screen presence and is authoritative in his commanding characterization of Saheb. Mahie Gill has the sensuality and maturity to pull off the role of Biwi with perfect poise. Her eccentricity, intimacy and deception add assorted shades and depth to her character. Randeep Hooda plays the best character of his career so far and gets immense scope to show his performance prowess. The passion, obsession, emotions and expressions he brings to his character is simply outstanding. Deepraj Rana as the Saheb's loyal aide is a man of few words but strong screen presence. Shreya Narayan as the mistress exudes rustic sex-appeal. Vipin Sharma makes for a good negative lead. Deepal Shaw is decent as long as she lasts in her short-lived character.

Tere Mere Phere Release Date : 30,Sep 2011

Producer    Anup Jalota, Ketan Mehta
 Director    Deepa Sahi
 Music    Shivangi R Kashyap
 Writer    Deepa Sahi, Jagrat Desai
 Lyrics    Shivangi R Kashyap, Rishi Singh, Manoj Muntashir, Ketan Mehta
 Release Date    30-Sep-2011

Has an aircraft ever returned to its starting point, just because a couple was fighting for arm-resting space? Well, looks like the screenwriters of Tere Mere Phere have taken certain liberties, tossing reason and logic out of the window, only to lend their film what an anxious producer would call a "dhamakedaar shurvaat".

Tere Mere Phere is the kind of film where the embarrassing performances by the lead pair fail a genuinely well-thought story. Actor-producer Deepa Sahi (of the Maya Memsaab fame) sets out to direct this movie which is about a young couple -- Pooja and Rahul -- marrying after a whirlwind romance only to quickly realize that marriage is an obsolete concept plagued by thorns.

From there on, we are burdened with a laborious extension that robs the film of the little sense it makes.

That said, it can be stated that Tere Mere Phere is a film with abundant ambition, evident in the audaciousness of its characters and their choices. The film is a story told in flash-back while the couple drives an impatient Vinay Pathak [ Images ] to Shimla narrating en route what led to a break-up on their honeymoon.

Rahul and Pooja decide to celebrate the marriage anniversary in the mountains of Himanchal -- but not in the usual fashion. They are gifted a fully equipped trailer (a vanity-van sort) which they ride with surprising comfort in the valleys. Everything is glossy and hunky-dory, much like the passionate vibe between just-married couples, but signs of conflict can be sensed lurking just around the corner. The insignificant squabbling magnifies when another wannabe-rockstar couple hitch-hikes with them.

It is an interesting sub-plot, a great device to add tension, but after their brief visit, it is only the two of them screeching at each other. This too is fine. Because the impulsiveness of their conflicts, especially in the scene where they break objects and then start making-out, reflects a lot of youthful eccentricity. However this genre is best mastered by Imtiaz Ali [ Images ], who knows better how to carve the shots appealingly and where to stop.

The film is fixated on being recognised as 'cool'. It tries hard to explore and echo the imperfect decisions of the young in context to the prevailing culture, and does the tragic mistake of justifying every bit of them as not-so-wrong after all. 

Where the picture could opt for a stereotype-defying climax, it ends up right there through preposterous sequences that try to affirm that the spur-of-the-moment marriage is a success, after all.

This however is least of the worries of a film that is ruined by this pair of awful actors. Jagrat Desai and Sasha Goradia both complement each other, for appalling acting that is.

You really cannot tell who is worse. If the guy suffers from an annoying high-pitch tone, aggressively horny expressions, uncomfortable body language, the girl's dialogue delivery is so superficial, and expressions so cooked-up, both appear to be in a show mocking soaps from Indian television.

I don't even understand how director Deepa Sahi -- who herself is a fine actress -- tolerated these two on the production. More importantly, why pick up obvious bad performers, who ruin dialogues in every scene they appear in?

Not that the writing is impeccable, but the hopeless actors make matters irreparable for screenwriters. Here, both merely state lines.

On top of that we have Riya Sen [ Images ] in the film playing a Himanchal village-belle who looks more like a Victoria Secret model, Indianised for effect, and is stuck in the miserable conflict of which-accent-am-I-really-speaking in?

Obviously, an entire film can't rest on Vinay Pathak alone, who has a thing for scripts that deal with road/water/train expeditions.

With the Himalayan landscape as a backdrop, it must be said the cinematography is reasonable, but there was enough scope to brighten the frames exotically. 

Final word: Tere Mere Phere is set on a premise that had enormous potential to pass off as a great romantic comedy which at the same time mirrors prevailing zaniness of the young.  A talented cast could have taken the film many notches up; slightly improved writing, and direction would have made the deal even sweeter.

Right now, Tere Mere Phere passes only in persistently bad acting and that it does by distinction.

Chargesheet Release Date : 30,Sep 2011

Producer    Dev Anand
 Director    Dev Anand
 Music    Ad Boys
 Lyrics    Anant Joshi, Neeraj
 Release Date    30-Sep-2011

'Chargesheet' will cling to memory for being the single-most traumatic Hindi movie ever. We all feel for the underdogs, the extras on a film set, the sideshow clowns, the people who cumulatively realise crowd scenes in films etc. But our sentiments for these rejects of the entertainment industry would be feeble compared to that of director Dev Anand's, who casts them in lead roles in this film. I mean, he did cast Naseeruddin Shah and Jackie Shroff too. But in a crowd of big bosomed ham cutlets, they're just the seasoning.
The film sets the tone right from the beginning. The big 'Bhai' from Dubai (Naseeruddin Shah) is being serenaded by his favourite keep, Maria. A rain dance number is performed with clothes so minimal that if she had worn nothing, we would've seen lesser than we do. Anyway, like every hooker worth the tubeless tyres around her waist, Maria has Bollywood dreams. Click Click Click… a call to Bhai's one-eyed partner who just so happens to be in Filmcity, Mumbai at the moment and she's signed on for the next big blockbuster.
So, Maria hops on to the first chopper headed from Dubai to Mahabaleshwar (where this billion-dollar magnum opus is being shot). She is soon greeted by Director Mahesh (Jackie Shroff), the half-jacket slinging writer (Milind Gunaji) and (self-confessed) superstar Suraj (Chirag Patil). We also have Minnie (Divya Dutta), an ageing unpopular actress who forces herself into this group, hoping to snatch the lead role away from Maria (Yes! This is the future of competition). Also hogging the limelight at the same hill resort, is ex-top-cop, now-charming drunk (rum is his spinach!), Gambhir Singh (Dev Anand).
Interestingly, we have an odd parallel story of Cham Cham (Devshi Khanduri), a tramp who has slummed it all her life ever since she was rescued from a garbage bin. Her chief source of income: strumming her unplugged electric guitar (hence her name) and swaying awkwardly inside her sharply tattered hot pants and shirt knotted into a shrug. Her priceless introduction shot has her singing, dancing, almost using the guitar as pole and dodging her fans who pelt her with coins and notes. She has a two-fold mission in life: purchase a 'lehenga-choli' worth Rs 2 lakhs and become the most popular actress ever (she announces this too many times to forget). What she can afford for the moment: a clown's make-up and a tent which can be locked with a key.
Anyway, the story is about a murder mystery. So attempting to be a formulaic whodunit, 'Chargesheet' has the victim Minnie's body tainted with finger prints of those who attempted to strangle her, slap her (uske gaal per fingerprints mile hain!) and scratch her at different places, moments before she was shot. So everyone is a suspect and idiotic interrogations follow.
Subtlety is not a virtue that Dev Anand's films endorse. So, every character walks into the screen, reads out his profile himself or asks others to bring it up. So, even while cuddling up with Bhai, Maria has to point out, "Tum toh duniya ke sabse bade don ho!"
But the production values of the film are truly embarassing. Most shots of 'Bhai' lounging at his Dubai lair have a huge world cup-esque container sitting in the middle of the frame comprising almonds, dates and cashewnuts (Dubai: dryfruits). Also in a chase sequence, you hear hissing sounds and someone screams, "Cobra!" but production couldn't manage to provide a reptile or equivalent.
To the film's credit, it does provide more than a few unintentional laughs but the forced nudity and a dress code that allows ones bra to double-up as a cellphone pouch could make even Rakhi Sawant blush.

Na Jaane Kabse.. Release Date : 30,Sep 2011

Producer    Pammi Somal, Gurtejpal S. Somal
 Director    Pammi Somal
 Writer    Pammi Somal
 Release Date    30-Sep-2011

Bollywood movie ‘Na Jaane Kab Se’ is a romantic comedy flick. Actor Garry Gill in the movie plays the role of a tycoon, Karan Bajaj. Bajaj has his own insecurities and complexes.
The story of the movie is about a bridegroom, who by mistake, gets in to a car and drives her off to the honeymoon resort.
2This is when all the rib tickling confusion begins. The father of the girl makes his best attempts to save the marriage. There is love and plenty of fun to enjoy with. The movie becomes more enjoyable when the film’s characters come out with their bizarre behavior.

U R My Jaan Release Date : 23,Sep 2011

Producer    Aron Govil
 Director    Aron Govil
 Music    Sanjeev, Darshan
 Writer    Aron Govil
 Lyrics    Sameer
 Release Date    23-Sep-2011


Clashing with two big ticket flicks of this week Mausam and Speedy Singhs is a small time film U R My Jaan. When such a thing happens one wonders why do filmmakers clash their movie with big banner films. But come to think of it, I guess filmmakers in case of Aron Govil are sure that whether a clash or not, there hardly may be anyone who would go watch this film. However, it is our duty to educate you on what this film is all about.

Reena (Preeti) is a wannabe actress from Chandigarh who fights from her family and goes to Mumbai for an international photo shoot with Versachee (Pun intended). The shoot goes kaput, Reena is left with no money and no return ticket. In a bid to get herself some money her agent hooks her up to a NRI business tycoon Akash (Mikaal) who prefers having an arm candy on his business trips. So the shrewd businessman meets a full of life girl and love blossoms.

U R My Jaan may be the nth version of Hollywood's eternal love story Pretty Woman and a bad one at that. There are scenes which are satirically hilarious and scenes lift up frame by frame from the Hollywood film. So Reena keeps using Akash for shopping, getting an audition in a filmmaker's project et al. but when it comes to getting close to the actor she shies away. And the entire film passes like Paranormal Activity with each night passing without any action!

The dialogues of almost every single actor in the film are dubbed and despite such excessive dubbing filmmaker Aron Govil finds it hard to hide the lisps of the lead actress. She not only needs a desperate speech therapy but should seriously take to acting course before she attempts any other film after this!

The lead actor Mikaal fits the bill perfectly and could've salvaged the film had it been for better script and good actress. While the music pierces through the ears and is needlessly shoved on the viewers, the film is filled with continuity errors and out of focus scenes.

To sum it up, U R My may just take away your Jaan if you dare to watch it!