3 Idiots (2009)
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Release Date: 24 December 2009 (UK)
Stroryline: Two friends (Madhavan and Sharman Joshi) embark on a quest for a lost buddy. On this journey, they encounter a long forgotten bet, a wedding they must crash and a funeral that goes impossibly out of control. As they make their way through the perilous landscape, another journey begins: their inner journey through memory lane and the story of their friend – the irrepressible free thinker Rancho (Aamir Khan), who in his unique way, touched and changed their lives. It’s a story of their hostel days that swings between Rancho’s romance with the spirited Pia (Kareena Kapoor), and his clash with an oppressive mentor, Viru Sahastrabudhhe (Boman Irani). And then one day, suddenly, Rancho vanishes.
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Casting: Raja Bundela, Ritesh Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Govinda, Satish Kaushik, Sohail Khan, Kunal Kumar, Sushmita Sen, Ranvir Shorey, Rajpal Yadav
Director: David Dhawan
Release Date: 2 October 2009
Review: In the past decades David Dhawan has successfully given us highly enjoyable movies on the subject of extra marital affairs such as “Biwi No.1″, “Gharwali Baharwali” and “Sajan Chale Sasural”. But his current “Do Knot Disturb”, lacks the famous David-Govinda punch and fails to provide the expected entertainment factor to the viewers. Though the movie does manage to make you laugh in some particular scenes but the number of those hilarious moments is too small for a David-Govinda comic venture.
Casting: Bipasha Basu, Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Mugdha Godse, Ashwini Khalsekar, Fardeen Khan, Johnny Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Ashish R. Mohan, Shraddha Musale, Atul Parchure, Vijay Patkar, Subhash Pradhan, Mukesh Tiwari, Sherveer Vakil, Puneet Vashist
Director: Rohit Shetty
Release Date: 16 October 2009
Review: A new genre has arrived in Bollywood! I would like to call it Shetty comedy! The Golmaal director has certainly succeeded in creating a brand for himself with All the Best.
Though some situations in the movie look forced, but cinema is known for taking such liberties. How else do you think Manmohan Desai would have survived. The best thing about Shetty comedies, are they don’t seem repetetive, and every time offers something fresh. Despite using the same comic formula (of punchy dialogues and multiple characters), till now Rohit Shetty has prevented himself from being typecast.
But beyond a point, it’s difficult to maintain that comic momentum. Even comedy king like David Dhawan slips whenever he’s overconfident. The recent example being Do Knot Disturb.
Kisse Pyaar Karoon (2009)
Director: Ajay Chandhok
Release Date: February 27, 2009
Stroryline: Sidh [Arshad Warsi], John [Aashish Chowdhry], and Amit [Yash Tonk] are inseparable friends. Their life is full of fun, frolic and adventure. But sometime the destiny cannot fathom such smooth sail. Hence it introduces twists and turns to the happy goings, to usher in some trauma and some drama. So, enters Sheetal [Udita] with an evil design to usurp all the wealth of John. She entices him and John falls for her. She creates problems and hurdles in their friendship. Sidh and Amit realize her game and plan to foil the same. They decide to bring John back but John is in her full grip and refuses to budge. To save John, Sidh and Amit embark on an ambitious Save John Operation. Sheetal retaliates with full venom. Sidh and Amit without any ammunition fight back with all the weaknesses at their disposal. We enter the world of Chitty – Chitty Bang Bang.
The futile attempts, the timid attacks, the weak scheming, the daring retreats and the lucky escapes of antic afflicted Sidh and Amit coupled with the submissiveness and meekness of the henpecked John will definitely succeed in bringing down the roofs. Needless to say Aarti Chabria, Shweta Menon, Shakti Kapoor and Aashish Vidyarthi all board the fun train to make the journey funnier and funnier.
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Dhoondte Reh Jaoge (2009)
Director: Omesh Shukla
Release Date: 6 March 2009
Stroryline: ‘The concept is simple, brilliant, failsafe, unique and guaranteed to work,’ says Anand to Raj Chopra… All they need to do is raise a lot more money than they need to produce the film. Then they would make a film that will never work, a film that will be hooted out on the first day itself. And then, they run away with all the supposed losses!
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Delhi 6 (2009)
Director: Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
Release Date: 18 February 2009
Stroryline: The film opens with the ailing grandmother Annapurna at the office of a cardiac surgeon in New York. The surgeon indicates that Annapurna suffers from heart blockage and may not have long to live. Annapurna insists on returning to Delhi, her hometown, where she intends to retire in peace. Though her son and daughter-in-law object vehemently, her American-born grandson Roshan (who has a special bond with his grandmother) agrees to bring her back.
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Casting: Irrfan Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Lara Dutta, Om Puri, Rajpal Yadav, G. Asrani, Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone
Director: Priyadarshan
Release Date: 13 February 2009 (UK)
Stroryline: A remake of the hugely successful Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol, Billu (formerly “Billu Barber”) is the story of a small town man, Billu (Irrfan Khan) who mentions to his family that he was once a friend of superstar; Sahir Khan (Shahrukh Khan). Sahir Khan happens to come to the village to shoot a film and Billu’s children spread the rumor that their father is his childhood friend. The villagers, on hearing their Billu could be their ticket to meeting the star, shower him with gifts and promises on condition Billu make contact for them. Billu is embarrassed by his poverty and doesn’t want to impose, but everyone works themselves up so he’s forced to make several ill-fated attempts at contacting the star while he’s shooting just outside the village. But it’s the school principal who, after threatening to expel Billu’s children for non-payment of fees, has a turnaround when she believes Billu is able to get the star to appear at a school function and speak to the children. She goes to Sahir herself and requests his presence at the function for the children. Were Billu and Sahir childhood friends? Will Sahir meet with the villagers?
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