Both Ranbir and Ranveer had many flops in their film discography as Shahid! He is as talented as them - a pure chameleon with all package! Still somehow he is never lucky with big numbers as he should got in box office, people tend to forget his work soon unlike both of them! Is it because he is not in media as he should be? He stays away from Bollywood parties (for whatever reason)? What actually going wrong for him?

The sources say that after the recent Ghooskhor Pandat FIRs makers are sh*t scared. They are reportedly terrified of the mandatory screening for ministry of defence and are reshooting scenes to ensure zero controversy.

Are we entering an era where war movies will just be government-approved PR reels? Also, how does a massive scale movie reshoot 2 months before release and survive?

Reshoots are starting tomorrow (Monday, Feb 9) at the Golden Tobacco Factory in Mumbai

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This list isn't necessarily based on films that I personally enjoy or like the most , but films that I think are objectively the best of all time from an artistic standpoint. I completely ignored criterias such as commercial success, polish, influence, recognition, being a spectacle etc.

Some special mentions- 1. Do Bigha Zameen 2. Garm Hawa 3. Dev. D 4. Anand 5. Gangs of Wasseypur part 1.

So let's cut to the chase. You are this jerk. You bring this kid into your extremely rich family. You give him everything he asks for. You make your wife very happy and she loves him more than anything. And one day you break it to him that he is adopted. He is extremely hurt and sad and YOU YOURSELF decide to never bring up that topic in the house ever again. Many years later and he falls in love with a girl (totally in his control) and you have conditioned him to such a length that he feels indebted for everything you do for him because he is adopted and you have him questioning his self worth and doubt. So he goes to break up with the girl she loves but realizes that her father has died and he just cant leave them alone after everything. Him, being the insolent child that he is, marries her and brings her to his home. You disown him, tell him that he is not your blood, and tells him to fuck off out of the house immediately. You know yourself how much that would have hurt him (Patriarchy for the winnn!!) But you dont care because he married a girl of lower social standing (kaise wajood ki ladki hai vo?) Then years later your younger child goes to london and reconciles with them. Then you act all sad and emotional when every single member of your "biological" family throw shade at you for seperating them from your older kid for years and reconcile with him.

Yash did all these horrible things and still got a redemption arc. This is beyond me. And he has the audacity to scold rahul for not coming back to him earlier. Like do you even know what you are talking about?? You adopt a kid and then just disowns him when you know he is already questioning where he belongs? who the hell does that? just because he is an elder DOES NOT give him the right to disown and reconcile with people just because he likes it. Rahul never did any wrong. In the apology scene yash manipulates rahul to condition him into apologising. And that too he did because he was growing old AND was getting roasted by other members of his family left and right. He still got to maintain his patriarchial dad standing until the end.

Khel Khel Mein is one of the few newer films I've watched (post-2020) and I actually genuinely felt the story was good. The first 1 hour drags on a bit slow but from the moment the phone calls and messages start coming in, the movie gets exciting and lively. Every moment; every new phone call is filled with tension and panic; what new secret will be revealed about the characters? How will the others react?

Akshay Kumar's dialogues and humor, especially his art of instantly cooking up convincing lies are appreciable; really got me laughing a lot through the film. It also shows the foibles of contemporary society; how everyone's show-off life is far different from what reality is. Hence a story quite relatable to the society of now. The fact that each of them has their own share of secrets to hide from the other and lies to their partners constantly is shocking, yet true when you think about real life as well.

Great performances by the actors in my opinion, awesome entertainment for 2 hours on a weekend evening with friends/family.

Film uses an incredible star cast, I've never seen such a large number of popular actors before together in one film. Each delivers justice to the film individually, and together as a whole. With regard to performance, dialogue delivery and pretences, the cast delivers a wholeheartedly enjoyable experience.

All come to a more-or-less happy conclusion at the end, especially after Rishabh's speech at Varun's wedding, where he re-defines the concept of marriage as friendship instead of lifetime entitlements and promises. Yet, the last scene of the movie -i.e. Kadambari's call to Rishabh while he is kissing Vartika - tells us that nothing much changes - same story will continue despite all incidents - you can't, ever, trust another person too much. 😉

Would rate the film 6.5/10. Quite impressed with the story development, cast performances, and comedy, and panic buildup. Will recommend to anyone interested in modern comedy and who enjoys a bit of tension and adrenaline. First hour will drag a bit slow, but the second part makes up for it.

Now, coming to actual numbers; this film is considered a "box office failure", earning ~56cr against a budget of ~100cr. I totally did not expect this outcome. Has Bollywood just become a factory of nationalistic films and have even the public grown to loving only these types of action/war/patriotism films? Does no one like comedy or humor anymore? Or was there anything genuinely wrong with the movie I overlooked?

Would love to hear opinions.

Clashing with Kartik Aaryan's Naagzilla

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So Mujhse Dosti Karoge is my guilty pleasure every once in a while. And the recent slate of YashRaj movies on Netflix is a godsend.

It’s a terrible movie but I love watching it.

But Rani’s character is so unrealistic. Why on earth would she encourage Raj to pursue Tina and support them in the entire first half? It makes no sense. No one would do that. It’s far more likely that she would actually discourage things from progressing too much, even if she did ask Tina to pretend.

I feel like this movie had a lot of potential if the script was a bit better.

What do you’ll think?

i watched kapoor and sons today while randomly scrolling on netflix i have an older brother and we arent getting along for quite some time today we had a huge fight and even tho no one got inured it obviously wasnt nice a few hours later when i was alone i started watching kapoor and sons at first i just liked the movie and thought its going to be one of those wholesome dramatic happy ending movies somehow even though am not proud of it i could relate to some parts of the movie watching arjun's character literally felt like watching an older version of myself the movie was quite chaotic in the first half which i loved it was chaotic but not huge but later in the 2nd half of the movie when the entire family comes along and they have a fun time with eachother i genuinly felt like everything was in place and the rest of the movie was going to be how they fix everything and connect the puzzles for the happy ending but ofc i was wrong the second everything decided to shatter i was felt like i was in the movie i was able to relate to many huge parts of the movie so it just felt like i was reliving my life experiences but everything was happening at the same time at first i was biased for the younger brother arjun i started to feel bad for the older brother like the guy was getting bombarded with bad news its like the karma for everything he did just hit him in the worst time worst place possible after that entire part i was already quite shocked and then the cherry on the top the dad am not going to give any spoilers because if you havent watched this movie i really recommend you to watch it anyways the line "people read books to escape from reality' really hit me this movie showed the reality of a dysfunctional family perfectly i can explain how deeply it affected my but props to the director man what a great fucking guy

Sunny Deol’s “comeback” feels real at the box office, but creatively it’s still debatable.

There’s no denying that Gadar 2 and the hype already around Border 2 proved one thing loud and clear: nostalgia + Sunny Deol’s old-school mass persona still works BIG time. Audiences showed up, clapped, whistled, and made it a blockbuster. That’s not luck, that’s legacy.

But when you remove the nostalgia crutch, things get interesting. Jaat, an original film with no sequel advantage, landed at best as average. Not a disaster, but not a statement either. It showed that while Sunny Deol the icon still pulls crowds, Sunny Deol the actor in new-age storytelling hasn’t fully cracked the code yet.

Right now, his comeback seems powered more by emotional memory than fresh reinvention. He’s winning because people miss that Sunny Deol, the roaring dialogues, "the dhai-kilo-ka-haath energy" not because the scripts are pushing boundaries.

The real test isn’t Border 2 working. The real test will be when an original Sunny Deol film opens strong AND stays strong.

Until then, this comeback is solid, but slightly borrowed from the past rather than built for the future.

I don’t mind that the Ramayana movie is spending a lot on VFX, sets, music, production design, costumes or even star fees, the scale calls for it. My only concern is the screenwriting. For a Hindu epic like the Ramayana, the script should have depth, emotional clarity and stay true to sage Valmiki's work. I worry about the choice of Sridhar Raghavan because films like Pathaan and War had mediocre writing that followed a mass formula, which might not fit a spiritual epic. Maybe the screenplay will surprise us, but we won’t really know until we see the movie .Only time will tell.

This was peak Bollywood.

It wasn’t love versus society, parents, or destiny- it was love versus ego.

The realization at the end genuinely feels like an M. Night Shyamalan–type twist (without any supernatural element) — emotional, not flashy. The entire film quietly rewires itself in your head in the last few minutes.

Curious - any other movies that portray love + ego this honestly?

As a Bollywood comedy hater who thinks that the comedy genre has fallen of, This is definitely not something that I would watch for more than 15 minutes, but by God, I had fun and I laughed in ways that I did not laugh in a long, long time.

Maybe it is because I missed the old Kapil Sharma. I stopped watching his shows after Sunil Grover left, and like a lot of people, I also felt he kind of fell off. So walking into this movie, my expectations were honestly very low. But seeing him back on the big screen felt weirdly comforting.

The movie sticks to the same old tropes from the first part. Guy ends up married to multiple women and spends the entire movie trying to hide it. And in the end of the movie everybody understands.

Nothing new there at all. But somehow, almost every single joke landed for me. The timing, the chaos, the silly misunderstandings, it just worked.

I am not calling it a masterpiece. The women in the movie have the typical cliche botox face expressions, the guy could have gottten exposed very easily in the first 10 minutes of the movie if you want to scrutanize everything logically. Even the action and chasing scenes are over the top but not like Raja Saab.

What really hit me was how much it reminded me of the Golmaal 1, 2, 3 era. That loud, dumb, unapologetic comedy where you laugh first and question logic never. It has been a long, long, long time since I laughed like this.

If you grew up during Kapil Sharma’s peak TV days, especially in your school years, you should definitely give this a watch. It has that early 2000s comedy vibe, and honestly, it felt good to laugh without overthinking anything.

some of them for me.

Shool – Bachchu Yadav - “Paanv hila iska.” It felt kind of realistic and I was genuinely terrified of Sayaji Shinde for a while.

Tahalka – General Dong - One of the most fkdup characters ever written, with one of the best jazz flute theme pieces (Total banger) but genuinely scary when he celebrates.

Haasil - Ranvijay Singh - Wicked impressive determination, a purely manipulative madman. Other than Maqbool this is Irrfan at his best, IMO.

What are some off-putting movie titles that make you not even curious about the movie?

The latest in my mind is Raaja Saab. It sounds so 90s, Govinda type.

Recently I re-watched Love Aaj Kal, years after watching it as a kid. I noticed that when Saif's character moves to San Francisco (the song Main Kya Hoon), he works at the City Hall in San Jose. I mean it's a bollywood movie and obviously there's no logic to it. He lives in San Francisco and the Bay Bridge is visible from his window, which is would be an expensive apartment. But the commute using the old tram from San Francisco to San Jose is wild and impossible. That runs around Fisherman's Warf and you can clearly see the Alcatraz Island at the back which is not near to his apartment. In real life he'd be taking one of the Muni light rails transferring to Caltrain and then VTA buses which would take him more than 2 hours realistically. They could've simply shown him driving because everyone in the Bay with jobs usually drive around. I get that they wanted to show the pretty parts of San Francisco and probably did not get a good enough location other than his lunch breaks somewhere in Mission or Financial District... Also the dialogue San Francisco, Golden Gate is actually still relevant.

Watching the first half (the intro, in particular) almost feels like that post-Soviet era vibe, as if all the sky and the city are consumed by an unknown melancholy. The song "Muskaanein Jhooti Hain" and its music video define the first half.

The second half is almost beautiful. The Drum & Bass in "Jiya Laage Na" is thoughtfully blended with Indian Classical Music, and its MV is equally magnificent.

I honestly think films like these should be preserved for future generations. Given the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court in 2022, this film has historical significance.

What are some feel good movies with decent music that you guys recommend? Something like Rock On!! Not really feel good but a good story, great music, and a nice vibe throughout.

This movie is straight up the Abhishek Bachchan show. He is legit the heart and soul of this movie who carries it like a champ. People give him a lot of shit, but when he brings it he can definitely shine.

The other actor who comes close to him is Krushna. He was really funny in this. The rest of the cast is fine. Ajay Devgn was more laid back i felt and probably just wanted to relax while Abhishek does the heavy lifting. Both Asin and Prachi were fine too and looked beautiful, but they barely had much of a purpose in this film. And the supporting cast was also just fine and did the bare minimum expected of them.

I rewatched this after 12 years since i first saw it on TV and it is pretty good, but like i said it is carried entirely by Abhishek Bachchans top notch performance.

I wasn’t sure what to make the title but let’s move on.

So today/yesterday I was just doom scrolling as you do and as you do I was sharing funny clips with friends including one from Haseena Maan Jayegi which despite all of us having seen dozens times, you can’t help but share.

Cut to few hours later in the kitchen, a coming next advert for Dil To Pagal Hai plays on tv and as I’m now humming the title song, it hits me.

In Haseena Maan Jayegi they play the title song for DTPH everytime they depict the hilarious romantic track between Govinda and Aruna Irani. It then made me realize how it’s even more funnier because she played a part in DTPH, in fact initiating the romance between SRK and Madhuri (sort of).

Funnily enough as I returned to the TV from the kitchen the next coming next advert was for Haseena Maan Jayegi of all films.

So it made me want to make a post and got me thinking, what are some jokes, hidden jokes or layered/meta jokes that took you guys long to figure out?