Movie review : Shaadi ke side (D)effects?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogrY-LvXPCcKinDTfsPQFFdKwBr3zVQhv4cksLwUEZbjZ3Wp9Vb4AmhUdnhFm3Xn2Pa2WVSmOqaWuw144-mddI6AypJYYDfy3nSCjQyC3FOTAw7LtiZGYOAXGuXhqJ8M5LmBsZkmkvfI/s1600/Shaadi_ke_side_effects+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogrY-LvXPCcKinDTfsPQFFdKwBr3zVQhv4cksLwUEZbjZ3Wp9Vb4AmhUdnhFm3Xn2Pa2WVSmOqaWuw144-mddI6AypJYYDfy3nSCjQyC3FOTAw7LtiZGYOAXGuXhqJ8M5LmBsZkmkvfI/s1600/Shaadi_ke_side_effects+copy.jpg" width="173" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Though I'm yet unmarried, looking around at married couples, one thing I can say with surety is that it is not at all a piece of cake as shown in previous generation of Hindi movies. Its definitely a lot of hard work. Times have changed and so has the perspective of our society and hence the movies on marriages. The current generation of Hindi movies, as always, exaggerates the issue and tries to show marriages as an atrocious institution. Having said that, trust me when I say, no matter how atrocious <i>Shaadi</i> may seem, its nothing compared to the 3 hours of '<b>Shaadi ke side effects</b>'. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The atrocities commence right from the opening scene of the movie when Vidya Balan's bare back occupies the movie screen completely. Farhan Akhtar plays a music/jingle composer who is married to a modern working woman, Vidya Balan. Farhan Akhtar's role seemed to be still stuck in his teens where everything is a joke, even serious issues. Otherwise, why in order to understand the feelings of his pregnant wife, he'd need to tie a water balloon to his belly? A shallow, egocentric, yet-stuck-in-teenage man married to a know-it-all woman suddenly find themselves raising a daughter. The man is so pathetic in being a father and the woman is so perfect in playing mother that in one scene when the kid cries thrice, the hubby couldnt guess it right even once, but all the three times, she knows perfectly when the baby is feeling too hot, too cold and hungry. Made me wonder, was the woman really being portrayed a first-timer? I mean, I'm sure such prowess only comes with considerable experience. Another minor detail that kept bothering me was how did a not-so-well established jingle composer afford such a lavish apartment, car, bike, PG apartment, 15K salaried 'Aunty' and pay other bills? </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeB3dIDuMk3t0BWXce3_rpVsKpImF3o_GaK6FXXt4C59nPbErQzwMZRx1rDJq5Y9w6zMAfSPrGyKEdEtZrotdqf7I_AfVhZaHxVpxs75MJUfkFoPcgPCDNy8NkXDsDZro3JRVU-zf-7Kg/s1600/Shaadi+ke+side+effects+meme1+a+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeB3dIDuMk3t0BWXce3_rpVsKpImF3o_GaK6FXXt4C59nPbErQzwMZRx1rDJq5Y9w6zMAfSPrGyKEdEtZrotdqf7I_AfVhZaHxVpxs75MJUfkFoPcgPCDNy8NkXDsDZro3JRVU-zf-7Kg/s1600/Shaadi+ke+side+effects+meme1+a+.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The first 20 to 30 minutes of the movie is filled with usual jokes and hence are bearable. Past 40 minutes in the hall, one knows She/She has made a mistake buying tickets for this movie; and past interval, one starts to ponder over the meaning of life. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">DO NOT take a scrumptious meal before watching 'Shaadi ke side effects'. There is good amount of 'Potty talk' in the movie. If in theater, you wouldn't want to puke on the person sitting in front or besides you. Now, would you?</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5llWz4cL7vDLSJb7ZHuOWWTfzpZS30SAazILQj3NkgUJ5wqzgUgcb4oCO2vzb7YnCrFhS6_gnNKCN943ZcBttC5wjcHYI3VsdZ4AEuRPF3mGXSTORBats9QSDLICy3tSK1Qx59jldgI/s1600/Shaadi+Ke+Side+Effects+meme+2+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5llWz4cL7vDLSJb7ZHuOWWTfzpZS30SAazILQj3NkgUJ5wqzgUgcb4oCO2vzb7YnCrFhS6_gnNKCN943ZcBttC5wjcHYI3VsdZ4AEuRPF3mGXSTORBats9QSDLICy3tSK1Qx59jldgI/s1600/Shaadi+Ke+Side+Effects+meme+2+a.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The biggest (and worst) twist in the movie is at the end. No, I'm not going to spare you the agony by disclosing it here. If you want to know it, endure the pain. Songs seemed to be unnecessarily shoved in an already torturous mix. Throughout the movie, I kept wondering was the costume designer hired to make Vidya Balan look ugly? Also, a strange coincidence was that none of the female characters in the movie had even a hint of negative shade, but the two male characters that occupied most of the screen time, played by Farhan Aktar and Ram Kapoor, came out looking pathetic and much negative at times. A big name like Rati Agnihotri was onboard and yet her talent was not utilised at all. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FagyQjjWXB6O5RHALS_I_z4YFqiyi2vpprX6BXycH7B2H8bbsYp5WxHmq387lRl7BZsmWPSaOZcwklRkjAV_KWLtJlyMCnWkJuJjF4-oPIN7YVNsMkGVB8DTmPQbBbKHp-JD3jod328/s1600/shaadi+ke+side+effects+meme+3+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FagyQjjWXB6O5RHALS_I_z4YFqiyi2vpprX6BXycH7B2H8bbsYp5WxHmq387lRl7BZsmWPSaOZcwklRkjAV_KWLtJlyMCnWkJuJjF4-oPIN7YVNsMkGVB8DTmPQbBbKHp-JD3jod328/s1600/shaadi+ke+side+effects+meme+3+a.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All in all, the whole affair ended with a headache. You may chose to go for this movie if you have some money and time to waste and are in mood to perform penance for the sins of your past lives. You may also chose to take others along for revenge. If there is a recent movie that comes close to Gunday, this is it! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rating: 2/10</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Special thanks to #MissCoffeeAddict for the Meme ideas and making this movie experience bearable. </span></div>

Movie review : Shaadi ke side (D)effects?

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'Highway'...is the right way!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">-Spoiler Alert-</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMQ-wlhXqNOtAWd4xOLASHDQqf0C9rkmrJZUBWLbzNRgXpych50YV5L0y7LgCKsi_yiG3WP_ZGFeTjwLDGgB-KJE-S3Ph3Oxy137kFFwEa-giPNecy4hIGzxOPlNPoI-x6L7HH-6cTEQ/s1600/Highway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMQ-wlhXqNOtAWd4xOLASHDQqf0C9rkmrJZUBWLbzNRgXpych50YV5L0y7LgCKsi_yiG3WP_ZGFeTjwLDGgB-KJE-S3Ph3Oxy137kFFwEa-giPNecy4hIGzxOPlNPoI-x6L7HH-6cTEQ/s1600/Highway.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">what happens when two damaged individuals take a journey together?<i><b> Highway</b></i> revolves around this question.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A simple plot of a girl, Veera tripathi (Aliya bhatt) getting kidnapped by Mahaveer Bhati (Randeep Hooda), and held for ransom, moves ahead with a journey through beautiful and scenic roads of Uttarakhand and unfolds into a very delicate treatment of one of the most sensitive issues - Child abuse. Even while having such a serious issue as one of the supporting pillars of the story, the movie does not get too serious and retains its entertainment value. Entertainment while dealing with a social issue - a pleasant surprise!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It seems like at some point, the director decided to chop off all the unnecessary scenes, resulting into a gripping storyline. Without forced jokes, the characters make the audience laugh. There is no 'Koochi-kooing', so its a safe watch with kids and elders. There are some scenes in the movie that will remain in one's mind even after leaving the theater, in a pleasant way. I personally have two such favorite scenes - </span><br /><br /><ul style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;"><li>Aliya Bhatt's dance sequence and</li><li>the small conversation - Veera : "ek goli mein ek admi to mar jayega na?", Bhati : "Do...Jispar chale hae, aur jo chalave hae." </li></ul><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Aliya Bhatt shows a lot of potential and I shall look forward to her better performances in future. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The role had a lot of scope and an experienced actor could have done much better. To totally appear and be the character that one plays, is mark of a matured actor; Randeep Hooda has it. Another character that deserves a mention is 'Aadoo' played by Durgesh Kumar. Though Aadoo has only a small role, he manages to leave a mark. He even makes audience clap for his dance performance. if you've already seen the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about; if you haven't, when you do, you'll agree. A. R. Rehman's music does little to add to the movie. It shall remain only something to be used for the promotions. Take away the music, and yet the quality refuses to diminish. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For some mysterious reasons, the movie 'Ye Jawani hai deewani' was portrayed as a movie having Travel/Journey to do </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">something </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with the main plot, which I beg to differ, immensely. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Highway does justice to this idea. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Being subjected to crass movies in past few weeks, I was loosing hopes with Hindi Cinema. 'Highway' restored my hopes. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hats off to Writer/Director Imtiaz Ali for this masterpiece. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you haven't watched this movie, go for it. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rating 7/10</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoT_XNrnJjOL32vk9Jg0tYW8Nh-QvWf8FUUAruqxshmkYJKd_Hch5teNEGD1a_MmIQEUVjSSIWYkfKbGpRpMMRqDcPjTxt_bAsZtiW1JPlE6qiVR8Ni8KRJ2SGRRCfnIt_LhXVwAT0UWY/s1600/z081bj3obkt31fm2.D.0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoT_XNrnJjOL32vk9Jg0tYW8Nh-QvWf8FUUAruqxshmkYJKd_Hch5teNEGD1a_MmIQEUVjSSIWYkfKbGpRpMMRqDcPjTxt_bAsZtiW1JPlE6qiVR8Ni8KRJ2SGRRCfnIt_LhXVwAT0UWY/s1600/z081bj3obkt31fm2.D.0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div></div>

'Highway'...is the right way!

-Spoiler Alert- what happens when two damaged individuals take a journey together? Highway revolves around this question. A simple plot of...