The movie fares badly on its screenplay and lack of character development. The characters are half baked and yes, not at all established. Well, the story revolves around lead character Ram played by newcomer Rishi who is in a state of shock. The reason? Well, he has been charged with murder of his mother (Padmini Kolhapure). Om Puri plays the role of an investigating officer who has been assigned the job of getting the truth out of our lead character who in turn is seriously struggling with some serious psychotic disorder.

 Comes, Psychiatrist Dr. Ns. Negi played by veteran Naseruddin Shah on request of Inspector and tries to determine the cause of Raam’s state of mind and the reason for his silence. As movie progresses, you start losing the interest and proceeding becomes monotonous. The last nail in the coffin comes from the climax where you are literally forced to wonder, ‘what was that, Really’? All in all, avoid if you can and better stay at home.

 Avantika Ahuja (Kareena Kapoor) lives in the US but because her father has a cardiac arrest she returns to Delhi where she meets Ehsaan (Saif Ali Khan), a Delhi University Professor. They fall in love, get married and move to the US.

 After moving there, Avantika realizes that Ehsaan is a terrorist who married her only to cover his identity. Avantika finds out that Ehsaan plans to hijack a flight and one of the passengers on that flight is a journalist (played by Vivek Oberoi). Kurbaan becomes an important film for Kareena Kapoor because after Main aur Mrs Khanna’s poor box office collection, she needs a hit to maintain her position which this film can provide her. Saif also for a change would be seen in a different avatar and not playing his usual confused but cute kind of character.

 This movie is shot in Philadelphia and in Brooklyn. Kurbaan has some refreshing sound tracks. The music is given by Salim – Sulaiman. I love all the songs of the film which are Shukran Allah sung by Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Salim Merchant, Dua by Sukhwinder Singh, Kailash Kher, Marianne D’Cruz Aiman , Ali Maula by Salim Merchant, Rasiya by Shruti Pathak, Kurbaan Hua by Vishal Dadlani and the remixes as well.

 Since the movie is about a band the songs are rock music inspired so that they can match the story of the film. Songs of the movie which have featured recently are “Khanabadosh” which is my favorite as well.

 The story of this film is about two childhood friends Arjun (Ajay Devgan) and Mannu (Salman Khan). Both of them have some connection through a music lineage in their family. Arjun has always dreamt of being a stage performer as he wanted to fulfill his grandfather’s ambition while on the other hand, Mannu has little interest in making it big and is happy being a simpleton.

 Thus we have Arjun on one side who is diligently pursuing his dream and on the other we have Mannu who is happy with the way he is be trying to make his livelihood by playing as a wedding band performer at the village back in India. Arjun leaves his uncle and finally makes it to London which he feels is the place which will help him to realize his goals.

 Arjun creates a band with two brothers who have duped their relatives in Pakistan to travel to London in pursuit of their musical aspirations. The band also consists of Priya (Asin), who is a music enthusiast from a conservative South Indian family. Mannu is however shown at this stage to. Now Arjun invites Mannu to London to be a part of the band.

 When Mannu arrives he is totally a charmer and a entertainer. He thus becomes popular with the audience with his unique style of performing. Now Arjun starts feeling envious of Mannu. Even Priya starts sensing that she is developing a soft corner for Mannu. Now when the band travels across Paris, Rome and Amsterdam, Arjun deceives Mannu in case of drugs. Later the band heads to London to perform in front of a huge audience, the viewer is told that Arjun’s grandfather had failed before a similar audience. Mannu thus comes to senses and supports his childhood mate Arjun.

Acid Factory has been directed by Suparn Verma and he has done a commendable job. The story revolves around a simple kidnap but that’s the beauty of the movie. There are numerous intriguing plots within and they have been managed well. I must mention name of action director, Tinu Verma who has definitely set a benchmark. The movie has been extensively shot in picturesque location of South Africa and that explains beautiful cinematography work displayed in the movie.

The movie stars Fardeen Khan, Dia Mirza, Irrfan Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Dino Morea, Aftab Shivdasani and Danny Denzongpa. All the actors have performed reasonably well and each character sketch is well defined. There is no over-lapping of characters. Fardeen Khan and Dia Mirza have done well in lead roles. Just a word of caution;. While you watch the movie, keep alert at all times else you might miss a vital link.

Another film that has spent a lot on special effects and now awaits its fate on Friday 30^th Oct is Aladin that stars none other than Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Ritesh Deshmukh. Actress Jacqueline Fernandes will also make her debut in this film. This film is directed by Sujoy Ghosh whose first film Jhankar Beats was a big hit however, his second film Home Delivery was a disaster at the box office. The director has left no stone unturned to make this film and hopefully all the hard work will pay off at the box office.

And the next on the list whose songs are always a hit amongst the crowd is Emraan Hashmi’s Tum Mile. Tum Mile is a film that is based on Mumbai floods and is directed by Kunal Deshmukh whose previous film Jannat was a huge success. Quintessentially, ‘Tum Mile’ is a love story revolving around Emraan and Soha Ali Khan set against the backdrop of Mumbai floods. 

Here is one film whose sleek trendy promos have been the talk of the town and that is Rajkumar Santoshi’s Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani featuring Ranbir and Katrina together. A lot of people are excited about this romantic comedy and a lot of expectations are set on Rajkumar Santoshi whose previous film Halla Bol was a flop.

One film that is hot on the list is Madhur Bhandarkar’s Jail. ‘Chandni Bar’, ‘Page 3’, ‘Corporate’, ‘Traffic Signal’ and ‘Fashion’ – all these films have been a huge hit amongst they crowd especially because of the neorealist element in these films. And one more that we add to this list is Jail featuring Neil Nitin Mukesh. So waiting for these films to hit the box office after which we will feature the reviews for the same.

 Jail features Neil Nitin Mukesh, Mugdha Godse and Manoj Bajpai. Neil lays the protagonist Parag Dixit who is living a peaceful life with his wife Mansi (played by Mugdha Godse). However, his life takes a unpleasant twist and he ends up in a jail because of some unfortunate events. The film then flashes the cruel realities faced by prisoners in Indian jails by focusing on Neil’s life in the jail. Manoj Bajpai and Arya Babbar play another inmate in the jail.

 A lot is expected out of Jail considering the past record of Madhur Bhadarkar who has made meaningful cinema with Page3, Fashion and Traffic Signal. Also, with Neil’s acting skills being appreciated in the film New York, success of Jail will only add to his standing in the industry. Mugdha who plays Neil’s wife has a small but an important role to play.

 The music is composed by Sharib Toshi and Shamir Tandon and the lyrics are by Ajay Garg, A.M. Turaz, Sandeep Nath and Kumaar. Music is not given a lot of importance in the film but there are a few tracks forth mentioning here which are Saiyaan ve sung by Toshi, Milke Yun Laga by Sharib again and Bareily Ke Bazzar Mein sung by Sonu Kakkar and Shamir Tandon. All in all, Jail seems to be a promising hard hitting film.