SHOR IN THE CITY- MY TAKE

Cast- Tushaar Kapoor, Radhika Apte, Sendhil Ramammurthy, Sudeep Kishan, Nikhil Dwivedi, Pitabash Tripaty.

Story, Screenplay- Raj Nidimoru, Krishna D.K, Sita Menon

Directed by- Raj Nidimoru, Krishna D.K

The movie Shor In The City is a Story about three different set of people and there life's during the 9 day Ganesh puja in the city of Mumbai and how there life's get intertwined.

Sendhil ramammurthy returns from america to mumbai to start up a small business, facing trouble from local goons. Sudeep kishan is a aspiring under 22 cricketer, who has to achieve success soon if he wants to marry his girl friend. Tushaar kapoor, pitabash and nikhil dwivedi own a small pirated books print house and one day stumble upon bag containing a bag full of guns and a bomb.

The screenplay of the film is very taut and keeps you engaged throughout. It has a dark comedy running throughout and the city of Mumbai completely incorporated in it. The Background score is apt and the song Saiboo is intoxicating.

Pitabash is the crackpot of the film, he just steals the show with his comedy timing. Some of his funny lines are- "ye bank hijack ho chukka hain", " Do you think we are NOT fools". The scene in the toilet and the scene where they play with bomb were ultimate. Tushaar kapoor gives a fine performance and slowly truns philosophical as the  movie progresses. Sudeep kishan as a young star with difficulties in both professional front and personal front give a normal performance( He was great as antagonist in telugu movie Prasthanam).

The movie does have it's dull moments, it gets slower post interval, but that aside it is an awesome movie that can sure bring a smile on your face and you can walk out of the theaters happily. I liked the director duo's previous film 99 and now with this film became admirer of them. More such kind of cinema is needed. 

Here is the theatrical trailer of the film

Harishchandrachi Factory- My opinion

                

Indian film industry- Produces 900 films a year in 20 different languages and employs 30 lakh people. The world’s largest producer of cinema. It all started as a dream of one man- Dhundiraj Govind Phalke also known as Dadasaheb Phalke- Father of Indian cinema, Director of the first Indian silent film- Raja Harishchandra.

Harishchandrachi Factory is 2010 Marathi film part fiction and part true story of Dadasaheb Phalke’s efforts in making the first ever Indian film. It was India’s official entry for 2009 oscars. First lets see the cast and crew of the film.

                         

Directed by
Paresh Mokashi

Produced by
Ronnie Screwvala
Smiti Kanodia
Paresh Mokashi

Written by
Paresh Mokashi

Starring
Nandu Madhav
Vibhavari Deshpande

Music by
Narendra Bhide

Cinematography
Amalendu Choudary

Editing by
Amit Pawar

Distributed by
UTV Motion Pictures

Release date(s)
29th January, 2010              Courtesy: Wikipedia

The movie tell the story of Mr. phalke( nandu yadav) and his struggle to make the first motion picture. Phalke is labelled a maverick by his neighbours as he can’t sustain in a job and keeps changing most often. He has a very supporting wife saraswati phalke ( Vibhavari Deshpande). After having differences with his partner in printing press Phalke leaves it and starts roaming in the street with performing some small magic tricks with his elder son- Madhav Phalke. By chance these two come across a picture hall playing films playing from England. Impressed by this Phalke decides to make film. How he begins his adventure and how he faces all the challenges of having a crew, shooting, releasing and becomes a successful film maker makes an interesting watch.

The performance by the actors is top notch especially by Nandu yadav amd Vibhavari deshpande. Nandu yadav expressions are worth a mention, the way he show cases the enthusiasm when he sees a film for the first time, the way he shows his happiness when learns about motion camera are all very natural and these make this film a worthy watch . The kids performance is also very good. The camera work is world class and back ground music is very much in sync with the film. Editing is good and run time of the movie is just 96 minutes.

           

Screenplay by Paresh Mokashi is excellent, he should be congratulated for selecting such a novel script and treating it such a wonderful way. There was never a boring point in the film, and he created ample comedy to keep the audience entertained. Utv motion pictures should also be congratulated for selecting this subject and producing it.

This by far the best movie In this year till date, Don’t miss it.