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CityLights
Citylights is a story we have seen many times before. However, the execution of the film by the National Award-winning director Hansal Mehta makes the film intensely gripping and thought-provoking.
The film tells the story of Deepak (Rajkummar Rao) and Rakhi (Patralekha) who migrate from a Rajasthan village to the city of dreams, Mumbai, for job, money and a better life. Once they reach there, they realise the city is not what it promised to be. While she has to take to dancing in city's seedy dance bars, he gets lost in the maze of black money.
The film tells the story of Deepak (Rajkummar Rao) and Rakhi (Patralekha) who migrate from a Rajasthan village to the city of dreams, Mumbai, for job, money and a better life. Once they reach there, they realise the city is not what it promised to be. While she has to take to dancing in city's seedy dance bars, he gets lost in the maze of black money.
Hansal Mehta's direction adds an extra dimension to this film. Rajkummar and Patralekha slip effortlessly into theirrespective roles. Manav Kaul, who plays Rajkummar's friend and co-worker, also delivers an exceptional performance. Be it cracking a lame joke or scaring Rajkummar or helping him out, Kaul does it all with ease.
The interplay of emotions and how the couple copes with city's hardships are the high points of the film.
Citylights is painfully honest, like my film Zakhm: Mahesh Bhatt
In one of the sequences, frustrated that his wife works in a dance bar, Rajkummar reaches home drunk and demands that Patralekha performs for him just as she does for the clients. Her anger bursts through and she beats her husband till he comes and takes refuge in her lap.
In one of the initial scenes, the wife is made to strip in order to get the job in the dance bar. Later in the film, Rajkummar and Manav are made to take off their clothes too. Equality, did we hear?
However, the film has a few howlers as well. For instance, Deepak is a villager and doesn't know English but is shown reading an English newspaper. Later, Kaul gifts Rao a house bigger than the one he himself owns.
In one of the initial scenes, the wife is made to strip in order to get the job in the dance bar. Later in the film, Rajkummar and Manav are made to take off their clothes too. Equality, did we hear?
However, the film has a few howlers as well. For instance, Deepak is a villager and doesn't know English but is shown reading an English newspaper. Later, Kaul gifts Rao a house bigger than the one he himself owns.
The film is not meant for audience which wants usual Bollywood fare. Its climax, for example, may disappoint many but is likely to gain its own niche audience.
Krrish 3
It’s Diwali and the biggest film of the year – Rakesh Roshan’s Krrish 3 is all set to hit screens in less than a week. Expectations are sky high, because the father-son duo of Hrithik and Rakesh Roshan have never failed. More than 7 years later, the duo return with their most desired film to date.
Here is a brief synopsis of this movie. After beating the wicked Dr. Siddhant Arya, and bringing his father Rohit back from the dead, Krrish continued battling against the bad and saving innocent lives. Krishna is living a happily married life with Priya, while Rohit is using his scientific cleverness to benefit society. Krrish is everyone’s favorite superhero.
Unknown to them, a evil force is growing in another part of the world. Kaal, an evil genius, is greedily misusing his powers to spread fear, death and destruction. And he is being aided by an army of very hazardous beings, which he has created himself. Not long after Kaal’s plans are put into action, both Rohit and Krrish find themselves faced with a crisis of epic proportions, which only they can resolve, together. but when they finally cross paths with Kaal and his army, neither of them is ready for what lies ahead. Kaal not only brings the world to the edge of disaster, he also puts the strength and love of Krishna and his family to the test. Krrish has to somehow find the power within to face an unbeatable foe. The greatest battle between darkness and light begins….
In Krrish 3 Hrithik Roshan takes on evil mutants and saves the world from destruction in his superhero avatar. Here's a lowdown on the new-age villains.
Chameleon Kaya ( Kangana Ranaut) is also known as Chameleon. And, just like the reptile that can change colours, Kaya has the power to transform into any shape she wishes to.
Rhinoman — a blend of a human and a rhinoceros — uses the deadly sharp horn on his head to kill his prey. His body is as heavy as that of a rhino and he uses his size to his advantage when fighting with the enemy.
Antman, who is half-human and half-ant, possesses the power to crush any object with his bare hands. His glowing red eyes signify the animal within. They say ants can carry weights 100 times more than their body weight and Antman bears testimony to this.
The Frogman uses his tongue to kill the enemy. He is a derivative of a human and a frog and his tongue is his sharpest weapon. He is mischievous and that is indicated by his envious green eyes.
Scorpion Woman Part-human, part-scorpion, she has claws as hands and a poisonous sting at the end of her long plait, with which she strikes. She shows her targets no mercy and can kill them in one stroke.
Krrish 3 made on a budget of 90 crore, with print and marketing likely to add up to 25 crore, taking the total cost of the film to around 115 crore. The satellite rights were pre-sold for Rs 40 crore, music rights fetched around 10 crore and Rakesh Roshan also sold theatrical rights to individual distributors before the film went on floors. For Krrish 3 to be a decent success and ensure that the distributors don’t end up in the red, the film has to collect around 120 crore at the domestic box office. Even in the worst case scenario, Krrish 3 should cross the 100 crore mark.It is great that our bollywood cinema has come to a stage where, in one percent of the budget of a Hollywood film, so much can be incorporated. If 'Krrish 3' is a success, it will be great for the sake of our artists. The scope will be so much for them that we will not just be able to match (international levels) but also go beyond it.
It’s going to be an exhilarating time for the industry and for all the box office fanatics here. In-depth reports, box office comparisons, records.. we will cover it all here.
For now, tell us what you think. Will Krrish 3 take the box office by storm? Will the film go on to be massive hit or sink without a trace? Its Hrithik’s time to shine, can he? That’s the big question.
Post your comments below.
Here is a brief synopsis of this movie. After beating the wicked Dr. Siddhant Arya, and bringing his father Rohit back from the dead, Krrish continued battling against the bad and saving innocent lives. Krishna is living a happily married life with Priya, while Rohit is using his scientific cleverness to benefit society. Krrish is everyone’s favorite superhero.
In Krrish 3 Hrithik Roshan takes on evil mutants and saves the world from destruction in his superhero avatar. Here's a lowdown on the new-age villains.
Krrish 3 made on a budget of 90 crore, with print and marketing likely to add up to 25 crore, taking the total cost of the film to around 115 crore. The satellite rights were pre-sold for Rs 40 crore, music rights fetched around 10 crore and Rakesh Roshan also sold theatrical rights to individual distributors before the film went on floors. For Krrish 3 to be a decent success and ensure that the distributors don’t end up in the red, the film has to collect around 120 crore at the domestic box office. Even in the worst case scenario, Krrish 3 should cross the 100 crore mark.It is great that our bollywood cinema has come to a stage where, in one percent of the budget of a Hollywood film, so much can be incorporated. If 'Krrish 3' is a success, it will be great for the sake of our artists. The scope will be so much for them that we will not just be able to match (international levels) but also go beyond it.
It’s going to be an exhilarating time for the industry and for all the box office fanatics here. In-depth reports, box office comparisons, records.. we will cover it all here.
For now, tell us what you think. Will Krrish 3 take the box office by storm? Will the film go on to be massive hit or sink without a trace? Its Hrithik’s time to shine, can he? That’s the big question.
Post your comments below.
