Tanu weds Manu

Movie certainly had a fresh story line. Just like DevD female lead is shown independent in thinking but as her friend correctly points out she is rebel without a cause. Best part of movie is capturing middle class India and towns of Kapurthala and Kanpur, though depiction borders on clichéd still movie is brilliant in pieces and there are quite a few comic movements. e.g. monkey show scene, scene where before wedding Manu's friend and Manu go to meet girls, while playing Antakshri they sing song 'abhi na jao chod kar', towards end when in typical Indian arranged marriage style tanu tells little girl that I like the boy and so on.. but somehow director did not have a convincing end and Jimmy Shergill was most unconvincing in bad man with good heart role

the lovely bones

As such movie is sad because a young girl is killed and her killer roams free for many year but in many ways movie reinforces ideas of family, love and relationship. We Hindus offer food to birds, animals and priests even years after our near and dear ones have died in the hope that this might help them in after life. Similarly when Susan is tormented about scheming of his murderer or when his family reminisces about her she seems to establish a connection. Acting by her grandma, siblings and mom are superb. watched it when was back from office at 2 o clock in night and was impacted by it. and I actually like the special effects they add to the surreal feeling which movie tries to create. Comic interlude of grandma though seems slightly misplaced

Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster

a remake of classic sahib Bibi ghulam of Mina kumari and guru dutt only that here Bibi knows what she wants and gets it and same with ghulam. Though it is never explained what killed sahib's first wife and why choti bahu is mentally unstable or goes brusque at the name of Lalit but otherwise story is good. It is just like how Othello or Macbeth were adapted to Indian story line by Vishal Bhardwaj. Politics of north Indian small towns is captured though political struggle is showed in only one dimensional way. acting by characters of minister and rival politician and their dialogues are terrific. Deepal shaw shines in whatever little screen time she is given. Only casting mistake I think was Jimmy sher-gill, someone like Ajay devgan would have looked better in this role. though movie slacks towards end but cinematography is good and so is pace. Tigmanshu's first movie Hassil was also a gem and so is this