Memento : by Christopher Nolan

Have you ever imagined seeing a movie from the culmination to the first reel ???

Memento gives you an exhilarating thriller keeping the audience dumbfounded( confused too !) from end to start in this Reverse Chronological Drama ...

Though the movie came out in the year 2000 , I was fortunate to see it recently on a DVD and was instantly caught in a LABYRINTH.

The protagonist (superlative Guy Pearce) suffers from short term memory loss and is in deep inner turmoil to search for his Wife's Murderer.

To deal with the disorder , he uses tools like Polaroid Camera ,Tattoos,Paper Slips,Notes enabling him to hold on to memories !!!

Christopher Nolan's unique, non-linear , noir-narrative structuring ( black n white film reels) IRRITATES,SHOCKS,SPELLBINDS to say the least.

The performances are ex·tra·or·di·naire and the scripting prowess is proven to the hilt...

No surprises its in top 30 of all time movie list ....

DO NOT MISS THIS ONE EVEN FOR YOUR LIFE :) :)

Rating : 5.0/5.0

Chak De India : by Shimit Amin

un·der·dog : One that is expected to lose a contest or struggle, as in sports or politics.

pa·tri·ot·ism : devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.

Theme of Sports where underdogs res·ur·rect from the ashes has been an unchartered territory since Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) .

Chak De re-instills the patriotism ,to break into sweat for one's country,in a manner which is refreshing to say the least.

The team of girls representing India at the World Hockey Cup are a bunch of players having pre-conceived notions of playing for one's own self and then the team.

Shahrukh playing a banished former hockey player takes up the challenge to coach with the dream of converting his silver medal to gold medal vicariously through this team.

Lets talk about the actors : Highlight performances ....

*Shahrukh as Kabir Khan quite surprisingly plays the character with conviction.

*The Hockey Stars aka state players ... oops .. Here we are talking of Team India ( as Kabir says ..)

Each one of them plays true to their potentials and have the audience in splits with their humour

(The best dialogue comes from our Haryanvi Dynamite "Ke Dabba Nahi Dikh Raha Hai Tanne , Roadways Ki Bus Na Baithi :) " whilst reserving a bunk in the players' dormitory ...

I found the 1st half engrossing and it truly built up the movie to the next level but the second half was predictable yet well-executed.

This is one of the few movies where I had a lump in my throat ...

Shimit truly deserve the accolades for bringing out the patriotism to the screens in an effective way.

Rating : 4.5/5.0

Rush Hour 3 : by Brett Ratner

Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan prove it once again that they are the best sidekick team of detectives on celluloid... !!

This edition of Rush Hour , has the humour in every inch of the reel .. courtesy Chris Tucker who is in great form ..

Jackie does what he intends to do best , eye-popping stunts which give an edge-of-the-seat experience.

The backdrop of the movie starts in LA , then the scene shifts to Paris , hunting the assasins of the Ambassador who was leading the investigation on legendary criminal organization.

Best Moment of the Movie hands down goes to

The Interrogation Scene done by the detectives in presence of a French Nun Translator....

I was on the floor watching it , uncontrollable comic timing keeps the audience in splits...

Any Glicthes ????? The action lacks the punch as compared to the prequels , but the hilarious sequences make your day ...

Tucker keeps getting better with his Comedy , Jackie keeps getting better with his stunts at this age !! ..

KUDOS!!! ... 1.5 Hours of absolute hysteria ... rupee per minute ... simply worth it :)

Rating : 4.0/5.0

Gandhi , my father : by Feroz Abbas Khan

Harilal Gandhi , son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , tried his level best to shy away from the pain of being a Gandhi !!

Gandhi , the father of the nation quotes 'Two people I could not convince my entire life , one was Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the other was my own son Harilal....'

Feroz Abbas , a debutant director from the field of theater , has moulded his own theatrical drama Mahatma VS Gandhi to a nicely woven screenplay which gives a different perspective to the 1947 independence struggle!

The film start to end, stays focused on the struggle of the son to come to terms with the ideals of his father .The obsession and the conviction of Bapu to fight for independence at the cost of family does not go down well with Harilal.

Akshay Khanna , looked jaded in parts of the film , but some of the sequences were executed with absolute finesse .Darshan Jariwala as Gandhi looks convincing with able support from characters like Kasturba(Shefali Chhaya) and Gulabo (Bhoomika).

Special Mention : The interweaving of characters in the actual footage of black n white filmography proves that Indian cinema has grown in leaps and bounds...

Watch it for the sheer pleasure of getting insight into the lives of Gandhi Parivaar!!

Rating : 3.5/5.0