puranjanbasak
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Chandu champion is a biography sports war action drama historical film directed by kabir khan.
Kartik aaryan has unarguably given his best performance till date. He still holds his that boyish, teeth-widening smile, which we are used to, but this attribute gives the character of murlikant petkar an edge. It tells us how mature that chandu champion has become, to culture and morph into a gold champion. His dialogue delivery, still needs work alongwith his expressions, but he will get better with these kind of serious films. Another actor, without whom this film is incomplete is vijay raaz. Whenever he comes on screen, he lights it up. How unused he still is by bollywood, it amazes me! His scenes with aaryan are the most efficient ones. He makes the latter work hard in those scenes, and this works. Bhuvan arora plays the usual happy-go-lucky punjabi, which is still stereotypical. Shreyas talpade, rajpal yadav and brijendra kala make some impactful cameos.
Another aspect I would like to appreciate is the hindi accent with the marathi twang, used by the characters when the story was in sangli, maharashtra. It lent a great rootedness. The writing follows the known rise-fall-rise template of sports dramas, and uses it effectively. Kabir khan has made sure that the tropes don't feel generic. The first half writing takes its time to build up, the emotions remain raw. But the second half, really comes into its own and you are bound to shed a tear or two by the end of it. The comic punches are inconsistent. Some land, some don't. The background score is effective, the music is noteworthy. 'Satyanas' reminds us of 'galti se mistake' very much. The title track is also very energetic.
I wish the film felt more emotionally attached to me. It kept me distant and detached in quite some portions of the film. The dialogues are good.
Watch out for some scenes, for instance, the one shot war sequence before the interval. That was brilliant cinematography and continuity, in my opinion. The boxing matches could have had more nuance to it, but it is difficult to portray one sport into one film authentically, let alone two. Though, the swimming portion have been shot well, and the finals where murlikant's life and struggles flash before his eyes elicit great emotions.
Kartik aaryan has unarguably given his best performance till date. He still holds his that boyish, teeth-widening smile, which we are used to, but this attribute gives the character of murlikant petkar an edge. It tells us how mature that chandu champion has become, to culture and morph into a gold champion. His dialogue delivery, still needs work alongwith his expressions, but he will get better with these kind of serious films. Another actor, without whom this film is incomplete is vijay raaz. Whenever he comes on screen, he lights it up. How unused he still is by bollywood, it amazes me! His scenes with aaryan are the most efficient ones. He makes the latter work hard in those scenes, and this works. Bhuvan arora plays the usual happy-go-lucky punjabi, which is still stereotypical. Shreyas talpade, rajpal yadav and brijendra kala make some impactful cameos.
Another aspect I would like to appreciate is the hindi accent with the marathi twang, used by the characters when the story was in sangli, maharashtra. It lent a great rootedness. The writing follows the known rise-fall-rise template of sports dramas, and uses it effectively. Kabir khan has made sure that the tropes don't feel generic. The first half writing takes its time to build up, the emotions remain raw. But the second half, really comes into its own and you are bound to shed a tear or two by the end of it. The comic punches are inconsistent. Some land, some don't. The background score is effective, the music is noteworthy. 'Satyanas' reminds us of 'galti se mistake' very much. The title track is also very energetic.
I wish the film felt more emotionally attached to me. It kept me distant and detached in quite some portions of the film. The dialogues are good.
Watch out for some scenes, for instance, the one shot war sequence before the interval. That was brilliant cinematography and continuity, in my opinion. The boxing matches could have had more nuance to it, but it is difficult to portray one sport into one film authentically, let alone two. Though, the swimming portion have been shot well, and the finals where murlikant's life and struggles flash before his eyes elicit great emotions.
Blackout is a comedy thriller film directed by devang bhavsar.
The film started on a good note. Seeing vikrant massey in an animated character was not on my cards in big 2024, but he acted really well. That is the good thing about great actors, they can pull off diverse roles. The film gets a boost once sunil grover enters, and good lord he gobbles up with his screen presence. He outshadowed massey in various sequences. The black comedy, dispersed throughout guides the film. The lines given to karan sonawane and saurabh gadge are hilarious. They always come up with some crackers in between conversations. Mouni roy really needs to work on her acting. Ruhani sharma, anant joshi, jisshu sengupta and other fringe characters were decent.
The second half literally wanders around to hundred directions. Anything and everything was happening in the second half. Twists after twists were coming but only one or two worked. How will the rest work without some good breathing space between scenes. After a point, the scenes looked reverse engineered. It didn't happen because of logic, but because of convenience. The screenplay, was losing steam because of this and suffers.
The background score is great, I would say. The suspense and adrenaline is pumped up by the score. Some old songs are used with some wacky humour. I like that the film knows what it's doing and breaks the clatter sometimes. Because, in some scenes the chaos was overpowering the storytelling. The humour felt off to me in various scenes. The dialogues were not up to the mark. The scenes where massey imagines diamonds and jewels falling from the sky is brilliant. The editing style of the film is also pretty good.
I wish the second half didn't throw so many curveballs in my direction. I would have loved it more.
The film started on a good note. Seeing vikrant massey in an animated character was not on my cards in big 2024, but he acted really well. That is the good thing about great actors, they can pull off diverse roles. The film gets a boost once sunil grover enters, and good lord he gobbles up with his screen presence. He outshadowed massey in various sequences. The black comedy, dispersed throughout guides the film. The lines given to karan sonawane and saurabh gadge are hilarious. They always come up with some crackers in between conversations. Mouni roy really needs to work on her acting. Ruhani sharma, anant joshi, jisshu sengupta and other fringe characters were decent.
The second half literally wanders around to hundred directions. Anything and everything was happening in the second half. Twists after twists were coming but only one or two worked. How will the rest work without some good breathing space between scenes. After a point, the scenes looked reverse engineered. It didn't happen because of logic, but because of convenience. The screenplay, was losing steam because of this and suffers.
The background score is great, I would say. The suspense and adrenaline is pumped up by the score. Some old songs are used with some wacky humour. I like that the film knows what it's doing and breaks the clatter sometimes. Because, in some scenes the chaos was overpowering the storytelling. The humour felt off to me in various scenes. The dialogues were not up to the mark. The scenes where massey imagines diamonds and jewels falling from the sky is brilliant. The editing style of the film is also pretty good.
I wish the second half didn't throw so many curveballs in my direction. I would have loved it more.
Satish kaushik and anupam kher put up commendable performances, other actors too do good with their characters. But the story is very surface level. It is evident that the makers wanted to encash the success of the first installment. The screenplay takes too much time to build up, which makes it quite boring. The cinematography and music is decent. If you want to, you can watch this, your time wouldn't be wasted.
I wish the writers went and delved in the storytelling more. See, the story is simple but the screenplay and narration could've been better and then it would've been a really really good watch.
I wish the writers went and delved in the storytelling more. See, the story is simple but the screenplay and narration could've been better and then it would've been a really really good watch.