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"Jazz - Let it die, it had its time. Well, not on my watch!" For the majority of the movie buffs in India, who barely know anything about Jazz music (which includes me too) that line wouldn't make much impact. But embark on the 2-hour musical voyage of 'La La Land', feel the time freezing around you while Sebastian presses the keys to his piano one by one in the end, and you would seriously reconsider your stand on it. Jazz would barge into your playlists and hearts with ease!

Like the bits and pieces that we carry from movies like 'Titanic', 'Casablanca', 'A Beautiful Mind', 'The 'Pulp Fiction', 'Dark Knight Rises', or take any other all-time classics for an instance, there are a whole lot of elements in 'La La Land' too that would win an eternal life in your memories.

It's a magical blend of the following concepts – success that comes with a price, the beauty and liberty in Jazz that the musicians are trying to rescue from extinction, love that's governed by the universal laws, drama that isn't so dramatic but sweet and unbelievably beautiful with insanely vivid shots, the art of dreaming and the life through a musical kaleidoscope, and so many! It's pure magic. Mia and Sebastian will make you stoned with their dreams, music and love. You might cry like a baby at the end of it – not because of the story, but for the perfect blend of something that the world of cinemas has long forgotten.

Two parallel, but very different streams of realizing the dreams that starts at a common point, but having no confluence and only a hard-hitting end, which is hard to digest!

About the two streams: One reminds us of a line from the book The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho, "The miner was about to give it all up, right at the point when, if he were to examine just one more stone – just one more – he would find his emerald."

And the second is a story of success through sacrifice that's part and parcel of certain decisions; they are the game-changers, but you can't actually judge if it's good and bad. It's life - the art and beauty of pain that makes for a melancholy.

Mia – I never knew Emma Stone was so talented. If Jennifer Lawrence won an Oscar, I think 'Mia' in 'La La Land' shouldn't even be challenged this time. Hollywood has the firepower, I have realized and I have madly fallen in love with 'Mia'! (Futile, I know)

Sebastian, a gift from God that fell into Ryan Gosling's laps. With his nonchalant yet musical expressions, he will show you that this is the role he was born to do!

Well, every shot is beautiful, and even if it is irritatingly pink and candy at times, you wouldn't care! This is CINEMA without the privilege of RETAKES, depending only on sheer talent, and perfection through hard-work and practice!

I don't think I have done justice to this write-up, and I seriously think 'language' should give writers unprecedented liberty to come up with new words and phrases to expresses themselves when it comes to movies like this! No other go!

I repeat – this is Cinema!

Well, for the movie 'Peruchazhi', I am choosing the lesser of the two evils and conclude saying, "It is a below-average no-brainer type movie with a fair bit of comedy in every nook and corner of the plot" thanks to Baburaj and Aju Vargheese.

The movie starts out in an enticing fashion, throwing at us the golden dialogs from the classics of the great actor Mohanlal. But nevertheless, disappointingly, the movie continues to hide behind the shadow of the great man's great performances of the past - nothing to call as being creative or a revival of the man's splendid flair to deliver 'all time best' comedies.

But Of course, you get a reason to laugh every now and then for sure, as the massive Baburaj, the villain turned comedian, pulls off some hilarious dialogs with Aju Vargeese in company. And for the ardent Mohanlal fans, there might be something in the movie as well, as he is seen rolling in full style all throughout the movie. He looks stylish and fresh to be honest. And don't worry. He hasn't really made fun out of himself, in an attempt to create fun.

I don't want to reveal the easily guessable plot. But I can say this much: Any American would be irked watching this movie as it makes fun out of their ass. It is like America is a no-man's-land where you can do anything you want, wherever and whenever you want to. But I call that part fair for the exotic mockery 'Hollywood' has been making out us since quite a long time. Like in Anchorman, "Smells like Indian food in diapers" WHAT THE HELL!

For those who have already made up their mind to go watch the film, I really don't want to spoil the mood and expectations. So I am wrapping it up. As I have said before, it is a total no-brainer with some cheap gimmicks used and good comedy. That's all. I won't be really calling them 'comical' if I had something else to talk about on the movie.

So, guys, it comes to this: Watchable – but at own risk.

Yet another movie which surpasses the mother book in terms of quality. The direction of the movie is mind blowing and Chetan Bhagat is once again blessed with a movie which can thunder the Box Office. You will wonder at one stage if the story of the movie you watch is the same of the book you read few years ago- the book is very entertaining of course. Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor have done exceptionally well in the screen. I never knew Alia was this beautiful. Arjun Kapoor has done the role of a lethargic Punjabi perfectly. The movie, from the start, gives the spectator good entertainment and a smiling face. The Script is very gentle. In the final parts of the movie, at variance with the feelings that the book creates for a reader, a spectator gets very much emotional. The emotions, portrayed in the movie, between the hero and his dad, have been so picturesquely put into screen that it can wet your eyes. Ronit Roy who plays the role of the hero's father has contributed a major share by giving a new aura to the movie's story-line. His outstanding acting and attitude would be the main things that you will be talking about after getting out of the theater. The cast for the movie is very beautifully selected. It need not be mentioned here about the class of acting that Revathi and Amritha Singh can deliver. They are all always at their best; be it for any role. As we all know from the book itself, the story line isn't that classy or touching. Maybe none of the jokes or scenes will linger in your heart after you get out of the theater; only the entertainment and happiness that the movie provided will be thought about. And by prudence, the director has omitted certain parts of the book from the movie; only a few scenes, such as the scene where 'Ananya' screws the 'Duke' are a bit boring and unoriginal. Apart from that, there is nothing to be seriously criticized in the movie, or to exclaim and shout, 'Highly impossible things'. Words by the hero, that he wishes to write normal and simple stories which have the ability to become the 'HERO' in people's heart will ring in your mind like a chant, and will give hope to all the authors who are striving hard to come up; for we all know how successful Chetan Bhagat is. He is the man who made India read. I will say that it's a good movie to watch and I can assure that none will be disappointed. The spectators would very surely be coming out of the theater with happy and smiling faces.