Cash (2007)

Lots of jokes do indeed prevail about how this movie should have been called 'Trash' rather than Cash, i had read lots of reviews that wrote it off and decided to see for myself, hoping there might be some ridiculous camp moments i might i enjoy, but unfortunately there was little to keep me amused or entertained

The film revolves around some long lost diamonds stolen from India by the British in the 18th century, the diamonds get lost at sea only to be found years later, where its split into three, one of the diamonds lands in Cape Town south Africa. Karan (Ajay Devgan) a professional robber enlists the help of four robbers to assist in stealing the diamonds

Robber No.1 Pooja (Esha Deol)

Robber No.2 Danny (Zayed Khan)

& Robber No.3 Lucky (Ritesh Deshmukh)

also after the diamonds is another high profile robber Angad (Sunil Shetty)


and his girlfriend Aditi (Dia Mirza)


protecting the diamonds is Karan's police officer Girlfriend Shania (Shamita Shetty)

Will they be able to carry out the Heist?

Indeed you might have noticed my quick write up of the plot synopsis, which is unlike other movies i review on here, it's because this movie was a big disappointment, What could have been an exciting, fun even if yet camp movie is let down by a dull script which made watching it quite tedious, there were some goodies though

I loved the brief comic animated sequences with which some of the characters were introduced


In a movie where the cast are let down by the script or should i say whose script does their talent no justice, i couldn't help but admire and fall for Shamita Shetty's energy and fierceness, what a babe she truly is

the Hip Soundtrack by Vishal Shekhar is what i loved most about this film, thankfully i had rented this film but if i had spent my own CASH on it, i would have been consoled by the songs, if you love Pop Music and R'n'b you'll love the songs of cash

there's the drum and bass influenced title Track 'Cash'

'Naa Puchho' which mixes some subtle traditional strings with a kicking R'n'b bass,

Cash - Na Puccho
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the sensual mellow R'n'b grooves of 'Rahem kare'

and the wonderful 'mind Blowing Maahiya', i love the whole hinglish R'n'b vibe going on



Overall watch Cash only if you're a die hard fan of any of the actors or better yet still for the songs if that's your thing, i really hope the director Anubhav Sinha who's directing Sharukh Khan's forthcoming action film R.A 1 has stepped up his game and delivers a super exciting and highly entertaining film with R.A 1

Blue (2009)

When one thinks of the colour Blue, the word cool comes to mind unfortunately i can't say the same for this movie, high on production values, cinematography, visuals etc. But the film is just Dull, Dull, Dull! It didn't feel like a bollywood movie, it was devoid of emotional content ala the masla movies of the 60's-80's, the characters weren't exciting, the dialogues were corny & cheesy, the performances didn't blow me away, the picturisations weren't exciting, fun or over the top ( yes i love my big colourful bollywood numbers) all these things were missing, even though this is the most expensive bollywood film ever made (what a dubious title). Everything apart from the music by A.R Rahman just falls flat, the director Anthony D'Souza says he'll shed tears if the film flops, sorry mate i can so see your film flopping, get your buckets and tissues ready because you'll be weeping loads

Total Score: 5/10

Yuvvraaj (2008)

Ahh Yuvvraaj, one of last year's eagerly anticipated films which got slaughtered upon its release, the movie flopped and the huge star cast, fabulous songs and breathtaking locations couldn't save it. So what is Yuvvraaj about and why did it flop

Deven (Salman Khan) is in love with Anushka (Katrina Kaif) with whom he's in the same orchestra, Anushka brings him much happiness as he has been rejected by his wealthy father, they plan to marry but Anushka's father does not like Deven


When his father dies, Deven returns home hoping to get his share of his father's property, he makes a pact with Anushka's father (Boman Irani) to give her away if he does not return from London a billionaire


When he returns home Deven alongside his two brothers Danny (Zayed Khan) a spoilt rich brat and Gyanesh (Anil Kapoor) who is autistic. Their father leaves all his fortunes to Gyanesh and leaves Deven & Danny with 5 Crores each

Danny the playboy

smiley carefree Gyanesh
Deven and Danny are angry and full of envy, they both come up with a plan to swindle the money off Gyanesh. Danny suggests a harsh plan for them to kill Gyanesh off but Deven calms him down telling him they must win him over with love

Thus Deven starts displaying loving acts towards Gyanesh, he even takes him back with him to Austria

Also on the lines are wicked family members who want to kill Gyanesh to inherit his wealth

Will Deven & Danny succeed in killing Gyanesh? Will Deven be able to become a billionaire just in time to win Anushka's fathers approval?

Yuvvraaj wasn't an all out bad film, i found it quite tolerable, i think it failed to connect with audiences due to its moralistic Soap opera style storyline and melodrama, another thing that really dragged the film down were the foreign extras, some of them seemed to be laughing or at least looked like they were trying to stop themselves from cracking up, maybe if the film had been set in India it might have been a little different

Salman Khan who i actually like looks really tired and gives a lacklustre performance, he looked like he needed some rest

Zayed Khan was perfect as the spoilt rich boy, most times i felt like knocking him on the head, which i guess means he played his role as the spoilt rich brat well

Katrina is really beautiful in this, although she doesn't have so much to do, she does what's required of her really well. After hearing so much of her beauty and failing to see it, i saw it for the first time in this movie

Anil Kapoor steals the show and outshines everyone else with his believable performance as the autistic brother


The real saving grace of the movie however are the songs and the picturizations, a lot of production clearly went into them as they looked very much like broadway productions, if you like musicals , you'll love the picturizations in Yuvvraaj

the cat like dancers in mastam mastam very much like the broadway musical cats

big sets and wonderful costumes


Great Lighting and opulent mansions

very interesting art work behind the orchestra

A.R. Rahman's music is what i really cherish about this movie, from the upbeat foot tapping 'Shano Shano' to the happy cheerful 'Mastam Mastam' the reflective 'Tu meri dost hai' and the wonderful ballad Tu Muskura



Total Score: 6/10 just because of A.R. Rahman's music

I liked the ending bit where all the characters and all those who had contributed to the film were shown

The music mogul Himself

Gulzar the maestro Lyricist