Pizza - Each piece a new taste

In one line - A horror-thriller with a fitting climax.

Less said about the movie is better as even explanation of a few scenes can hinder the joy of watching the movie.  Those who watch after reading this, please leave your comment if I was wrong.

A pizza delivery boy, an aspiring fiction author as his lover, 2 friends, one boss, his "possessed" daughter form the crux of the story.

The screenplay is good. The editing is fine. BG is good.Actors have done justice. Vijay Sethupathy looks overboard at time, but the climax justifies it all.

A viewers movie rather than a critics movie for review.

Must watch and enjoy makkale.

Barfi - My take

Barfi - Vedalam sonna kadai (Vikram aur Betal for my non-tamil friends)

Long time ago, there lived a simpleton thief (an oxymoron I guess, if so, intentional) who was deaf and dumb. He chanced to meet the princess of the land and was feel for her beauty. Little did the thief know that the princess was engaged to the lord of the land. The princess without her knowledge begins to like the simpleton thief's way of life and falls for him as well. The queen, the princess's mother, then narrates the story of her love with a commoner and how she had forgone the love to marry the king. The princess goes ahead and marries the lord, while still in love with the simpleton. The heartbroken simpleton, then meets a mentally challenged (apologies if I am not politically correct) and slowly but surely falls in love with her. He even introduces her to the princess, who secretly still pines for him. There creeps jealousy into the mind of the new lover and she runs away to her asylum. The simpleton searches the whole world and finally locates her there. They get married and live happily ever after. The princess, on the other hand, had to leave her lord, since he would not accept her once she stepped out to help the simpleton thief in search for his love. After very many years, the simpleton thief is taken ill and eventually both him and his wife die at the same time. The princess, now a sad old lady, pines for the love and life that she must have actually led, had she married the simpleton thief in the first place.

Now tell me Vikramaditya, whose love was the greatest. The simpleton thief's toward the challenged girl? The challenged girls toward the simpleton thief? or that of the Princess toward the simpleton thief?

Once bitten, twice shy - Billa 2, a critical view.

Once bitten, twice shy - Billa 2.

If you can enjoy Ajith climbing down the stairs with a bazooka blasting away in the background and whistle for the "thala", then do not read on. This movie is a must watch for you.

What starts off promising, whittles away as a less than mediocre fare that is a culmination of many movies. If the "madurai ponnu" song is reminiscent of "naan sirithall deepavali" from Nayagan right down to Ajith's hairstyle and shirt style, the last sequence of the termination of all the "villians" reminds you of the The Godfather's sequence where Michael takes out the heads of all the families. Too many similarities and yet, too little stuff. The story line does not lead anywhere. The punch dialogues are too few and too spaced out to carry any impact. The heroine is wasted. It remains to mystery why Ajit would cry at the death of someone who he hardly had any relationship with or intended to?

The only saving grace of the movie is Abassi (Sudanshu Pandey). The character and the actor leave a lasting impression. A good launch pad for a good actor. All the others are just wasted. Vidyut Jamwal as Dmitri has no scope what so ever. The taleted actor we saw flexing his muscles in Force, the hindi remake of Khakka Khakka does 2 stunt scenes and 1 is with Ajith that he has to loose in. Waste of talent.

Coming to the story. Man lands in India from Sri Lanka, is abused, hits back, is plotted against to trap him in drug smuggling, escapes, joins hands with the dealer, leaves the dealer for larger business, ends up in Goa, helps international arms smuggler retreive is stuff, gets in to the big league, takes deicisions that boss does not like, boss tries to kill him, kills boss, looses his girl friend, goes to some far eastern country and kills the arms smuggler, kills everyone connected and then STARTS his Don days. Straight story. No twists, no turns.

Come to think of it, can not write anything else. Cinematography is excellent. GOod choice of female bodies across the movie. Average music. Average background score.