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HELLO For all those who felt that Chetan Bhagat’s “one night in a call center” was worth the read, beware the movie Hello based on this book may not be worth the watch. The actors have done full justice to their roles but the story fails to bring about the same emotions and intensity that one feels while actually reading the book. At times the story just kicks off and the audiences are left to wonder as to why this particular thing happened at that particular time. A few shortcomings that I found were for example the character of Bakshi. While reading the book I was myself getting angry with him and could have hit him if he came in front of me for the kind of boss he was, but in the movie Bakshi’ character just passes of. The lovemaking scenes between Priyanka and Shyam lacked the passion. And finally the Call from God when the vehicle is hanging in the construction, which is actually the turning point in the story, is definitely not given enough emphasis. It is that important point in the story, which gives explanations to the actions of the team against their boss. To sum up, the story is just about One Night in a Call Centre and revolves around a team of 6 colleagues. The characters are Shyam (Sharman Joshi), Priyanka (Gul Panag), Vroom (Sohail Khan), Esha (Isha Koppikar), Radhika (Amrita Arora) and Military Uncle (Sharat Saxena) Bakshi (Dalip Tahil). Katrina Kaif tells the story to Salman Khan. In all Atul Agnihotri could have done a better job?




DRONA This much-awaited movie is a classic example of all hype, but no script. Looks like Goldie Behl is a confused kid on the block. With all this I would still say that the movie wouldn’t have gotten better in its technical aspects. Excellent costumes, sets and makeup gone waste. Abhishek Bacchan plays Drona and Priyanka as his bodyguard (Sonia) is looking her best.


Hulla:


This is one of those decent low budget movies on burgeoning upper middle class. The story revolves around a young happily married couple with extremely good careers. The problem however starts when the couple moves into their newly acquired two bedrooms flat. The watchman is instructed by the building secretary to blow the whistle and hit with the stick continuously throughout the night so as to keep the robbers at bay and also to make sure that the he watchman stays awake in the night. There is also the disturbance from the neighbours music system, which is again a major cause of worry for the young couple.

In all, this movie depicts the typical problems faced by upper middle-class families in cities. Sushant Singh and Kartika Rane play the role of the young couple, while Rajat Kapoor plays the buildings’s secretary role. The movie is directed by Jaideep Varma. But me, being someone who can go off to a deep slumber even in a crowded market, cannot understand as to how a whistle can be such a distraction to someone’s sleep!!!!!!!!!

By Tanu Samak