My name is KHAN

This time around karan johar has tried to make a movie with a message rather than the usual love story or the family drama we normally expect from him...
He does deliver two messages that, not all muslims in the world are terrorists...and that good people are good and bad people are bad irrespective of their religions....
the messages are great in their simplicity...and it would have turned out to be a great movie if the movie was kept simple, erasing the complicated and unnecessary subplots and twists...
i loved the character of Rizwan khan, an autistic guy with asperger's syndrome (and shahrukh khan does the role well...some say it is one of his best performances..am not sure of it though..i have liked him in lot of other movies to be biased for this particular role)..and i actually had goosebumps when rizwan says it for the first time "my name is khan and i am not a terrorist".The simplicity of the character...the "ability to repair almost anything"...the way he courts mandira.....his honesty as a salesman of herbal beauty products..his ability to memorize everything.....the guy is just great...the simplicity of the way he lives touches us to the core...
But as I said, the subplots and twists and the repetition of the two messages over and over again, takes away the charm of the movie..
the movie centers around how muslims are viewed in USA pre and post 9/11....and how the selfless love of one man overcomes hurdles that come up....somehow I didnt like anything in the movie except the character of Rizwan khan, that i dont know what more to write about...
Somehow I feel that the movie lets us down...we go to the theaters with so many expectations and the movie fails to live upto those...am glad KJo ventured into a different territory and tried to make a movie thats different than the previous ones....
I just feel bad that a movie that could have turned out to be one of its kind and an all time classic fails to hit the mark! 
watch it if u r a big time shahrukh fan and if u dont ever miss any of his movies..

Couples Retreat..

story of 4 couples...who are friends and go for a one week vacation to some resort to have some fun and end up learning more about their relationship with their partners...
    Jason and cynthia are having some problem in their marriage and they wish to work it out by going to this resort which has counselling sessions along with all the fun...but they cant afford it by themselves, so they request their friends to come along...initially they are skeptical about taking a sudden trip abroad but they are convinced by their...
    the film gets funny when all the couples are forced to take on couple'e therapy as thats the part of the package they unknowingly signed up for...as the therapy sessions continue..the couples discover whats their marriage about...good and bad..and they discuss with their friends and get to learn what are the other peoples' perspective about them and their partner...
  its a funny movie but does get little slow in between...some comedy scenes are cute...but a lot appear forced..


the characters of all the 4 couples were well etched...
jason and cynthia : apparently perfect couple with perfect exterior but lots of flaws within..
dave and ronnie : again a happy couple with two kids, but who are stuck in mundane daily life and have no time for themselves as a couple.
joey and lucy : high school sweethearts who got married right after high school as lucy got pregnant, they feel they never got a chance to enjoy life and are stuck in their marriage
sam and trudy / jennifer : recently divorced with jennifer, sam thinks he has fallen in love with trudy who is 20 yr old girl...


watch it if u have seen all the other movies u wanted to watch...

3 idiots

fun movie to watch with an underlying messages " Follow your dreams" and " try to achieve excellence and success will follow" AAL IZZ WELL
very well written, directed acted etc etc...
my only problem was i liked the book 5 point someone better!
the movie is unique no doubt....but it lets the book down.....the characters are similar (you do see flashes of hari, alok and ryan in farhan, raju and rancho respectively) but the story is lost...the movie is lot different than the book....so dont compare the two.
If we just see the movie without any expectations you ll like it and enjoy it better...
music in this movie is definitely the highlight.....and it showcases the stress in current youth very well...so almost everyone can connect with the movie...pace of the movie is good..
this movie will make you laugh, and make u think...and it will be an evening well spent..

PS : i do wish someone makes the movie on 5 point someone as it is...keeping the plot intact...that wud be a treat too.......the ideas in the book were truly innovative..loved ryans C2D (co operate to dominate plan )