Movie Review: Bol Bachchan

Overall, an utter waste of time. If you really want to watch a comedy film, grab a copy of the original Golmaal instead of wasting your time on this crap.

Acting: 5/10
Story-Screenplay-Direction: 3/10
Technical Aspects: 6/10
Is it worth your time and money??: No. Unless you happen to like such boring comedies, or have time and money to space, skip this one please.

Verdict: 4.5/10

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Movie Review: Gangs of Wasseypur

Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur absolutely had no story. Except for people from 1940′s looking still the same even in 1980′s, a lot of swear words, vulgar dialogues, and infidelity, there is nothing the film has to offer. The screenplay is very haphazard, and so bloody slow. I just can’t describe how disappointed I was. The acting, music, cinematography, thankfully, were good, and helped me survive! There’s no point writing more. If you happen to like the movie, be my guest and finish the review for me 

Acting: 7.5/10 

Story-Screenplay-Direction: 3/10 

Technical Aspects: 6/10 

Is it worth your time and money??: NO!! No matter what other reviews say, people started walking out of the theater post interval. Unless you like such dark, vulgar films with no story, stay away.

Verdict: 4.5/10

Restaurant Review: Singh's Restaurant

Place: Singh’s Restaurant
Location: Opp. Gandhi Statue, M.G. Road, Secunderabad
Cuisine: Indian
Meal: Dinner (with bro)

Food: 4/10
Service: 5/10
Ambiance: 5/10
Meal for 2: Rs. 420/-

Verdict: 3/10

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Restaurant Review: All Seasons

Place: All Seasons
Location: 2nd Floor, SBR Gateway, Opposite Motorola, Hitech City
Cuisine: Buffet
Meal: Lunch (with couple of friends)

Food: 5/10
Service: 2/10
Ambiance: 6/10
Meal for 1: Rs. 299/- + Taxes

Verdict: 4/10

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Movie Review: Department

Overall, a disappointing film. Ram Gopal Varma has definitely got the talent, no doubt about that. But he seems to ditch it and tries to make some dumb-ass films at times. Department just happens to be one of those films. Can the real RGV please stand up?? 

Acting: 5/10
Story-Screenplay-Direction: 4/10
Technical Aspects: 5/10
Is it worth your time and money??: I so wanna say yes for I want you to go through what I went through. But I’ll be nice and request you to stay away from Department. RGV has gone bonkers, and so will you if you do go watch it. Stay away!!

Verdict: 4.5/10

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Restaurant Review: Sizzling Joe

Place: Sizzling Joe 

Location: Food Court, GVK One, Banjara Hills
Cuisine: Continental
Meal: Dinner

Food: 3/10

Service: 4/10
Ambiance: NA
Meal for 1: Rs. 200/-

Verdict: 3/10


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Restaurant Review: Liu's Chinese

Place: Liu’s Chinese Restaurant
Restaurant Location: S.D Road, in the lane behind Nanking, Secnderabad
Cuisine: Chinese
Meal: Dinner

Food: 3/10 (Vegetarian only)
Ambiance: 7/10
Service: 4/10
Meal for 3: Rs. 786/- (Veg – Rs. 400/-)

Verdict: 3.5/10

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Movie Review: Agneepath

Ok, firstly, I am no big fan of Amitabh's 1990 version of Agneepath, and so went to watch the movie with no expectations. But still, I walked out of the theater with a head ache. Karan Malhotra and Karan Johar, what the hell was that?? I mean, I really wonder what these guys were thinking when they started to make the movie. With this script, and the obvious comparisons to the 1990's film, they should have known that it was an absolute disaster in the making!

Except for Sanjay Dutt, and maybe Katrina Kaif, the film stands no ground. It is a three-hour long, slow, boring movie (did I mention long??). Sanju baba is really good, but he aint Dark Knight's Joker to save the movie. Hrithik tried really really hard to live up to Amithabh's character, but failed miserably. How can he, when he does not appear on the screen until exactly 45 minutes have passed by? And Priyanka, our irritating slum dwelling heroine makes sure that she wears designer sarees with backless blouses all the time, her pallu covering less than half of her bosom, is horrendous. The best part of the movie though is in the climax, when our Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, twice stabbed by the intimidating, bald, scary Kancha Cheena, lives long enough to avenge his father's death. I can't believe that I live in a generation where such kinda dumb and dull movies are still made.

I suggest you stay away from this movie at all costs. Instead, go buy a DVD of Amitabh's version, which though not a classic, is way way better than this version. I expect Mithunda  to entertain you much more than Chikni Chameli!!

In one sentence, it's not Agneepath, but agni pariksha for us!!

Verdict: 3/10

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Restaurant Review: Papa Johns

Place: Papa Johns

Location: Road No. 12, Opp. Nissan showroom,  Banjara Hills

Cuisine: Pizza

Meal: Lunch (with a couple of friends)

After enjoying a movie, we decided to go hog at Papa Johns. I loved their pizza's while in the US, their garlic sauce is yumm!! So here we were at their Road No. 12 outlet at about 3:00 PM on Saturday afternoon. One table was occupied, and rest of the place was empty. We sat in a corner and took a while to decide on our order.

We ordered a Meal for Two (half and half of  Small Garden Special and Veg. Barbecue pizza, a portion of Cheese Sticks, and 2 x Pepsi), Tandoori Chicken for One, Original Breadsticks and a bottle of water. We sat there for about 30 minutes thereafter, but nothing, not even the water or Pepsi's were served. When after that long we asked the waiter to get us the water at least, he serves the Cheese Sticks. After about 10 minutes, the Pepsi's were served, but still no water. Then he brings us the Pizza for Two, which was supposed to be a half and half, but it turns out to only Garden Special. We ask for a replacement and he takes the pizza back in. Then came the water, along with Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks, not the Original Breadsticks we ordered. At this point I totally lost it. I asked if the Manager was in the store, and was answered in positive. Five minutes later, another waiter comes and informs us that the Manager is not in the store. 

We walked out!! 

Ten minutes after we sat at our table, the place was empty. We were the only customers in the store and it took the waiter more than 30 minutes to get a bottle of water. And then he messes up our order big time. We would have continued with our meal if the Manager (who was told to be in store) attended to us, but he was amiss. 

I had great expectations from this place. Their pizza's are good, no doubt about that. But if the service is this pathetic, I would never return to this store. Surprisingly, these were the same guys who delivered a pizza on time when I ordered one on New Year's eve. But such horrid service is not going to gain them customers in the restaurant. 

Food: NA

Ambiance: 7/10

Service: 0/10

Dumbo's Rating: 3/10


PS: We did taste the Cheese Sticks. They were good but not great.

Movie Review: Kanchana

It is impossible for me to write a detailed review on this movie. I already wasted 3 hours of my precious time watching it.

A thriller which was comical, wherein every actor overacts, a message oriented movie which makes no impact on the audience. With its concept, the film could have been much much better with a better script. Direction was horrible, screenplay and cinematography average, music mediocre.

Overall, a disappointment!

Dumbo's Verdict: 3.5/10

Movie Review: Shagird

On a lazy Wednesday afternoon, having nothing to do while eating awesome lunch I cooked for myself, I started to watch the Nana Patekar starer, Shagrid. Boy oh boy, it turned out to be so bad, that I stopped it midway through, and moreover deleted the file from my hard disk.

Hanumant Singh (Nana Patekar) is a corrupt cop working for Delhi Crime branch. Mohit Alawat (Mohit Kumar) is a new recruit into Hanumant's team full of corrupt cops, who prefer killing to arrest, so as to make money for themselves. Mohit is not comfortable with such behavior, tries to stand up to them but in vain. It is shown that he is someone who is always made fun of at every gathering. His secret crush, Varsha Mathur (Rimi), is a dumb journalist working for Aajtak, who on receiving a phone call from some stranger goes to interview a terrorist leader all alone, without informing anyone, to get kidnapped. The Home ministry now wants a reluctant Hanumant to solve the case.

Ive had enough by now. Even my appetite is dead. Ctrl+Shift+Del!!

God knows what the director (Tigmanshu Dhulia) was trying to do. The screenplay is so pathetic that I had real trouble following what was going on. Hanumant's house is under attack, and he's busy playing chor-police with his new recruit. And what's his reaction when he comes to know about it, nothing!! Music, or to say the background score by Abhishek Ray is awfully sad. Everything else about the movie is sad too. Nana Patekar disappoints!!

Why am I even reviewing this movie in the first place??

Dumbo's rating: 2/10 (for the hour I sat through!!)

Avoid it under all circumstances. If anyone is daring enough to sit though the entire movie, please feel free to complete my review!!