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The Bhootnii Movie Review Synopsis: THE BHOOTNII is the story of a ghost creating havoc in an educational institution. Shantanu (Sunny Singh) is a student at St Vincent College, Delhi. He is heartbroken as his girlfriend has dumped him. The college campus has a place called The Virgin Tree. It is believed that praying at the tree can help single people find love, more so on Valentine’s Day. Just after midnight of February 14, Shantanu, devastated, by the break-up, demands true love from the Virgin Tree. Unknown to Shantanu, The Virgin Tree is possessed. The spirit residing in the tree (Mouni Roy) gets active on hearing his plea. Meanwhile, mysterious episodes take place in the college. The students realize that that tree is haunted but the college management refuses to comment, fearing negative publicity. As a solution to the menace, they call a ghostbuster, Krishna Tripathi (Sanjay Dutt). On the other hand, the spirit assumes human form and bumps into Shantanu. She claims that her name is Mohabbat and attempts to begin an affair with Shantanu. Soon, Shantanu realizes her true identity and also the fact that his life is in danger and also that of his friends, that is, Ananya (Palak Tiwari), Sahil (Nick) and Nasir (Faisal Khan). What happens next forms the rest of the film.

The Bhootnii Movie Story Review: Sidhaant Sachdev’s story is ordinary but has the trappings of a fun entertainer. Vankush Arora and Sidhaant Sachdev’s screenplay is weak and unexciting. Vankush Arora and Sidhaant Sachdev’s dialogues fail to impress. Some dialogues are funny but they get repetitive, diluting its impact. Also, using surrogate names instead of real-life names of celebs is laughable (for the wrong reasons).

Sidhaant Sachdev’s direction is not upto the mark. The writing has issues but still, a skillful director would have taken care of the loose ends and come up with a fun-filled entertainer. Sadly, the director fails and how. Some scenes genuinely raise laughs. Also, the backstory of the ghost is promising. But again, the execution spoils the show. Moreover, for a film that is horror comedy, the goings-on are neither that funny nor scary. The way the love story of the ghostbusters is presented, moreover, is quite sudden.

The Bhootnii – Official Trailer | Sanjay Dutt, Mouni Roy, Sunny Singh

The Bhootnii Movie Review Performances: Sanjay Dutt plays his part with conviction. His character is quite cool and with better dialogues, it would have been very well received. Mouni Roy looks ravishing and is apt for the role. Sunny Singh and Palak Tiwari are just alright. Nick is strictly okay while Faisal Khan is superb. Others do well.

The Bhootnii movie music and other technical aspects: The music is poor and all songs – ‘Rang Laga’, ‘Mahakaal Mahakaali’, ‘Tararara’, ‘Nakhre’ and the title song – are forgettable. A film like this should have had a super hit song to grab eyeballs. Amar Mohile’s background score is appropriate.

Santosh Thundiyil’s cinematography is satisfactory. Dipankar Dasgupta and Sunayana Gopal Paradkar’s production design is drama-like. Anna Singh-Navin Shetty’s costumes for Sanjay Dutt and Priyanka Mundada’s costumes for the rest of the actors’ costumes are stylish while Redefine’s VFX is tacky. Real Satish’s action is appropriate. Bunty Nagi’s editing is functional.

The Bhootnii Movie Review Conclusion: On the whole, THE BHOOTNII is a poorly written and executed film. At the box office, it’ll get impacted by limited buzz and competition from RAID 2.

Sikandar Movie Review Synopsis: SIKANDAR is the story of a man with a heart of gold. Sanjay Rathod (Salman Khan) belongs to the royal family of Rajkot. He’s happily married to Saisri (Rashmika Mandanna). While flying to Rajkot from Mumbai, Sanjay beats up a man, Arjun (Prateik Babbar) for outraging the modesty of a woman (Neha Iyer). Arjun turns out to be the son of the Home Minister (Sathyaraj). The home minister seethes with rage and deploys a cop, Prakash (Kishore), to nab Sanjay and give him a hard time. Prakash’s attempts are futile as Sanjay is too popular in Rajkot thanks to his humanitarian efforts. Hence, arresting him is next to impossible. Meanwhile, Sanjay’s life takes a shocking turn, and he is compelled to move to Mumbai. As luck would have it, it is also the turf of the home minister, leading to madness and chaos. What happens next forms the rest of the film. 

Sikandar Movie Story Review: A. R. Murugadoss’ story (story discussion team: G Jagannathan, P Kinslin, N S Ponkumar) holds much promise. A. R. Murugadoss’ screenplay fails to do justice to this superb plot. Except for a few well-etched scenes, the rest of the script is full of loopholes and cinematic liberties. A R Murugadoss’ dialogues (additional dialogues by Rajat Aroraa, Abbas Dalal, Hussain Dalal) are substandard. A film like this needed to have many more hard-hitting and seeti-maar dialogues.

A R Murugadoss’ direction is shockingly disappointing, given his great body of work. He has tried his best to pepper the narrative with loads of crowd-pleasing action and dramatic scenes. There’s also an unexpected moment in the first 45 minutes which will astonish moviegoers. Also, what works the best is Salman Khan’s entry scene. It is terrific, and it’s not there just for the heck of it; it’s also a part of the story.

But after a great start, the film goes downhill. Except for the scene at the hospital and the scene at Vaidehi’s (Kajal Aggarwal) house, the rest of the scenes don’t leave the desired impact. The narrative also seems haphazard; it gives a feeling that several scenes have been chopped off, too badly. Certain developments don’t make sense. The scene where Arjun asks the cameraman to pan the camera on Sanjay defies logic. In another scene, the kid is sitting in the open without his shirt when he has just gotten his lung transplant done. The slum dwellers were poor but they were also benevolent and would not allow a sick child to roam around in such a manner, that too in a polluted environment. The film is replete with such sequences which will be panned by the audience. On top of it, the villain track is weak. A film like this ought to have many more confrontational scenes between the hero and the villain

Thunderbolts Movie Review Synopsis: THUNDERBOLTS is the story of a team of antiheroes. Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) works for Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and does her dirty work. She is depressed over the tragic death of her sister and feels quite lonely. Valentina is the director of the CIA and was formerly the head of the OXE Group. She is accused of several human rights violations while working on human trials. Valentina refutes all the allegations. Knowing that she can be in trouble, she asks Yelena to go to a secret vault in a hilly region of the USA and destroy the OXE servers so that she can’t be convicted. Yelena reaches the vault and realizes that it’s a trap as she is confronted by John Walker (Wyatt Russell) and Ava (Hannah John-Kamen). They were also sent to the vault for the same reason. Soon, they learn that Valentina wants to finish them all as their existence can also put Valentina in trouble. While trying to find ways to escape, they are also bewildered as they meet Bob (Lewis Pullman). He’s no mercenary and is wearing hospital clothes. Moreover, he has no memory of how he landed in the vault. However, he seems to have some extraordinary abilities. All four escape, with the intention of disappearing so that all-powerful Valentina can’t trace them. As luck would have it, they are compelled to be a team thanks to Bucky (Sebastian Stan). The team expands as Yelena’s father Alexei aka Red Guardian (David Harbour) also gets enlisted. What happens next forms the rest of the film.

Thunderbolts Movie Story Review: Eric Pearson’s story is exhilarating and different from the recent films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo’s screenplay is captivating although the writing slips in some places. The dialogues add to the fun and madness.

Jake Schreier’s direction is impressive. He executes the film in Marvel style but also gives the narrative a nice touch. The characters are well fleshed out and he also makes a comment on mental health. While doing so, he maintains a balance and ensures that the film doesn’t get too depressing. Meanwhile, the humour is present in abundance. The intro scene is decent and the real fun begins once the antiheroes realize they are sent to the vault to get killed. The manner in which they escape will raise a lot of laughs. The chase sequence at the highway is also hilarious and it ends on a clapworthy note. Post-interval, the madness goes high by many notches. The pre-climax is nail biting. The final scene, however, will lead to hoots and claps as it sets the base for the future films of the MCU. In fact, the ending is very exciting and the craze that it’ll generate will remind one of the good old days of MCU. And that’s not all. The lengthy post-credit scene further contributes to the film’s plusses.

On the flipside, the climax is not a typical one. It works but at the same time, it gets a bit lengthy and even dragging. There might be moments where you’ll think where the film is heading. The sudden tonal shift also makes the experience slightly underwhelming.

Thunderbolts Movie Review Performances: Florence Pugh plays the part of the lead actress with panache. The way she got her accent right is admirable. Her struggle with loneliness seems authentic; the scene where she breaks down in the second half is memorable. Julia Louis-Dreyfus delivers a fine performance without going over the top. Wyatt Russell is entertaining but Hannah John-Kamen doesn’t have much scope. Lewis Pullman has a crucial part and the way he gets into the skin of his character is seen to be believed. David Harbour is adorable while Sebastian Stan, as expected, is dependable. Wendell Pierce (Congressman Gary) and Geraldine Viswanathan (Mel) lend able support.

Thunderbolts movie music and other technical aspects: Son Lux’s background score has the trademark Marvel stamp all over. Andrew Droz Palermo’s cinematography does justice to the scale of the film. The action is not disturbing, except for a couple of shots, while the VFX is top-notch, especially in the scenes of The Void. Sanja Milkovic Hays’s costumes are stylish yet realistic. Grace Yun’s production design is grand. Angela Catanzaro and Harry Yoon’s editing is satisfactory in most parts of the film. A few scenes could have been slicker.

Thunderbolts Movie Review Conclusion: On the whole, THUNDERBOLTS successfully revives the former glory of the MCU, powered by strong performances, sharp humour, tense moments and a commendable focus on mental health. The film concludes on an exhilarating note, which will create a craze in cinemas, especially among die-hard fan.

Jewel Thief – The Heist Begins Movie Review Synopsis: JEWEL THIEF – THE HEIST BEGINS is the story of a perfect crime. Rehan Roy (Saif Ali Khan), an expert jewel thief, is in hiding in Budapest. He has purposely chosen the Hungarian capital as India can’t extradite him from there. Sadly, Rehan has to risk his life and return to India at the insistence of a dangerous goon-turned-businessman Rajan Aulakh (Jaideep Ahlawat). Rajan wants to steal the Red Sun, a diamond worth Rs. 500 crores. The Red Sun will be housed in a well-known museum, Fortcrest Art Centre, in Mumbai for a few days and Rehan is ordered to rob the diamond failing which there’ll be serious consequences. The museum is well equipped with the latest security. Breaking into the place and stealing the Red Sun will be next to impossible. Meanwhile, Vikram Patel (Kunal Kapoor) of STF is on Rehan’s trail. On top of it, Rehan is also in a spot for the sake of his family. What happens next forms the rest of the film.

Jewel Thief – The Heist Begins Movie Story Review: The story has too many cinematic liberties but has also its share of twists and turns (The opening credits shockingly don’t mention the name of the story writer). David Logan’s screenplay is engaging, especially in the second half. But the writer should have taken care of certain plot points. Sumit Arora’s dialogues are normal; a few one-liners raise laughs, especially the references to the original JEWEL THIEF [1967] and Saif’s royal lineage.

Kookie Gulati and Robbie Grewal’s direction is entertaining. They place this film in the zone of films like DHOOM, FAST & FURIOUS, etc. From the very start, they make it clear that this is one of those films where you have to place your brains aside. Once you do so, you’ll be in for a great ride. A few scenes are quite smart. The manner in which Rehan cons the officers, Gaurav Chaddha (Chirjyot Singh Kohli) and Shekhar (Vinay Sharma), sets the mood. The museum angle also keeps viewers invested. However, the makers reserve the best for the second half. The entire episode on the aircraft is novel and hence, would be loved by the audience.

On the flipside, the film gets a bit in the nonsense zone at times. A Prince of a country takes the risk of flying on a commercial flight because his private jet malfunctioned. It’s strange why his home country didn’t dispatch a spare private jet for him and the diamond’s safety. It is also laughable to see Vikram having zero idea about the change in plan, though he has been tracking the whole angle thoroughly. In fact, his character is the most predictable and cliched aspect of the plot. One knows that this cop will never win, no matter how hard he tries. That’s not all. The character is a man of his wishes; he can fly wherever he wants and he doesn’t seem to report to anybody. The aircraft sequence is interesting but adding the layer of the UK High Commission is a bit too much. It spoiled the otherwise engaging third act. Lastly, the antagonist gets defeated a bit too easily in the end.

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