VOOT by Viacom18

Recently Viacom18 trying to enter into digital world has launched an App called "VOOT".

VOOT a digital venture by Viacom18 is a library of all the shows and movies that Viacom18 has produced and that Viacom18 will produce in near future.

Some features about the app: 

·         Will be available on iOS, Android and web on 29^th March, 2016

·         Lines up the biggest repository of kids’ characters in India – from Dora to Motu Patlu to Chhota Bheem.

·         Viacom18 consolidates 17000 hours of network content into VOOT

·         Gulshan Grover, Baba Sehgal, Alok Nath and a host of celebs will frontline VOOT Originals

According to me the most interesting thing about this app are the ORIGINALS.

SOADIES

CAST: Baba Sehgal, Anju Mahedndru, Daljit Singh, Ishita Dutta

Production House: Frames Productions

Director: Hitesh Bhatia

 

SYNOPSIS: Soadies is a family in Delhi who’s been so passionate about the Roadies lifestyle that they’ve forgotten any other way to exist. Every family member is rude to the other for no apparent reason. No one respects the other, they worship their bikes & the only way they get work done is by converting everything into a ‘task’. Years ago, Banto Soadie had passed away during an eventful Roadies audition, leaving his wife Santo with the insurmountable task of finding a Roadie in the family... and so began the crazy, mad, unnerving saga of the four Soadies and their trysts with life; with their son, Ballu becoming an angst filled rapper and Ballu’s son, in turn, becoming the epitome of uselessness. Will Santo ever be able to complete the task her husband had set for her? Or will her granddaughter, Dolly, get her way and fix her family's obsession with the reality show? Watch their hilarious story and find out what's vooting.

CHINESE BHASAD

CAST: Chander Khanna, Naveen Polishetty, Monsoon Baruah, Madhuri Sanjeev, Ratan Singh Rathore, Yashpal Sharma, Jameel Khan, Sunil Thapa,

Production House: Parin Multimedia

Director: Saurabh Tiwari

SYNOPSIS: 2016 – Major Badrinath Tripathi hates everything that has the tag - Made in China! 56 years after the Indo-China war, the memory of how his 2 minutes visit to the loo cost him his entire squadron, still haunts him. When his grandson returns to India with his Chinese girlfriend whom he wants to wed, what ensues is an epic Chinese Bhasad!

Chinese Bhasad is a story of this union and the intricacies of the 4 days of the wedding. From the Chinese custom of worshipping their auspicious pig, to the pandit family wanting to exert their customs on the visiting Chinese family, each ceremony is the unravelling a new Bhasad. The sharp contrast of the two proud cultures, the intense aggression of the esteemed Lucknowi family, the short fuse of the Chinese folk... There's no other way of putting it except - Bhasad Mach jaati hai!

BADMAN

Cast: Gulshan Grover, Chanky Pandey, Vishal Malhotra, Anubhav Pal, Himani Shivpuri, Gopal Dutt, Shakshi Pradhan

Production House: Lime Production Jar Pictures

Director: Rajeev Laxman

SYNOPSIS: A mad, comic caper where the legendary Bad Man Gulshan Grover relaunches himself in the film industry, but this time as a hero! With celebrity cameos, hilarious delusional situations with the ‘young hero’ Gulshan Grover, Bad Man explores the dark yet funny side of Bollywood. A first in the history of Indian cinema, Bad Man is a mockumentary of epic proportions.

SINSKAARI

Cast: Alok Nath

Production House: Monozygotic Films

Director: Rajeev Laxman

SYNOPSIS: Finally India has a show where Sin meets Sanskaar. In every episode, our very own Babuji - Alok Nath, will interview celebrities on their sins n sinful side! Babuji (or affectionately called BJ) quizzes his guests about their fantasies, role-play and all things sexy! Alok Nath plays India’s first reluctant host in this steamy chat show. Scandalized?? Well, you have our host for company!

Angry Indian Goddesses

Plot

Covering all the problems faced by today’s women. The film shows characters facing the problem an Indian Women has to deal with. 

Cast

·         Sarah-Jane Dias as Frieda Da Silva

·         Tannishtha Chatterjee as Nargis Nasreen

·         Anushka Manchanda as 'Mad' Madhurita

·         Sandhya Mridul as 'Su' Suranjana

·         Amrit Maghera as 'Jo' Joanna

·         Rajshri Deshpande as Lakshmi

Acting

Performances by all the actors here were brilliant. I have only one complaint and that is about the overlapping of dialogues. To make the scenes more realistic the actors resorted into overlapping each other’s lines but I think that backfired because the audience is not used to it and was finding it to difficult to understand.

Direction

Nothing to boast about the direction was pretty much mediocre. The same as mentioned earlier the overlapping of dialogues was a bit irritating.

Dialogues

Not many great lines written in this movie. The dialogues didn’t have much to do with the character built up of each actor.

Editing

Not a single scene in this movie was worth editing out.

Story

The movie covers all the problems and issues faced by a women in todays INDIA.

These problems are spread across 6 characters. However the only problem with the story is all these problems are already known by the audience today ,what people need id solutions. The script doesn’t provide a single solution instead just cribs about the issues.

Overall

A better feminist movie is needed in the society today. This not the one which portrays the solutions to any issue. Plus the poor direction.

Verdict

My rating is 2/5.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice #NoSpoilers

Plot

Fearing the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the man of steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs. With Batman and Superman fighting each other, a new threat, Doomsday, is created by Lex Luthor. It's up to Superman and Batman to set aside their differences along with Wonder Woman to stop Lex Luthor and Doomsday from destroying Metropolis.

Cast

·         Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne / Batman ·         Henry Cavill as Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman ·         Amy Adams as Lois Lane ·         Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor ·         Diane Lane as Martha Kent ·         Laurence Fishburne as Perry White ·         Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth ·         Holly Hunter as June Finch ·         Gal Gadot as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman

Acting

Ben Affleck plays his part with a great beauty. Comparing him with is Christian Bale, Affleck was equally good. Henry Cavill also played his part pretty much as expected. The other supporting actors have also done a good job. No complaints in any performances here.

Direction

It was a typical Zack Snyder direction. One cannot go wrong if he is a Snyder. The cinematography is commendable here.

Full Marks in Direction.

Dialogues

Not many great lines written in this movie. The dialogues didn’t have much to do with the character built up of each actor. The only memorable and iconic line was the one they have played it in the trailers. “Do you bleed…. You will”.

 Screenplay

Screenplay and GFX had to be good. It’s a D.C. movie after all. Nothing to boast about because it is pretty much expected.

Editing

Editing could have been better. I felt they dragged the end post climax a bit too long.

Story

I am greatly disappointed with the story line created here. The story makes the first half of the movie slow and the graph of the doesn’t rise until the second half. Not a single WOW moment in the first half. I was pretty much disappointed as I didn’t get what was expected and the story line didn’t live up to the hype created .

Overall

Go watch this movie only if you are a D.C. fan

Verdict

My rating is 3/5.

Kapoor & Sons

Plot
A story revolving around a dysfunctional family of two brothers who visit their parents and grandfather in Coonoor, and end up falling for the same woman.

Cast
Rishi Kapoor as Amarjeet Kapoor (Dadu)
Rajat Kapoor as Harsh Kapoor
Ratna Pathak as Sunita Kapoor
Fawad Khan as Rahul Kapoor
Sidharth Malhotra as Arjun Kapoor
Alia Bhatt as Tia Malik
Sukant Goel as Wasim
Amarjeet as plumber
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Acting
Rishi Kapoor was exceptionally good at playing an old man's part in the film.Ratna Pathak being a stage actor was without a doubt extraordinary . Alia Bhatt and Fawad khan were pretty good too. However Siddharth Malhotra was mediocre as always. I think he has done enough films where he hates his so called "BRO". Three time still no charm.

Dialogues
Performances wouldn't have been so great without the upheld and sophisticated writing. Though there are some clichés in the movie . Overall its a job done well,

Story
The story revolves around a family of kapoors.. The oldest one is in the  last stages of his life.And he wants a picture of his complete family as his eternal and last wish. The entire family reunites for the picture which brings all their internal problem to surface.

Overall
Its a nice and meaningful film with a lot of deprh adding greater to the dimensions of the film. I recommend watching it only if you are into emotional movies.

Verdicts
I rate it 3/5.

Hitler : The Rise of Evil

Plot

A unique slant, profiling the life of Adolf Hitler as a child and his rise through the ranks of the National German Workers' Party prior to World War II.

Cast

·         Robert Carlyle as Adolf Hitler ·         Stockard Channing as Klara Hitler ·         Jena Malone as Geli Raubal ·         Julianna Margulies as Helene Hanfstaengl ·         Matthew Modine as Fritz Gerlich ·         Liev Schreiber as Ernst Hanfstaengl ·         Peter Stormare as Ernst Röhm ·         Friedrich von Thun as Erich Ludendorff ·         Peter O'Toole as Paul von Hindenburg ·         Zoe Telford as Eva Braun ·         Terence Harvey as Gustav von Kahr ·         Justin Salinger as Dr. Joseph Goebbels ·         Chris Larkin as Hermann Göring ·         James Babson as Rudolf Hess ·         Patricia Netzer as Sophie Gerlich ·         Harvey Friedman as Friedrich Hollaender ·         Nicole Marischka as Blandine Ebinger ·         Julie-Ann Hassett as Angela Hitler ·         Thomas Sangster as Hitler (age 10) ·         Simon Sullivan as Hitler (age 17) ·         Robert Glenister as Anton Drexler ·         Brendan Hughes as Hugo Gutmann ·         Ian Hogg as Alois Hitler

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Acting

No part in the entire movie will you feel bored. The actors grip you by their side for entire 2hrs 40mins and you wish the film should never end.

Robert Carlyle does an impressive job. You hate him for obvious reasons but I don’t know why there are certain moments where you start understanding his point of view(though it might be wrong and outrageous).

All other supporting characters were played very well and is commendable.

Direction

The director was able to recreate the era of WW1 ad WW2 successfully. I don’t he did it on purpose or not but most of the scenes here are shot in the style of movies of 1960s.

Dialogues

Writing is the real king of the plot. The hate speeches leaves a great impact on the minds of the audience.

Story

The tory is more like an autobiography of Hitler Right from his childhood, till the year he comes in full power, is the entire story here. Not many of us know how did Hitler actually rise to such power that he became the world’s cruellest yet the most famous dictator of all time

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Overall

I highly recommended this one for history fanatics but if you don’t usually watch movies which are too metaphoric and deep rooted in their own self, this is not the one you should watch.

  

Verdict

My rating is 4.5/5.