Review of Bobby Jasoos

There is always a hope that if it is a Vidya Balan movie then it must be a great story and a brilliant performance from the actress, but unfortunately this can not be said totally about Vidya's last two movies. Same thing is true for "Bobby Jasoos" too. The basic concept of the movie is very refreshing to introduce a female detective but the execution of this concept is not so good.

This is a story of not so young girl Bilkeesh aka Bobby(Vidya Balan) who is the elder daughter of a conservative Muslim family from Moghalpura Hyderabad. She wants to be a big detective someday but her father is totally against her dreams and wants her to get married and be settled. During her struggle to be a successful detective on her own, one day suddenly Bobby gets her big break from a mysterious rich man Anees Khan (Kiran Kumar) who wants her to search some missing persons with some strange clues like their name and some birthmarks. Bobby gets a huge amount as her fee and she happily agrees to do the job. After searching two girls Bobby realizes that she should verify the background of her client as well as she should track down the motive of Anees Khan behind the search. During her investigations she took help from Tasawur (Ali Fazal) who is a TV anchor and her client cum friend who turns out to be her love interest too at the end. In the climax Bobby gets answer to all her queries as well as the audience too gets the answers of the mystery but unfortunately the answers are not convincing enough.

The main problem with the screenplay is it is confused whether it is just a story of the struggle of an independent girl to make her own name going against all the odds or it is a conventional suspense thriller. If it will be considered as a thriller then it must be said it lacks the required pace of a thriller as well as the when the secret unfolds it lacks the shock value too. The audiences will surely feel cheated with such a loosely developed secret revelation at the climax. The romantic track between Bobby and Tasawur is also half backed as result it add no extra value to the main story. 

As a director Samar Sheikh has taken a brave step to tell an unconventional story but his narrative style is inconsistent there are some tracks which are quite enjoyable like the light hearted scenes in the first half but over all the total impact of his story telling is not so good. But for this he is not totally responsible as the script itself has lots of loose points. But one credit should be given to the director that is his perfection for the detailing. The background and body language of the characters look perfect. Also the the total setup of Moghulpura is very much authentic.

Vidya Balan has done a superb job as the main lead. She has done lots of disguises which are the main highlight of the film and she has done justice to all her disguised characters whether it is a peon of a govt office or a roadside beggar or a churiwala or a  TV producer or an astrologer.Her makeup ,costumes and body language everything is good for the different roles. But only problem is she does not looks young anymore, even for a 30 year old girl she looks overweight and over aged.

In the supporting casts Ali Fazal has acted very nice in his limited scope. Kiran Kumar is good as the mysterious man Anees Khan. Rajendra Gupta is good as Bobby's Father. Supriya Pathak and Zareena Wahab have very small role but they have done their job perfectly.

In the technical department the person who has shined is the production designer Tariq Umar Khan. He has created the locations very authentically. The dialogues are also well written and has a beautiful touch of Hyderabadi language.

There is not enough scope for songs in the movie. The only song which goes well in the movie is the song "Jashn". Apart from that "Tu" is a very nicely composed song, but the song has not been used properly in the movie.

Overall "Bobby Jasoos" is a film made with good intention but has not been executed properly. Still it can be enjoyed in parts specially for Vidya Balan. You will like Bobby but not her Jasoosi.

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A quick update on the happenings in Bollywood in Quarter 2 of 2014

Quarter 2 of 2014 is over so its time to look back at the happenings of Q2 of 2014 in our Hindi film industry.

Business of Bollywood in April:

The month of April started with David Dhawan's comedy "Main Tera Hero" , which turns out to be a hit for his popular music and fantastic comic performance by the leading man Varun Dhwan. It registers more than 50 crore collections at the box office. This movie was followed by "Bhootnath Returns", which took a good start but later its collection does not picked up that much. Still it made an average collection. 
On the third week of April comes the first 100 crore grosser of the 2nd quarter of 2014 which was "2 States". It was based on the bestseller by Chetan Bhagat with the same name. The fresh pairing of Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, a solid performance by the supporting cast, an entertaining story, nice music and the holiday season of Good Friday all worked for the film togather and it enters in the 100 crore club. After that no big movies came in April as the IPL season started from the mid of April.

Business of Bollywood in May:

The influence of IPL continued for the most of the part of the month of May.So for the first few weeks only some small budget low profile movies got released which performed very poorly at the box office as per expectations. But for a change on the last week of May, a movie came which gave some expectations to the trade analysts. It was "Heropanti". This movie was the launch vehicle for two newcomers Tiger Shroff and Kirti Shanon. This movie had created a lot of pre-release hype because of the dare devil action sequences performed by Tiger Shroff. Also the music of the movie was popular before its release.When it released it performed beyond the expectations of anyone and becomes a super hit. For a fresh leading couple it was a big achievement to register more than 50 crore collection.

Business of Bollywood in June:

After a long phase of low profile movies during the IPL seasons, in the month of June it started raining of big budget movies from which box office can expect a lot. This h0liday season started with Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha starrer "Holiday-A Soldier Is Never Off Duty". It performs very well at the box office and make it to the 100 crore club. In fact this is the highest grossing movie of 2014 so far with the collection of 112 crores approx. After that the movie which earned good money was Sajid Khan directed "Humshakals" though the critics had no expectations from it but the trade analysts had. Although it made a collection of around 60 crores but considering its budget it was a not a profitable collection. Then the quarter end closed with another 100 crore movie. This time it was "Ek Villain". With this movie the leading actors Siddharth Malhotra and Shraddha Kapoor made their debut in the 100 crore club at the same time it was the first for director Mohit Suri and production house Balaji Films too. The extensive marketing and the hit music were the major USP of this film.

So overall it shows Q2 was better than Q1 as per the box office collections. Q2 has three 100 crore films and 2 more hits which made more than 50 crore.

Top Performances of Q2 2014
Actors-

• Varun Dhawan - Main Tera Hero
• Amitabh Bachhan  - Bhootnath Returns
• Parth Bhalerao - Bhootnath Returns
• Boman Irani - Bhootnath Returns
• Rajkumar Rao  - Citylights
• Akshay Kumar - Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
• Sharib Hashmi - Filmistaan
• Siddarth Malhotra - Ek Villain

Actresses-

• Alia Bhatt - 2 States
• Amrita Singh - 2 States
• Revathy - 2 States

Top Songs of Q2 2014

• Palat/ Besharmi Ki Height - Main Tera Hero
• Party To Banti Hai - Bhootnath Returns
• Offo / Locha E Ulfat / Mast Magan - 2 States 
• Whistle Baja / Rabba - Heropanti
• Tu Hi To hai / Shairaana  - Holiday- A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
• Caller Tune / Piya Ke Bazaar Me - Humshakals
• Galiyaan / Banjaara / Zaroorat - Ek Villain

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Review of Ek Villain

From last one decade director Mohit Suri is making movies adapted from foreign films without giving any credit to them.The only change he does is to add some Indian sentiments and some melodious songs. With "Ek Villain" he has done the same thing. This time the movie which has been taken as inspiration is a Korean film "I Saw The Devil".

This is a movie about two lovers one become a good person from a villain for his lady love another becomes a villain from a good guy for his wife. So there are two parallel tracks one involving Guru (Siddharth Malhotra) and Aisha (Shraddha Kapoor) and another one is about Rakesh (Riteish Deshmukh) and his wife Sulochana(Aamna Sharif).

Guru is a local goon who used to work for a local mafia Ceaser (Remo Fernandes). One day Guru meets Aisha and his life is changed as he falls in love with Aisha. They marry each other and decide to take a fresh start in their life but destiny has some other plans.

On the other hand Rakesh is a frustrated MTNL employee who has a nagging wife at home unsatisfied boss at office. Although his wife's behavior is very bad towards him he loves her very much and wants to prove himself as a hero to her wife.

With one murder both this stories crossed each other. What happens after that is rest of the story.

Basically this is meant to be the story of a serial murderer who kills innocent ladies but there is a solid dose of romance too as the flashback story of Guru and Aisha. If we watch carefully to director Mohit Suri's last two works one was "Murder 2" a psychological thriller and "Ashiqui 2" a musical love story and it seems this time the production house has forced him to mix his both hit formulas together. But unfortunately neither it is as exciting as "Murder 2" as a thriller nor emotional and touchy as a musical love story as "Ashiqui 2".

The main problem is with the script. The romantic track has been added with main story but it has been progressed in a very much cliched approach where a tough guy falls in for a talkative sweet girl and fulfills all her wishes. For the thriller part the main missing thing is a solid reason behind the serial killings. the reason which has been shown in the script is very much unrealistic.
the films narrative style has also some problems in spite of being a thriller it reveals the murderer in just 20-25 minutes of the film. Then a promising point comes that now the main focus will be how the hero traces the killer but surprisingly that is also done even before the interval so basically nothing is left for the post-interval portion. Even in the climax the final confrontation between the hero and the anti-hero is finished in such way which becomes unintentionally funny.

As a director Mohit Suri has done far better jobs for Bhatt camp, it seems he was not at his ease with his first venture outside Bhatt camp.His story telling style is not up to the mark. Every time there is a dilemma whether it is a romantic story or a thriller. He has experimented in casting too by selecting actors for the roles exactly opposite to their image though the casting is good for the leading cast but the same can not be said for the supporting cast members.

As the leading man Siddharth Malhotra has done a fantastic job. This is the first time he has done action role and he has done that very well. Be it the intense emotional scenes or the action scenes his performance is commendable.He is one actor who is growing as a performer with each of his movies.

Riteish Deshmukh has taken a big challenge to do something exactly opposite from his screen image and he succeed up to a point. He is good in negative character but his expressions are very cliched sometime which could have been improved. Specially in some scenes in the beginning he doesn't look much efficient but as the story progresses his control over the character also keeps getting strong.

There are lots of hope from Shraddha Kapoor after "Ashiqui 2" but she is disappointing here. Though she has acted fair but her character graph is bad that she fails to impress the audiences.She looked pretty but her dialogues which consist too much gyaan does not go well with her image.
Aamna Sharif has done good job in the small role of Riteish Deshmukh's wife. Kamal R Khan's acting and his character in this movie is just like his real life personality disgusting. Remo Fernandese is a miscast as the underworld don. Shaad Randhawa tries to hard to act and look like a tough cop but his character has no scope neither he has any promising abilities.
There is an unwanted item song too which features Prachi Desai and no matter how the song interrupted the story but Prachi Desai has given appropriate expressions for the song.

Among the technical team the only man who shines is the cinematographer Vishnu Rao. He has shot the under water sequences as well as the action sequences very well. The rest of the technical team is just okay.

The music is main highlight of the film. All the music composers Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari and Soch band should be given credit for the soulful songs.Also the director himself should credit for choosing such melodious songs and using them perfectly with the story. The main hit songs are ofcourse "Galiyaan" and "Banjaare" but the rest of the songs "Zaroorat" and "Humdard" are also good. Only the item song "Awaari" featuring Prachi Desai seems forced into the screenplay.

Overall it is not a soulful love story that will touch your heart neither it is a pacy thriller it is in between of these two. The only saving grace is the melodious songs and some fine acting by the two leading man. Don't go for this with high expectation just give it a try as a one time watch.

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Review of Bengali film Chaar

After showcasing three short stories together in a one film in "Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy" director Sandip Ray and Production house Shree Venkatesh Films are back with another combination of short stories but this time neither the stories are interconnected by any story teller nor they have anything common. 

There are lots of short stories in Bengali literature while choosing only four from them is very difficult job so Sandip Ray has to do a tough job to select four stories considering the fact which story can be told in cinematic way within a limited time. A perfect short story should have characters who can make place in the audiences heart within a limited time and the story should have an impact on the audiences mind  but Sandip Ray has failed to choose such perfect short stories. Apart from the first story "Batashwarer Abadan" all other stories have some problems.

Coming to the stories one by one, "Batashwarer Abodan" is a very nice story written by Parashuram. Its a story about an author and the impact of the fictional characters created by the author on the readers. The story has been presented very well without taking much time all the characters have been developed  smartly. 

The second one is "Dui Bandhu" written by Satyajit Ray. It is a story of two friends who meet each other after 25 years. Though the concept is very nice and the twist at the end is good but the idea that two friends can not communicate with teach other in 25 years looks unconvincing in today's world. When the story was written it might sound justified but for present time some additional changes were required in the screenplay to show some valid reason for the two friends separation for 25 years.

The third story is "Kagtarua" again written by Satyajit Ray. The story is of just one line and there are only two leading characters still the story has

been stretched unnecessarily just to give it almost equal screen time which was not required at all. Considering the supernatural elements of the story, it would have been better fit in "Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy".

The last story is "Pareekhha" written by Sharadindu Bandopadhyay. It is romantic story revolving around a couple who are about to get married.The story has no content at all , it looks like just a formal meeting of two people who are about to get married. Maybe the story was interesting on papers but it adds nothing on screen. The only saving grace of the story is the recreation of black and white era. Though considering that all other stories have been transformed to today's time its an unknown fact why only this story's period has not been changed.Probably the filmmakers were aware that it is the weakest story among the all so they have given it a better visual treatment to make it look better.

As a director Sandip Ray is just okay. He should have been careful about selecting stories as well as some actors too. Though he should be given credit for developing his characters very well in the short time span in the first three stories.

Among the actors Paran Bandopadhyay is too good as the author Bateshwar in the first story. Saswata Chatterjee is the only actor who has acted in two stories and in both the stories he is brilliant. Specially in the third story "Kagtarua", his expressions are very real as the scared person. Piyush Ganguly is a very talented actor and he has proved it once again in the second story "Dui Bandhu". Abir Chatterjee looks handsome as the hero of black and

white era in the last story "Pareekhha", his acting is good too. Rajatava Dutta has very little

role but his character has a surprise element but it needs to be said he is totally a miscast in the role. He does not look good enough physically to portray the character. Among the ladies Sreelekha Mitra is absolutely brilliant as the over the top loud actress in the story "Bateshwarer Abadan". Sudeepta Chakraborty has provided good support as Piyush Ganguli's wife in the story "Dui Bandhu". It is Koyel who has got the best role among the actresses in the story "Pareekhha" but she failed to deliver. She looks good with the periodic look of black and white era but her acting needs much improvement. It looks that she is doing the same loud acting what she does in her commercial entertainers. Actually she is a miscast in this role but when she is the wife of the co-producer what can be said.

Among the technical team , the man who should get credit first is Sirsha Ray who has done very good job with his camera in all four stories. He has given a different look and feel to each story and his work in the last one to recreate the black and white era is superb. The production design and sound design is good too. The editing is good in the first two stories but in the last two stories it could have been better. Specially the third story "Kagtarua" could have been edited more tightly.There are no songs in the movie but the background score has been used quite well.

Overall "Chaar" is a movie where the stories are not too good to win your heart but there are a bunch of good actors who have done good job. So you can give it a try  to get a chance to witness some good acting.

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Review of Bengali Film Ramdhanu

"Ramdhanu" is a simply told story with simple characters with whom we can identify. The director duo Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee have bring another interesting and unique subject of our day to day life which is admission of a kid in a good school.

The story is an adaptation of Suchitra Bhattacharya's novel "Ramdhanu Rang". It traces the emotions of parents who are trying to get their child admitted to the best possible school. How much pressure they have to go through for their children. Laltu Datta (Shiboprasad Mukherjee) and Mitali Datta (Gargi Roychowdhury) have played a middle class couple who wants to admit their child Gogol (Akashneel Mitra) to a well reputed English medium school. For this they are ready to take help from anyone from political leaders to police officer to the uniform supplier of the school to the fourth grade staff of the school. They are even ready to pay bribe if required. When all these do not work they take up the challenge to groom themselves by joining a parent grooming course for parents to clear the admission interview for the parents in the schools. Finally they understand that more focus should be given on better education than better school.

The story idea is truly unconventional though it is a very familiar aspect of our regular life but no filmmaker has thought it as film subject so far.So the credit should be given to the director duo for choosing such an unconventional story idea. 
And the acreenplay written by Shiboprasad himself brings life to the story. The moments and characters are very real and the audiences can identify with them. There is a solid dose of light hearted laghter scenes at the same time there is some emotional quotient too. For example the when Laltu Datta gives speech on evening library during the interview is hilarious. Similarly some other scenes involving Laltu's preparation for the interview is quite funny too or the scene where he sends someone else as his kid's father to give the interview. There are two sub plots too one involving Mitalli's foreigner sister in law and another involving Laltu and Mitalli's neighbors an old age lonely couple. These two subplots works very well in favor of the story line to support the importance of better education in any medium compared to better school and English medium.

The only problem with story is that fun and interesting elements are lesser in the second half. The whole plot involving the parent grooming course is new concept but it could have been done in a better way. There was no need to bring parents from each corner of India that too in a very cliched format. Also towards the end the drama goes little over the top which does not go well with the light hearted spirit of rest of the story.

The director duo Shiboprasad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy have done a brilliant job. From choosing a newer concept to make it look and feel like believable, all credit should be given to them. Without becoming too much loud they have succeeded to give the message too without compromising with the entertainment value.

As the leading man Shiboprasad Mukherjee is just too good as medicine shopkeeper Laltu Datta. By his brilliant acting , dialogue delivery and body language he has looked every bit of Laltu Datta perfectly. He has portrayed the under confident but lovable father very well. Watch him in the scenes where he is getting ready for the interview or when he gives an ex-tempo on evening library. He is just too good with his mannerism that he looked like Laltu Datta on screen.

Gargi Roychowdhury is another surprise of this movie. She has played the character Mitalli Datta with perfection. She is never too loud rather she has underplayed her character very well without saying much dialogues.

Lots of thing had been said as Rachana Banerjee's comeback in this movie, but unfortunately she is not much there in the film. Her role starts in second half only and in every scenes she is crowded with almost a dozen of junior artistes who has played the parents in her grooming center. So she does not get enough scope to do anything, whatever chance she has got she is just okay in that.

Among the supporting cast the child actor Akashneel Mitra is very cute and adorable and he has done a very good job. Kharaj Mukherjee is brilliant as the school uniform supplier Mr. Singhania. He has little screen time but he is such a fine actor for him it does not matters how lengthy is his role he can bring our attention in every scene.

Among the technical team it can be said that the production design by Amit Chatterjee is very good and realistic. Same can be said for the costumes by Ruma Sengupta and make up artistes. The cinematographyby Shirsha Ray is good. The dialogues penned by the director duo is very nice and funny. There is no scope for songs and it is good that unnecessary songs have not been forced. Most of the songs comes in background and it goes well with the narration.

Overall "Ramdhanu" is film that will caught your attention from the first scene and you will never get bored. You can enjoy it with your family as well as friends, no matter what is your age you will be feel attached with the subject and characters.

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Review of Filmistaan

Filmistaan is a movie which celebrates the power of Bollywood, the impact of the 100 year old industry on our day to day life. It shows how the charisma of Bollywood movies can connect the people of two rival countries Hindustan and Pakistan.

The story starts with Sunny Arora (Sharib Hashmi) ,a true Bollywood buff and an aspiring actor who keeps getting rejected at every audition. One day he got a chance to assist an american film crew for a documentary shoot in Rajasthan. But from there he got kidnapped by a group of terrorists as they mistook him as an american film crew member. After realizing their fault the terrorists kept him as a hostage in the house of a villager in Pakistan. While staying in Pakistan as a hostage , gradually Sunny came to know how the common people in Pakistan are attached with Indian Hindi movies. Here he met Aftab (Inamulhaque), a pirated DVD supplier and the owner of the house where Sunny has been kept by the terrorists. Aftab is also die hard Hindi movie fan.
The common attachment for Bollywood helps Sunny and Aftab to be connected in spite of being from two rival countries. Finally what happened with Sunny and did he succeed to escape from Pakistan forms the rest of the story.

The story have a new concept of showing the relationship between India and Pakistan from Bollywood's point of view through the eyes of a Bollywood buff. And this new story has been scripted very well too by the story writer and director Nitin Kakkar. He has put the comic elements very well. Even in the serious situations there is some comic relief. For example the scene where Sunny directs his ransom video himself or the scene where Sunny dubs for the dialogues of "Maine Pyaar Kiyaa" or the auditions for Pakistani remake of "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge".
Apart from the lighter moments there is beautiful touch of emotion too. The bromance between Aftab and Sunny has been developed very well. The scene between the two where Sunny accepts that he is not a good actor is very touchy. In another scene where Sunny talks about his grandfather with the Hakim is also very much emotional.
The only problem with the screenplay is the climax which has been dragged a bit much and also looks incomplete.

The dialogues written by the leading man Sharib Hasmhi are very effective and funny and it goes very well with the story line.

As a debutante director Nitin Kakkar's work is very much promising. The way he has chosen an unconventional subject as his debut venture is commendable. He has taken a bunch of talented actors who are not popular faces but goes very well with the characters. Apart from that while recreating the setup in Pakistan the director's eye for every minute detailing can not be ignored.

Sharib hashmi has done a bit roles in some movies earlier but as a leading man it is his first outing and he is superb. He is funny while doing the mimicries of renowned actors on the same time he can bring tears to your eyes in his emotional scenes. Just watch him in the scene where he is talking about his grand father with a Hakim, his expressions are absolutely brilliant.
The other actor who shines through his character is Inamulhaque as Aftab. His body language to dialogue delivery everything looks perfect which looks like he actually belongs to Pakistan. 
Together the two men has shown a brilliant chemistry.

Apart from these two leading actors the other actors who have done good jobs are Kumud Mishra and Gopal Datt as the terrorists Mahmood and Jawaad.

The technical team has done a brilliant job.The production design by Urvi Ashar and Shipra Rawal is very authentic and it helps to recreate the village of Pakistan. The costumes and make up is also very much convincing. The cinematography by Subhrangshu Das is good. The editing by Sachindra Vats is good but there is some scope for improvement.

The music has not much scope here as it is not a conventional romantic story, most of the songs have been used in background and it is just okay.The songs are not popular and neither leaves with you after coming out of theater.

Overall it is truly a different kind if cinema. It is a tribute to the whole Bollywood industry which has entertained us for more than 100 years. Every Bollywood lover will be able to identify with the two leading men. So if you are a fan of Bollywood then go and watch it and pay your tribute to Filmistaan - Jai ho Cinema Ki.

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Review of Holiday- A Soldier Is Never Off Duty

Holiday is action thriller where the story may not be always logical but it will keep you entertaining if you are a fan of hardcore commercial Bollywood movies. It has all the ingredients Action,Emotion,Drama,Romance,Comedy,Song and Dance everything you need in a masala movie.

It is the story of a soldier from Indian Army , Virat Bakshi (Akshay Kumar) who has came to Mumbai to meet his family members on a month long holiday. Soon he gets introduced to a girl Sahibaa(Sonakshi Sinha) for marriage. Just when Virat is enjoying his holiday and new found ladylove he suddenly gets some trace of some terrorist activities by a group of sleeper cells. As the tagline promises a soldier is never off duty so in spite of being on holiday Virat starts investigations on his own with the help of his Sub inspector friend Mukund (Sumeet Raghavan) and soon he founds that there is someone who is operating the sleeper cells. Then starts the mind game between Virat and the Sleeper Cell head (Farhad Daaruwala) to trap each other. Finally how Virat saves India and Indian people from the terror attacks forms the climax of the movie.

The story has lots of loopholes which continuously tries to prove its leading man as an over intelligent army officer. But in spite of that the screenplay has been written so well by the director himself that it keeps the audiences interest level intact. The mind game between the hero and the villan is very engaging and full of surprising twists. The only problem is the length which could have been reduced by cutting at least one or two songs which pop ups from anywhere anytime. The romantic track between Virat and Sahibaa looks forced as it acts as a roadblock to the main subject.The dialogues have punchlines for the hero but for rest of the characters it is just functional.

As a director A.R.Murugadoss has done justice with his concept. He has not made any unnecessary change to his original south indian movie "Thupakki" but still the movie looks convincing as a standalone Hindi movie. He has shown confidence once again in his second Hindi film after "Ghajini". But unlike "Ghajini" this time the romantic angle has not been blended well with the action.

There is no doubt that Akshay Kumar is the main highlight of this action thriller. Akshay Kumar looks good and perfectly fit for the role of a soldier. His stunts are too good and shows his martial art skills very well. He has shown his comic timing too in the lighter moments. He has brilliantly portrayed a street smart intelligence officer. 

Just like her other movies Sonakshi Sinha has nothing much to do in this movie too. The only change here is her costumes , this time she has tried to shed her desi girl image by wearing some western outfits. Other than that she is just same with her any other character. She looks good, dances well and her chemistry with her leading man is good.

Among the rest of the cast , Farhad Daruwaala has made a good debut as the main villain , the head of the sleeper cells. He has fit body and good intense look only he need to improve his dialogue delivery. He has good scope in action movies.
Sumeet Raghavan the comic actor from television, has done a good job as Virat's friend Mukund. His comic timing is good.



Among the technical team two fields should be given full credit.First one is the actions which has been designed by Greg Powell and Anl Arasu. There is no doubt that the action sequences are the big USP of the movie.Another technical department which is outstanding is cinematography by N Nataraja Subramanium. He has captured the chase sequences and action sequences very well. The rest of the technical team is just okay.

The music is by Pritam and there are two hit songs "Tu Hi To Hai" and "Shairaana" but the songs have been forced into the story line so it adds nothing extra to the movie, rather sometime it looks boring. The climax song "Ashq Na Ho" has some good lyrics by Irshad Kamil and it adds emotional value for the family audiences.

On a whole Holiday is a good entertaining film. If you are an Akshay Kumar fan or you like action thrillers then you must watch this. Rest of the people can give it a try it is much better than Akshay Kumar's last few films. But if you want a logical story then it is not for you.

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