Dum Maro Dum

Dum maro dum is the third movie directed by Mr. Rohan Sippy, who makes movies only with Abhishek Bachchan. First a love story (Kuch na Kaho) then a Con story (Bluffmaster) and the latest one is an out and out crime thriller, dealing with the drug mafia(s) of Goa.

The movie starts with Lorry (Prateik Babbar) who needs money to pursue his education abroad, where his girlfriend had already got admission. One of his friend named Ricky offers him the required sum if he agrees to become a drug courier and deliver the drugs in USA.

The other angle of the story deals with ACP Vishnu Kamat (Jr. Bachchan) a cop with a death wish who has been entrusted with the duty to clean sweep the roads of Goa from drugs.

And the third angle of the story deals with a singer cum musician Joki (Rana Dugabali), who is a friend of Lorry and wants to save him from the claws of the drug business as he has previously lost his love (Bipasha Basu) due to this trap to the drug king of Goa (Aditya Pancholi).

The story is very interestingly woven out, as all the three angles of the story meet at the airport where Lorry is about to fly with drugs to USA.

The most impressive part of this movie is its story no doubt, the writes have done a lot of hard work to write the story as well as the screen play. The first half of the movie is fast pased and interesting, with all the other drama aside a major question that keeps on repeating is the identity of "Michael Barbosa" a character on the lines of "Keyser Soze" from the cult classic movie "The Usual Suspects" even the audience keep on guessing about his identity, but it is my bet that you wont be able to guess correctly till climax . The second half drags for some time, but the movie gets to a steady pace after some time. The movie contains a lot of drama, a few pappy numbers, a few unwanted songs and reasonably good performance from overall cast.

The beauty of any script lies in not leaving any loop holes in the story, and Dum Maro Dum scores here, about all the angles of the story are revealed and with proper reasoning as well. The camera work is very good, especially the sequence where Abhishek Bachchan raids for the very first time.

Overall a decent outing for a thriller fan, a recommendation to watch with a parental guidance for mild violence and some rough language.

Rating ***1/2.

Devil (2010)

The basic purpose of a movie is to tell a story, this is where a lot of film makers make the mistake, they keep every thing in the movie except the story. How ever with introduction of small budgeted movies, this problem has been tackled to a large extent. Devil is a shining example of a well made movie, with a basic concept, good production value and a considerably low budget as compared to other Hollywood films.

The first thing that strikes you about the movie is, that there are no famous names in the title sequence, except Mr. Manoj N Shyamalan who is the producer of the movie, may be his recent big budgeted flops have forced him to enter the world of small budget movies.

Coming back to the basic concept of the movie, it is about 5 people who have been stuck inside a lift of a building, and one by one they start getting killed, on of the security man, who is watching the action through a CCTV camera is confident that this is the work of devil, and he is one among these 5 people. A police officer who is trying to resolve the situation dose not believes it initially but than finds on other explanation, the question is not only that who among them is the devil but also what is his motive.

The movie is virtually shot inside a lift, with some action taking place into the building where the lift is hanging, the movie may even influence upcoming film makers who dose not have heavy budgets to support them. The movie is a good watch for thriller/horror fans, with captivating story telling and a good climax, which is such a rare commodity now a days.

Rating ***.

Little Manhattan

What happens when a 10 year old boy falls for a beautiful 11 year old girl. The discovery of love, hate, confusion, dilemma,  jealousy, fights, romance and all of stuff that is possible in any other love story, with only one exception, i.e. this story has innocence as well.

Meet Gabe, a 10 year old boy how believed that he despise girls because all boys are supposed to, till he meets 11 year old Rosemary, a beautiful and nice girl, with a perfect family. Gabe who's own parents are on a verge of divorce is not very comfortable with the idea of love, and he is happy with his present life, but there is a problem, he has fallen in love with the third most beautiful girl of the class.

The story is told in narrative of the boy himself, and all the emotions he goes through during his adventure with love. The movie is sweet and watchable when you need to relax and laugh a little.

Recommended for a holiday when you don't have any other worth thing to do.

Rating **1/2