I had a lot of time to myself before I joined AICAR Business School for a PGDBM course and I ‘utilised’ this time by watching a lot of movies, a lot of good movies. Hmmm, ok let’s just say it was a mixed bag. And that helped. Helped me to separate the goodies from the trash. This experience really opened my eyes as far as movies are concerned. The ‘turning point’ I would say was ‘Brokeback Mountain’. Had read a lot about it in the papers and on movie websites. It didn’t interest me. I went for it nevertheless, wondering why was it being discussed so much. Am glad that I saw it…Good script, good acting and great direction.

Not many people, unfortunately, go through this ‘eye-opener experience’. They are served with trash and they gobble it down, again and again. Had seen the trailors of ‘Phir Hera Pheri’ and ‘Dhoom-2′ some time back and they really looked good. Sadly the actual movies weren’t half as good as the trailors. Though PHP had some one-liners which would make you smile Dhoom-2 couldn’t even do that. And both movies are guilty of taking their audience as infinitely dumb. Or maybe they are so…atleast that’s what the box-office records of these movies suggest! Hera Pheri was one of the best comedies to ever come out of Bollywood. Niraj Vora tried his best to emulate the original and has, in my eyes, has failed miserably. PHP is non-sensical, just like the kinda movies Govinda did a few years back. Yes the music is good but for that you don’t need to watch the movie. Dhoom-2 is just for those who cant have enough of Hrithik Roshan. No, his acting isn’t great. There isn’t anything in the script anyways. But yeah he looks good. The music is a huge let-downer and that’s about it. If cheap toilet humour is what you are looking for you have PHP. If you wanna see great bodies in great locales D-2 is for you. Story-wory kuch nahi. Lots of masala…pheeka masala!