Gunday

Top 10 Bollywood Hits of the Week – March 28th 2014

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These past few weeks leave us with some solid tracks from movies such as Queen, Bewakoofiyaan, Gulaab Gang, Highway, and Hasee Toh Phasee. Enjoy!

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Rank Song Title Movie, Starring Music Director, Singers Best Time to Listen
1 London Thumakda Queen – Kangana Ranaut, Raj Kumar Rao Amit Trivedi – labh Janjua, Sonu and Neha Kakkad Daytime
2 Gulcharrey Bewakoofiyaan – Sonam Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana, Rishi Kapoor Raghu Dixit – Aditi Sharma, Benny Dayal Morning
3 Zehnaseeb Hasee Toh Phasee – Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra Vishal Shekar – Chinmayi Sripaada, Shekar Ravjiani Morning
4 Baby Doll   Ragini MMS2 – Sunny Leone, Saahil Prem Meet Brothers Anjjan – Kanika Kapoor, Kunal Avanti Anytime
5 Gulaabi Gulaab Gang – Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla Soumik Sen – Malabika Brahma, Shilpa Rao Anytime
6 Jiya Gunday – Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Sohail Sen – Arjit Singh Morning
7 Patakha Guddi Highway – Randeep Hooda, Alia Bhatt A.R. Rahman – Sultan and Jyoti Nooran Daytime
8 Drama Queen Hasee Toh Phasee – Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra Vishal Shekar – Shreya Ghosal, Vishal Dadhlani Dancing
9 Tune Maari Entriyaan Gunday – Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Sohail Sen – Bappi Lahiri, K.K., Neeti Mohan, Vishal Dadlani Dancing
10 Maahi Ve Highway – Randeep Hooda, Alia Bhatt A.R. Rahman Morning

 

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‘Gunday’ Movie Review

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Released: February 14th, 2014
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar

Please note: there are NO spoilers in this review.

Gunday is this year’s masala-packed film with a 1970’s Bollywood flare.  Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, and Priyanka Chopra keep you entertained just enough to last you through this fairly lengthy movie. Although it can be saved for a DVD night at home, Gunday might be worth a watch if you’re fan of throwback Hindi movies.

In summary, Gunday, is about two orphan childhood friends, Bikram and Bala, who are stranded during the Bangladesh Liberation War and end up in Calcutta seeking a new life. They eventually find their fortune as “gundays” of the city’s coal industry. They are chased by police (Irrfan Khan) and fall in love with the cabaret dancer (Priyanka Chopra).

The positives:

1. The soundtrack by Sohail Sen is a highlight of this film (see my “Music Review” in a previous post).

2. Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor have clearly worked very hard to build their sculpted, hairless, and oil-chested bodies for this film – let’s give them the credit they deserve!

3. Priyanka Chopra’s item number, “Asalaam-E-Ishqum,” is a hit! She definitely looks smoking hot in this film.

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The negatives:

1. The action scenes are painfully in extreme-Matrix slow motion. I understand they are trying to create an old-school Hindi movie theme, but even movies back in the day had better action shots! You will get sick of seeing Bikram and Bala running at snail’s pace with their every sweaty hair strand swishing in your face.

2. The dialogues are quite poor. There is one awful line by Irrfan Khan that summarizes just how creative the writers got with this script… “Newton Baba ne kaha hai ki every action has an equal and opposite re-action.”  Seriously?!

3. The movie was too long…there were at least five different scenes that I thought were going to be the ending, including the intermission.

On the whole, Gunday is a light-hearted film to watch with some friends at home.

Acting: 3/5 (Ranveer & Arjun get most of the credit here)
Story: 3/5
Costumes: 2.5/5
Choreography: 3/5
Sets/Filming Location: 3/5
Action Scenes: 1/5
Songs: 4/5
Eye Candy: 4/5
Length of Movie: 1/5

Rating: PG-13

Overall: ** 1/2 (2.5/5) or 5/10

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