Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani is sure to raise eyebrows with its over-the-top quality, but hey, this is the unabashed Bollywood we once fell in love with and who is better than Karan Johar to retrieve the genre, asserts Mayur Sanap.
'...it was for a very, very big lead actor.' 'I looked at it and saw how beautiful she was. I was like, there's no chance I'm getting it.' 'I auditioned for it and as luck would have it, they were looking for someone like me.'
Jaane Jaan looks distinctive thanks to Sujoy Ghosh's wicked sensibilities, observes Mayur Sanap.
'Till my wife called me up one day and said, "Hey, we need food on the table".'
'With Chhaava, we had to look from a different lens.' 'We had to write it in such a way that apart from the sacrifice, the fight and the war, there's a lot more to understand about the history of the Marathas.'
'It's always the men who are going crazy, barbaad. They never show a woman going crazy like that.' 'A woman has to be very proper, sitting on a swing, crying.'
Despite Ravi Teja's relentless energy, the drama is bogged down by tedious emotional beats, observes Mayur Sanap.
What makes Pushpa 2 float is Allu Arjun's magnetic performance. The actor really goes an extra mile to deliver the wildfire he promised, observes Mayur Sanap.
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'If you're a person who's not comfortable going out to parties for networking, don't do it.' 'It's not like you're getting a film at a party.'
'There is nothing that can prepare you for KKK.' 'We have never jumped from a building or picked up a cockroach or a snake.'
'Out of sight, out of mind happens.'
'The more popular, the more work, the more money.'
'I want to break the notion that models can't act.'
As emotions escalate and drama intensifies, The Night Manager 2 becomes more gripping, applauds Mayur Sanap.
Thematically riveting, but inept execution lets Kafas down, complains Mayur Sanap.
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'Now I have understood that an actor needs to switch on and off between action and cut.' 'I take my characters only from the vanity van to vanity van.' 'When I put on the makeup and wear the costume, I'm in character.' 'The minute I remove the makeup and take off my costume, I am out of it.'
'I am ready to go an extra mile if I have to. My pain or personal problems don't matter.'
Make time for this one, you will be in for a pleasant surprise like I was, endorses Mayur Sanap.
'When the girls said they want to play football, the mothers were encouraging.' 'It was the fathers who were against the idea.'
'Konkona just walked up, and both of us froze. She was tearing up, and I was like this is unbelievable.' 'We had Tannishtha Chatterjee, Divya Dutta, Rasika Dugal, Dia Mirza... women I've idolised.'
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Guntu Kaaram doesn't deliver on its basic promise: Entertainment, sighs Mayur Sanap.
If you are looking for a smart popcorn horror to watch with friends, this is a fairly enjoyable romp.
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'Jitendra Pratap Singh (his character in Vedaa) believes in the divisive politics of society and that is more dangerous than the regular goons.'
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While it's fun for a bit to see enormous robots smashing into one another, it quickly evokes the 'been-there-seen-that' feeling, observes Mayur Sanap.
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Despite the mediocrity at large, these films had me in raptures for the emotions they evoked within as a cheering audience, critic and cinephile.
'We are getting a show to do stuff like jumping off a helicopter.' 'Even if you pay, you won't get to do these things.'
'I have only done supernatural fiction shows so far. 'I wanted to do KKK because I find it very adventurous.'
There's nothing in Chatrapathi that you haven't already seen before, complains Mayur Sanap.
There will be two variants on sale -- namely the F77 and the F77 Recon, priced at Rs 3.8 lakh and Rs 4.55 lakh (ex-showroom) respectively.
'I discuss things with Salman sir. 'The thing is, if I take his name, there will be a problem and if I don't, there's still a problem.'
What could have been an immensely compelling survival drama is reduced to the pretty-girl-in-peril thriller, observes a disappointed Mayur Sanap.
