Gulaal

This is undoubtedly my favourite Anurag Kashyap movie. I can watch it over and over again without getting bored.
Directed and written by Anurag Kashyap, it stars Kay Kay Menon, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Abhimanyu Singh, Aditya Srivastav, Jesse Randhawa, Deepak Dobriyal, Ayesha Mohan, Mahi Gill and Piyush Mishra. 

Bombay Velvet

Let me start out by saying that I am fan of Ranbir Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap and Amit Trivedi. 

Ranbir is good even in his worst movies (Besharam and Roy) while Anurag's worst movies are better than most. 
Despite all the negative reviews, I told KC I want to watch this one in the theatre. We booked a cheaper theatre and I was surprised there were empty seats even an hour before the show.

The movie stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar, Vivaan Shah, Kay Kay Menon, Manish Choudhary and Satyadeep Misra while Raveena Tandon, Remo Fernandes and Varun Grover have cameos.

Ugly

I have watched all movies directed by Anurag Kashyap except Return of Hanuman andMumbai Cutting. I think I can objectively critique his movies because am a fan. He is one of the best directors/producers we have today. He is creative and brings something new to every movie. You come out of the theatre feeling something you have never felt before.

My favorite movies of AK are Dev D, Gulaal and Black Friday. And if I absolutely had to pick one at gun point, it would be Gulaal. Gulaal has so many layers and it is so creative. It is the only movie I can watch over and over and over again. 

Unfortunately, I cannot say the same about Ugly. I had great expectations from the flick because people on twitter have called it better than 'Black Friday'. I guess those people haven't even seen Black Friday. Twitter is unreliable when it comes to movies. There is too much marketing happening there. It is so easy to create a furore around a movie by retweeting the good reviews. I barely come across bad reviews until I search for them. That's what happened with PK and now with Ugly. 

Paanch

Whenever you read about Anurag Kashyap, this movie always comes up. It is one of his first movies which never got released. At first, the Censor board objected to the drugs and violence in the movie and then the producer did not have any money. Frustrated, Anurag has just uploaded it on youtube. And thats where I watched it few months back.

In one line I think- This movie is better off unreleased. I doubt anyone would enjoy it.

Hasee Toh Phasee

I read good reviews on rediff.com and was looking forward to it. In an interview, Parineeti was describing her character in the movie and it sounded very interesting and different.

The movie has been directed by Vinil Mathew and produced by Anurag Kashyap and Karan Johar. It is nice to see these 2 guys come together... both excel in their type of film making. I am not a Karan fan but lets face it... his movies work.

Coming to this flick... it is a romantic comedy about 2 hatke people... Siddharth Malhotra as Nikhil is trying too hard... to make others happy... to get his career in order... to please his fiancee.

Chittagong

This has been on my must watch list for quite sometime. I finally downloaded and watched it.

The movie is set in 1929 in Chittagong (now a part of Bangladesh). It is based on facts. In fact, the protagonist- Jhunku (Delzad Hiwale/Vijay Verma) was alive when the movie was made. It is about the uprising in Chittagong led by a school teacher (Manoj Bajpai) and his band of young rebels (all below 18). They beat the British... not once but twice. Of course, they got caught. Manoj Bajpai is hung while the others are sent to Andamans (kaala paani) jail. On getting released, Jhunku takes up the cause again and in the process loses the love of his life.

Bombay Talkies

This movie is supposed to be a celebration of 100 years of cinema. It is a collection of 4 short films by- Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap.


Why these 4? I don't know. Zoya is only 2 films old... Dibakar is only 3-4 films old... Do they represent Bollywood? Karan and Anurag do... the former makes formula movies... the latter makes cutting edge movies.

I was not convinced by the concept but the rave reviews pulled me into the theatre.