Mediocre Bollywood 2014

Bewakoofiyaan
Ayushman Khurana and Sonam Kapoor, the alleged rom-com of the year, failed to make many people laugh or cry. Although the story was one that appealed to a wide audience, especially the redundancy due to the recession as well as the love story that transpires between, the career oriented, Maira Segal (Sonam Kapoor) and Mohit Chaddha (Ayushman Khurana), the "topper" in every field.
Rishi Kapoor plays the role of Sonam Kapoor's father, which sort of relates to "Meet the Parents" and Robert DeNiro's role as Jack Byrnes.

A large chunk of the film revolves around Ayushman trying to get Rishi Kapoor's approval, which would potentially lead to him marrying Sonam. However, Rishi's character does not believe that this could last, especially because he believes in the fact that "love does not conquer all", while the couple who are described as "passionately in love", believe it could.
The music of the film was average, while Ayushman, as always, brings his own touch while he sings, which was pleasing to hear. Raghu Dixit, music director, does not exactly impress us with his music.
Director, Nupur Asthana, who directed "Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge", did a decent job in directing the film, but failed to amaze us with his Film making abilities. The story is written by Habib Faisal who never disappoints but does not dazzle us with the story like Ishaqzaade (his previous venture)
I give this film "5.5 out of 10" 5.5/10
Rating: Watch at your own peril! Expect nothing new! 

Hasee Toh Phasee
Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra starrer, Hasee Toh Phasee, has to be the worst decision either of them has ever made in their career so far. The story was horrendous, the plot made no common sense, there was no need for this film to be made. Vinil Mathew in his directorial debut did not seem to grasp the idea of Harshvardhan Kulkarni's story, or even if he did, he could not portray the script at all. Honestly, it is not the director's fault...it is Kulkarni who came up with this story that was just a disappointment. Malhotra and Chopra showed no real chemistry on screen as their characters were both outrageously eccentric. They tried their best, for which I applaud them, but Hasee Toh Phasee was a disaster in my eyes.
Vishal-Shekhar's music was the only ray of sunshine for this film. As stated above, the film was a disaster in my opinion but the only thing that kind of regained this film's credibility, is the music. Good job to the talented pair of Vishal-Shekhar
I give this film "5 out of 10" 5/10
Rating: Listen to the songs, no need to waste your time with the 141 minutes of film!

Total Siyappa
One of the films I was looking forward to....till I watched it. The story is based on the Pakistani-Indian couple of Ali Zafar and Yami Gautam, who are sight for sore eyes. Otherwise the film is trying to hard to be funny, especially Kirron Kher. I agree, she is an amazing actress, but playing a "Punjabi" does not mean that you have to SHOUT EVERYTHING!
E.Nivas is the director of this film, and I do not blame him for anything. The story he was given, it seems like he did the best he possibly could, but I believe this seemed like a film better suited for a director like David Dhawan, aka, best comic director in Bollywood.
The story is adapted from a the Spanish comedy "Only Human" but just like "Nautanki Saala" , this film could not live up to its original movie.
There are some blunders regarding "timing" of the jokes but otherwise the attempt of making a comedy film was fulfilled, even though it is funny for different reasons than it was intended.
The music was a sham as well, especially when I was expecting Ali Zafar to give the film's music a turn in the right direction, instead, it went the wrong direction.


I give this film "5 out of 10" 5/10
Rating: Funny...but for all the wrong reasons, skip it if you can!