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Just a Once Watch
Dec 15, 2004 07:41 PM 1224 Views

?Musafir? caters to a special genre of movie watchers only, not a family entertainer though, but the suave script manages to glue a person, if in a theatre. The fast moving script doesn?t let you think about the plot much. The movie is presented in a sepia tone, which seems to be quite impressive, and it?s the first time this technique has been used in Bollywood.


The dialogues are crude and too much of punch lines. Mahesh Manjarekar is one hell of a smooth actor, which is one actor worth watching for. Sanjay Dutt is too type cast for a ?Bhai? (I wonder if he would ever get tired of playing ?Bhai? again and again).


This is totally an Anil Kapoor movie, though his acting has nothing new to offer, and neither do the two beauties Sameera and Koena, except for the skin shows, which we see often.


All in all it is just a once watch.


Mumbai India
Sanjay Dutt fan film
Dec 15, 2004 07:07 PM 1209 Views

I watch this film with my friends. The movie has no storyline as such. You can say it's a Kaante type film.


Sanjay Dutt's acting was as usual; best in villian roles. Dialogues are good from sanjay dutt's, rest pretty ordinary. Sanjay Dutt's fan would love this flick.


Samera Reddy as hot as usual. Anil kapoor's acting was not upto expectation. I think role didn't suited to him at all. Mahesh manjrekar played small role but was good,impressive. Koena Mitra was just in a film to attract crowd. Just exposion her body.


The story starting was good but after introduction of Sameera Reddy , Mahesh and Aditya it went to other direction was like seein to different movies in three hours time. I didn't understand why didn't writter got anyother topic or story between Sameera Reddy and Mahesh Manjrekar.


Overall the film was not upto expectation. The only impressive or which attracted attention was sanjay dutt's actin and the dialoges which were said by him.


Sanjay Gupta's enemy with in press
Dec 13, 2004 06:12 PM 1346 Views

Hi All,


There are already 4 good reviews available with this site. And I would say I don't have much to write any thing new but still I am writing, well there are few reasons.


My own experience before release, after release & after watching


Before release I had lot expectations from this movie, why




  • Anil kapoor is a good actor & he had different looks in this movie




  • Expectations because of Sameera Reddy, I watched her first movie as ''Darna Mana Hai'', I didn't like that movie but Sameera's performance & confidence was impressive in that movie, so I had expectations from Sameera in this movie also.




  • Aditya & Jackie were always good, but I don't know why they are out of industry most of the time. Aditya's presence was feel good for me, I was not expecting good role for him, but fortunately he got better role than my expectations.




  • Mahesh Manjrekar proved his acting ability in ''Kannte'', no doubt he was & he is good actor.




  • Sanjay Dutt, I thought he had done bhai kind role so many times, and I didn't had expectations from him. But wait for sometime......






My experience after release


I read in timesofINDIA that movie is stylish but regular story, there are flaws in story & that review concentrated that lot of skin show. Impression of that review was it's again ''Kannte'' with some differences.


That was really disappointing review. Especially, that recalled me ''Kannte'', in which robbery sequence was useless. And I thought Sanjay Gupta would present again some useless sequence.


(Reason for writing this review is that Timesofindia's review is totally different from my experience)


My own experience after watching


Movie is good & worth watching but only at Cinema Hall. You can know story by watching it on CD player but if you want to enjoy movie you need to watch it in Cinema.




  • Anil kapoor, hero of movie, wants to get settled in life & wants to quit bad games but unfortunately force to be in bad games. His char. Shifts from gray to clean in this movie with time in the movie. He is force to go Goa and do dealing on behalf of Billa (Sanjay Dutt). Billa sounds quit cheep name but I didn't found any cheapness when it was used for Sanjay Dutt's charc. Again, luck is not with Lucky (Anil) and he did lost Billa's money. And it seems that he has two choices either to run from Billa or get money somehow & pay money to Billa. In the movie he has only one choice that he has to pay the money at any cost because Billa's quote is ''maal na jaye, mall jaye to kisi ki jaan jaye''. Question is why Billa is stronger than Lucky, fact is Billa is not stronger than Lucky but Billa has a big gang & Lucky is alone.




Now get back to business, Lucky needs money, Sameera (Sam), is wife of Mahesh (Luka), she wants freedom from Luka. Luka wants death of Sam to get property & insurance money. Ad both wants to hire (involve) Lucky for there own purposes. Here are some interesting sequences, viewer cannot judge that who is saying truth & who is actually with Lucky. I would not go in much detail to spoil your interest, if you are planning to watch the movie. Please don't expect any further information about Lucky & his role in the movie, it's climax time, better you watch & enjoy.




  • Sam, as I said I had good expectations from her, she was okay in terms of acting, not up to my expectations, but not bad at all, as termed in timesofIndia's review. Sam's specialist skin show, yes. But she was fat & dress designer was forced to cover her tummy, but I think Sanjay Gupta loves her legs & he showed it in all scene of Sam. Back to business, she is wife of Luka, Luka has killed her sister & forced her to stay with him. Sam believes that Lucky can help her to get out of the mess & Luka feels that Lucky can kill her wife & help him to get insurance money & property which was name of her late sis. No it's climax time ........




  • Aditya is a greedy cop & brother of ................ (it would be interesting know in the movie), in fact I have said more than required by using brother of ......... Anyway other things about this cop, he is active, strong, intelligent, greedy (I have mentioned already), he got good role but further details could spoil your joy while watching this movie.




  • Luka's details are already mentioned with Sam's char., Mahesh is no doubt a good actor and you would enjoy his acting.




  • Billa, I said that I didn't had much expectations from Sanjay Dutt since he has done bahi kind role lot of times, but I was wrong. Hard work is done for this cahr, catchy dialougs, which suits Billa & I (all) enjoyed his presence. Billa has a strong gang & all in the movie afraid from him. Lucky has lost his money & he is waiting for him & later on Billa go for his money, which he gets in the end. climax time. Climax is good, and any other detail again would spoil the interest.






Story


Lucky is forced to do business on behalf of Billa because he lost Billa's money (how he got trapped & why he is forced to do this against his will, I would prefer not to write, since it could spoil the joy of watching. But believe me sequences are good.).


After dealing on behalf of Billa, again Lucky lost money of Billa. Now there is no choice either to be with Sam or to be with Luka, both promise to give money to Lucky, which Lucky thinks would give back to Billa to save his life. Till end it's difficult to judge who is true Sam or Luka. good sequences, good acting by ...........


it's climax time .........


You may feel that I am poor narrator of story, but my intention was to hide those details, which could spoil your joy while watching movie. That's the reason the story told by me is so abstract.


There are few questions raised in Timesofindia’s review, and answer of those questions you would get easily in the movie. I don't know why those questions were raised. If somebody feels that those questions were correct, he/she is welcomed for debate. I would love to know if I am wrong.


Speed of movie is good, songs are catchy & background music is hard. You can't enjoy songs & background music at home. And both are plus point of movie.


enjoy.


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Musafir!
Dec 13, 2004 05:29 PM 1267 Views

A journey you do not want to be part of


Debauchery, sadism, violence, gore????. And the list is just endless. Oops!! Sorry, iam not here to write a review on the movie called Musafir.


I guess I have become a true movie freak and have been going for movies like crazy and even this movie I never intended to go but was taken by my friends.


Aatish, Kaante, Plan and now Musafir. Sanjay Gupta surely is in true love with the underworld activities and the baddies. I went to this movie with an important caveat in my mind as I have learnt my lessons as what to expect from a movie!!


All I can say now proudly is that if I ever miss a Hollywood movie I bet that the very same movie will be remade into a Bollwood movie. This movie is a straight takeaway from Oliver Stone?s U- turn.


Hey, iam not at all against taking an idea from any Hollywood theme as long as it is directed and executed with panache in an Indian context.


Plot


With the protagonists being Mr. Lucky played by Anil Kapoor and Mr. Billa played by Sanjay Dutt.


Lucky is this petty goon who is on the run as he has messed with the quasi godfather Billa. He has to payback the money or else face Billa?s music.


So after a couple of songs with the luscious Koena Mitra he heads off to Goa where he meets up with Luka which is being played by Mahesh Manjrekar and the super sexy Sam which is being played by Sameera Reddy and there is this unusual attraction between there Sam and Lucky. Wait, wait there is another subplot concerning tiger (Aditya) and Whacko Jacko (Shakti Kapoor).


Script,dialogues,Songs


The non linear storyline does not auger well for the performance of this movie and I for one felt that Sanjay Gupta has been more Character conscious rather than plot conscious.


Songs I thought were decent as I like songs which are a little bit loud. Hahahahaha lol..!


The dialogues in this movie have been penned by Mr. Milap Jhaveri and I seriously feel that he needs to take classes from an expert as worthless nuggets such as Thokna, Thukaana, and Marvaana are not what the audience expect when they come to see. Though I must admit that certain people were clapping when such dialogues were spoken off! But I am not in favor of this at any stage and somewhere down the line we need to stop this bad mouthing and stop this social evil and even the censor board needs to see to it that such movies do not get a clearance the next time such dialogues are put in.


The camerawork by Vinod has been stupendous and possibly the highlights of the movie. There is this scene where there is a description of a rape scene and it goes on for 10 minutes and this is something which for sure shocked me and turned me off completely.


Star Performance


Mahesh Manjrekar is normally an actor who steps onto any role with such an ease and I wonder how he did not perform well in this movie. Aditya Pancholi I thought performed so well in Aatish has been wasted in this movie. Sam for sure looks hot and sizzling but when it comes to performance she is found wanting and she only needs to chose better roles and let us see how she will perform in her movie which is being titled Yugpurush.


Sanjay Dutt performs his role as a baddie incredibly yet again. Iam saying because he seems to be getting monotonous with his choice of roles and needs to come out of this sort of shell which he is in right now. I feel sorry for Anil who is such a good actor and in this movie he seems to be doing nothing much except to show off his newly styled hair dipped in peroxide.


Final Word


This movie surely could have been better had the director made little efforts to see to it that the whole movie was plot conscious rather than character conscious.


I still give the movie stars for its amazing print advertisements which will drive so much people into the theatres and its amazing camerawork.


Kindly read this review and do not forget to post Ur comments on this review.


noida india
Musafir- it's a blast allrite.
Dec 11, 2004 09:19 PM 2474 Views

We all know about gupta & his original films , so lets not get into story N all.


Cinematography- Excellent , best of the year so far ...almost of international standard.


Story ,screenplay & dialogues- the screenplay gets a bit disjointed in the 2nd half but picks up with baba's enterance, gupt & his screen writers tried to dish out something new & they succeed to some extent but the film gets a lil talk heavy at times,Dialogues are BRILLIANT , probably the best part of the flick...raw & effective.


Direction-gupta is more of a technician than a director , here he tries hard to combine style & substance & succeeds partially(only partially).The background score gets too heavy at times & make u close ur ears while the exaggarated style quotient irritates u now & then, gupta does well but could have done much better with the material on hand.A notch or 2 below Kaante which was more fun or I should say FUN ALL THROUGH, but full marks to the team for attempting such a daring subject.


Performances


Anil- anil gets a meaty role & he dugs his teeth deep into it but still he's underutilised , u can't waste him by not giving him a single confontation scene against baba.But still good work from his side after a LONG time.


sameera- this movie Belongs to sameera , she shocks u with a very good performance which I wasn't expecting at all. Way to go babe & yeah u are in the big league now as far as I am concerned.


Aditya- the most underated & most underused actor in bollywood finally gets something to do & he doesn't let u down.He was menacing to the hilt & gives a convincing performance.


Mahesh- he's kamal haasan's fav. actor & he shows why kamal thinks so,


Damn he is MIND BLOWING as a perverted husband.Great going dude , kaante wasn't a fluke after all.


Baba- what can I say about this guy ??Nobody I said nobody in bollywood can play a bad boy better than this guy, he evokes terror but still entertains u with those funny 1 liners.Whenever the movie starts sagging he comes to rescue & livens up the audience who cheers for him no ends, any1 who watched this movie in a theatre will endorse my statement.Even with a really short role , he steals the show hands down.


Final verdict-Not as entertaining as kaante but not dull by any means , go for it u wont feel cheated.


Musafir.....Worth a dekho....
Dec 11, 2004 03:54 PM 3935 Views

So you want to see something different, here you go, ''Musafir'', great direction, grand starcast, nicely packaged movie in all.


The direction , screenplay somewhat follows the Matrix look, but must say our Anil Kapoor looks better than Reeves.


Actually I'm a fan of Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt, so guess no movie will go wrong for me if these 2 come together , so you can expect a bias review , but I dont think anybody here will not agree to the fantastic performance by these 2 guys.


Okie so the story starts with the sexy Koena ditching Anil Kapoor(Lucky) for money and leavin Anil Kapoor to the the Mercy of Sanjay Dutt(Billa).


Then the story revovles around goa and samira reddy and her husband and how they fall in love and manage to trust each other and finally also get away with some booty too.


I wont talk about the storly line, but lemme talk about the performance, Everybody was excellent and played thier part very well.


Anil Kapoor: Terriffic new look, our original hero, I like him better than the chocolaty muscled guys trying to get into bollywood, he's just amazing to watch and his style is very desriable to be copied, his dialogue delivery, the way he lights up the cigar, his andaaz is cool.


Sanjay Dutt: Probably the only guy who gets the majority of the whistles when he gives an entry, his appearance in huge , and he will get the award for ''Best Villain'' definetly no doubt, he's a very loving villain, his dialogues are too good and suits him only, a very new kind a of role for him, a funny villain.


Koneka and Samira Reddy 2 sexy damsels firing the screen with their exposing role , though I dont mind them exposing, but now a days why do these heroines expose soooo much yaar. Both of them give fitting performance and manage to get into the character, no issues.


Aditya Pancholi Nice to see him back, his talka avtaar looks cool, nice supporting actor.


Mahesh Manjrekar: I love this guy man, long way to go for him, his character is very well played by him and very funny too, he's got some vulgar dialogues and guess he's mastered in delivering that kind of stuff, but I love him for that.


All in all, the cast is superb, the movie is good, and it's definetly worth watching one in the theatre, you'll like it more with friends.


Harry


http://www.harry2cool.com


Enjoyyyyyyyy!!!!!
Dec 11, 2004 10:32 AM 1887 Views

I saw the movie first day first show and I don't regret waiting for the ticket. I picked up a few friends of mine n just left for some fun. As per the expectations the movie was real cool. The dialogues by sanju baba ( sanjay dutt) are real cool n the style plus don't forget to admire the harley he drives on. Anil kapoor did a good job fair enough for a good entertainer.


Sizzling scences by sameera reddy n koena mitra r real hot ..remember don't carry ur gf along for the movie u won't b able to enjoy the sizzling scences. Mahesh Manjrekar is real good at acting. The best part of the movie is the styling and dialogues ..you would certainly enjoy it . Movie doesn't have much of a great story and its kinda confusing who is right sameera or mahesh manjrekar ... you keep wondering whats the actual plot of the movie.


Well doesn't matter much cos movie overall is a real good entertainer . Music is good so is the direction but has a lot of songs and beyond a limit you get sick of songs so u gotta bear it. About exposure its done beyond expectations by Sameera Reddy well its the new trend in bollywood to get famous she couldn't help it.


Pros : Good movie n great styling


Cons: Plot is kinda confusing


''Kaante'' reloaded!!!
Dec 10, 2004 03:26 PM 4754 Views

Sanjay Dutt is back as a producer with ?Musafir? after a hit ?Kaante? and a flop ?Plan?.His latest film ?Musafir? was announced during the IIFA Awards 2004,and it became one of the most awaited film of the year.The film became a talk of the town,when the news of Anil Kapoor`s and Sameera Reddy`s smooch had spread.Just like a typical Sanjay Gupta even this film has lots of action,style and of course,sex and skin show.With all these ingredients,does the film succeed?


THE FILM:


White Feather Films.?Musafir?,directed by Sanjay Gupta,stars Sanjay Dutt,Anil Kapoor,Sameera Reddy,Mahesh Manjrekar,Koena Mitra and Aditya Panscholi.The Sanjay Dutt-Sanjay Gupta team is back with this film.Will they recreate the magic of ?Kaante??


THE CHARACTERS AND PERFORMANCES:


1.Lucky(Anil Kapoor):Lucky is a very unlucky person.He has spent his whole life committing crimes and going to the jail but as he dreams of quitting all this,his life again takes a turn and get him back to where he was.Anil Kapoor comes back on the silver screen after a very long time.We saw him last time in ?Calcutta Mail? (2003).The actor is back in form and reminds us of the old days,when he was the most happening star of Bollywood.


He has given an excellent performance in this film.He performs very well,in the scene when he comes to know the truth about his girlfriend Tara,`s truth.He is also excellent in the scenes he has with Sanjay Dutt.From the start of the film till the end,the film completely belongs to him and he more than justifies Lucky`s character.Now let`s wait to see him in the forthcoming film ?Bewafaa?.


2.Billa(Sanjay Dutt):Billa is one such don whom everyone fears,even a criminal like Lucky.Billa is powerful,strong,stone-hearted and a killer,who through his gun,can kill anyone at anytime.Sanjay Dutt,doesn`t have much to do in the first half and he gets most of the footage in the second half,especially towards the climax,where is simply amazing.His dialogue delivery and face expressions are superb and his whole get up in the film is very stylish,which will set a new trend,in the coming days.


3.Sam(Sameera Reddy):Sam is a very mysterious woman,who has gone through lots of difficulties in her life.She is always on the run as her husband is after her life.Sameera Reddy gives a very confident performance.She is excellent in the scene,in which she gives an offer to Lucky.She will definitely make it very big in Bollywood,in the coming days.There is also lots of skin show by this lady,which will surely bring lots of heat.


4.Looka(Mahesh Manjrekar):Looka is Sam`s husband who wants her dead,as she runs away from his house.He is one such husband who humiliates his wife and now wants Lucky to kill her.Mahesh Manjrekar also does a good job,as the evil and stone-hearted Looka.His lines are really witty and the way he delivers his dialogues is clapworthy.


Koena Mitra looks sexy,beautiful and smart,but she doesn`t know acting,at all.Aditya Panscholi as the corrupt cop is very good and lends able support.


THE STORY:


The film revolves around Lucky,who is a very unlucky person,unlike his name.He has spent his whole life in jails because of his occupation-he is a criminal.Now,this is the last time that he is going to commit a crime.He has to kill one of the man of Billa`s gang.After that,Lucky dreams of getting married to his girlfriend Tara,and living a peaceful life,but after sometime Lucky gets to know,that Tara was actually a fraud and she is on Billa`s side.Billa is a don,whom everyone fears.


For him,killing a person is a child`s play.Billa,takes revenge and kill four partners of Lucky in return.When Billa is going to kill Lucky,Lucky asks Billa not to kill him and tells Billa that he might help him,so Billa believes Lucky and sends him to Goa to deliver drugs.There,at Goa,Lucky meets Sam,who has a horrifying past.She has escaped from the prison,of her husband Looka,who was earlier married to her sister,but as Looka started to like her,he killed his own wife and got married to Sam.


This meeting brings both Sam and Lucky close,and they actually start getting attracted towards each other.Problems arise,when Lucky looses the money which he got from selling the drugs,and for that reason Billa is out to kill him,and has come to Goa.The only way,now Lucky can get money is by killing Sam,as her husband Looka asks Lucky to kill her.


On the other hand,Sam also gives an idea to Lucky,that he can loot Looka and can run away,but at least leave her alone.So,when Lucky goes to Looka`s house,Looka is dead.Everybody suspects Lucky of killing Looka and as a result,Lucky`s life is in a big problem.On one side,there is Billa who wants to kill him,while on the other hand Looka`s brother is after Lucky`s life.What will happen?Will Lucky be able to save his life?Who killed Looka?


THE WORK OF THE CREW:


Sanjay Gupta`s direction is excellent!He has managed to extract excellent peorformances from his star cast and there are some really gripping scenes in the film,as well.The scene,where Lucky and Billa come face to face for the first time and Lucky gets to know Tara`s truth is very interesting.Then,when Lucky meets Sam and gets to know about her past gets the attention of the viewers.


The scene,when Lucky finds out Looka dead and when the identity of Looka`s murder is disclosed further enhances the drama.The climax is also fantastic!Screenplay is gripping and though there are some flaws,they can still be easily avoided.This thing that why Looka wants to kill Sam,is not defined well,and remains a mystery till the end.


Also,Billa who is so strong and intelligent,his character seems to be half-baked but Sanjay Dutt makes it up with a good performance.Script is very well-written.There are constant twists and turns in the film,which will catch you unaware.Editing is good,but the second half drags a lot.


The climax also,though very well executed could have been trimmed down a bit.Cinematography is of first class quality.The camera effects,the colours and special effects are all of international standard.



Anand Raj Anand`s and Vishal-Shekhar`s music is also very good.?Ishq Kabhi kariyo Na?,picturised on Sameera Reddy is very well choreographed and very well picturised as well.?Saakhi Saakhi? performed by Koena Mitra and Sanjay Dutt is excellent and Koena performs very well,in this song.?Rabba?,a sad song picturised on Anil Kapoor and Sameera Reddy has a very stylish look to it.


ON THE WHOLE:


''Musafir'' is undoubtedly,a very well-made film.It is definitely not for the family audiences as there is lots of sex and violence in the film,but for those looking for a slick action thriller,this film is a treat.The film has excellent performances and some really unpredictable twists and turns which will kepp you hooked on to the screen,so give it a watch.It`s worth your hard-earned money!


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