Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!Though the movie is inspired from characters created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, it wholly and truly belongs to Dibakar Banerjee. Right from the "Y!" in the title everything about Byomkesh is different and the canvas conforms to DB's style of film making which comes ever so close to Guy Ritchie's.
The story and the movie indulges in some old fashioned slow paced murder-mystery. But the plot is top notch by Bollywood standards and the acting is equally good.
Ever imagined heavy metal as background score for a movie based in 1940's! It works splendidly. And BB has his own Prof. Moriarty in Yang Guang.
It's a franchise in the making! A must watch.
Furious 7There is a fine line that all action flicks should be careful about. Because this line determines the difference between 'The Matrix' and 'Shoot Em Up'. Because this line determines the difference between a stylishly done action sequence or a nonsensical set-piece.
The makers of Fast franchise realized by the end of 4th installment that only NO2 powered cars and drifting and dragging cannot get their cash registers ringing. So they changed the formula and in came Fast 5 with an air of freshness about it. But they overdid that winning formula in Fast 6 and came perilously close to the above mentioned imaginary line. Sad to say, they totally cross it in 7.
Apart from some handful of thrills and some real good one-liners, there is nothing great in this movie. It is over-hyped and over-rated.
RIP Paul.
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