Vishwaroop 2 | Details | Review | Story, Cast and Crew, Release Date |

Movie :Vishwaroop 2 (2018)

Directors: Kamal Haasan

Cast : Kamal Haasan (as Vishwanathan/ RAW Agent Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri/Viz), Rahul Bose(as Omar Qureshi), Pooja Kumar (as Nirupama)
Crew: Kamal Haasan,Atul Tiwari(Writer), Ghibran(Musician),Mahesh Narayan, Vijay Shankar(Editor),Kamal Hassan,Chandrahasan, V.Ravichandran(Producer).

Language: Hindi

Genre: Action, Thriller
Release Date: 10th August 2018
Rating: 

Story-Byte: 
A sequel to the film Vishwaroop, which brewed political storm as soon as it was released. The film takes up from where the first ended. After escape from Omar, the story continues in India. The film explores the human relationship and its emotional angle.

Storyline:
An Afghani Al-Qaeda Jihadi Omar (Rahul Bose), his accomplice Salim (Jaideep Ahlawat) and their international terror network, plots to attack New York with a "Cesium-bomb". Vishwanath alias Wiz (Kamal Haasan) is a Kathak teacher who lives with his wife Nirupama (Pooja Kumar), a nuclear oncologist, in New York. Nirupama confides with a psychologist that it’s a marriage of convenience that provided her a safe haven for pursuing her Ph.D in the U.S. The age gap between them notwithstanding, she is put off by Vishwanath’s effeminate traits and is attracted to her boss, Deepak (Samrat Chakrabarti). Doubting whether her husband has secrets of his own, She hires a private investigator to trail him. She learns from the private investigator that Vishwanath is not a Hindu but a Muslim. In a sudden turn of events, the investigator gets killed by a member of the terrorist outfit led by Omar. A business card on his wallet gives away Nirupama and the terror group nabs the couple. The outfit operates from a warehouse on the outskirts of the city where the couple is being interrogated.
Vishwanath is involved in a fight with the terrorists at the warehouse and escapes with Nirupama. Omar and Vishwanath have a past, one that takes the story back by almost a decade, to the Al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan. What follows is a maze of events that go back and forth in time, unraveling a plot where in the terrorists are accumulating cesium from oncology devices to trigger a blast in New York.
Nirupama is stunned to discover the true identity of her husband Vishwanath, his uncle (Shekhar Kapur), American accomplice Dawkins (Miles Anderson) and the young dancer Ashmita (Andrea Jeremiah) at her husband’s dance school. Vishwanath is revealed to be Wisam,a Muslim RAW agent who married Nirupama to investigate Deepak and his boss Omar in connection with a bomb blast in the heart of New York. His mission is to bust the ‘sleeper-cell’ of the Jihadis in the US, which is planning to divert the attention through "capsules" capable of emitting mild nuclear radiation tied to pigeons in New York city while enabling Black (James Babson) to detonate the cesium bomb in the city.
Together, the team try to counter the plans of Omar and his group that could destroy the most of the New York city. In the ensuing events, Vishwanath is arrested by the FBI before being rescued by his uncle and Dawkins is murdered by Salim. Whether Vishwanath along with the FBI were able to stop the calamity to be unfolded forms the rest of the story.

storyline source: vishwaroop2 page

Overall Review :
"Much expected movie but a less delevering !"
In one word this is what we at Spillreviews could say. The expectations were highs considering the fact that is a sequel or part 2 of the previous movie Vishwaroopam which was critically loved by the criotics as well as humbly recieved by the audience. But we as audeience felt a little cheated. Movie does have some Usp and great dialogue delivery and storyline but still movie felt loose to our eyes. Maybe mostly because the the bar of expectations being highen up by its predissor. 
What I would I say is definitely a watchable movie but a loose movie. Characters are not so powerful. They feels plastic and no real like- as was the case in Vishwaroopam 1.
Complex story-line which include flashbacks and pre-flashbacks ; although a unique way of telling a story looks tedious and not so impressive. Fight scenes and actions were its USP's but that too is not useful featuring not required addition of sub-plots.

Final Spill Verdict :
Overall, 'Vishwaroop 2' could have been a great and applauding movie but its lagging and stretched 1st half, loose and not so powerful characters don't give us the treat we expected from the Vishwaroop 2, considering its part was was so awesome.

The final question ' Is it the spy-thriller that was missing and we wanted to watch?'

• No, not really would be my answer. It was stretched too much and its complicated way of storytelling may not be welcomed with open arms by the common audiences. Although a deserving movie it failed to impress some of the reputed critics and us too.
• From us, go watch or not should definately be your desicion. We were not greatly impressed with the movie although a deserving movie.

Should I watch? 

Go watch the movie for finding out the flaws at-least and for Kamal Hasaan and Rahul Bose in a cameo. Only Kamal Hasaan in the lead roles is someone to watch,who could impress.

It receives two spill batches from us:

Happy watching !

Satyameva Jyata | Details | Review | Story, Cast and Crew, Release Date |

Movie: Satyameva Jyata (2018)

Directors: Milap Milan Zaveri

Cast: John Abraham (as Veer), Manoj Bajpayee (as DCP Shivansh), Manish Chaudhary, Amrita Khanvilkar(as Sarita, Shivani's wife), tota roy(as Mrinal Sharma)
Crew: Maahir Zaveri(Editor), Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani, Nikhil Advani(Producer).

Language: Hindi

Genre: Action, Thriller
Release Date: 15th August 2018
Rating: 

Story-Byte: 

Driven by his harrowing past and a strong sense of justice, a man sets out on a mission to take down corrupt and degenerate cops. However, his vigilantism soon finds a nemesis in a righteous police officer, who is determined to stop his violent killing spree. A cat-and-mouse game ensues, and the two men are about to find out that they have a lot in common despite being on either side of the law.

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Gold | Details | Review | Story, Cast and Crew, Release Date |

Movie: Gold (2018)

Directors: Reema Kagti

Cast : Akshay Kumar (as Tapan Das), Kunal Kapoor(as Samrat), Gauhar Khan, Vineet Kumar singh(as Imtiaz Shah), Amit Sadh(as Raghubir Pratap Singh), Mouni Roy(as Monobina Das, Tapan's Wife)
Crew:  Jawed Akhtar(Dialogues), Anand Subhya(Editor), Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar(Producer).

Language:: Hindi

Genre:Biopic, Drama, sport
Release Date : 15th August, 2018
Rating: 

Story-Byte: 

Gold tells the real-life story of India's first gold medal after independence at the Olympics. Showcasing the historic victory of the field hockey team at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Gold features Akshay Kumar playing the role of Balbir Singh, who scored two goals in the final match against Britain.

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Fanney Khan | Details | Review | Story, Cast and Crew, Release Date |

Movie :Fanney Khan(2018)

Directors: Atul Majrekar

Cast : Anil Kapoor (as Fanney Khan), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan(as Baby Singh), Rajkumar Rao (as Adhir), Divya Dutta(as Kavita Sharma), Pihu Sand as Lata Sharma, Karan Singh Chabbara(as Karan Kakkad).
Crew: Hussain Dalal, Abbas dalal(Writer), Amit trivedi(Musician),Monisha R Baldawa(Editor),Bhusan Kumar,Krishnan Kuamr, Anil Kapoor,etc(Producer).

Language: Hindi

Genre: Comedy, Musical
Release Date : 3rd August, 2018
Rating: 

Story-Byte: 

A story of a middle-class family man, who in his younger days, dreamt of becoming a singer and songwriter. It was more the lack of opportunity than talent that never realized his dream. Pinning his hopes on his teenage daughter, he takes her to singing contests where the awkward and overweight girl struggles to belt out a tune, leaving one wondering if she really has the talent to be a star singer. 

In a chance meeting while job hunting, he runs into Baby Singh, India's biggest pop star. The story takes a comical turn when in the spur of the moment he decides to kidnap her. Will things go as planned? Told in a most hilarious and heartwarming way, the film tells us how far a father would go to make his daughter's dream come true.

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Mulk | Movie Review | Details | Story, Cast and Crew, Release Date |

Movie: Mulk (2018)

Directors: Anubhav Sinha

Cast: Rishi Kapoor(as Murad Ali Mohammed), Taapsee Pannu(as Aarti Malhotra/Mohammed), Prateik Babbar(as Shahid Mohammed), Rajat Kapoor(as Danish Javed), Ashutosh Rana(as Santosh Anand), Manoj Pahwa(as Bilaal Mohammed).
Crew: Anubhav Sinha(Writer, Director, producer, Screenplay), Prasad Sashte, Anurag(Musician), Ballu Salija(Editor), Deepak Mukut(Producer).

Language: Hindi

Genre: Drama,
Release Date: 3rd August 2018
Rating:  4 out of 5.

Story-Byte: 

Based on a real-life story, Mulk revolves around the struggles of a Muslim joint family from a small town in India, who fight to reclaim their honor after a member of their family takes to terrorism.

Murad Ali with his joint family lives in a densely populated area of Varanasi. His daily chores include a tea from the 'Chaurasi Tea Stall' and a long chat session with his Hindu friends. His son is settled in London and his 'Hindu' daughter-in-law Aati is visiting them for some reason. Thier life turns upside down when his nephew is found guilty of for a bomb blast that killed many innocent lives. What happens next is the main story. Will he be able to cleanse the blame that his brother Bilal is equally guilty for they produced a terrorist?

Overall Movie Review :

Before entering the cinema halls, be ready to be challenged with the question of who is 'hum' and who is 'woh'? Aren't we meant to be 'us'? At the time when Indian Muslims are equally treated like a terrorist for any terrorist act, Anubhav Sinha is with his 'Mulk' trying to challenge the misguided belief that 'all the Muslims are terrorists'

Anubhav Sinha who until now has been busy making fluff-stuff movies like Ra.One and Dus, has joined the wagon of making social movies and made this political-masterpiece which attempts to humanize a community that has been demonized by some negative elements in the society. And it would be safe to say that Mulk doesn't take sides, doesn't make the Indian Muslim community a portrait of injured innocence.

Mulk right from the beginning holds an interesting plot thanks to Anubhav Sinha who spend time developing and capturing the culturally and communally harmonious Ganga-Jamuna tehzeeb, Where a Hindu is seen starting their day with a sound of azaan and a vegetarian Chaubey can eat kebabs on the sly at his Muslim neighbor’s home. The cinematographer has proved through his camera the everyday chaos and harmony residing in any community. The strength in the Hindu-Muslim relation is shown so harmoniously that at one point you could guess that this is what is going to be the toll in the chapter. And that is what happens. A small spark of jingoistic nationalism and all amity down.

The plot of the movie takes the actual pace when Shahid Mohammed, son of Bilal Mohammad was proven guilty of a bomb blast that killed many innocent lives but he refuses to surrender to the police. This incident was enough for the Mohammed family's life to turn upside down. Shahid’s father, Bilaal Mohammed (Manoj Pahwa) is taken into police custody under suspicion of being involved in terrorist activities. All the neighbors and distant family relation turns foe thus leaving Murad Ali with no option but to defend his brother and prove that they are equally loyal and honest as any Hindu in the country.

Mulk is heavily used to throw light on how people fall prey to political agendas that intend to divide the country on the basis of ‘us’ vs ‘them’. Through the dialogue-driven movie,it is said  again and again repeatedly that 'terrorism has no particular religion.' 

Rishi Kapoor, as a patriarch in the role of Murad Ali, looks absolutely brilliant. For a moment you would not be able to differentiate that in real life he is a non-muslim. The pain in him for his family is visible throughout the movie. It wouldn't be wrong to say that Rishi Kapoor in his second inning is getting better day by day.

While Rishi Kapoor was a treat to eyes in his character, Bilal's character, played by Manoj Pahwa is no behind. He is equally amiable. Pahwa as the terror-accused father of a jihadi will make your heart melt with compassion and gullibility.

Also brilliant is the ever-capable Kumud Mishra as the judge presiding over a case that in many ways, changes the way we look at terror-accused families, not to mention court proceedings in our films.

Tapsee Pannu is another actor who through her courtroom scenes proves her steel. Although she delivers the best-written dialogues she at a time fails short, delivering monologues. Ashutosh Rana as a prosecutor is the best in himself. He knows exactly how and when and where a word or phase in a dialogue needs the attention while delivering it.

Prateik Babbar and Rajat Kapoor had some small screen shares but they do their work honestly and leaves no spot complaint.

Indeed being a seasoned actor, usp scenes were mostly given to either between Pahwa and Kapoor or to Pannu and Rana.

Talking about the music, it was the weakest part of the movie being having only a 'kawali' that interested us. Although we felt it was never a need. The screenplay was commendable which looked great accompanied by the good dialogue deliveries. Background score in the courtroom was another plus point. 

The fight in conscious, between 'them' and 'hum', went well.

Final Spill Verdict :
Overall, 'Mulk'  is a struggle of a Muslim-family, who wants to challenge the misguided belief that 'all the Muslims are terrorists'
The final question ' Is it the 'hum' vs 'woh' that we wanted to see? Does it worth a watch?'

• Yes, not only because it's a perfect entertainer but because at one point or other we all have made some different meaning of religion and reiterated it with extreme-patriotism rather jingoism.  
• Somewhat no, only if you are one who doesn't love to watch an eye-opening movie or is not a part of a human community. Because we, the human always have some kind of pre-build belief and one such is that Muslims are terrorist.

Should I watch? 
There is be no particular reason why you should not watch this movie. With the great performance of Rishi Kapoor and other star casts, it's a cherry on the cake. Go watch it for whatever reason. We at least loved it.

It receives three and a half spill batches from us +half batch more to Anubhav for making a movie on this Sensitive topic:

Do watch the trailer>>>

Soorma(2018): The Real Soorma of Box Office?

Movie: Soorma(2018)

Directors: Shaad Ali

Cast & Crew: Diljit Dosanjh (as Sandeep Singh), Tapsee Pannu (as Harpreet), Angad Bedi (as Bikramjeet Singh), Siddharth Shukla (as Harpreet’s Brother), Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Pitobash, Vijay Raaz, Herry Tangri, Ammar Taalwala

Language: Hindi

Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Release Date: 13th July 2018
Rating: 

Story-Byte: 

Soorma(2018) is an inspiring true story of the triumph of the human spirit, about legendary hockey player Sandeep Singh, who made headlines for his miraculous comeback after an unfortunate, freak accident through sheer determination, hard work and unrelenting passion for the sport.

Storyline: 

Soorma tells the story of the international hockey player Sandeep Singh, played by Diljit Dosanjh, who was paralyzed and used a wheelchair for two years after an accidental gunshot injured him in 2006. The film’s tagline is “The Greatest Comeback Story of the Hockey Legend Sandeep Singh”. Fighting against all odds, Sandeep got back on his feet and made a comeback to international hockey in 2008. India won the 2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup under his captaincy and went on to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. 

Hanuman vs Mahiravana (3D Hindi) :Treat for kid?

Movie : Hanuman vs Mahiravana (3D Hindi)

Directors:  K. V. Ezhil Vendan.

Cast & Crew: Narayan Baidhynathan (writer), Srinivas Chilakalapudi, Rajiv Chilaka, Samir Jain(producers) ,

Language : Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu 

Genre: Animation, Drama, Mythology
Rating: 3.5/5

Story-Byte : 
The quest to rescue princess Sita is coming to an end as Rama and his army of monkeys make their final push for victory against the demon king Ravana of Lanka. In the ensuing battle, Rama defeats and disarms Ravana but magnanimously spares his life. That night, Ravana unleashes his most powerful ally; his brother Mahiravana, a dark and powerful sorcerer who rules over the Underworld.

Mahiravana's shadow casts a blanket of deception over Rama's army and the unseen enemy captures Rama and Lakshmana. Mahiravana intends to kill the two princes at daybreak to fulfill a prophecy that will make him invincible. Can Rama's friend Hanuman save them before it is too late?


Review:
The movie is based on any other folktale where one the day of victory lord Rama refuses to kill Ravana since he was rendered defenseless. Rama says that the war will be continuing the next day. ravana seeing a fast chance and asks his sorcerer brother Mahiravana for the rescue. Mahiravana tricks Hanuman who is guarding the cave that houses Rama and Lakshmana for the night and kidnaps them. This is how Hanuman embarks on a journey to kill Mahiravana and rescue the two. 

The movie seems opening with great promises like great VFX and 3D and untold story of Ramayana which at once seemed to attract a lot of viewers especially the younger ones but your hopes and wanting will go in drudge as the movie fails to serve what it should have served. Definitely, you cannot expect the flexibility level of Hollywood animation movies or compare and this gets worsen had you watched the recent release Incredibles 2. The story-line seems though somewhat promising the effects are nothing but flat. Screenplay in some instances felt amateurish.Still,Hanuman vs Mahiravana is a complete family entertainer movie, it's fun to watch Hanuman for the first time in 3D. Songs felt neutral to me. Neither a delight nor bad.

Though the voice over is something that should be commended and applauded.

kshi-Verdict:
West has set a mark in animation that is hard to touch in Bollywood now. That is the reason when it comes to animation movie we always have a lot of expectation but is never delivered. Anyway expecting that level of animation and story-line or character sketch would be an act of foolery from this movie.
So the final remains: Was the movie Treat for kid?

• First thing to consider is that you should not enter the theater expecting a high end 3D movie, we are still developing in that areas.
• And as far goes for kid(and adult too), they would love their super powerful friend Hanuman this time in a role of savior. A entertaining movie at the end.

Should I watch? 
Though it didn't disappoint me (as it is high time we support this type of movie) it was neither a movie I loved to watch. You should definitely give a try. One time at least.