MITHYA, directed by Rajat Kapoor is one of those films. Conceal the faces of the actors and one would never believe it’s a Hindi film.

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VK (Ranvir Shorey) has come to Mumbai, chasing big dreams, like thousands of others. When fate makes him a pawn in a master game plan of the underworld, he unknowing gets drawn into a whirlpool of events that will determine his future. Then an unexpected accident turns the tables for everybody involved.

Now begins a chase that won’t stop at anything. VK is too deep into it now to step back. Unknowingly, he has become an imposter, an imposter who wasn’t.

On the script level, a film like MITHYA has layers and more layers which are to explored and make the film into a complex theme to handle. Not everyone can attempt it, since a theme like this has to be handled with care as it is very fragile and if something goes wrong the whole film can become a dumbo at the box office.

When Rajat himself gets into the act as a story teller the audiences are immediately sucked into the strugglers world and gradually forget that they are just watching, but they can feel that they are a By stander in the film who watch the in-front world moving in its way.

The story from the first frame itself is so capturing that the audience cannot predict the next and as a result remains glued to the seats.

The best part of the film is the concluding moments. The culmination to Ranvir’s character, the way it gets filmed –leaves stunned, speechless and of course, sad its execution cannot be described in mere words.

Director Rajat kapoor who takes a leap as a storyteller made this film so authentic to be a pure Directors’ film. The direction is so appraisable that it for sure that the film is going to reach for the best awards for 2008.

Impeccable performance by Ranvir Shorey, who delivered an extra ordinary performance, is sure to get lavish praises from the audience.

Again a brilliant performance from the versatile actor Naseeruddin Shah who gave his best in the film.

Neha dhupia did not act in the film, but she lived the character for the first time. Her glamour image which was all these days has been overshadowed by her performance in this film.

Iravathi, Saurabh shukla, Harsh Chhaya excel in their respected roles.

On the whole MITHYA has all the courage to tell one of the most novel stories in a different way and the presentation on the celluloid is worth applaudable.

Though it may not get expected rewards from the box office by the collections, but must be lauded for the sheer strength of taking Hindi cinema beyond the stereotype.

The promos are misleading that this film is packed with comedy as it is from the BEJAFRY team, but strictly speaking this is just a publicity gimmick, but not encouraged.

The Promos must reflect the true content of the movie then just showing some gimmicks to attract the fun loving crowd..

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Director Nagesh Kuknoor has returned with a hilarious and high-spirited fun film, "Bombay to Bangkok", which releases this Friday. It is a departure from his earlier films like "Iqbal" and "Dor" which were tender and touching.

Kukunoor has teamed up with his favourite actor Shreyas Talpade, who plays the lead, and Lina Christianson of Thailand for "Bombay to Bangkok". The film will also see Naseeruddin Shah in a guest appearance.

The story follows Shankar (Shreyas), a petty thief who steals money from the local don and escapes his way into a team of doctors heading for relief work to Bangkok. Although Shankar manages to flee, he loses the moneybag amid the chaos and lands penniless in Bangkok.

The new country has more surprises for him as he bumps into Jasmine (Lina) in a bar and his world turns upside down.

Although he is attracted to her, he can’t convey his feelings because Jasmine is a Thai and Shankar can’t speak her language. A ray of hope comes his way the next day when Jasmine turns up desperately in need of a doctor.

Shankar, posing as a doctor along with the goofy Sardar buddy Rachinder, jumps into this whirlpool while Jasmine gets pulled into his bumbling adventures while running away from the don and his henchmen.

Kukunoor promises to take his fans for a hilarious ride in "Bombay to Bangkok". Last year comedies did well at the box office – Kukunoor’s film may continue the trend in the New Year.

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From the pretentious “Strangers In The Night” to the murky “High On The Highway” to the bewildering “Zahir’, the spooky “Sex On The Beach” with Dino finding terror in a condom, the over cute “Lovedale” and the utterly sublime “Rice Plate” and “Gubbare” – this bouquet of 10 stories harnessed from sources that constantly mock at conventional storytelling resources leaves you stranded at the brink of a cinematic breakthrough.

Here’s a format that sneers at virtually every rule of filmmaking in India. The stories are modern and mordant, cutting and eclectic, emphatic yet vague, reverberant, refreshing and resonant. But also inconclusive and incomplete!

Like bits of music floating from a distance, these stories create a hum under the breath that never quite grows into a collective melody.

There are two stunning exceptions – “Gubbare” written by the inimitable Gulzar. The story of an aging man’s (Nana Patekar) journey into an anecdotal recreation of marital memories comes alive in Nana’s sun-bathed performance. Another is “Rice Plate”.

Add Meghna Gulzar’s “Pooranmashi” to “Gubbare” and “Rice Plate”, and we’ve the three most desirable and tempting stories.

Trouble is, “Dus Kahaniyaan” moves in and out of characters who are driven not by their environment but strictly by their inner desires. The stories therefore neither cohere nor connect together, but are interesting and often riveting in fragments.

Chalk up an outright winner in “Gubbare”, Sanjay Gupta’s gentlest work to date. But the piece de resistance of the collection is debutant director Rohit Roy’s “Rice Plate”. A miniature masterpiece about a bigoted Tamilian woman’s journey into communal tolerance it boasts of a majestic performance by Shabana Azmi.

The only story that moves away from the crippling claustrophobia of the pitiless city into the equally merciless rural hinterland in “Pooranmashi” with a strong central performance by Amrita Singh holding up the stunning story by the spine.

All the stories bend the rules. No shot lasts more than a few seconds. Every character in the 10 stories is in a hurry to get somewhere, though often they don’t seem sure of where they’re heading.

A bored wife (Mandira Bedi) sneaks off for a tryst with a lover in “Matrimony”. The twist in the pale tale is a given. You can’t have story on infidelity without turning the screw.

“Dus Kahaniyaan” should’ve started with a bang – the Gupta-Hansal Mehta co-directed “Rise & Fall”, which shows us the shocking continuity in the world of crime. As Sanjay Dutt and Suniel Shetty go gun-happy at each other’s throats two young migrant boys plot Sanjay’s assassination.

A few stories begin to tell a promising tale, but sag in their progression.

“Zahir” about a newly-single man (Manoj Bajpai) discovering a few home-truths about his pretty neighbour (Diya Mirza) never seems sure about its intentions. And what was Apoorva Lakhia thinking while directing “Sex On The Beach”?

Some stories verge on the vertiginous, with the characters caught in claustrophobic life-defying motions.

In “Strangers In The Night” a wife (Neha Dhupia) tells her husband about an erotic encounter with a rioter on a railway station. This one, as well as the Jimmy Shergill-Masumeh Makhija cut-and-cried surreal drama “High On The Highway”, convey the suffocating numbness of urban life without providing any creative furtherance to the theme of city angst.

Economy of expression and an emphatically restless editing pattern are not in themselves the greatest of virtues.

What makes “Dus Kahaniyaan” vibrant is it audacious format and styling, sometimes at the cost of substance.

But you can’t come away unaffected by the sheer innovativeness of the presentation, the pungent and punchy packaging and the sheer romance with audacity that Gupta orchestrates like a music conductor on cocaine.

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Arbaaz Khan, Dino Morea, Dia Mirza,Shabana Azmi, Neha Dhupia, Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Minissha Lamba, Nana Patekar, Aftab Shivdasani, Amrita Singh, Mandira Bedi, Parmeet Sethi, Anita Hasnandani , Jimmy Shergill, Masumi, Rohit Roy, Manoj Bajpai, Mahesh Manjrekar, Neha Uberoi, Anuradha Patel,Tareena Patel

Director : Apoorva Lakhia, Hansal Mehta, Jasmeet Dhodi, Meghna Gulzar, Rohit Roy, Sanjay Gupta

Producer : Sanjay Gupta

Lyrics : Ambar Hoshiyarpuri, Panchhi Jalonvi, Virag Mishra

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