Cash !!! Steal the diamond if u can !!!

Starring
Ajay Devgan .... Karan
Ritesh Deshmukh .... Lucky
Esha Deol .... Pooja
Zayed Khan .... Danny
Sunil Shetty .... Angad
Dia Mirza .... Aditi
Shamita Shetty .... Shania

Director : Anubhav Sinha

Stylish cinematography, slick editing and classy stunts cannot make a film. And that is all Anubhav Sinha’s ‘Cash’ has got.

Anubhav Sinha takes a couple of zany characters, a bunch of thieves and thugs, and he throws in a common motive for them – a set of priceless diamonds. He twists and turns his camera from every conceivable angle. He throws in an ample dash of stunts (supported by sloppy animation). Doing so, Sinha comes up with a film that is visually appealing, not a notch more than that.

In a nutshell, ‘Cash’ is all style and no substance.

The film tells the story of an ace conman Karan or Doc (Ajay Devgan) who hires a bunch of robbers to carry out a perfect heist of priceless diamonds in South Africa.

Each of these thieves has his or her specialty.

Danny (Zayed Khan) loves to battle the waves. He is a surfer. Lucky (Ritesh Deshmukh) is a skateboarder, and Pooja (Esha Deol) is the get-away girl. None can catch her once she is behind the steering wheel of a car.

On the other hand, there is a vengeful underworld don (Sunil Shetty) who is hell-bent on getting his hands on the diamonds. And there is gorgeous Aditi (Dia Mirza), a girl who believes in love, trust and loyalty.

And then there are also those who have been given the responsibility of the security of the diamonds. Shania (Shamita Shetty) is the feisty Head of Security.

What follows is a heist. But things go horribly wrong after that. There is double cross and treachery. Things boil to such a point that the winner will take the diamonds but the loser may have to lose his or her life.

Admitted that ‘Cash’ has its fair share of stunts and action. But with the exception of a few scenes the movie hardly sets your adrenalin rushing. On top of it is the ridiculous animation of the characters. Each character is sort of given a designer makeover in the cartoon version.

Only performances by actors could have saved the film, but there, too, ‘Cash’ falters. Ajay Devgan is wooden. He just doesn’t put his heart into the performance. Sunil Shetty, as before, remains expressionless (despite putting in his heart). Zayed Khan and Ritesh Deshmukh are strictly okay.

Interestingly, it is the leading ladies who score better. Shamita Shetty is impressive and Dia Mirza is eye candy. Esha Deol is neither of the two.

At the end of the day, ‘Cash’ turns out to be a senseless action thriller. It is like a rollercoaster heading nowhere. Music by Vishal-Shekhar may hold some interest, but a lack of engaging script cannot be overlooked.

Bong Connection !!!

Director:Anjan Dutt

Writer:Anjan Dutt (script)
Genre:Drama

Plot Summary:

The first cross-over feature film in 'Benglish' from Moxie Entertainments. Directed by Anjan Dutt and produced by Joy Brata Ganguly.

The film is based on the lives of Bengali's across the world, especially on those settled abroad. It attempts to delineate the pain and dilemma of Bengali's estranged from their places of origin. It seeks to explore sensitive souls singing to the tunes of Tagore.

A story about two youths, Andy and Apu, having cross-cultural issues. Andy is a Bengali American and Apu is a Bengali-Indian residing here in Kolkata, leading their usual lives.
Fate takes a fortunate turn and both the boys are offered jobs in the countries that they always dreamt of residing in. They shift base to the foreign country and the cross-cultural adjustments start taking place.

The film stars Shayan Munshi, Raima Sen, Peeya Rai Choudhuri, Victor Banerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, June Maliah, Mamata Shankar, Junie Hong, Jordan Graham, Travis Ammons, Josephine John, and a host of other American and international actors.

Fantastic-4- Rise of the Silver Surfer

Superhero fans have got it made these days: You want dark and gloomy, you head for the newest Batman movie. You crave earnest and wholesome, you pick one of the three Spider-Man flicks. Whatever mood you happen to be in, there's now a superhero movie (or series) to pick through: Hulk, Daredevil, Hellboy, Superman, Ghost Rider, you name it. Just about all the classic superheroes are now available in cinematic form, some good and some bad, some "dark and gloomy" and others all "touchy feely" ... but where's the "family friendly" superhero movie? The one that doesn't deal with tortured psyches, metaphysical angst or some form of anguished misery? Well heck, here's one: It's called Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and while it's often a pretty goofy little movie, it's also a perfect flick for young dads and their 9-year-old sons.
To call FF2 an improvement over its predecessor would be damning the sequel with faint praise. Aside from a few editorial missteps and a leading lady who still couldn't act warm if you set her hair on fire, there's quite a lot to enjoy in Fantastic Four 2: The actors seem a lot more comfortable with their strange roles, the jokey material is a lot less dorky, and (best of all) the sequel has an actual STORY that's both cohesive and surprisingly compelling. Sometimes it's OK to enjoy a mindless piece of popcorn escapism, one that's as broadly silly as it is colorfully exciting -- and maybe it's just a case of "lowered expectations" (seeing as how I didn't much care for the first FF entry) -- but there's something strangely infectious about the Fantastic Four sequel. (Plus, the flick clocks in at 91 minutes and is firmly PG-rated, which should be double good news for the movie-hoppin' parents out there.)
The plot is, of course, pure comic-book nuttiness: Reed Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd) and Sue Storm (Jessica Alba) are planning to wed, but as two of the planet's only "outed" superheroes, their mega-celebrity status prevents anything close to "private and personal" from taking place. Every time Reed and Sue line up for their nuptials, something (literally) explosive takes place. This time around it's the unexpected arrival of an interstellar mystery man dubbed "The Silver Surfer." Turns out that wherever the shiny alien being goes, crazy stuff happens: Snow in the desert, giant craters popping up all over the globe, massive power outages, stuff like that.
Without spoiling too much I can tell you that The Surfer is not actually a malicious villain, but is actually an extra-terrestrial herald for a being called, well, the head villain sometimes goes by the nickname "Eater of Planets" -- so obviously the Fantastic Four has got their work cut out for them. Not only do they have to deal with the freaky alien dude and his slow-arriving mega-boss, but also a bunch of gung-ho military types who are more interested in blowing things up than in befriending invincible shiny aliens. Of course it will take a complete team effort to save the world this time around, which means that Reed's powers of "stretchiness," Sue's inviso-force field talents, Johnny's flaming skills and The Thing's brute force are going to come in very handy indeed. (Ah, and nasty ol' Dr. Doom is back too!)
Those who've grown a little weary of the angst-laden superhero stories may find themselves surprisingly captivated by FF2. It's not nearly in the same league as the very finest Marvel adaptations, but it seems pretty clear to me that series director Tim Story paid close attention to most of the complaints surrounding his first entry ... and actually fixed those problems for the sequel! True that FF2 suffers from some really choppy editing (particuarly near Act III) and yet another one-note performance from the curvy-yet-vacant Ms. Alba, but just about all my other complaints on Fantastic Four have been addressed and remedied in FF2: The humor is just a little less dorky, the flick moves forward like a shot, the special effects (especially the Surfer) are really quite nifty, and it feels like Story and his screenwriters have finally struck a solid balance between high-end heroics and light-but-amusing sitcom-style humor.
In a move that might strike some of the FF purists as heresy, the filmmakers figured out a way to bring Julian McMahon back (without the Dr. Doom helmet), but it's a decision that helps the movie a whole lot. In only a few scenes, McMahon delivers a smoothly diabolical performance that'll leave you wanting more. Chris Evans is still a lot of sarcastic fun as the girl-crazy Johnny Storm -- while leading man Gruffudd seems to have really settled in to a comfort level with his Mr. Fantastic character. In the first flick I found the guy too stiff and robotic; here he cuts loose a little and makes for a mega-smart super-hero we can actually get behind.
So, no, it sure isn't brain surgery, but if you're looking for a superhero movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, is perfectly safe for family viewing, and capably blends action, sci-fi and comedy into one colorful concoction, you could do a whole lot worse than FF2. Plus it's got one action scene that's cooler than anything offered up in Spider-Man 3 -- and I never would have expected THAT!