Meenakshi Rao's Bollywood and Hollywood movie reviews

Cast :  Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar, Brijendra Kala, Seema Pahwa, Shubhankar Tripathi, Anshul Chauhan, Anmol Bajaj Rated:  6.5/10 Not all  Dilliwali  movies high on local ambience, dialect and culture are entirely alluring, or, enduring enough for a two-hour feature film. Though the subject of  Shubh Mangal Saavdhan  is new and has been euphemistically referred to as a “gents problem”, and despite the refreshing presence of Bhumi Pednekar and Ayushmann Khurrana, there is a lot of stretching towards the end, and by the time the couple finally does it, and that, mind you, happens just like that making you wonder what the fuss was all about in the first place? When Khurrana and Bhumi meet online, propose and accept the marriage proposal from each other, little do they know that there is trouble brewing between the sheets. Trying to make out when the parents are away, Khurrana’s performance anxiety gets intensified by the stress oozing ...

Cast:  Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar, Anupam Kher, Divyendu Sharma, Sana Khan Rated : 8/10 Earthy, real, contemporary and fun — Akshay Kumar helms a largely entertaining film on an issue that is pan-India, serious, in focus and long pending, not to mention, one of the star campaigns launched by the Modi Government. From railway tracks in concrete urban jungles, to open fields in the countryside, horrifying incidents have long been happening, more horrifying than the mindsets of the people propelling them.  Toilet: Ek Prem Katha  keeps a tight hold on the jocular vein to throw-up national issues like religious regression, patriarchy, corruption, social taboo, crime against women, feudal mindsets and a mass angst against any kind of sanitation drives that may upset a population’s ageold societal more. The film is a gem because it treads the razor edge of laughing at but not laughing about the social evil of open toilets. It is a very serious crime and healt...