FAM Movie Review : The Lucky One ( 2012 )

Our Rating : 8/10

Genre : Romance | Drama

Director : Scott Hicks

Writer :  Will Fetters (screenplay), Nicholas Sparks (novel)

Cast : Zac Efron ( Logan ) , Taylor Schilling ( Beth ) , Blythe Danner ( Ellie ) , Riley Thomas Stewart ( Ben ) and Jay R. Ferguson ( Keith Clayton )

Scott Hicks director is really a lucky one to choose this script , One of finest best selling romantic novel of  Nicholas Sparks with same name which is well scripted down again by Will Fetters. Just like any other movies evolved from NC , this movie is no less a fun watching it as its pure joy watching every frame of it giving a beautiful feel all through. Movie is about U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault  ( Zac ) who is deported in Iraq war where at one mission he just escapes from a missile attack which almost killed him while he survives and killing almost all his crew. The fact that saved him was a  mysterious photo of a beautiful American woman in a no-mans land which while he tried to pick it up , he escapes from a missile attack just few feet forward in fraction of seconds . From then on there were few couple of incidents where he just got escaped from the clutches of death while carrying that girl picture on his pocket as a talisman . So he started to feel her as a lucky charm and starts trying to en-quire about her to all his colleagues to thank her but in vain. Its 8 months past and after 3 consecutive tour assignments  he decides to return home in Colorado where his sister family is living.

While seeing her face in the picture  , he just realizes a landmark in the background of her picture which is a lighthouse and with some home work he finds that the place belong to Louisiana. Though he is back home , he is still traumatized marine veteran trying to overcome his demons and he is not able to feel himself normal as all he can hear is gun shots , blood and war. Thinking that this not gonna help him in any way , he decides to travel in search of that unknown women by walk all the way from Colorado to Louisiana which is 500 miles far. Somehow he manages to track her down , finds detail from a localite in a bar that she’s Beth (Taylor Schilling), a young woman whose brother was killed in action a veteran, currently running a Dog kennels  living with her wise mother and a cute blond son Ben . She is a divorcee separated from Keith under mutual consent , where Keith father is a influential and a rich person in that region. He finally reaches her place finds her there ,  just at her first glimpse he is just mesmerized , loses his consciousness and finds no words to explain her why he came there & his actual reason for his visit. She thinking that he is for the job opening in kennel for a person in-charge asks him to fill a form but when she comes to know about him that he walked all the way from Colorado to Louisiana , she is little concerned on his identify though he is a marine she is reluctant and not fully ready to employ him. Irrespective of  her own doubts to be answered , her mother appoints him and gives him a chance.





Logan hiding his true intentions , just starts to take care of the kennel well which impresses all with his attitude and a pleasant behavior. Even her son Ben gets close to Logan and starts to like him much . Slowly as days goes on  , even Beth slowly falls for him with his charming looks and care which inturn raises tensions between her jealous ex-husband Keith who is also a Local Cop. Keith starts to interfere giving unnecessary trouble to Beth & Logan. Beth knew that if Keith wanted , he can take his son back to him as his father is a influential person , so for this one reason Beth always try to behave well with Keith and irrespective of trouble he causes , she manages to digest all of them. Days go along and each day Logan is just filling up her heart and at one point of time she just cant resist express her feelings for him and they start to date each other and Beth's mom is happy to see her daughter life is back on track & that she is really happy after so many days. But though she is happy with Logan , she is still haunted by his cute brothers absence who is still missing from war in Iraq. Beth is worried because her brother is still not declared dead and she is not able to live like this waiting for his brother without any surety. While Keith her ex husband playing a negative role tells Beth that Logan didn't come from Colorado for a job but rather to find her and he also tells that Logan inquired about her with a picture in local bar. Keith also had stolen that pic from Logan's place and gives it to Beth as a proof. When she started to check with Logan about the picture , he starts to tell everything about why he came to her place and why n for what he is here. Beth said that the picture was always carried by her brother and that the picture in Logan hand means Ben's brother is dead , while Logan also confirms that he has seen her brother last while saving a other injured man and he consoles her saying he didn't die for nothing and he did took his last breath while trying to safe injured men from his crew. Though Beth got her answers , she is not able to take everything at once , heart broken that Logan has hidden this from her, she starts to avoid him. Things goes bad upside down in a single night but this distance makes them more closer as they start to feel each-other and they start to realize what they are really missing. Will Beth accept Logan again , How will Keith behave if she does , will he take his son back and will he give trouble to Logan\beth relationship is rest of the story which the climax can answer you.

Though the story is very common one with a cliche feel at times and a predictable finish , this movie definitely has its moments. With some signature shots of country side filled with scenic background view , picturization for sure is beautifully done and well made which will make you feel through the movie. Unlike other Nicholas sparks novel , this one sure has a happy ending or to say a satisfying ending giving the audience a much satisfied feel of watching it. Zac as logan is definitely a charming person perfectly fit to the movie as a calm looking well built marine with natural romantic expression, Taylor as Beth on the other hand too is tall , gorgeous and beautiful making them a perfect pair in the movie and for more obvious reasons they did share a perfect chemistry together.

FAM Punch Line :  Overall The Lucky One is sure worth to be stacked in your romantic movie collections and will definitely impress you if you like movies of this genre. Though it doesn't fit the bill for a repeated view , well  it deserves a must watch once as Nicholas sparks hands behind its creation and for sure when it comes to romance genre he stays as a immortal unbeatable king for ever.

" The Lucky One - Love all the way from Colorado to Louisiana. Be a part of this journey "





There are so many memorable quotes in the movie , some of touching  , haunting and unforgettable ones are

"You know, the smallest thing can change a life. In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - and when you least expect it - since we're on a course that you could have never planned, into a future you never imagined. Where will it take you? That's the journey of our lives: our search for the light. But sometimes, finding the light means you must past through the deepest darkness. At least, that's how it was for me."

Logan: You should be kissed every day, every hour, every minute.
Logan: Finding something like that in a war, is like finding an angel in Hell.
Logan: How do you explain something that you can't even understand yourself?
Logan: Everyone has their own destiny, but not even one makes a choice to follow it, but I'm lucky I did.

“She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people...” 

FAM Movie Review : Special 26 ( 2012 ) Hindi 

Director : Neeraj Pandey

Cast : Manoj Bajpayee ( Wasim Khan ) , Anupam Kher , Akshay Kumar , Jimmy Shergill

Our Rating : 8.5/10

Hats off to Neeraj for pulling out such a wonderful Heist Movie in recent times.The film is based on the real-life daring heist dated 19-Mar-1987. I don't want to go more in-dept on the story as it newly released but like to give a synopsis of it and moreover any one clue will spoil the entire suspense element on this movie. . Well its about a fake CBI Team of four which includes Akshay kumar and Anupam kher conducting many fake income-tax raids of around fifty raids all around the country and stealing their black money for which the victims cant go to either media or law for help as it involves robbery of only black money. Its just a cat and mouse game of how GOW Fame Manoj Bajpayee a sincere real cbi officer chases down to solve these case and how anupam kheer and askhay kumar beautifully implement their plans is the story.

The Climax was astonishing and wow a worth watching movie tense watching it every minute. A Beautiful scripted movie. In the end during Opera house gold robbery when Manoj says that we were not making them play the game but in fact we were part of their game was just awesome. A Movie which will keep you on your toes and sure you will not move from your seat a minute till the finishing touch as the suspense thrill was beautifully maintained. Screenplay was mind-blowing and no lags or delays or songs at unwanted places. Even the romantic part between akshay and kajol agarwal was not dragged much as the directed wanted to make sure the continuity , phase of the movie was kept at a perfect speed. Akshay kumar and Anupam kher acting was just mind blowing with the cameo role from Jimmy Shergill will sure give you the goosebumps at the climax. Your Heart would beat high at many places with so many chilling scenes. Those fake raids are just awesome to watch and the initial raid at a minister house is just beautifully done. Never to miss Mention Manoj Bajpayee who gives that extra punch to the role as a strict CBI Officer and he perfectly fits well to the role.Climax twist was the best of the movie. Cool. Yes the end , director leaves a clue on its possible sequel and lets see if he comes up with it...!!!

FAM Punch Line : This is far sure once of finest movies released recently and one of perfect entertainer. Just go and enjoy the film in big screen . All in all Special 26 is definitely a Special movie never to be missed by any kind of audience. Special 26 is 143 Minutes of Pure Fun. FAM Certified.

Some insights on true incident : http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/may/090510-tribhuvandas-bhimji-zaveri-robbery-1987-police-still-clueless.htm

Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters...!! Nothing fascinating or something new..!! As name suggests , story is just about witch hunters who casted like a professional witch killers...!! I felt Van Helsing is far better in this genre. We can only watch it as some normal movie watching with no expectation and for the fairy fair girl Gretel ( Gemma Arterton ) . Average One and you can choose to watch if you have nothing else to watch and that you like fairy tales a lot..!!

FAM Movie Review : The Notebook  ( 2004 )

Director : Nick Cassavetes.

Our Rating : 9/10

Writer : Jeremy Leven and Jan Sardi

Cinematography : Robert Fraisse

Cast : Ryan Gosling ( Noah ) , Rachel McAdams  ( Allie ) , Gena Rowlands  ( Allie Calhoun ) , James Garner  ( Duke ) , James Marsden ( Lon Hammond )

Notebook , a Sensational Romantic Drama made based on the Novel of same Name by the great Writer Nicholas Sparks known for his excellence in Romantic and powerful Heart Touching  Scripts. This Movie is no less good then his previous works . This Movie starts with a Old man Duke ( James Garner ) narrating a story from some diary to a Old Women ( Gena Rowlands ) in a hospital who is suffering from Dementia a condition noticed by Loss of brain functions like thinking , sense , memory . The Story Duke reads to old women, takes us back to 1940's Sea-brook Island Carolina narrating a beautiful love story between a Poor Local Young Chap Noah ( Ryan Gosling ) with a beautiful young girl Allie ( Racheal McAdams ) who is born with silver spoon raised on a wealthy family. Allie comes to this beautiful greenish land from city with her family for a summer vacation . There she comes across Noah on a local village carnival and straightway Noah get attracted towards Allie on his first meet and asks her for a date in a extraordinary way on a giant roller coaster wheel. Noah does many things which she starts admiring him and finally Noah wins and they are in love alas. Things go on as normal as any other love story until when Allie parents gets to know about their relation but they don't accept as Noah is a poor local country boy which they feel will not be suitable for their rich family. Though Allie Confronts her parents , Noah & Allie breakup because of some simple argument which later her parents take it as a advantage ends their summer camp , vacates the island. Though Allie tries to reach Noah before leaving the village she couldn't see him as he is left to nearby village for some work and they get separated without any lost words. Noah is broken on his return when he found that the huge house she was in for summer camp is vacant and she left him without any message. Days pass and Noah writes letters to Allie for 365 days for every single day of the year but unfortunately the letters did not get delivered as Allie's mother receives all those letters and she hides them all from the eyes of Allie.

Days Pass and a year is gone , where Noah lost his hope that she would return any one of his letters and moves on. He sends a farewell letter on 365 day which also did not reach Allie. At same time , Allie completes her nursing course in city comes across a Young handsome soldier "Lon" and falls in love with him. Things happen and she is engaged to Lon. Noah joins military during a immediate army enrollment .   After few years of service in military Noah returns back to his town and with his little savings and selling his dads house , he buys the 200 year old building where he met Allie. The Building is totally a mess and Noah decides to restore it to the same old look thinking that it can bring Allie back to him . Everything goes smooth until one day when Noah travels to nearby city for the building construction approval meets Allie on a restaurant  kissing Lon. Seeing this recent affair , Noah is shattered , broken and his life went total upside down in a single moment. As per Allie , she thought Noah never tried to reach her thinking he moved on with his life , so she too didn't hesitate a single moment and fell in love with Lon. Lon is also soldier but has a wealthy background which helped Allie Parents to approve their relationship and their engagement. Everything was normal until once day when Allie finds Noah pic with the old building on a local news paper ad. She was surprised but did want to make one final visit to the village to meet Noah. She did reach the village and seeing the beautiful building reminds her of those precious days when she was young and all her memories about first crush engulfs her. Noah is shocked to she her finally and his heart beats fast. She stays there for dinner and they talk , share a lot. Allie also comes to know about the letters he wrote for Allie every single day for 365 days and she just breaks in tears to find the love he had on her. They make love that night irrespective of the fact that she is engaged. Will she be with her first love Noah or would she betray Lon ..!! Its a battle of hearts and she is shattered , confused to choose what she exactly wants. Will she Leave Noah for Lon or does she have strength to explain Lon  to get her first love is the rest part of the story. At the end we just come to know that the Old man is none other then Noah n duke was his alias name and he is actually reading his own story to the old women who is infact Allie from a notebook written by her , She lost all her memory due to Dementia and she doesn't recognize herself or Noah now. At The front page of the notebook she clearly leaves a note to Noah to make sure he reads the entire story to her if at all she forgets her memory and so he does. She did get her memory back for few min at the end of the story and it doesn't stay long for more then a minute where she falls back to the same old condition. Noah once again heart broken due to Allie condition, Feeling helpless has a heart attack and he is admitted to same hospital with Allie who is also in a critical condition . Noah meets Allie in the hospital in a non visiting hours escaping the eyes of hospital staff. He finds out that Allie had regained her memory and He promises Allie that no matter what , even if she loses her complete memory  he will never leave her alone and they both hug each other and sleep in the same bed. Next day morning , Nurse finds the two old beautiful lovely couple passed away with still their hands held together as if showing the audience that Noah making sure he will never let her go no matter what and follow her wherever she goes. Movie ends here with a beautiful note and the Last page of the Notebook is definitely filled with lot of tears.



Director Nick was really wonderful in capturing hearts of audience by bringing this Book version to big screen in a wonderful way. The Dialogues at many places are heart wrenching and would melt you at some scenes. Ryan Gosling was perfect tailor fit for the role and he did very well to the Noah character along with the young gorgeous beautiful women Allie done my Rachel. Am sure many book readers would have gone mad and happy seeing their two fav characters coming alive . Cinematography was top notch and beautifully shot like Rain scene , The building in the garden were just beautiful . The way he proposes her on the giant wheel , Road Signal light scene , Clip when her mom returns all 365 letters to Allie , Lon explaining three choices to Allie when he comes to know about Noah , The Boat & rain scene and the climax scene  in hospital are so mesmerizing ,  which for sure will remain in your mind and haunt you for ever.  That's a masterclass work from Nick and sure he did a splendid job giving life to this wonderful Novel. Its a pure brilliance and wonderful watching it every minute.

FAM Punch Line : A Top Notch Film with Perfect Blending of Love and Emotion into one single beautiful movie giving the audience the extreme pleasure while watching throughout its run-time. Nicholas Sparks works can never disappoint the audience and sure will be a virtual treat for the novel readers . viewers liking this kind of Romantic Genre Movies. This will be one of Must watch romantic Movie of all time and sure will give you a unique experience watching it.. Don't Miss it . Its just another Nicholas Sparks wonder , a smooth southern romance movie finds its way straight into your heart. Its definite worth a try ,have Fun watching. FAM Certified.




Thanks to Jeremy Leven and Jan Sardi For some of unforgettable lines which is a lifeline for any romantic movie . A Few here

 Young Allie: When I'm with Noah I feel like one person and when I'm with you I feel like someone totally different.
Lon: Allie, it's normal not to forget your first love but I want you for myself. I don't want to convince my fiancée that she should be with me.
Young Allie: You don't have to. I already know I should be with you.

Young Noah letter: My Dearest Allie. I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and that's what you've given me. That's what I hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you. Noah

Noah: I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough.

Young Noah: So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.

Young Allie: What easy way? There is no easy way, no matter what I do, somebody gets hurt.
Young Noah: Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants? Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do YOU want? What do you WANT?

Noah: Summer romances begin for all kinds of reasons, but when all is said and done, they have one thing in common. They're shooting stars, a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, fleeting glimpse of eternity, and in a flash they're gone.

Duke: She had come back into his life like a sudden flame; blazing and streaming into his heart. Noah stayed up all night contemplating the certain agony he knew would be his if he were to lose her twice.

Lon: [to Allie] The way I see it, I got three choices. One, I can shoot him. Two, I can kick the crap out of him. Or three, I leave you. Well, all that's no good. You see, 'cause none of those options get me you.

Duke: It was an improbable romance. He was a country boy. She was from the city. She had the world at her feet, while he didn't have two dimes to rub together.

FAM Movie Review : The Vow ( 2012 )

Genre : Drama | Romance

Director : Michael Sucsy

FAM Rating : 9/10

Wrtier :  Jason Katims,

Screenplay : Abby Kohn

Characters : Rachel McAdams  ( Paige ) , Channing Tatum  ( Leo ) , Jessica Lange  ( Rita Thornton ) , Sam Neill ( Bill Thornton ) , Scott Speedman ( Jeremy ) , Tatiana Maslany     ( Lily )

The Vow is based on true incident  happened to Kim and Krickitt Carpenter, who wrote a book about their marriage, also known as The Vow. This movie revolves around two important characters, husband Leo (Channing Tatum) and his wife Paige Collins (Rachel McAdams) . The Movie kick-starts with a tragedy , a car accident  while returning from a theater where these two cute couple get admitted to a hospital. Leo owns a Music studio and Paige is a Art student in nearby college . Post accident , Leo is recovered in couple of days but Paige sustained head injury and she is been kept in a induced coma in-order to prevent severe pain during healing process . Though leo is broken to see his wife in this state watches her day and night for her recovery. Finally after so many days she is back normal but with a shocking news that she lost all her memory and she no more remembers leo or her marriage with Him. Leo is shattered to know this but accepts his fate. Before the accident , she was happily married with leo , she has left her house , her parents moved  to city to live with leo and to continue her art class where in her father wanted her to study law. Leo was a very caring husband and they both shared a very good chemistry each other. Now that this accident caused a severe memory loss and that she doesn't remember anything with Leo , her parents come by to take her back home. For now Leo is just a stranger for her and in this awkward situation he begs to his own wife to give him a chance to prove and to live with him in a attempt to understand their relationship and to try gain memory.

Finally Paige moves in with Leo to his apartment but now they no more feel as husband and wife but as some stranger and Leo is totally heart broken but still determined to win her back and to make her understand his love 'n'  life they lived together. Paige tries to get along with her life by seeing her marriage video , pictures but still nothing helps her to gain the lost memory . As per her , last what she could remember is a life with her parents and her engagement with Jeremy. Leo tried different ways but everything in vain and he is just broken but cannot let her go. In meantime Paige is back with her life consisting of her parents and she least bothered about leo , same time she also falls for Jeremy because as per her last memory she is engaged to him , but in actual she broke that engagement then came to city lived a life there and married leo, but unfortunate she don't remember that but tries to find or make a reason why she left Jeremy. Sad leo just cant see his wife falling for Jeremy because of her lost memory and he desperately tries all the methods he could to get her back in his life. At some point he asks his own wife for a date to make her love him all over again , because he lost his belief that she will ever regain her memory. Same-time her parents want leo to leave her so she can lead a new life which initially he refuses later he signs up the divorce paper for only reason to see her happy and that she cant live with him like that . Paige also seems his struggle to get her back but she couldn't love the same way she did before the accident and she feels helpless and at one point she says to Leo that she cannot see him hurt trying & leo walks away saying " How do you look at the woman you love, and tell yourself that its time to walk away?  " . Will he win her back in his life , Will she accept leo over Jeremy , will they marry again will be the remaining part of it........!!!

This is what the movie is all about ..The Vow they make during their marriage and how they stand by it

Paige: I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands, to speak when words are needed and to share the silence when they are not and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home.
Leo: I vow to fiercely love you in all your forms, now and forever. I promise to never forget that this is a once in a lifetime love.

Michael Sucsy has chosen a perfect story to bring it to a big screen and sure he brought it in a perfect style convincing the actual couples from which the story is inspired from . The full show is of Channing Tatum ( Leo ) with his awesome performance and seamless acting. He just brings the emotions beautifully out making the audience melt away. Its amazing how Leo and Paige share their life and its beautiful to see the chemistry between them . You will feel touched by the struggle and try what leo does and the pain what he goes through. Its a pure joy watching this film and it goes on like a breeze , hats off to the screenplay by Abby Kohn. No wonder why this is 6th highest grossing romantic film of all time. Its a beautiful movie with so many emotions , feelings and sure it would touch your heart deep . Its all in all Leo the savior of the movie and i am sure none could have justified this role apart from Tatum with his cool looks , causal effortless acting , simple but powerful expression. The scene post signing divorce paper where he cries playing a guitar and telling to his friend Lily that Paige is not loving him anymore with tears all over his eyes would just squeeze your heart. There are so many scenes which would blow your mind haunt you for long time , but i feel  its better to experience it with the virtual then reading it in my words. Am sure watching this movie would be one hell of a unique experience which none would want to miss.

FAM Punch Line : If you haven't watched this movie before and that you are a fan of romantic movies like Nicolas sparks then this is it , would be a highly recommended movie for you. Don't miss it . Its a pure Joy watching it and a perfect entertainer. Just enjoy watching and feel it along. Love and Love Only.





Some of beautiful quotes from the movie :
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Leo: Life's all about moments, of impact and how they changes our lives forever. But what if one day you could no longer remember any of them?

Leo: How do you look at the woman you love, and tell yourself that its time to walk away?

Leo: I vow to love you, and no matter what challenges might carry us apart, we will always find a way back to each other.

Leo: The moment of impact. The moment of impact proves potential for change. Has ripples effects far beyond what we can predict. Sending some particles crashing together. Making them closer than before. While sending others spinning off into great ventures. Landing them where you've never thought you've found them. That's the thing about moments like these. You can't, no matter how hard you try, controlling how it's gonna affect you. You just gotta let the colliding part goes where they may. And wait. For the next collision.

           The Real Kim and Krickitt Carpenter Couples with Rachel McAdams  ( Paige ) & Channing Tatum  ( Leo )

FAM Movie Review : Vishwaroopam ( 2013 ) Tamil

Director : Kamal Hassan

Cast : Kamal Hassan ( Vishwanathan ) , Rahul Bose ( Omar ) , Shekhar Kapur ( F.B.I. Agent ) , Pooja Kumar ( Dr. Nirupama ) , Andrea Jeremiah ( Ashmita )

Our Rating : 8.5/10

Vishwaroopam , one of biggest controversial movie of recent times handcrafted from a legend actor and a film maker. Amidst these recent situation and crisis this movie had to go through for releasing in its home ground , it finally came out with a big bang flying colors and to say for sure this was one of Humungous opening ever happened for any film be it here or overseas. No wonder why it had highest trending in twitter and shares\likes in Facebook , it is just all over the internet for it didn't needed any additional advertisement or publicity. Sure makes Kamal a happy producer

Movie is just normal as we seen in so many other flicks where Kamal ( vishu ) is a Undercover Spy agent. He is currently in US disguised as a Katak Dancer married to Nirupama ( Pooja Kumar ) who holds a doctorate in Radioactive oncology. Kamal used to teach dance to many young girls where Ashimita ( Andrea ) also one of his student. Pooja is not much interested in married life because of his odd behavior and body language as being a dancer. So she appoints a Detective to follow Kamal to find some fault so she can apply for divorce with that proof and to continue her PHD Later followed by marrying her boss in the same company she works for. But things take a turn when the detective happens to find that Vishu(kamal) is not a hindu but a Muslim when he goes to a local mosque to perform his prayers. While on pursue , detective gets caught in hands of terrorist group and in doubt he gets killed by that gang in a misunderstanding that the detective is actually following their activities. On Further search on his dead body they get visiting card of Mrs.Vishu Pooja Kumar and they kidnap her too along with kamal. Here starts the actual one..

The Acting of the great legend kamal was mind blowing and how he acts so innocent on the following scenes with the kidnappers is just awesome. And how he transforms himself as a undercover spy agent when Rahul Bose ( Omar ) who is the leader of that terrorist gang identify him as a agent is damn awesome. The fight sequence was brilliantly shot and just a virtual treat to watch. Addition to it is the BGM and Song " Yaar endru therigindradha , ivan thee yena purigindradha " will sure give goosebumps to any type of audience watching including his wife in the movie Dr.Nurupama. He finally manages to escape from the cluthes of the terrorist group making his wife stunned with his new roopam which is so why the movie named Vishwaroopam. She also gets to know that he is not just working alone and that her uncle Shekar Kapur , Andrea also part of the team . A specific dialogue when Rahul bose seeing the dead bodies of his group in a pool of blood killed by kamal , says to his leutinent " What else you can expect as he is trained trained by Al Quieda " will give you that much needed Kick for kamal fans keeping their toes high for lot of surprises to come.

Later part takes us through the flashback on how kamal gets into the terrorist group and how he rise to a high position , power as a jihadi and becomes a trusted , loyal member to Omar. Whats is is actual mission and how he saves newyork from a biggest nuclear attack forms the rest of the movie which i guess will not be a fun to reveal it here and should be experienced only in theaters.

What to Look for :
Stunning camera work , especially scenes in Afghan which was meticulously shot and the bunkers which are used as hideouts for terrorists was beautifully shown with some wide angle shots at times. Screenplay was just awesome with fiery first half and bit detailed second half may make you feel slow but rather its not. BGM is a heart of any movie and this movie somehow happen to grab the right kind of BGM it needed and it was perfectly blending to the movie pure class. While watching the movie , you may tend to raise many questions on how , why or what , but for it you may have to wait till the bloopers is shown and dont miss it as it can help you to address few or most of your questions . What-else you can expect from Ulaganayagan Kamal for his performance was top notch right from the start being a katak dancer to transformation as a undercover agent is just stunning.Not to miss mention about Rahul bose as Omar for he justified his role performing his task crystal clear with a job well done giving a pure joy to audience. Life in Afghan on a desert sand was beautifully shown to viewers and though this movie is about anti-terrorism still kamal tried to show their pain on their day to day life shows how human he is and a down to earth person he can be . For sure he didn't hurt any sentiments of any religion rather he portrayed himself as a Muslim , a hero and a tough undercover agent fighting for his country & to save many innocent life's from hands of terrorists and i guess every Muslim brothers should be feeling proud watching this movie. Its not Easily to bring a Hollywood feel , its quality on a Indian movie but he has succeeded in doing it brilliantly as every fan of kamal know that he is not afraid to try anything new to bring the Indian movies to a international stage. This is no less a Hollywood movie and am sure as a generic audience you will enjoy it for sure.

Whats a down factor :
Bit Draggy second half. Some graphics didnot work well like Kamal while training in jihadi camp climbing ropes , jumping walls but its clear evident its done by a dupe which could have been worked out a little better. Some unanswered qustions making audience to wait till bloopers or for next Sequal Vishwaroopam 2 is quite disappointing. Some dramatic sequences in climax and microwave scene was bit unconvincing still goes well with movies though. Climax was finished in a simple way with just disarming a nuclear weapon but as a fan we all might have expected some heroic stunt from kamal or some scenes which could have delivered that complete satisfaction of watching a movie. Though it leads to next sequel climax could have been made bit dashing with packing a punch delivering goosebumps but for sure was missing. The Fun of watching a spy agent in action was not actually there or less and for sure its a minus factor for the movie. Yes every movie has its negative factor , but in this masterpiece it is very very ignorable proportion or rather fans or viewers wont worry much about the above said points as we all go for movie just for entertainment and if it is..then Vishwaroopam has delivered it very well and it is a 100% pure entertainer. Down factor is not a impacting factor at all.

Overall : Be it you are surrounded by many thoughts due to recent controversy or be it you are a fan of kamal sir or of any actor this movie should stay in your must watch list. For the risk he has taken to present this movie to audience in such a quality and craftsmanship , it should be recognized and it will happen only if you appreciate his work watching in theaters. Dont miss this movie and just enjoy the show. Go in with no expectations and come-out fully satisfied. Keep your critic shoes out before stepping in and sure you will enjoy every moment of it. Am sure kamal as a producer would be happy on how its running across the theaters in globe and especially in TN his home playground , sure he is going to hit a double century here.

FAM Punch Line : A Unique Indian Hollywood movie , one should never dare miss it watching in theaters preferably in Aura3D .

                                  "Vishwaroopam - Late but never a Loser."

FAM Movie Club First Look : KADAL – Tamil (2013) romantic thriller

Release date: FEB 1st(2013)
Director: Mani Ratnam
Cinematography: Rajiv Menon
Music: A. R. Rahman
Production company: Madras Talkies
Cast - Gautham Karthik,Thulasi Nair,Arjun,Arvind Swamy,Thambi Ramaiah

FAM Rating : 6/10

Cinematography – Rajiv Menon – He is a massive plus for this film.lovely cinematography especially at songs and climax fight scene ..!!

Music - composed by A. R. Rahman already some songs are superb hit and they didn’t disappoint us in visual too .The background score is ok in some scenes but overall it was not a complete ARR Fare and might be a slight let down for ARR Fans

Story :-

Being a New Film , i will just give you all a slight overview on it with a little insights.The story revolves around two main characters , none other than ARJUN and ARVIND SWAMY, Goutham the hero did his part well as a beginner, Thulasi character is a cute & childish girl but good at romance in songs :P Then ponvannan did a gud supporting play.

The film is about a christian community fishermen area along the seashore side of south Tamilnadu(thuthukudi) . Kind of Negative Role by ARJUN and Godfather ARVIND SAMY as protagonist. its about how the hero gautham karthick struggling to choose between the two phases of life good and the bad and how he get tangled himself in love with thulasi , whether his love life helped him realize to take a right decision is what takes us to the end of the film ..!

Pros : Arvind samy superb comeback , mind-blowing performance , each & every scene , the dialog delivery is woww just cool , calm but powerful ..!!! Arjun as we all know the action king played -ve role gives 100% justice to his character. He perfectly filled his part and played it to perfection.Gautham and thulasi - good for the beginners lets see them what they do in the future films but not as good for considering a mani sir film ..Amazing locations and picturization was top notch showing us the scenic beauty of ceylon with complete blue waters in mid of sea and shore makes us feel chill n mesmerized. Climax fight was superb between arjun , arvind , gautham in mid of sea on a boat superb CG work too ..!!

Cons : Lack of story and editing is worse in many places definitely not what you expect from a mani sir's product. At some point you will be shocked to realize whether its really directed by the great legend Mani Rathnam. We can see his struggle to get back to his form and this is shocking for a Mani sir fan like me. Ravanan Bad luck and bad form continues.

FAM Punch Line : Kadal ,Starts with a bang but doesn’t settle quickly resting in dust at the end. Mani sir fails in his storytelling, Characters are not that much convincing or to say better not properly used, a confused climax for sure will leave you blind difficult to take it or understand it. " Kadal - A Boat in a Dead Sea Sinking "