Things to Carry for Manali to Leh Bike trip

Clothing

4 T-shirts,2 Pants would be more than enough
A thermal inner
Gloves (Biking with thermal insulation)
A monkey cap
A jacket that works at 5 degrees

Riding From Manali To Leh part 3

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Day 4: Jispa To Pang

Leave Jispa by 6 am . Consider today as your last hectic adventure because if you reach Pang the landscapes ahead are just like heaven.

Riding From Manali To Leh part 2

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Day 1. Ambala To Bilaspur

From Ambala, leave as early as possible. The roads here are the smoothest ones that you will find in your entire trip. Wide highways till Kiratpur saheb and after that a ghat of almost 20-30 kms called Swar Ghat.

Just before Bilaspur there are many small guest houses the first one we found vacant is mentioned in the schedule.

Riding From Manali To Leh part 1

This post will be your in detail guide of what to and what not to do on your first road trip to Leh via Manali.

Captain America: Civil War #NoSpoilers

Plot

Political interference in the Avengers' activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.

Cast (The entire star cast is not included to avoid spoilers)

• Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America
• Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man
• Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
• Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier

Acting

There are a lot of well-known actors in this movie. Each and every character here had too many different layers and were performed effortlessly. However the cinematography out does the performances of the actors here.

Direction

The direction here is excellent. Well as expected, the IMAX version of the film is better than the regular 3D screen.

Dialogues

Most of the iconic lies of the movie are already revealed in the trailer, however writing of this movie is pretty good and there are many “Awestrucking” moments in the film. However the only complaint I had was, The IRON MAN is shown way less quirky and lacks humour in this one.

Editing

This is the longest marvel movie ever made. The first half of the movie is a bit slow and the audiences feel it to be quite stretched, Though it is not as slow as earlier part ,the winter soldier. However the viewers will forget all the negatives as soon as the “Clash scene” between the avengers comes up.   

Story (No spoilers)

Cannot write much about the story here so that I don’t reveal much.

Comparing the last DC movie (Batman vsSuperman: Dawn of Justice), this movie is far better in story telling.

Do not forget to wait for the numbering to end. There is a great surprise at the end of the film for the audiences.

Overall

If you are a Marvel fan you have to watch this, but if you are a DC fan, this might change you to a Marvel fan!

Verdict

My rating is 4/5.

Trailer

Mother's Day

Plot

As Mother's Day draws close, a group of seemingly unconnected people come to terms with the relationships they have with their mothers. 

Cast

• Jennifer Aniston as Sandy
• Julia Roberts as Miranda
• Kate Hudson as Jesse
• Jason Sudeikis as Bradley
• Timothy Olyphant as Henry
• Britt Robertson as Kristin
• Jack Whitehall as Zack

                                         
Acting

There are a lot of well-known actors in is movie. Each and every character here had too many different layers and were performed effortlessly.   

Direction

The direction here is excellent. Being a comedy film, the simplicity in the direction of the film plays major role in the entire movie.

Dialogues

The dialogues are well written. They strike right to the heart of the audiences. I could see people all teared up in emotion at some particular lines as one can relate to the characters which are very well presented here.

Editing

The movie being of two hours could have been shorter.

Story

As the title suggests the movie is all about mothers. Wide spectrum of issues faced by parents as well as their children are showcased here. From acceptance of ones child as a lesbian to the entrance of a new women in her ex-husband’s life is well narrated by showcasing different stories traversing parallel in the same time zone while having some minor intersections in their life.  The part that touched my soul was the story of Jason Sudeikis, a widower of an army officer who is the father of two daughters and is trying to take their mother’s position.

Overall

The best movie you can go watch with or family on this mother’s day!

Verdict

My rating is 4/5.

Trailer

10 Cloverfield Lane

Plot

After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

Cast

• Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Michelle
• John Goodman as Howard Stambler
• John Gallagher, Jr. as Emmett DeWitt

Acting

The title character being very few have done an amazing job here. The only positive note about this movie is the performances of the actors.

Direction

I must say the movie lacks in terms of professional direction here. The direction is too mediocre to be that it is not even worth mentioning .Not so great work here.  

Dialogues

A decent job by the dialogue writers. There are no iconic lines in the movie, however the film doesn’t need great lines too.

Editing

I didn’t find any scene in the movie that could have been edited out certainly the editing is not the worst part here. Except the climax. The climax here is just AWFUL.

Story

The movie opens with Michelle leaving her boyfriend which has nothing to do with the entire plot of the movie and has been never used in the entire movie. Moving on, she gets into an accident and suddenly wakes up in a bunker well equipped to survive the dooms day.

Howard is a weirdo who is Michelle’s captor and that’s your story.

The entire story of this movie is good but the climax as I mentioned earlier makes the ship sink deep. The writer have included an Alien attack just for a closure for the movie so as to build a sequel (well…that’s my speculation). The dreadful climax ruins the entire experience of the audiences.

Overall

A good movie with a disastrous ending which ruins the hard work that the actors have done.

Verdict

My rating is 1/5.

Laal Rang

Plot

A social drama full of black humour set in the milieu of Karnal's blood theft mafia.

Cast

·         Randeep Hooda

·         Piaa Bajpai

·         Akshay Oberoi

·         Rajniesh Duggall

·         Ashutosh Kaushik

·         Meenakshi Dixit

·         Shreya Narayan

·         Rajendra Sethi

·         Pushkar Anand

·         Kumar Saurabh

·         Atul Chouthmal

Acting

The only great element about this movie is Randeep Hooda’s performance. We have already seen him in “the desi Haryanvi” role. It is the same here, but still he out does his last movie with ease.

Direction

I must say the movie lacks in terms of professional direction here. The direction is too mediocre to be that it is not even worth mentioning.

Dialogues

A decent job by the dialogue writers. There are no iconic lines in the movie, however the film doesn’t need great lines too.

Editing

I didn’t find any scene in the movie that could have been edited out certainly the editing is not the worst part here.

Story

Speaking about the worst part, here it comes. My expectation for this movie was bit higher than what I saw. The story is nothing but a simple criminal vs policeman movie where the hero surrenders at the end. The portrayal of each character wasn’t clear enough to sort out their importance. Because of the slow pace the story fails to keep the audience inclined towards the movie till the end.

Overall

Watch this one if you have nothing to do and have an extra Rs.150 in your pocket or when it gets a T.V. release.   

Verdict

My rating is 1.5/5.

P.S. This score is just for Randeep Hooda's peformance.

Trailer

Fan

Plot

Gaurav, a huge fan of movie star Aryan Khanna, heads to Mumbai in order to wish his God a happy birthday. When things don't go according to plan, Gaurav's obsession with Aryan crosses the line.

Cast

Shah Rukh Khan as Aryan Khanna / Gaurav Chandna

Waluscha de Sousa

Shriya Pilgaonkar

Deepika Amin as Gaurav's mother

Yogendra Tiku as Gaurav's father

Acting

Shah Rukh Khan as Gaurav (The Fan) was great but however Aryan Kanna was played with least energy possible. This might be because of lack of layers in the character or Shah Rukh wanted it to be that way. The prosthetic team has done an excellent job which in turn reflects n his performance.

Direction

Maneesh Sharma had a pretty good idea about his method of executing this film.

Listing his filmography, he has done a better job when compared to his previous movies.

Dialogues

Many of you might not agree on this part of my post. I understand Gaurav is Aryan’s fan so he is ought to recite his famous dialogues. But after doing the same in “Happy New Year” and “Dilwale”, the dialogues start to irritate the audience, they should have come up with some better idea rather than establishing a character by making him perform the same repetitive lines.

Screenplay

Taking the risk of having only one song in a Bollywood movie ddnt held the screenplay back. The cinematography and the background score are awesome.

Editing

Editing could have been better. The movie is too dragged and sould have been atleast 30 mins shorter.

Story

The fan who is obsessed with the star, wants his name written down in history with the star and for that he goes to utter madness.

There is no element of surprise here. The entire plot of the movie is revealed in the trailer.

There are too many loopholes in the movie to neglect them.

However the climax is not upto the mark.

Overall

This movie is for a Shah Rukh khan fan only. Haters please avoid.

  

Verdict

My rating is 2.5/5.

Trailer

The Jungle Book

Plot

An orphan boy is raised in the jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear and a black panther. The Happy go lucky life turns around when “shere khan” enters for a revenge.

Acting

Neil Sethi at an age of 12 completely leaves the audience mesmerized by his performance.

Being the only actor on the set, you cannot even notice a delay or fringe in his performance.

Direction

40% of credit for Neil’s performance goes to the director and his team here. Excellent view points and vision for lifelike Computer Graphics.

Animation and Dub

The Entire movie is remains exciting just because of its VFX and CG. The characters are close to real. Some people call it “Photreal”.The voices given to each character are awesome the dub artist being well established actors helps the movie a lot.

Story

The story is not too strong for the so called 90’s kid as the movie is all the same as that it was 20 years back.

The movie is about a boy, stranded in a jungle as an infant. He s raised p by a pack of wolves. Soon after some years pass by and the tiger AKA our villain enters to take his part of the revenge for some old grudge. The energy drops in the last hour however the climax put its right back on track.

Overall

If you like occasionally getting all “teared up” wearing a pair of 3D glasses and getting lost in the world of fantasy, do watch this movie.

Verdict

My rating is 3.5/5.

Trailer

Kung Fu Panda 3

Plot

Continuing his adventure of awesomeness Po has to fight against a great power who has encapsulated the “chi” of many others.

Animation

As seen in the last two movies ,the makers haven't change even a bit of the quality of animation as it was desired by a 100% of the audience.

Direction

The vision of this maker is immense and deep. The thought given to every individual scene is a pure example of perfection.

Dialogues

We all have to agree that the dialogues have been playing a large role in this movies success. The same but pretty original perky comic lines are written for the third part which makes enhances the power of the movie.

Editing

Editing couldn't have been better. There was not a single scene that could have been dropped out of the movie.

Story

The story is pretty much same if we see a broader aspect of the movie. There is a bad guy who PO defeats in the end. But the movie doesn’t feel repetitive at all.

Overall

I feel that even though it’s an anime still it is made for adults because the moral from each movie is so deep rooted . Because of the frets direction, awesome comic dialogues I highly recommend Kung Fu Panda 3.

Verdict

My rating is 4/5.

Trailer

Ki and Ka

Plot

Follows a young, married couple whose relationship challenges the gender roles placed upon women and men in Indian society.

Cast

·         Kareena Kapoor as Kia

·         Arjun Kapoor as Kabir

·         Swaroop Sampat

·         Rajit Kapur

·         Amitabh Bachchan (cameo)

Acting

Kareena Kapoor has done an excellent job as usual. She look charming and beautiful as always. However Arjun Kapoor needs to be much more expressive. Even a Zombie might do a better job than he does in this movie. That blank face of Arjun reminds me of the Robot from the ROBOCOP anime.

Direction

R. Balki has this speciality of coming up with innovative storylines just like he did in “Cheeni Kum” or say “Shamitabh”. But just like in Shamitabh he failed he execution part all over again. The biggest complaint I have is with the Close up shots. The faces of the characters appear so huge on the scene that you start to feel they might eat you up.

Editing

Not a single scene in this movie was worth editing out.Except the entire cameo scene of Mr. Bachchan.

Story

The movie is all about the norms that society follows. As disclosed in the trailers earlier, the story is about a couple with a husband who performs all the house chores and the wife brings home the bacon.

The movie revolves around what society has to comment about this kind of couple and how those comments affect their relationship.

The story sums that it does not depend upon the sex but there is always a stronger and a weaker partner in every couple,

Overall

Great story, great writing but poor execution and acting. It is just a onetime watch.

Verdict

My rating is 2.5/5

Trailer

VOOT by Viacom18

Recently Viacom18 trying to enter into digital world has launched an App called "VOOT".

VOOT a digital venture by Viacom18 is a library of all the shows and movies that Viacom18 has produced and that Viacom18 will produce in near future.

Some features about the app: 

·         Will be available on iOS, Android and web on 29^th March, 2016

·         Lines up the biggest repository of kids’ characters in India – from Dora to Motu Patlu to Chhota Bheem.

·         Viacom18 consolidates 17000 hours of network content into VOOT

·         Gulshan Grover, Baba Sehgal, Alok Nath and a host of celebs will frontline VOOT Originals

According to me the most interesting thing about this app are the ORIGINALS.

SOADIES

CAST: Baba Sehgal, Anju Mahedndru, Daljit Singh, Ishita Dutta

Production House: Frames Productions

Director: Hitesh Bhatia

 

SYNOPSIS: Soadies is a family in Delhi who’s been so passionate about the Roadies lifestyle that they’ve forgotten any other way to exist. Every family member is rude to the other for no apparent reason. No one respects the other, they worship their bikes & the only way they get work done is by converting everything into a ‘task’. Years ago, Banto Soadie had passed away during an eventful Roadies audition, leaving his wife Santo with the insurmountable task of finding a Roadie in the family... and so began the crazy, mad, unnerving saga of the four Soadies and their trysts with life; with their son, Ballu becoming an angst filled rapper and Ballu’s son, in turn, becoming the epitome of uselessness. Will Santo ever be able to complete the task her husband had set for her? Or will her granddaughter, Dolly, get her way and fix her family's obsession with the reality show? Watch their hilarious story and find out what's vooting.

CHINESE BHASAD

CAST: Chander Khanna, Naveen Polishetty, Monsoon Baruah, Madhuri Sanjeev, Ratan Singh Rathore, Yashpal Sharma, Jameel Khan, Sunil Thapa,

Production House: Parin Multimedia

Director: Saurabh Tiwari

SYNOPSIS: 2016 – Major Badrinath Tripathi hates everything that has the tag - Made in China! 56 years after the Indo-China war, the memory of how his 2 minutes visit to the loo cost him his entire squadron, still haunts him. When his grandson returns to India with his Chinese girlfriend whom he wants to wed, what ensues is an epic Chinese Bhasad!

Chinese Bhasad is a story of this union and the intricacies of the 4 days of the wedding. From the Chinese custom of worshipping their auspicious pig, to the pandit family wanting to exert their customs on the visiting Chinese family, each ceremony is the unravelling a new Bhasad. The sharp contrast of the two proud cultures, the intense aggression of the esteemed Lucknowi family, the short fuse of the Chinese folk... There's no other way of putting it except - Bhasad Mach jaati hai!

BADMAN

Cast: Gulshan Grover, Chanky Pandey, Vishal Malhotra, Anubhav Pal, Himani Shivpuri, Gopal Dutt, Shakshi Pradhan

Production House: Lime Production Jar Pictures

Director: Rajeev Laxman

SYNOPSIS: A mad, comic caper where the legendary Bad Man Gulshan Grover relaunches himself in the film industry, but this time as a hero! With celebrity cameos, hilarious delusional situations with the ‘young hero’ Gulshan Grover, Bad Man explores the dark yet funny side of Bollywood. A first in the history of Indian cinema, Bad Man is a mockumentary of epic proportions.

SINSKAARI

Cast: Alok Nath

Production House: Monozygotic Films

Director: Rajeev Laxman

SYNOPSIS: Finally India has a show where Sin meets Sanskaar. In every episode, our very own Babuji - Alok Nath, will interview celebrities on their sins n sinful side! Babuji (or affectionately called BJ) quizzes his guests about their fantasies, role-play and all things sexy! Alok Nath plays India’s first reluctant host in this steamy chat show. Scandalized?? Well, you have our host for company!