Arranged

We watched this movie on Sunday night, recommended by Netflix to be of our taste. And indeed, we loved it (btw Netflix has amazing movie recommendation system, it actually works!).
Its a short movie about two young lady teachers: a muslim and an orthodox jew. How they face similar cultural difficulties related to arranged marriages, how they handle them etc. The movie has a very positive tone, not very intense, and will keep you smiling quietly. See if you can find it at some english movie rentals.

http://www.arrangedthemovie.com/

Book reviews??

I was wondering if we could add book reviews to this blog. It fits the blog since its named `Lets' have sane "reviews"' not "movie reviews". The reason being that I recently picked a book (No. I Ladies Detective Agency) after reading Shweta's review on her blog. And it went very well for me. I picked the book because after reading the review I felt that's exactly the kind of book I am feeling like reading right now. And it turned out to be what I wished for - a book with an idyllic setting, simple people, simple plots.

Juno

A 2007 movie of a 16 year old girl who gets pregnant. I loved the movie. Definitely worth a watch. An interesting and amusing soundtrack too.

Sorry Bhai : A refreshing movie

Sorry Bhai is one of those movies jo kab aayi aur chali gayi pata hi nahi chala. I did not watch it earlier because 'Bhai' reminded me of Salman Khan (no seriously, I thought it was some 'chal mere bhai' league)

But it is not definitely of that kind with its wonderful cast - Bomen Irani, Shabhana Azmi, Sanjay Suri, Shraman Joshi and lesser known Chitragandha. The movie has a simple story with a befitted humor.

Recommendation: I am not writing more about the the movie. Get hold of a DVD and WATCH it.

Delhi-6: Not too great

The movie is a great portrayal of life in Delhi-6. With AR Rehman's background score and Rakesh Mehra's attention to detail, movie is quite charming in the first half. Each character has been selected meticulously and very well depicted.

Seems like Rakesh Mehra was so busy in showing the life of Purani Dilli and its characters (which no doubt he did excellently), he forgot about building a story line. In the second half, the movie starts struggling for a plot, and Rakesh Mehra decides to make it a message movie. The message was very weak, and also not presented well.
Last 30 min was a disaster for the movie.

Billu Barber

Saw Billu Barber today. Good time paas. Short and sweet. Excellent work by Irfan Khan and Lara Dutta. Unnecessary use of Shahrukh and lots of unnecessary and interrupting songs. The film could have been much better if the Billu Barber (Irfan) and his friends had more screen time than Shahrukh.

Bridges of Madison County

Excellent movie, especially for married people :-)
Seriously!

Soft, slow, mind expanding...