Sajjanpur Review by India Times | Fact

Upon the release of Welcome to Sajjanpur, an India times review said, "Shyam Benegal has always been accredited as a mesmerizing storyteller known for making ‘meaningful’ cinema. 

This time he also caters to commercial consumers, coming up with his most ‘entertaining’ attempt, by far.

Welcome to Sajjanpur

Synopsis

As one of the few literate men in his village of Sajjanpur, aspiring novelist Mahadev makes a niche for himself writing letters for money.

He enjoys helping people deal with various issues, but things change when beautiful Kamla comes to him.

Mahadev, who has always had feelings for Kamla, can't resist manipulating the communications between Kamla and her husband in the city with hopes of winning her for himself.

starring

• Shreyas Talpade as Mahadev Kushwaha
• Amrita Rao as Kamla Kumharan
• Ravi Kishan as Ram Kumar
• Divya Dutta as Vindhya
• Rajeshwari Sachdev as Shobha Rani
• Ila Arun as Ramsakhi Pannawali
• Kunal Kapoor as Banshi
• Rajit Kapur as Collector
• Lalit Mohan Tiwari as Subedar Singh
• Yashpal Sharma as Ramsingh
• Ravi Jhankal as Munnibai Mukhanni
• Dayashankar Pandey as Chidamiram Sapera
• Sri Vallabh Vyas as Ramavtar (Masterji)

Grade

B

The story is definetely original for Bollywood. Many twists and turns along the road with nice humming songs along the way. Excellent comedy and drama done by Shreyas and Amrita.

Rating

Pg 13

Om Shanti Om

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Synopsis:

Om Prakash Makhija is a junior artist in the 1970s film industry. He and his friend Pappu are trying to succeed in the film industry. Om's mother Bela Makhija inspires and encourages her son to become a success. He dreams of becoming a 'hero' one day on the big screen. He is in love with the country's heart throb and film actress Shanti Priya who is very successful and famous.

One night Om notices Mukesh escorting Shanti to the set of Om Shanti Om. He curiously waits outside looking from afar but not being able to see inside or hear what was going on. Inside Mukesh tells Shanti that for her happiness he is going to cancel the film reveal their marriage to the public and have a grand wedding here in this spectacular set under the chandelier and then destroy the set after they have the marriage ceremony in it. Just as Shanti bursts out with disbelief and happiness Mukesh shows his true colors and pushes Shantipriya and he sets fire to the set of the film and walks out leaving Shanti trapped inside. She begs and pleads to him to let her out but he walks away from the burning set. Om has to hurry because Shanti is running out of oxygen. Om witnesses Mukesh drive away

Om is killed by Mukesh's people but he comes again after 30 years for revenge and to claim his love. Will he succeed and most of all is that even possible?

Starring:
• Shahrukh Khan as Om Prakash Makhija and Om Kapoor aka OK
• Deepika Padukone as Shanti Priya and Sandhya aka Sandy
• Arjun Rampal as Mukesh Mehra aka Mike
• Shreyas Talpade as Pappu Master
• Kirron Kher as Bela Makhija
• Javed Sheikh as Rajesh Kapoor
• Bindu Desai as Kamini
• Asawari Joshi as Lovely Kapoor
• Yuvika Choudhary as Dolly
• Shawar Ali as Shawar


Grade:
A

Really colorful and interesting tale of love with the combination of drama and comedy in a mixture and many surprises big and small. Lovely and mesmerizing songs and music. Beautiful backdrop with hilarious and heart touching dialogues. Family movie must see!!!!!


Rating:
G/PG

Golmaal Returns

Synopsis:

Gopal rescues an attractive woman from a criminal gang, the two are forced to spend the night on a yacht. But when his wife, Ekta, becomes suspicious about the absence, Gopal claims he was with a friend. Gopal makes up an alibi, but the story starts to fall apart and takes hilarious turns when a dead body is found and the police start to ask questions about where Gopal really was that fateful night.

Starring:

• Ajay Devgan as Gopal
• Kareena Kapoor as Ekta
• Arshad Warsi as Inspector Madhav Singh Ghai
• Tusshar Kapoor as Lucky
• Shreyas Talpade as Laxman Prasad Apte
• Celina Jaitley as Meera
• Amrita Arora as Esha
• Anjana Sukhani as Daisy

Grade:
C+

Good comedy movie, with tons of laughs, which will either bring tears to your eyes and/or make your stomache hurt. Ajay, who barely smiles, makes us laugh and shares perfect chemistry with Kareena, who many times reminds us of Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki (Story of each household)!

Rating:
PG 13