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Director: Gaurav Pandey
Writer: Gaurav Pandey
Cast: Prosenjit Chatterjee, Saskia, Mousumi Bhattacharya, Saloni Pandey, Kaushik Sen, Rudranil Ghosh, Piyush Ganguly, Kharaj Mukherjee, Gourav Pandey
Runtime: 120 Minutes
Strength: Prosenjit's acting
Weakness: Confusion in genre, a few characters not well developed
Showbiz rating: 3/5
Plot: Prosenjit Chatterjee as Anjani Putra is a school teacher in a small village. He lives happily with his nagging wife Tanushree. He is happy and content with his simple lifestyle assuming that this is as much life has to offer him. Under a grant of the School, Anjani Putra along with all the teachers is given a desktop computer to be installed at home. Then the computer changes the life of the human mind.
Review: A slow paced movie starts off with a stark contrast; a village school teacher and mysterious characters from the west. Prosenjit's character as the naïve village school teacher provides us with funny moments, but glimpses of some blonde western characters intrigues us. The story begins to unfold after half an hour. A mystery appears out of nowhere, and just about an impatient viewer would turn off the movie would stop and watch it more. Rest of the movie, we try our best to uncover the puzzle with Prosenjit presents before us. Technically speaking, it is nothing special to brag out, neither is its background music. Iceland for many is an unlikely location to choose, but because we know so little about this country works well. Some of important characters are underdeveloped that their presence in the movie feels unnecessary. Prosenjit's character is something unique in some sense. His naivety in many ways makes us feel sympathetic for him, but mostly, he is a man drowning in lust.

Reviewed by Zia Nazmul Islam

***

Directed by: Sohail Khan
Written by: A R Murugadoss
Cast: Salman Khan, Tabu, Daisy Shah
Run Time: 135 minutes
Strength: Salman Khan's usual stunts and fight scenes, great for Salman Khan fans
Weaknesses: Predictable storyline, weak acting by Daisy Shah and supporting cast
Star Showbiz rating: 2/5
PLOT: An ex-army officer (Salman Khan) initiates a unique idea of propagating social responsibility among ordinary people and in doing so, crosses paths with a powerful political family.
REVIEW: Honest and incorruptible, Jai has made it his mission to help as many people as he can. In a strange twist of fate, he finds himself pitted against a powerful politician and his vile family. Jai firmly believes that you do not have to wear an uniform to serve your country. It is an unequal war – on side stand the politician and on one side is Jai – alone. But unknown to him, a silent revolution is taking place. The voiceless public, he has helped in the past, is gathering force. Jai Ho begins with the predictable fight scene and 'it' song. Set in Mumbai, the movie is filled with action and fight scenes. A few minutes into the movie and it all starts getting predictable, as unnecessary fight scenes and shirtless moments take over the screen. What Daisy Shah lacks in acting skills, she makes up for it with her pretty, girl next door looks. Tabu is like a breath of fresh air from the monotony of the usual faces we see on screen. All in all, it is a great movie for diehard Salman fans. Only a true Salman fan would be able to bear the 135 minutes of forced action, unconvincing drama and the cheesy love songs every ten minutes.

Reviewed By Shanaz Khaled

***

Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey and Margot Robbie
Runtime: 180 Minutes
Strength: Brilliant Acting, Strong Cast and Story
Weakness: Very long (3 hours), and not suitable for children of any age
Showbiz rating: 4/5
Plot:  Full of sex and drugs, this is the real story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Review: Martin Scorsese packs in quite a few outrageous details behind a criminal organization over an epic running time of 3 hours. Scorsese, assisted by his longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker, keeps up an astoundingly intoxicating pace throughout. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Belfast, who establishes a brokerage house in a strip mall by the freeway, peddling penny stocks to the poor and the desperate. But Jordan dreams big and sees his fantasies made flesh. Before too long he has the estate on Long Island, the fleet of luxury cars and a nubile trophy bride he refers to as "the duchess" (Margot Robbie). To the public, his company – Stratton Oakmont – is a rock of financial sanctity. But, under the hood it's a nightmarish circus of dwarf-throwing contests and rollerskating chimps; a world in which nobody has the real asnwer. It's no spoiler to reveal that Jordan's luck eventually runs dry. Scorcese has given us many great rise-and-fall stories before that circle around crime and drugs. The difference is this may be the funniest movie he has ever made. Every few minutes it presents something so shocking and ridiculous that all you can do is laugh. Yet the movie's energy seems to be driven by both excitement and perversion. DiCaprio gives a true heavyweight performance and in the end, Scorsese paints a truly deep picture about the trap called desire, and about how desire can never be fully satisfied.

Reviewed by Zakir Mushtaque