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SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 (PAGE 4) BOLLYWOOD-BUZZ MOVIE-REVIEW Importance Coffee without flavour Arnab Ghosh (Sunil Grover) is a prime time journalist with a leading news channel. Thanks to his provocative and overpowering interviews, no politician agrees to appear on his show and he is soon demoted to an earlier slot. of being Unhappy with his demotion, Arnab plans to come back with a bang and that’s when a unique idea strikes him. He pitches a live interview with the country’s most dread- ed man, D to his editor Roy (Rajesh Sharma). While Roy ear- lier brushes it off as a stupid idea, after facing pressure from Salman the channel owners for their dropping ratings, agrees to go ahead with it. Helping Ghosh on this big story is Neha (Dipannita "Chillar Party", a children's film that Sharma) who is termed as the best ‘news writer’. She is shown to be a Lifestyle editor at the channel. was highly successful was produced by him Post making a few funny stories surrounding D’s person- al life that instantly go viral over social media, Ghosh gets a and the proceeds went to "Being Human". call for interview with the real man. Will Arnab be able to get D on a live interview and will he office hits, his personal life, particularly the sordid and return alive is what is left to see. disreputable part naturally got exposed to the people and Vishal Mishra’s Coffee With D supposedly landed in the media. His relationships with actresses are leg- problems with the real Don and had to postpone their endary. From Somy Ali, Sangeeta Bijlani to Aishwarya release. Although, after I watched this film, I wonder how D Rai, all have had relationships with him. With could even have had a problem with it. There is so much stu- Aishwarya Rai, of course, it was more passionate, one pidity in this film that may be how lightly they have taken which lasted for three-four years before Salman himself Don’s character, could have irked him. reported to have spoilt it. Arnab Ghosh’s character is inspired from former Times But then he moved on and fell for another young Now Editor-In-Chief, Arnab Goswami. While Sunil Grover beauty Katrina Kaif, who probably was helped by taps into the personality of the journalist quite aptly, its the comes across as one of the most disappointing Don ever. Salman in the tricky ways of Bollywood. The rela- foolish representation that seems lame. The real Arnab Pankaj Tripathi does his part well. His comic timing is tionship, however, did not last; probably the age maybe dramatic but his intelligence is not a farce. One huge spot on in the film. difference came in the way. Salman is now problem with the script of this film is its poor representation Rajesh Sharma could have been well suited for the role of reported to be courting a Rumanian model. of media. The chief editor demoting a prime time anchor to an Editor to a Hindi news channel that sensationalizes news Apparently he cannot survive without female a cookery show is not only hard to believe but next to impos- than in this case. His dialogue delivery as the boss who companionship. Beefy with a handsome visage sible. What’s even funny is that after he gets demoted, we see blurts out things like ‘Grab him by his b*lls’ looks uncom- and great financial success in films, ambitious his credit cards becoming invalid for use in the next scene. fortable. women naturally throw themselves at him. At 51 The so called edit meeting looks like a freak show or a Dipannita Sharma and Anjana Sukhani hardly make any Proloy Bagchi he, after all, is still the most eligible bachelor in school classroom with the journalists being thrown out for impact with their roles. the industry. pitching bad story ideas. Dipannita Sharma’s character is a Vishal Mishra’a Coffee With D is flawed on a lot of levels. Recently the media was awash with the news of Regardless of his turbulent love-life he has been a classic case of stereotyping women journalists covering Salman Khan, the action hero of Bollywood. He celebrat- Apart from the script, there is also a major issue with the great success in his profession. His films have earned lifestyle beats as bimbos. It’s pathetic to see how women way the film has been shot. The locations choices are quite ed the 51st birthday and, curiously, it was quite widely him money and fame worldwide. The Indian Diaspora in journalists are portrayed in cinema. Every scene with reported, much more than of any other star. Though not below average and especially the whole TV channel and stu- all the continents -- whether in the US, Canada or the Dipannita’s character is laden with sexual innuendos. It’s as dio set up looks terrible. Successful channels have swanky known for proficiency, he is immensely popular for lim- Caribbean or the UK or Africa or Australia and New if the writers cannot imagine a woman reaching a high posi- studios, this one looked like it is a dingy parking lot turned ited number of films he features in every year. One of the Zealand - lap up his films irrespective of their being tion, without compromising to her boss. into a studio. three Khans of the Hindi movie scene, he leaves the other good, bad or indifferent. He, reportedly, has now Coming to the main angle of the story, the ‘Coffee with D’ two, Shahrukh Khan and Amir Khan, miles behind. stopped asking for fees for his films. Instead, he takes a The family scenes, featuring Sunil Grover and Anjana concept is portrayed foolishly. Jokes such as D’s right hand Sukhani seem highly disconnected from the rest of the story Though the latter two are actors of substance they cut from the profits - which he believes are assured. not having enough balance on his phone are expected to somehow don't click with the masses in the way Salman As somebody has said every life is a pile of good things and a lot of them are even unnecessary. It seems there have make you laugh. Also, how conveniently we see the channel been some big time loopholes in the editing in this case. does. While Shahrukh does romantic movies, Amir pro- and bad, Salman too has a pretty bright streak of good- manufacturing stories that are actually fake to grab D’s duces and acts in films that have a social message. ness in him. Despite all his maneuvers, sometimes more Songs are introduced randomly and form as a big distrac- attention. Salman's movies, on the other hand, are different-- he is unethical than ethical, to get out of the inconvenient sit- tion in most cases because the music is not appealing. Thanks to the censor board, a lot of dialogues in the film not only an action hero, his dance moves are also raved uations he is considered by many to be a good and com- The dubbing for many scenes has not been done proper- are muted, which breaks the link in most scenes. about by the masses, mostly belonging to underclasses. passionate human being. He contributes to charities and ly and hence the audio and video do not blend. Curiously, the two more Khans in the industry - Irrfan runs a non-governmental organisation by the name Overall a weak script pulls this film down miserably. Background score for most scenes is atrocious. Khan and Saif Ali Khan - are not considered good enough "Being Human" which sells T shirts and other merchan- Sunil Grover is better known for his comic act on the tel- One particular scene where Dipannita Sharma is seen to come anywhere near the Khan triumvirate who seem dise, proceeds of which are given away for welfare of the evision show, Comedy Nights With Kapil. The comedian is stripping, is forcefully added as a commercial element but to be peerless; so much so that unless a new-comer under-privileged and the dispossessed. He had once seen playing the lead here and well, he surely lacks the could have easily been chopped off. female actress has done at least one movie with each one offered to pay around Rs. 4 million (about $60000) for potential to be one. He is likable only in parts and after a Mishra’s Coffee With D is basically a failure in all major of them, she wouldn't be reckoned to have come of age in prisoners who had no money to foot the legal fees for point, his mimicry of Arnab turns irritating. departments. Coffee With D is strictly avoidable. Don’t waste Bollywood. release from several jails in UP. Zakir Hussain plays the character of D. He is an actor your money on this one! Salman's appeal among the under-classes, called Launching his own film production unit he decided to with great potential but the script fails him and he probably Courtesy : https://www.koimoi.com "tapories" in Mumbai colloquial, is unquestionable and donate all the proceeds of the films to "Being Human" they are the movie-goers in largest numbers keeping the which, as usual, was supposed to be distributed among cash registers of the movie halls ringing. His last movie the under-privileged and the needy. "Chillar Party", a SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Sultan - a story of a wrestler - is reported to have broken children's film that was highly successful was produced all box-office records.

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