Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Vicky Donor Review

Vicky Donor Review

Released on 20th April, 2012 Vicky Donor is a Bollywood comedy entertainer Directed by Soojit Sircar. Vicky donor is a family entertainer despite being a film revolving around "Sperm Donation". Entertainer because it is neither a crude sex comedy or a film sending some public service message. On the top of that there is no visual or verbal vulgarity in the film. The film mainly deals with the concept of "Sperm Donation" and "Infertility".





The film "Vicky Donor" revolves around Doctor "Baldev Chadda" (Anu kapoor), a well qualified fertility expert who runs a fertility clinic and a sperm bank in Daryaganj, Delhi. His clinic guarantees high quality and specialized sperms, but unfortunately he has more failures to his credit than successes. A healthy high performing donor is the need of that hour. While searching for such a donor, Dr. Chadda bumps into "Vicky Arora" (Ayushmann khurana). who is the only son of a widow and in deep financial crises. His mother runs a beauty parlor from home in Lajpat nagar, Delhi.

Dr. Chadda has to spend days and nights on convincing Vicky to become a donor until he gives in and agrees to donate sperms for the sake of earning some money. Soon he makes a fortune out of his potent attribute. He falls in love with a pretty Bengali girl "Ashima Roy" (Yami Gautam). who works in a bank. He marries the love of his life but things began to take a drastic turn when she comes to know about his covert contributions to sperm bank.





While the film lightly touches on theme of shortage of sperm donors and the social stigma attached to it. Vicky donor manages to refrain itself from being an issue based cinema. Both the actors Ayushmann Khurana and Yami gautam have done their jobs fabulously. Ayushmann has shown his acting prowess while Yami gautam's beauty reflects in her performance.

Overall the movie superb and a must watch. Deserves 4/5 ratings. Hope you like this Vicky Donor Review.





Vicky Donor Cast and Crew.



  • Ayushmann Khurana as Vicky Arora
  • Yami Gautam as Ashima Roy.
  • Annu Kapoor as Dr. Baldev Chaddha
  • Dolly Ahluwalia as Mrs. Arora.
  • Kamlesh Gill as Biji.
  • John Abraham as Himself in song "Rum Whisky"
  • Bupesh Pandya as Chaman
  • K.V Rajni as nurse Lata.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Movie Reviews - The pursuit of Happiness Review

The pursuit of happiness (2006) is inspired by the struggles and real life story of "Chris Gardener". It is a biographical drama film based on Chris Gardener's nearly 1 year struggle with homelessness. The movie Stars "Will Smith" who shined once again with an absolutely challenging role. The best part is that he has starred alongside his 8 year old son "Jaden Smith". He turns into raw heart-breaking performance as a man who struggles to give his child the quality life that he could not have due to his lack of education, stubborn naysayers attitude and homelessness to become a rags-to-riches phenomenon.

Directed by "Gabriel Muccino", the film shows "Will Smith" as "Chris Gardener" an on and off homeless salesman turned stock broker.



The Storyline

Gardener (Smith) is a salesman with ample supply of bone density scanners collected during an ill-conceived investment plans that has yet to pay off. His girlfriend, Linda (Thandie Newton), is fed-up with having to work double shifts while he strolls around the town with these strange devices only to return by night-fall with a skinny wallet. Together, they have a son (jaden), who spends a lot of time in day care watching TV re-runs.

When financial problems start to increase, Linda decides that its time to go and leaves Gardener along with the child "Jaden". After this Smith (gardener), meets a manager for "Dean Witter" (stock brokerage firm), while trying to sell one of his bone density scanners. He impresses him by solving "Rubik's Cube" in a short cab ride. This new relationship with Dean witter manager earns him a chance to become an intern stockbroker. It is hard to believe that she leaves her child in the hands of a man who she deems to be a loser and its yet harder to believe that Chris Gardener would appear for an interview with that paint smeared face and land into a internship at a prestigious brokerage firm. The story revolves around the struggles of Gardener (smith), who finally completes the internship with flying colors and is offered a job in the prestigious stock-brokerage firm, Fighting back the tears, he rushes to his Son's (Jaden), day care and hugs him tightly. They walk down the street, joking with each other and are passed by a man dressed in a business suit (the real Chris Gardener in a cameo). The end Epilogue reveals how Chris Gardener went on to form his own multi-millionaire stock brokerage firm.




Cast

  • Will Smith as Chris Gardener.
  • Jaden Smith as Christopher Gardener jr.
  • Thandie Newton as Linda Gardener.
  • Brain Howe as Jay Twistle.
  • Dan Castellaneta as Allan Frakesh.
  • James Karen as Martin Frohm.
  • Kurt Fuller as Walter Ribbon.
Directed by Gabrielle Muccino.