Tuesday, 6 September 2016
Friday, 2 September 2016
And so we have Akira (Sonakshi Sinha) who is trained by her dad in karate than kathak, who teaches a lesson or two to the roadside goons back home in Jodhpur and ends up in the remand home for it. Trouble seems to follow her even as she carries on being a good girl. A shift to Mumbai finds her daggers drawn with college ruffians and a corrupt cop Govind Rane (Anurag Kashyap) who plays the game of “almost running over the pavement dwellers” with his official vehicle, slaps a college professor and makes the students take to the streets and face tear gas and rifles (all this while I kept wondering when was the last time Mumbai college-goers ever protested with such show of strength). He also has no compunctions to murder for money.
Genre: Action
Director: A.R. Murugadoss
Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Anurag Kashyap, Konkana Sen Sharma
Storyline: A girl, raised to be tough, finds it hard to stay nice
Bottomline: Breaks bones, but not gender stereotypes
Director: A.R. Murugadoss
Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Anurag Kashyap, Konkana Sen Sharma
Storyline: A girl, raised to be tough, finds it hard to stay nice
Bottomline: Breaks bones, but not gender stereotypes
Sinha is slim, svelte and agile and wears a constant sulk for expression. Kashyap seems to be having all the fun while being resolutely himself. When he puffs at the joint and says, “Maal achcha tha, South se hoga”, it almost felt like he was endorsing Tamil cinema, as he always does. None of the actors gets any support from the script. The plot is utterly long-winded and tortuous with plotholes and weird coincidences strewn all over. But ours is not to question why. So in the most random and bizarre turn of events Akira finds herself in a mental asylum. If Salman Khan can in Tere Naam, why can’t she? It's done most easily with nary a protest from even her close family members. There is an overt attempt at ticking a few right boxes—a split second nod to the cause of acid attack victims, pitting a heavily pregnant (Kahaani inspired) but competent lady cop Rabia (an utterly disinterested Konkana Sen Sharma) as against the corrupt male cops. But the entrenched patriarchy and misogyny is not shaken off, rather it gets reiterated with the many mixed metaphors. There is constant righteous harping on the virtues of the woman. She is pounded to pulp, made to suffer most gratuitously before she can rise up and pound back like a possessed avenging angel. It is the familiar falling back on the Durga-Shakti-Kali sterotype.
And in the most ridiculous and bizarre turn of the plot towards the end Akira has to become the sacrificial goat for the larger good of the community—“in the national interest”, “for the sake of law and order”, “to save the town from possible communal unrest”. Never has any actor looked as unconvinced mouthing such inanities as Sharma to Sinha. Meanwhile, Sinha gamely sees herself as a Christ figure who bears the sins of the world on the cross. Daughter India replaces Mother India. And all I could say to myself at the end of the film was Beti Bachao. .
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Thursday, 1 September 2016
City Maps 2Go Pro Offline Maps v4.8.3 APK
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INCLUDING unlimited maps and guide downloads. 100% offline. No data roaming or WiFi required. The most downloaded app of its kind. Ideal for trips abroad and at home.
OCR - Text Scanner Pro v1.3.0 APK
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OCR-Text Scanner is App to recognize text from image based on "tesseract" OCR.
It turns your mobile phone to text scanner.
GPP Remote Viewer v2.0.9 APK
GPP Remote Viewer play.google.comgpp.remote.control
You are away from their desk or home computer? You urgently need a file from it? This program is for you! The program is designed for remote access to your computer. Wherever
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Bridge Constructor 5.1 build 501293 APK
Bridge Constructor play.google.com.bridgeconstructor
The #1 puzzle and simulation game now on Android!
Construct a bridge with different materials, put it to the test using cars and trucks, and unlock the next brain-teasing level!
Goat Simulator GoatZ v1.3.4 APK
Goat Simulator GoatZ com.coffeestainstudios.goatsimulator.goatz
GoatZ is the latest official addition to the Goat Simulator universe, and is a fine contender for the dumbest thing to come from Coffee Stain Studios yet - GOATS AND ZOMBIES IN THE SAME GAME! Well if you’re not already yelling at your mom to buy the game for you right away, maybe this will impress you a bit more:
