STATE OF SIEGE: TEMPLE ATTACK #TrueEvents @ZEE5India #StateofSiege #SahasKiVijay #AZEE5OriginalFilm

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State of Siege: Temple Attack is an action drama Bollywood movie that's based on true events that happened during the 2002 attack on Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Though the liberties have been taken to make the movie thrilling and trying to showcase the incidents based on the events reported by people in the incident. The movie is launched on the ZEE5 Online platform on 9-Jul-2021 and is directed by Ken Ghosh. Ken Ghosh also directed the famous web series Abhay. The movie is 110 minutes long and is the production house behind the movie is Contiloe Pictures. 

State of Siege: 26/11 was the first part that was also released on the Zee5 platform last year. I have not watched that part so I need to schedule it for the weekend. Temple Attack starts Akshaye Khanna as Major Hanut Singh, Gautam Rode as Major Samar, Vivek Dahiya as Captain Rohit Bagga, Parvin Dabas as Colonel Nager, Samir Soni as CM Choksi, Manjari Fadnis as Saloni, Abhimanyu Singh as Abu Hamza, Chandan Roy as Mohsin, Mir Sarwar as Bilal Naikoo and various others. 

The movie starts with a mission in Northern India, where they are tracking some militants who have caught someone and Major Hanut and the team tries to rescue the girl. During their mission, one of the soldiers gets killed up-close by the captured militants as they were not focused which led to his eyes opening as it was all happening in flashback and still bringing a lot of memories for the Major. He has been taken off the assignments to recover from this huge mental and emotional pain he is going through. It's a journey of a soldier as they lose someone so close to them during all these missions and the pain it brings to them afterwards every night as they think about it. 

Meanwhile, 4 suicide bombers get trained somewhere in Pak Occupied Kashmir (POK) and they are sent down a long trip down to reach Ahmedabad as they get mixed into the Indian public and gets support from the local contacts and agents. They enter the Akshardham Temple building and soon captures the theatre hall and an auditorium and make all the people hostages. They kill anyone who comes in their fire line whosoever be it - kids, man, woman, priests - it doesn't matter to them at all, and that's what makes them too dangerous. People inside the temple try to hide wherever possible and try to save their and other people's lives. 

The movie is about the operation undertaken by the National Security Guards to save the lives of people meanwhile the terrorist demands was to release their leader from one of the prisons at the border. They are up against the time as terrorists start killing a person every hour or so and NSG needs to enter the building and fight against the suicide bombers with grenades and AK-47s. Coming to the acting, it's great to watch Akshaye Khanna back on screen after a gap if I remember correctly, and it's a movie you would want to watch just like Uri: The Surgical Strike to know the point of view from the NSG team's side. Action sequences are shot really well and have some of the famous actors from the movies and web series. Everyone has performed perfectly well as per the roles given to the characters trying to set the context. The story slowly unfolds and keeps you glued to the end but you already are aware as to what happens to the terrorists in the end so you don't wait for the ending as you already know it. Ken Ghosh is a good director and keeps things together till the end as the team tries to uncover the people behind the attacks. 

It's a good one time watch to curb your curiosity to know more about the Akshardham Temple Attack. Watch it if you have ZEE5 access with your family and friends. If you ever travel to Gandhinagar in Gujarat, you should visit this temple which is a beauty in itself for Hindu Devotees. There is one in New Delhi too which I have visited and it's really beautiful too. 

RATING 3/5

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RADHE #MostWantedBhai #Radhe #Crime #Action @ZeeplexOfficial @ZEE5India

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RADHE: Your Most Wanted Bhai is the new Bollywood movie (13 May 2021) starring Salman Khan, Disha Patani and Randeep Hooda, Jackie Shroff which is released by Zee5 as well on Zeeplex where you can get a years subscription to the Zee5 online platform for only R499 including the ticket to the movie. Basically, this is to promote subscription to the online platforms which Salman is able to bring or not depends on the fans and if they still have time to watch movies during these tough times of Corona. 

Radhe shows the superhuman strength of Salman Khan in the introduction sequence that he beats all the resources of Parvesh Rana but suddenly that power is not so great when he hits the gangs of Randeep Hooda who only has 2 people along with him. Salmaan Khan has delivered only a limited number of dialogues in the movie which also doesn't leave any impact and you must have seen those in his previous movies also. Disha Patani's acting is totally over and she doesn't look compatible with Salman's character. There is too much of an age difference that doesn't suit them. Moreover, her elder brother is played by Jackie Shroff which looks more like her dad as compared to the brother. 

Coming to the other characters in the movie are two rival gangs where one local gang leader start yelling as soon as he sees Randeep Hooda without any logic, he totally fails in his act. The other one is played by Sudhanshu Pandey who gets killed soon and doesn't have much to play. The whole team of gangs is beaten up badly by just 3 people of Randeep Hooda's gang which have reached from Delhi to Mumbai and wants to now run their drugs business there and earn a lot of money. His style of work is killing first and talk later and a lot of bloodshed is shown in the movie reminding of the Tarantino movies.  

The songs are nice but the dance is not as good as Allu Arjun's movie and that's the only part that is entertaining in this movie. I don't know why he keeps showing his locket in his dance sequences, the locket must have brought good fortune in his life but to us, it doesn't matter at all. The movie has its ups and downs and as in all the latest launches, social media is shown to be the main taskmaster and to be used to bringing change in society. 

The movie is directed by none other than Prabhu Deva and is based on the movie The Outlaws by Kang Yoon-sung. The movie is produced by Salman Khan, Sohail Khan, Atul Agnihotri and Nikhil Namit. It's 114 minutes of fun or torture you can decide for yourself. The music is by Sajid-Wajid, Himesh Reshammiya and Devi Sri Prasad and there are only 4 songs with a total length of around 15 minutes 34 seconds. This is one of the movies you will enjoy if you are a Salman Khan fan but there is nothing new in the story and you will only enjoy the acting of Randeep Hooda as you will feel the fear of death if he is in front of you. Salman has always looked great on-screen and in this movie also he looks dashing and handsome. 

RATING 2/5

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14 PHERE @ZEE5India #Drama #Comedy #14Phere #2xDrama2xDhamaal #ZEE5

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Zee5 OTT platform is bringing a lot of fun content to be watched by all the viewers and brought this comedy-drama movie after the action thriller Radhe starring Salman Khan. The Zee Studios produced movie stars Vikrant Massey and Kriti Kharbanda as the main couple Sanju and Aditi respectively between whom the concept of 14 Phere is being played. Basically, the families are not in support of their love marriage as they belong to different states and castes so the whole office staff comes together to create fake relatives and attends the marriage twice in two states once in Bihar and once in Rajasthan. I totally loved watching the movie and the small nuances the protagonists go through to make it all happen. 

Sanju and Aditi's fake parents are played by Gauahar Khan as Zubina and Jameel Khan as Amay. Both are theatre artists and they are coaxed into playing this once in a lifetime opportunity to play once Sanju's parents and once Aditi's parents. The movie is directed by Devanshu Singh and written by Manoj Kalwani. Both have been able to capture the details as it goes in the marriages and the demands in both the states. The song where the bride is introduced to the Bihari rituals is really heart touching and you will feel the love a mother-in-law has for her daughter-in-law. 

The movie was released on 23 July 2021 on the ZEE5 platform and runs for around 111 minutes. The story has everything which you want from a movie and can be watched with all the family members together. Vineet Kumar has played the real father of Sanju as Kanhaiya Lal Singh who is facing a lot of trouble to find his daughter who ran away with a groom of her own choice. Yamini Das plays the wife of Kanhaiya Lal as Sarla Lal Singh. During all this running from one state to another, there is a lot of chases when you will feel the couple will get caught but somehow they manage to escape from both the families. 

The movie has really good music which goes along with the story really well and the same is composed by Rajeev V Bhalla and JAM8. Vikrant's acting needs no introduction, as he brings the ease and calmness the character of the main hero needs. Kriti looks beautiful especially as the bride and acted her role perfectly well. This is one movie you should not miss and this is like a fresh breeze of the rains during this time in India. The story is fresh and you will enjoy this situational comedy. The last few minutes are really over the top and could have gone for crisp editing but overall you can leave your logical brain behind and enjoy this comedy movie named 14 Phere. Go for it! RATING 3.5/5

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SUNFLOWER @ZEE5India #Mystery #Comedy #SunflowerOnZEE5 #TheUncooperativeSociety

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SUNFLOWER is the latest murder mystery and comedy built into a web series on the ZEE5 Online Platform featuring Sunil Grover as Sonu Singh who lives in a society in Mumbai where murder happens and all the tenets, maids, guards etc are seemed to be the suspects for the same. Sonu is also living in one of the houses where the murder of Mr Raj Kapoor played by Ashwin Kaushal takes place. The suspects are basically Mr Ahuja played by Mukul Chadha and Sonu Singh. Mrs Ahuja is played by Radha Bhatt and the interactions between them are the most amazing part of this web series as they cover their tracks of murder as they were shown doing something which was going to kill Raj Kapoor. They had a regular fight for a number of reasons like Kapoor parking his Mercedes in Ahuja's parking lot and also Kapoor playing Table Tennis on the wall while Ahuja is making love with his wife. I think the character of Mr Ahuja whose first name is not known and the same goes for Mrs Ahuja too is more of a psychopath who sees good in scratching the car of Mr Kapoor. But the actor looks more irritated, tired and doesn't convince you as a psychopath whom you are afraid to go in front of as a Professor. Beard won't make you look and act like the Professor in Money Heist if the character is inspired by the web series. 

As it happens in so many building societies based web series or TV serials, this one also has a lot of fights and love between various tenets and owners living in the society. This one has a lot of comedy sequences where everyone has to go through some kind of interview process and admission form to stay in the society in the backdrop of the election being held for Chairman of the Sunflower Society. There are two candidates who want to stand for the same - one is our main actor Sonu Singh and another one is Dilip Iyer played by Ashish Vidyarthi. Ashish is central to the moral police they have in their society while her own daughter is not following the steps he wants her to follow. As shown in several other serials, the building will contain all kinds of tenets and they will have their own kind of behaviour and selfish intents - this web series too focussed on many of those and the age-old thinking affecting us in the modern world. It's a great direction by Vikas Bahl to retouch those small peculiarities of the society in a nice way so that people can think about the same. It's like watching Queen movie but on a different topic. 

Sonu Singh also has some hidden agenda which was showcased in the last two episodes but the conclusive end of murder is not shown as the story is left hanging for the next season if it arrives. Raj Kapoor's wife had an affair with his younger brother played by Shonali Nagrani and Arav Chowdharry. Then there are the police guys investigating the murder as DG played by Ranvir Shorey and Girish Kulkarni as Chetan Tambe. There are a lot of girls whom Sonu wants to impress in society and at his workplace too played by Saloni Khanna, Pallavi Das, Dayana Erappa, Ria Nalavade and Simran Nerurkar. 

A lot of focus is given to the day to day lifestyle of Sonu Singh where he spends a lot of time talking to tele-callers in the evening calling him for some kind of Credit card, Data SIM or various other insurance products. Basically, it's shown he doesn't have a lot of friends and talks to his mom three times a day. He orders food from various eateries especially Chinese noodles and also is fully organised. He even keeps his doormat in a certain order matching the line of the flooring. He befriends some of the girls from the office and his neighbours from the opposite door and keeps cracking these PJs from time to time. Guthi reference does come up once or twice in the show but Suni Grover is nothing unless he is accompanied by Kapil Sharma. Together they are awesome and separated they are not something people will enjoy. 

Sonu Singh as showcased in the 8 episodes is shown as a loving cute character by everyone and his good side is shown so far but there can be a real psychopath building up who loses his girlfriend due to Mr Raj Kapoor's influence as she used to work for her and he convinced her to marry someone else. Sonu follows strict principles in his day to day lifestyle and says that no sex before marriage. He is a top employee at his previous job as well as the current one at Ladies Makeup manufacturing company. The best scene is when he tries to take his trouser back from the office boy in the conference room. There are some funny moments in the story with a lot of adult angle also imbibed in the web series. Ranvir Shorey has made his character of Inspector DG interesting. Girish Kulkarni seems to be a real police guy with the mannerism he has in certain of his characters played in various web series. 

In the end, it's a combination of a lot of different stories happening in each and every person related to the Sunflower society where a murder mystery is being solved by the viewers as well as the police. There is the removal of evidence - incidental or intentional which have not followed the police protocol to come to a conclusion which is showed as Sonu Singh to be behind the murder of Mr Raj Kapoor but whether he is a murderer or not will be shown until there is a season 2 of the Sunflower on ZEE5 platform. This is something intentional that the director and Reliance Entertainment has done to its viewers as the story is not closed after 8 episodes. Watch it if you are a fan of Sunil Grover who in several scenes tries to copy Shahrukh Khan's character of Surinder Sahni from Rab Ne Bana De Jodi keeping his face shut while smiling etc. RATING - 3/5

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