Rowdy Rathore Poster review

This poster review series is an attempt to explain the expectation a poster would generate in their audience, and possible story that poster might suggest. However, we are not going to rate the poster, only tell our opinion on what this poster reveals about the movie. Given below is the link of the poster

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First glance at the title and poster suggests that this is an action movie featuring Akshay Kumar. Akshay Kumar is coming back to action after a long time which makes this movie a highly anticipated one for his fans. Movie is getting released on June 1 2012, however the poster was released a year back though Akshay is tweeting these days that shooting is still going on.

Stills in the posterAkshay is showing his punch while extending his arm. His head is tilted towards his right is having a cigrete in his mouth and relaxed/confident expression along with mustache on his face. There is no one else in the poster, so it gives an impression that this movie is solely about Akshay's character. There is absolutely no indication of story.

Choice of ColorsFrom the promo of the movie it appears that story is set in a village, so the colors are carefully chosen to make the poster looked rustic, retro and a bit faded too. Akshay's background is shown quite fiery using yellow, light orange and black making it look as if Akshay's character was in the middle of a combat in the night time. Text colors have been choosen aptly since the readability is about ok.

Text in the poster'Faulad ki Aulad' in hindi alphabets is what you notice first, along with the title off-course. It suggest that Akshay's character is a man who is built like a brick, strong willed and rowdy who will kick asses to impose his domination and just for fun. Akshay has a history with Martial Arts and he used to work in action movies till early 2000s. Given that 'Faulaad' means a man who has immense and raw power, this poster suggest that this movie is going to be a story of one man's upmanship and it is going to feature some raw, rusty and realistic action.

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Housefull 2 crosses 100 crore mark but IMDB score is quite low!!

Housefull 2 might have crossed 100 crore mark, but it has not only got poor reviews from critics nationwide, also its IMDB rating is mere 5.3 at this juncture. 100 Crore mark is an undeniable symbol of acceptance from its audience, especially for a movie which wasn't released on any festive occasion, didn't have any long weekend, had tough competition with IPL and regional movies, and most importantly none of the lead actors in the movie had crossed 100 crore mark before. It has entered 4th week, a rare phenomenon for movies these days, and as per exhibitors it is still going strong. But then why IMDB rating is so low??

Does this rating mean that movie isn't good?Lets analyze these ratings. 450 out of 1279 votes given to this movie is 5 or below, but if we read the reviews then 5/10 could mean a 'decent-attempt' from someone and 'rubbish' from another. This concludes an obvious that - people not only have different tastes, preference, and expectation but also different metrics, measures, experience, and expertise in reviewing/rating. Some people may review the movie for fun factor, some for its technical achievements, and some for the performance of their favorite/most-despicable actor, which means that IMDB ratings is certainly not an indication of the quality of the movie on its own.

Why do we look at these ratings?There could be number of reason why people may not like even a highly rated movie like 'The Dark Knight' too. Off course we all know that, but then why do we look at these ratings? Some of us see these ratings to just solidify our gut feeling as we probably would have made our mind (that we want to watch this movie or not) before and some of us judge the movie's quality on the basis of its IMDB rating and then decides whether to watch it or not. There could be other reasons as well, but what does IMDB ratings mean on its own?

What does these ratings mean?Important question indeed! These ratings are mere indication of 'X number of visitors on this website shares common taste in this movie to Y extent', with X being the number of votes and Y being its final rating. People who called this movie a trash would argue that movie deserves low rating, but others who have loved it would certainly disagree. 'The Dark Knight' got more 17 thousand votes of 1 out of 10 but critics gave it excellant ratings. Should we just ignore these 1's because of our prejudice and say ratings from these people don't mean much, just because we don't agree with them? Because the same argument would apply for 'Housefull 2' as well!!

Housefull 2 Review

First of all, take a bow, Mithun Chakraborty!! Amidst all the hilarious situations happening around him, he managed to give a stupendus performance with so much grace, which gave more meaning to the madness that was surrounding him. He excelled as a strong headed, down to earth, and no-nonsense man of principals.

Jai (Shreyas) who wants to avenge his father from Chintu Kapoor, called his friend (Ritesh deshmukh) to help him out, so that he will ask for Chintu Kapoor's daughter's (Asin) hand and then reject her. Ritesh is too scared of his father (Mithun Chakraborty) to indulge in this, so they have to involve a professional conman (John Abraham), but they send him to a wrong house (Daboo Kapoor) by mistake. Now they have to involve another professional conman (Akshay Kumar), who is considered to be the biggest Kamina of UK. Both conmen are paid well enough to do the job, and they are progressing well in their task, until they came to know that they have to confront Ritesh's father.

No one can play conman better than Akshay, and he just blew the roof off with his performance in this movie. His character not only anchors the movie, but also move story forward. John is playing a character he has never played before, and he did better than I expected him to. Shreyas and Ritesh are real pleasure to watch, they do their part well. Asin excels among other female leads of the movie, followed by Jacqueline who managed to give some expressions this time. Other two heroines were just about serviceable, nothing worth mentioning about them. Rishi Kapoor and Randhir Kapoor had a terrific chemistry between them, and they stole first half an hour before Akshay took control. Boman Irani did his part well, but his role wasn't much. Johny lever has done it all in Bollywood Comedy, but it is still a pleasure watching him pull off a role (similar to Paresh Rawal's role in 'Haseena Maan Jayegi') and do better. Chunky pandey played the same 'Akhiri pasta' and his scenes are hilarious. Ranjeet (YES, good old Ranjeet) has two scenes in the movie, and he made an impact you would like to remember.

All the songs are entertaining and enjoyable. 'Anarkali Disco Chali' and 'Pappa toh band bajaye' simply tore the house down. What brilliant choreography and what brilliant lyrics. Almost felt like singing 'Do you know' song while watching it. Don't remember when I last felt like this. 'Right now' is more erotic than it looks on youtube and TV.

Housefull 2 tickle your funny bone if you have it. Trailers are indicative enough that you need to keep your brains at home to watch this movie. If you do wanna use them, use it appreciate the choreography in the songs and the way Akshay and Mithun had made their part believable, which could have easily looked silly. If you are an Akshay kumar fan or even Ritesh's fan, then don't miss this movie. If you don't like Akshay's movies, then may be you should wait till next weekend to get more consensus on this movie.