If Irish accents counted, I’d give the movie a 5 out a 5. But unfortunately, this sentimental two hour tragi-comedy has nothing worthwhile in it that I could rave about. Hillary Swank is a favourite of mine, and I love her in most of the stuff she chooses to act in, but am not sure what apart from her in this movie is special.

What a delightful interpretation of history! I don’t think I have enjoyed romance on-screen ever as much as in this movie (maybe in Mughal-e-Azam). Ashutosh Gowariker’s vision and treatment of the movie is worth applauding. Being so used and almost numb to melodrama and tearjerker romances, this is indeed refreshing. He earned my respect with the disclaimer about different version of history regarding Jodha’s name and about the treatment of animals in the movie.

One thing about India period dramas is that somehow directors and cinematographers focus on opulence of interiors, jewels and outdoors but this film is so much human, the focus is on the characters themselves instead of how much was spent making them look like the characters.

Beautiful songs, great chemistry between the character and an effortlessly entertaining movie! I highly recommend. Don’t be fazed by the length of the movie..you won’t realize how time passes.

It’s strange that in my country, controversies are generated by the most insignificant things.

When “Water” was being shot in India, it was all over the papers because of the protests and rioting. I don’t even understand why. The movie brings out the pathos and suffering of the widows of pre-independent India with such precision, I am amazed. How could such a movie offend anyone? Perhaps those who are offended are those who still live in denial, who allow themselves to get offended by the truth of our past and those who appoint themselves the moral guardians of a religion the foundation and interpretation of which itself many question.

For some reason I didn’t have a lot of expectations from this movie even though my friend recommended this highly, as if it was going to change my life.

It didn’t change my life for sure. With a very weak plot and half-hearted efforts at getting into the character by most of the actors (notably Bloom), the movie sort of becomes predictable as there are too many story angles not meshing with each other.

But why I gave this movie a “wishy washy” rating was that there was really nothing specifically wrong with the movie, even though there was nothing exceptionally “right” either. It’s sort of like a in-between movie with endearing moments that you can enjoy on a day when you have nothing better to do.

I couldn’t watch this movie in the theatres because I was interning at that time and I was reduced to listening about it from friends. There was a mixed reaction overall and I now understand why.

Spiderman 3 does not have the raw edge of its predecessors – there are too many story angles that are dealt with too superficially. The villains are too soft and there is a lot of unnecessary melodrama which takes away the edge off of what could have been a gritty superhero movie.

Not convincing and not nail biting enough.

Movie drags in the middle and beats logic when you see the dad chomping merrily and making conversation while his family is lost and being preyed upon out in the wild.

Lots of fire, stunts and some mumbo-jumbo about deals with the devil.

That’s about it.

A truly forgettable experience.

It’s hilarious in parts – yes. If that was the only purpose of the movie – to give the viewers a few laughs then it has certainly achieved that. But if I had to go beyond that, the story doesn’t do anything to me – kind of starts on a high note and then goes downhill from the moment Wilson falls for Rachel in the movie because it’s just ridiculous – the romance flowering and wilting in midst of a dysfunctional family.

I really don’t care if this movie is based on Indira Gandhi and generated controversy for all the wrong reasons, I shall remember this movie for the stellar performances of Sanjeev Kumar and Suchitra Sen, and the beautiful music.

Sanjeev Kumar is so restrained and yet so much expressive, it made my heart ache for the character’s pain and longing. Suchitra Sen is beautiful and poised, and even with the tinge of the Bengali accent in her Hindi, gives a believable performance as a woman torn by her desire, ambition and personal demons. I especially applaud how the character is been scripted in a “real” way, where the female protagonist is not portrayed as a stereotypical ruthless or vindictive woman just because she has ambitions of politics power and success. The movie does not also pass value judgement on her character and the decision she made to leave her family to pursue her other interests – and that highly impressed me.

As with all Gulzar’s movies, I love the way it ends.

One of the best movies I have seen this year!

Sajid Khan spent the first half of his career parodying movies and movie stars – I expected that a film directed by him would overcome the flaws that he would pick up on and rip apart during his hey days on the TV. But like all talk and no walk, Heyy Babyy is extremely a shoddy cinematic venture where none of its stars in the movie can save it when the plot is so weak. The movie at times reaches a point of predictable ridiculousness, that you are not laughing with it, but at it.

Avoid this movie at all costs if you are easily angered by stupidity on the silver screen.