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Guest Post: 5 Movies that Prove Farhan Akhtar is more than just a Good Actor

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Guest Post: 5 Movies that Prove Farhan Akhtar is more than just a Good Actor

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Farhan Akhtar, the son of screenwriter Javed Akhtar is known for his versatility as an actor. He is also a director, producer, playback singer, and lyricist. Admired for the perfection of his craft, Farhan has time and again proved that he has the skills and hard work to be a successful lead star. Though there have been blips of brilliance from the Mumbai lad, a good script is what it needs to propel him to superstardom.

Here’s a look at 5 movies that prove that Farhan Akhtar is more than just a good actor.

1. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

An adaptation of the real life story of Milkha Singh a.k.a ‘Flying Sikh’ who was a World Champion, Olympian and India’s pride in athletics, Farhan Akhtar plays the lead role in the movie. Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, the film also stars Sonam Kapoor, Meesha Shafi, Divya Dutta and Yograj Singh.

The film was a critical success, earning the praise of critics and fans all around the world. The movie drove movie lovers to book movie tickets online in large numbers and enjoy the film on a big screen.

2. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)

Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara
Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara

The story of three friends portrayed on screen by Farhan Akhtar’s sister Zoya Akhtar (Director) was one of the biggest Bollywood hits of all-time. A group of friends travels to Spain before the marriage of one person in the group (Abhay Deol). What begins as a normal trip turns out to be one of the most important trips.

Widely acclaimed and appreciated, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara was a critical and commercial success. The huge success of the film and the role of Farhan Akhtar was praised by one and all.

3. Dil Dhadakne Do (2015)

Dil Dhadakne Do
Dil Dhadakne Do

Directed by Zoya Akhtar, this comedy-drama film has a wonderful cast – Anil Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Farhan Akhtar, Anushka Sharma and Priyanka Chopra. The story is about a Punjabi family who get together to celebrate the 30th wedding anniversary of their parents.

The widely appreciated movie won the hearts of many fans across India. You definitely must watch the movie if you still haven’t.

4. Karthik Calling Karthik (2010)

Karthik Calling Karthik
Karthik Calling Karthik

A psychological drama thriller, the film was directed by Vijay Lalwani and produced by Farhan Akhtar. The movie is about an introvert who doesn’t have the motivation to push himself and gets trapped in his average job. However, one day he receives a call from a person who promises to transform his life completely.

The movie brought out the acting skills of Farhan Akhtar and portrayed him as a lead actor with a lot of talent remaining untapped.

5. Rock On!! (2008)

Rock On
Rock On

The musical drama film directed by Abhishek Kapoor was a wonderful movie which launched Farhan Akhtar as an actor in Bollywood. The film was critically praised for the acting of all actors involved. It was a winner of seven Filmfare Awards and had one of the best performances by Farhan Akhtar. The latest offering from Farhan is Wazir which has Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Aditi Rao Hydari as part of its cast. The movie is directed by Bejoy Nambiar and you can use

Wazir Review
Wazir

The latest offering from Farhan is Wazir which has Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Aditi Rao Hydari as part of its cast. The movie is directed by Bejoy Nambiar and you can use bookmyshow offers to book movie tickets to watch the flick in theatres near you.

 

Friday Fundas

Money Shot

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Money Shot

In this week’s Friday Fundas I chose to discuss an interesting part in a movie or something the producers look for in a script. This is called Money shot or a Payoff shot.

Originally the money shot was a term referred to the shots for which maximum money was spent. This term was mainly used in the pornographic movies. However later this term was used for mainstream genre of movies and also changed its meaning to relate to the shot in a movie which had the most commercial value of the movie. This is the shot after seeing which the audience says “Paisa vasool” (worth the money spent). This has also become a standard practice when reviewing a script the producers look for the money shot which usually is the most dramatic part of the movie. This need not be restricted to the shots with the greatest special effects. Also this shot need not occur in the climax of the movie.

Jake jumps on to Toruk and connects his mind to it to become Toruk Makto
Jake jumps on to Toruk and connects his mind to it to become Toruk Makto

Let us look at some of the examples, in the English movie Avatar the sequence in which Jake connects his mind to the Toruk is the most high point of the entire narration and this would be the money shot of the movie in my opinion.

The bomb scene in the movie swordfish
The bomb scene in the movie swordfish

In the English movie swordfish the bomb blast scene is a very well shot scene and it is the money shot of the movie.

Skydiving scene in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Skydiving scene in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

This also applies to Indian movies as well. In the Hindi movie Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara the sky diving scene of the 3 friends is the money shot of the movie.

Baasha Medical College scene
Baasha Medical College scene

In the Tamil movie Baasha the medical college sequence is the money shot of the movie. This shot occurs in the first half of the movie. This does not have any great visual effects but the high point in utilizing the potential of the star value of Rajinikanth makes this one the money shot of the movie.

Identifying your money shot in the movie is very much important. Every successful movie has a money shot, but every movie with a money shot need not be successful as the success depends on the entire movie and the money shot being the highest point of the movie which elates the audience.

Friday Fundas

Friday Fundas: Use of Metaphor in Movies

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Use of Metaphor in Movies

Use of metaphors is very well known form or technique used in performing arts like poetry, novels, short stories, plays and motion pictures. Metaphors usually help in connecting the audience to the art very effectively. This week’s Friday Fundas takes a look at the use of metaphors in movies with some examples from famous movies.

Metaphors involve in using any item, living being or a situation that is very similar to the current context or situation. Movies being a visual medium there are more opportunities in how a metaphor is being handled. Some of the metaphors in the movies are very direct and short lived for a particular instance. For example rough waves in the sea or trees bending in heavy thunder storm are used as a metaphor for depicting the emotional situation of a character. Director K. Balachander has been one of the directors who used very unique metaphors throughout his movies. Some of the metaphors would demand some intellectual viewing as well. In his Tamil movie Thamarai Nenjam the protagonist falls off from the balcony. Avoiding the sequences of showing the character suffering in pain or someone attending to the character; a plantain tree is shown with a stick tied in support to a broken leaf. Many of the south Indian households and their neighborhood have plantain trees and this visual immediately relates to the person who has fallen has broken his limbs and a cast has been applied. The next scene shows the person lying on the bed with the cast.

There is other kind of metaphors used in movies which are prolonged throughout the movie. Different characters interact with it differently at various points of time and it emphasizes itself as the movie progresses. This is a very popular technique used by screenwriters to create an additional layer to the script. Let us look some of the examples here.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

In the movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara fear of adventure sports is used as a metaphor for the internal fear each of the three characters have in their life regarding wealth, relationship and commitment. As each one of them overcomes their fear in the adventure sport they also overcome their internal fear in life.

Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine

In the movie Little Miss Sunshine the mini-van and its state represents the state of the family. The van is dysfunctional and the family members have to keep pushing it to get it started. This represents the dysfunctional state of the family and their bonding. Even at the end of the movie from a top angle shot you see the van going in a zigzag fashion on a straight road. This depicts that the state of the family has not changed still but they still travel together in the journey of life.

Next time when you watch a movie look out for the use of metaphors. If you can recollect some metaphors you had enjoyed watching in a movie add it to the comment section.