'Main Aur Charles' Review - A Stylish Bio-pic

The biography of a psycho serial killer, 'Charles Shobraj'(Randeep Hooda), who's smart and a playboy, with a monk like attitude; who manages to escape from the prison in broad daylight shattering the police force of India.

The life of Charles is very interesting and has various layers to the character itself. But, the writing (Prawaal Raman) is not that compelling and the screenplay could've been much tighter and revealing. The director (Prawaal Raman) creates visually beautiful frames and the non-linear narrative style adds to the movie. He makes it stylish and the character stays with you. The film is visually good looking, thanks to the cinematographer(Anuj Dhawan) & art director (Jitendra Kava). I didn't liked the editing personally. Too much unnecessary jump cuts in between didn't worked for me. The story moves too fast at some places and so, storytelling isn't that smooth. Randeep Hooda adds that charm and mystery to the character, he looks dashing, adapts the accent very well and his rough voice adds to it and makes Charles Shobraj a stylish con-man & irre. Richa Chadda has a small part to play and she does it with ease. The police officer (Adil Hussain) plays his part damn good, also other actors have acted well.

A stylishly told serial killer flick set in 1960s.
Charles Shobraj's life is damn interesting, if you aren't aware of his life, do watch it for sure. 

Masaan Review - Simple, Brutal, Pleasant & Soulful.

Its about the journey of 3 people; Devi Pathak (Richa Chadda) - who's recovering after her boyfriend's death, Deepak Chaudhary (Vicky Kaushal) - who burns dead bodies for money, falls in love with an upper caste girl and Vidyadhar Pathak - Devi's dad (Sanjay Mishra) - who is very concerned about her image in the society and his struggles in doing so. 3 parallel lives passing by simultaneously in Benaras, along the shore of river Ganga.

The director (Neeraj G.) keeps it very simple and doesn't try too hard to impress the audience. Their Life just passes right in front of you; it makes you cry, laugh, smile, emotional, sad, angry & fall in love with them. Cinematographer Avinash Arun treats every frame very delicately and makes it look very natural; almost like a painting. Exploring the dark parts of Benaras as well. Writing is good - keeps it raw & real. The music is peaceful and has that connect with you...Casting is perfect & Acting is very natural from all the actors, being the soul of 'Masaan'.  All of this comes together beautifully, creating something wonderful. The language, accent, characters, look and feel of the movie, stays with you...

A movie to be felt, not watched. It'll stay with you...

Its Beautiful, but may not be for everyone... You need to be a cinema lover to appreciate it.