RIFLE RANGE BOY

Jana Aranya ( Bengali,  The Middleman; 1976) So far, this has been the most depressing of Ray's movie, where poverty and hopelessness are stretched to a pathetic state. It is actually must be a real problem in the highly populous region of the Bengal subcontinent with far too many intelligent people and a communist-socialist government to stifle growth in the 70s. It portrays the hopelessness of the middle class in controlling their fate.As per the trademark of Ray's movies, there is no dearth of exciting characters and hidden messages in this last offering of the Calcutta trilogy. First few minutes into the movie, you are already sucked into the film by the sheer magnetism of Ray's brilliance. It starts with a scene at the examination hall of the final history paper in the Calcutta University where pandemonium and lawlessness is the rule of the day. Students are blatantly copying their answers right under the noses of the invigilators. Only the diligent Somnath Banerje...

Chennai Express (2013, Bilingual - Tamil/Hindi) Another cheesy typical Bollywood movie that would satiate the appetite of the masses as well as the coffers of the producers - it has set the history of being the highest grosser surpassing '3 Idiots'! It tells the story of a 40 year old sweet merchant (Rahul, SRK, who else) orphan who grew up with his grandparents. His 100 year old granddad dies and to fulfill the deceased's wishes, he has to spread his ashes in Rameshwaram in the southern tip of India. Rahul is upset because it interferes with his grand plans to holiday with his friends in Goa. He tricks his grandma into believing that he is leaving by train when his friends are actually waiting at the next station. Unfortunately, Rahul gets into the same compartment as Meenammal (Deepika Padukone). Meena, the daughter of a villager gangster, is escorted back to her village by her father's henchmen after she tried to abscond from being married off to another gangs...