Pole star

Reviewing a Hindi movie, and that too squarely in the romantic genre, is not the vein of this site at all. When I watched Saiyaara in Infiniti mall, it was because I was choosing between commuting in the rain and whiling some time in a theater that is a stone's throw from my place. Sometimes perhaps you are surprised in the positive - Karan Kapoor (Aahan Pandey) and Vani (Aneet Padda) have some pretty compelling screen chemistry, bring a fair amount of intensity, and in a movie that is not all giggles and dance sequences - pull off a pretty convincing execution of a rather simple storyline. Karan is the wannabe rockstar looking for a break and superstardom, the once betrayed Vani, who also suffers from Alzheimer's, is his rock - well, at least as long as she can hold on to her memory. Pretty good work

15/20

Rinse (with the Mososaur), Repeat

 It is the present day, and people have lost interest in the dinosaurs; the apathy could not be more apparent as an ageing brontosaurus is removed from the streets of Manhattan. But money hasn't lost its draw unlike the dinosaurs, and a team led by Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend), a man of dubious morals, joins hands with Zora (Scarlett Johansson), Dr Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) and others to seek samples from the aquatic Mosasaurus, terrestrial Titanosaurus, and avian Quetzalcoatlus, in order to find a lucrative cure to a heart disease. On the way their paths cross with the Delgado family – father Reuben, daughters Teresa (Luna Blaise) and Isabella (Audrina Miranda), and Xavier (David Iacono), who are on an unlikely Trans-Atlantic voyage on their summer break. With adventures over land and water, and on the high cliffs of the equatorial island, Jurassic World – Rebirth makes specific effort to draw on the  memories of the franchise – children below overturned means of transportation, T-rex drawn away with flares, the inevitable raptors vs children in a dark room. But all said and done it's executed well without monotony – perhaps the strength of the movie is in its excellent casting – memories with new energy and freshness

16/20