Earth and its Idiosyncracies

Pk is a reasonably engaging if totally hackneyed movie that, in the vein of several hindi movies, rather obviously tugs at the emotional heartstrings of the average Bollywood movie-goer. With a central theme of cutting through religious divides, the movie passes through beautiful Bruges and the pot-pourri of Delhi, and plays out a delectable love triangle in the most tangential of ways. Pk (Aamir Khan) plays out his role convincingly in what is an unoriginal but engaging script

10/20

Con the Con

A procurement of clothes in Lucknow for a trader, that’s entirely fictitious. A building sold in Delhi that is not even owned by the seller. A painting (Husain, no less) sold in Mumbai that is, well, not genuine. In all cases, there are (admittedly gullible) women and their entourages wronged, by con artist Ricky Behl (Ranveer Singh). Now three wronged and extremely dangerous women from three cities get together and field their trump – one delectable and persuasive salesgirl Ishika Desai (Anushka Sharma) to con the conman, in sunny Goa. However, as expected, things do not quite fall according to plan. The conman has oodles of experience and all the smarts required to outwit his avengers. However, in the nature of Bollywood heroes, he also has a heart of gooey mush. On the whole, Ladies vs Ricky Bahl is entertaining, while it admittedly defies logic in (many) parts

11.5/20