Summer TV

"Suits" - Watch it if you like witty dialogues, handsome leading men and legal drama. Summer is here and with it some kick-ass USA and TNT shows (what can I say - I like me my summer TV). Some of my go-to summer shows are The Closer, So You Think You Can Dance, Rizzoli and Isles, Royal Pains, and the list goes on... This post however is about "Suits". Thursdays 7 PM on USA.

Gabriel Macht plays Harvey Specter, hotshot lawyer at a big law firm who hires Mike Ross (played by Patrick J. Adams), a young "lawyer" with an amazing memory - I say "lawyer" because he passed the Bar without attending law school. The firm has a policy of only hiring Harvard alumni so Harvey and Mike start a facade that Mike went to Harvard. Together they tackle cases big and small and in the process, forge a mentor-mentee relationship.

Pros: The 2 leads and their crackling chemistry, a good supporting cast with Gina Torres and Rick Hoffman and the sassy dialogues with an undercurrent of humour.
Cons: Lack of strong women characters - the managing partner is a woman but she is in a supporting role (but that can change) and slightly far fetched plot-lines (the whole faking he is from Harvard makes for an interesting storyline but in this day and age when information is at your fingertips it's almost impossible to fake your education to a big firm that can do a background check within a matter of days) but then again this is TV.

All in all though, if you find yourselves free on Thursday nights I recommend this.

BBB

Watched a good Hindi movie after a long time - of course with the new baby on board, forget watching the whole movie in one go but I did manage to watch the whole thing with a few interruptions... The movie in question was Band Baaja Barat - a Yash Raj movie that I didn't hear as much about compared to other films from the same banner since it lacked the fanfare that typically comes before a Yash Raj movie premiere.

I wasn't sure if I would like the film but I must say that I enjoyed myself thoroughly. The movie stars Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh as Shruti Kakkar and Bittu respectively. Shruti is a non-nonsense Delhi chick, a go-getter with a vision and ambition to start her own business, "Shaadi Mubarak", as a wedding planner. Bittu on the other hand, to put it mildly, is looking for his calling. Not doing very well at college, his dad wants to yank his derriere back to his hometown and have him join the family business. While crashing a Delhi wedding for good food, Bittu runs into Shruti who is the assistant to the wedding planner and he is quite smitten with her. He makes a DVD of her singing and dancing at the wedding and tries to "patao" her. Unfortunately for him, she sees through him right away and calls him out on his antics. They end up becoming friends anyway and later on start the wedding planning business together but not before she has made it amply clear that she does not believe in mixing love and business. Will "Shaadi Mubarak" succeed? Or will their professional relationship get in the way of love? Will Bittu and Shruti have their own "Happy Wedding" (shaadi mubarak)?

I loved Anushka Sharma in this movie - as an actress, she is far superior to her contemporaries like Sonam, Deepika and Katrina - I am stumped as to why she has not done better than them in terms of box office success. She believes in the role and the character so her audience does too. You completely buy her act as the smart and sassy Shruti Kakkar. Ranveer Singh does a great job as Bittu. He lacks the "hero" good looks but is a decent actor. The supporting cast is pretty adequate. I like the relationship portrayed between Shruti and her mother - they didn't spend too much time on that plot-line but did a good job with what little they did. So in a nutshell, if you are looking for a Bollywood movie that is entertaining and worth your time, Band Baaja Barat is it. Enjoy!!