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Woodstock Villa

Cast and Banner
Release Date : 30 May 2008
Genre : Thriller
Banner : White Feather Films
Producer : Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Sanjay Gupta
Director : Hansal Mehta
Cast : Sikander Kher, Neha Uberoi, Boman Irani, Anupama Verma, Gulshan Grover, Gaurav Gera, Arbaaz Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Sachin Khedekar

Synopsis

In the tradition of film noir that is guaranteed to shock, thrill and surprise. A compelling film from director Hansal Mehta about swiftly changing moralities in today’s world. After a successful businessman’s stunning wife disappears, hostile and taunting ransom demands follow. As the true nature of stakes for the captor and his captives unfold, Woodstock Villa lithely transforms from a precision neo noir into a chilling and shocking thriller, and ultimately into a vivid, invigorating, icy masterpiece of murder, mystery and suspense. Neither pleading eyes nor bound wrists nor a shallow grave are what they seem, as a moment of relief is suddenly transformed into a web of deceit, and a moment of truth is followed by a sudden web of lies. Unsettling, thrilling, hallucinatory, suspenseful and erotic, Woodstock Villa is contemporary entertainment that breaks new ground with every twist.

The real Story
What you read above in the synopsis is what the film producers released. To read what the film really is hit the spoiler tag.

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The movie is a plain disaster from the word go To start off the camera angles are so jittery that you get a headache. Whoever told the director that to make a thriller the camera can't be focused for more than 5 seconds on any scene needs to be shot. The jittery camera angles is sure to put you off by the time movie name comes up. If at all you are still watching, it can only be for Neha Uberoi. I have to say she sure got the central role and the maximum screen presence in the film. She looks great but sucks at acting. But then again everyone in the film sucked in the acting department. So the story is as crappy as it can get with this executive Arbaaz Khan and his wife having a estranged relationship and then the wife is kidnapped by the new lad Sikandar(who is strictly ok in the film). Later we find out it was all a plot hatched by the husband and wife but thats not the end of the story(alas no! the headache doesn't end there) and we find out the tables will turn later. I don't wanna give the end away but seriously you can guess it, its bad bad Bollywood movie at its best

To call it a thriller is a disgrace. There is no "thrill" in the movie. Not even once was there anything like suspense. Neha sure doesn't disappoint and you will see lots of her song sequence and scenes but you ain't gonna find anything like the promo

The acting is bad all around as is the script, screenplay and direction.

Gulshan Grovers "tonic"

(the so called word for beating up the hero) is laugable and it seems it exists for no reason at all in the movie. A fool with no experience in crime becomes an expert kidnapper and then the even foolish police guys who keep cracking crap jokes tell you no one was serious making this movie

I would still have given at an average rating but for the crap camera angles due to which my head is still spinning. Better watch the movie songs on TV if you wanna watch Neha, but give the movie a pass. Its BAD.

Professional Reviews

Originally Posted by Hindustan Times

Take care. Your eyes may crinkle, ears tingle and your face may be lined with a brand-new wrinkle. Why-o-why? Oh dear, such fear, technically you’re assaulted here.

Flash slapdash, zappy zowie cuts, burn-outs, bleaches, jerky Jimmy jib jives, crane-pain, split screens and more techno-tricks are on display in Woodstock Villa. Directed by Hansal Mehta, this purported noir thriller is a killer waste of your time and physical tolerance. Ouch phir jeene ki tamanna hai?

Originally Posted by Taran Adarsh

Sikandar makes an excellent debut. WOODSTOCK VILLA is no song-n-dance routine and demands a powerful actor who could carry off this complex role. Sikandar is an actor to watch! Sure, he has screen presence, but those who watch the film will applaud his performance before they notice his looks.

Neha Uberoi is another talented actor. Oh yes, she looks alluring, but beneath that attractive face lies a gifted actor. Another newcomer with potential! Arbaaz Khan is alright. Sachin Khedekar and Dayashanker Pandey are wasted. Shakti Kapoor is passable.

On the whole, WOODSTOCK VILLA has decent merits and holds appeal for those with an appetite for hardcore thrillers. But its release has coincided with the climax of the IPL matches and that would really hit the business of this film hard.

^^Taran has gone mad..

He has lost it seriously

Excellent thriller roflmao