Saturday, March 29, 2008

RACE: No!! I accept my defeat!!

I watch every movie so I watched RACE (I can not write it in the broken letters format as it has been written on the advertising hoarding which you can see at almost every fifth step). The magnitude of advertisement had made it clear that the movie would be just another crap like the much-hyped sawariya and Om Shanti Om (I liked sawariya more than the Om shanti Om; but its all together a different episode). I would not give you a chance to call me stupid by saying that I was expecting something sensible in RACE. No, I wasn't. My only complaint with this flick of Abbas Mustan is; if you have the privelege to be insane why be predictable. If you can be bad why try to coat it with a false remorse.

It would not be right to talk about someone's acting and his/her effort to potray the character as the movie was not about depicting a story but it was all about style. It was all about fancy wardrodes, unique hairdos etc. Its all about getting corrupt, aspiring rather greedy. The twist and turn were quite expected. The time sai's brother died; why was he rolling down crocodile's tears is completely out of my understanding.

The length of action sequences was same as it was in the promos. Katrina, though there was nothing to prove but she found it pretty difficult to get through it. She is just good to dance and synchronize her lips with her dubbed dialouges.

It was an absolute crap.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Mithya - could not prove its worthiness!

The comments I heard when evacuating the hall after watching a simple but well-knitted movie were like "Did he (Rajat kapoor) make an art movie?" , "Second part was not upto the mark.", "I was expecting some twist..but it was too very simple no thrill...he had to die and he died..." etc.
Why do we always expect something unexpected to happen. Just because we want to defy the usualness of our lives. Whenever someone comes with something much akin to our life, we are not ready to expect it wholeheartedly. "Ya good ..but some more could be done...the end could be more thrilling.." I say; It could be but is it required to be that way always. Is someone not allowed to capture the stillness and usualness of our life.
I agree that first part was quite hilarious. Ranveer shorey was doing what he is known for. His effort was well complimented by other co-performers like saurabh Shukla, Vinay pathak etc. But why can we not notice the diversity of the director and ranveer as an actor in the second part. The way rajat kapoor changed the mood of the plot in the second half is praiseworthy and it also allowed the actors to come up with a wholesome performance. But the only thing most of us could notice is "the second half was not thrilling and quite expected."
I enjoyed boh the parts. It is a movie which has everything if something lacks its the abnormality or the supernatuarlity. I think this department is assigned to Farah and karan why everyone should encroach to their fiefdom. Thanks Rajat for extracting such performances from Ranveer, Nasheerudin shah, Saurabh shukla. Its due to directors like you we can watch such actors.

Having everything is awkward!

Yesteday when I went to an orphanage called Salvation Army, a kid hit a question to me which was very obvious for her but quite surprising and hair-raising for me. " Do you have parents?" I was shocked. I have never expect this question. Everyone has parents. You grow up with them.
But it was yesterday when I realized that parents are not a possession which can be taken for granted. I found it difficult to answer as it could distinguish me from my surrounding and they could feel forlorn. It was the time when I felt that having everything can also be appalling.

Jodha Akbar - Arye to kaunsa bura kiya!!

Yes. You have got it correct. It's what Ashutosh would be feeling after the chaotic response his movie has got. And it was the begining. When I decided to skip the movie (I watch each & every release; provided its a hindi one), I was adament over my decision. But Rahman factor could not be dified consequently I booked my ticket. We went to the multiplex straight from our office. You would call it a brave decision but if you have any idea about IT jobs, its just an extension of our office hours. Okay, do not go to it as its a different story all together.
When we were booking our tickets, one of my colleague told me that he had been reoported by his parents it was a horrible movie and too long to heed. After equipping ourselves with this fact we were preparing for the show. Talking about the response the movie had got one of my senior told "Arye to kya bura kiya.....whether its true or not it hardly matters ..I am here to watch ashiwarya...!!"
The time I heard the line, it reminded me of lambu-aata - a character from an epic called Gunda. He had a similar line in the movie starring Mithun chakraborty....(I have hold my ears). Yes the full dailouges was something like "Arye to kaunsa bura kiya roti hoti hai khane ke liye, boti hoti hai chabane ke liye .....so on.. and it was just the begining.
In the entire movie I kept on remembering the dialouges of Gunda.
I would mention some Instances:
The time Hrithik islled by Ashiwarya and she dictates er conditions to him. Hrithik enters to her room. At that time I was reminded of a very famous dailouge of lambu atta
"Aye hye maine socha tha bulla ki bahen koi bhangar ki dukaan hogi sara saamaan tut phut chuka hoga magar face (pronounced as phace) sonali, tange raveena aur ankhen karisma ...."

When Hrithik's brother-in-law warns ash's (please forgive me Abhishek bhaiya I have no intension of being intimate to her...believe me..) brother
I was thinking: "Aye kafanchor neta iss bar sauda notto se nahi lashon se hoyega ..sarkar tumhari hai police beech mein aana nahi mangta hai...."

When hrithik has killed his foster brother and his mother talks to Hrithik:
"Bulla tune lambu to maut ke tave pe sek diya uske laash ko worli ke gutter mein fek diya ..magar tune delhi se aaye uss neta ko nahi mara jisko marne ke liye maine tuhe supari di thi"