Friday, March 13, 2009

Gulaal: The dark one

Before writing anything about the movie I would like to state a quote:

" Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession of the world. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first one."
Ronald Reagon

The reason behind stating this, is the plot of the movie which justifies the saying.The story is about a rebellious group of Rajputs who want to get their provinance back from Indian Government but ends up with their internal conflicts. Movie starts in Jaipur & basically focused on a simple student which comes to Jaipur to pursue his education & how his life changed with the introduction of different characters in the movie. Movie follows a multi dimensional narrative in which you find yourself struggling to understand the characters and their internal conflicts I enjoyed the exercise however I am still confused that the character portrayed by Kay Kay Menon was a negative or the positive one. You can say it a gray shaded character. As depicted in the title movie roams around the college politics in Rajasthan where the main aim was to demand revolution. As Public is fed up of Bihari politics Anurag Kashyap shifted the base to a new land Rajasthan. He succeded once again to gather a team of wonderful actors with some new faces also. Every one presented his or her character very well. Especially a model turned actress Jessi Randhava impressed me a lot. There were some serious flaws with the screenplay as the justice is not done with the characters however the concept was good but not portrayed properly. Kay Kay Menon, one of the finest actors in this industry was impressive & able to perform with excellent expression with effortless ease. Raj Chaudhary ( Dilip Singh in the movie) was effective. Movie has some dark shades of politics & love. In order to integrate all the elements the plot sometimes goes out of focus. When talking about Gulaal one thing which should be noticed is its amzing lyrics and music by Piyush Mishra. His occasional entry helped a lot to relate the incidences going on in the movie. Movie is full of abusive language which is the USP of Anurag Kashyap's movies. So a sincere advice to the persons of feminine and delicate nature not to watch this movie. I liked the movie because it makes you think & different from the conventional bollywood style but it could be better. Though the flaws were there but concept was good . A brilliant movie by a brilliant director.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Delhi 6: Kala bandar hit the box office

First of all I would like to congratulate Mr. Rakesh Ompraksh Mehra to have a fleet of such wonderful actors which are proved to be the biggest strength of the movie. Every character was portrayed and performed beautifully. Concept was awesome and screened in a good manner. . Abhishek Bachhan is improving as an actor with every single movie he does. I didn't watch the first movie of Sonam Kapoor but in this movie she did a great job. Divya Dutta once again acted very well and very beautifully presented the character of Jalebi. One thing I liked the most about this movie is the symbolic representation of the problems present in our society whether its communalism or castisism. The symbol kala bandar is great. Prasoon Joshi and A.R. Rahman succeded once again in creating magic with there lyrics and music respectively. Every single track is beautiful. My personal favourite is 'Arziyaan'.Concept was good & message was clear but still I feel that something was missing in the movie that may be because of its comparision with his previous movie 'RDB' & its not right to compare these 2 great works from a great director both are different and these difference should be respected. One reason may be the expectations from Mr. Mehra's movie was high and somwhere down the line they were not fulfilled. But one thing I would say is this movie is worth watching.