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.

4 comments:

Madhvi said...

kya baat hai dhawal...i gues we hv a great film critic in the making....right here in our Bimtech...;)

Unknown said...

i agree wid madhvi :-) hey how can u forget Ran Sa(Abhmanyu Singh)...his acting was also 2 gud n sumwhat better dan dilip singh(Raj Chaudhary)..
Gr8 Goin dhawal ur description of movie is awesome..

Vipul Chaturvedi said...

before watching this movie i went through sme of the reviews given by the industry experts but i seriously feel this one was not only different but give justice to every aspect of the movie. one thing i like to add if possible next time also write abt cinematography and editing too. nice effort. all the best

Anonymous said...

A fair /good effort there...this is a fair n un-biased view.

I agree with the above with regards to channels and tv shows n critics playing favourites and that makes this review stand out.
why not put up ur reviews abt Barah Aana....
Specially the way this movie was screened...if u know wat i mean... lolz

keep the good work coming matey...!!

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