Dhoom was great. So the sequel was supposed to be better. But did it match up to its predecessor? Not quite, in terms of quality; though it well surpassed the prequel in terms of setting the cash registers ringing.
On the onset, the movie looked like it was deliberately made to cash in on the popularity of the Dhoom franchise. Most of the aspects looked like a mechanically made copy of the first edition. Though there was the new major attraction of Hrithik Roshan (and Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu et cetera), the final brew looked almost like the same product in different packaging. For instance Uday Chopra continues(from Dhoom) to dish out his dead pan humour and Rimi Sen(surprisingly included) leaves no effect at all.
The rush of adrenaline that Dhoom had brought in two summers ago, was completely missing in its sucessor. The opening 'Royal crown' robbery in the Namibian desert(so much for sounding exotic!) looked disastrously close to unreal. With 'A' in a grotesque looking face mask, sand surfing in the middle of nowhere; you know from the start that this is another sequel gone awry. This flick is totally thanda(and not to mention, ridiculous).
The music too, is as uninspiring as it can get. Hrithik Roshan and his repetitive break dancing antics tend to get all but boring in a while.
So what makes it such a hit? I know, Hrithik "Krissh" Roshan, the gorgeous bodied (rumoured to be the only Indian gay icon!) and Aishwarya Rai the miss-stick. Regarding the latter, I distinctly recall a bunch of young blokes in the movie theatre echoing my thoughts when they went: "EEEEEEEWW" at seeing 'Sunahri' belt out her mugged up expressions that were supposed be seductive in their intention at Hrithik.
Do watch this one, if you can tolerate Uday Chopra and Abhishek Bachchan(oh yes, he's in it too) and intend to catch Hrithik Roshan ramp-modelling on the streets of Mumbai with the latest threads from DKNY, Dolce and Gabbana, Armani, Diesel et all.
Rating? 6.5 on Ten.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Guru (Hindi)
I'd agree with the background score: "Gurubhai gurubhai avyache, dhoom dhadaaka kariya
che". The movie is extremely refreshing in its theme and treatment. I personally thought the movie to be over-hyped, and coupled with the fact that I disliked Abhishek Bachchan AND Aishwarya Rai coming into this movie, I had my reasons to avoid this flick for a long time. Yet I was treated to a pleasant surprise when I finally caught up with it on home video.
The direction was a class apart by Mani Ratnam of the Dil Se fame (I never found Yuva appealing). The depiction of the character Gurukant Desai, was well thought out. The streaks of brilliance that Guru showed as an entrepreneur right from his childhood is masterfully displayed. The movie is indeed aptly titled 'Guru' as it takes us through the rags to riches story of the starry eyed village boy who leaves the Indian shores at an early age to Turkey for a job.
The story is the strong point of the film. The character who is shown to be an extremely determined 'bijnessman', fights his way thru the severely rigid red tapism that existed during the 70's and 80's in independent India. The exceptionally crafty and creative Gurubhai devises innovative ways to elude the Government and its licensing ways. In the process he draws a lot of flak from the independent media houses in the country. The tussle with 'Nanaji'(Mithun Chakraborty, shown to be the owner of a certain newspaper) continues during the course of the movie due to a conflict of principles. A maverick reporter (R. Madhavan) is set loose on Guru; and tries to expose Gurubhai and his outfit of the - extremely profit making yet manipulative -'Shakti group'. What really is to be seen, is the indomitable spirit of Guru; the histrionics of Abhishek in the climax; and the unusually good performance extracted out of the ex-Miss World Aishwarya Rai, who remains the sheet anchor in Guru's life through out his struggles.
Guru certainly packs in a punch. The music is nonpareil and unique, courtesy to the genius of A.R.Rahman. Mani Ratnam does tremendous justice to the script and remains in total control of the film, not letting an iota of boredom creeping in. I'd give it a 9 on Ten; and you, you'd better watch it if you already haven't!
che". The movie is extremely refreshing in its theme and treatment. I personally thought the movie to be over-hyped, and coupled with the fact that I disliked Abhishek Bachchan AND Aishwarya Rai coming into this movie, I had my reasons to avoid this flick for a long time. Yet I was treated to a pleasant surprise when I finally caught up with it on home video.
The direction was a class apart by Mani Ratnam of the Dil Se fame (I never found Yuva appealing). The depiction of the character Gurukant Desai, was well thought out. The streaks of brilliance that Guru showed as an entrepreneur right from his childhood is masterfully displayed. The movie is indeed aptly titled 'Guru' as it takes us through the rags to riches story of the starry eyed village boy who leaves the Indian shores at an early age to Turkey for a job.
The story is the strong point of the film. The character who is shown to be an extremely determined 'bijnessman', fights his way thru the severely rigid red tapism that existed during the 70's and 80's in independent India. The exceptionally crafty and creative Gurubhai devises innovative ways to elude the Government and its licensing ways. In the process he draws a lot of flak from the independent media houses in the country. The tussle with 'Nanaji'(Mithun Chakraborty, shown to be the owner of a certain newspaper) continues during the course of the movie due to a conflict of principles. A maverick reporter (R. Madhavan) is set loose on Guru; and tries to expose Gurubhai and his outfit of the - extremely profit making yet manipulative -'Shakti group'. What really is to be seen, is the indomitable spirit of Guru; the histrionics of Abhishek in the climax; and the unusually good performance extracted out of the ex-Miss World Aishwarya Rai, who remains the sheet anchor in Guru's life through out his struggles.
Guru certainly packs in a punch. The music is nonpareil and unique, courtesy to the genius of A.R.Rahman. Mani Ratnam does tremendous justice to the script and remains in total control of the film, not letting an iota of boredom creeping in. I'd give it a 9 on Ten; and you, you'd better watch it if you already haven't!
Introduction
What is this blog? It's a blog on movies as is evident from its name. The views I post are solely mine and I take complete responsibility of the same. I donot promise that the movie reviews will be in pace with their releases; the posts would be on random movies that I happen to catch up on; including some of my all-time favourites. To be honest, this an amateur attempt; I have no previous experience at doing this. But I think it's going to be fun!
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