It’s always good be back! I had a
tough time getting my lappy repaired.. it hurt! It hurt my leisure, my zeal to
write and most importantly, it hurt my pocket! All’s well that repairs well;
and finally I am back to writing, penning down my thoughts as randomly as they
occur to my mind.
For a long time I was dying to
write about the few bad films that I had survived in the recent past. After all
Hate Story and 8:08 er Bonga Local were such royal diappointments! The former is
the third last offering from the Bhatt camp(the newest being Dangerous Ishq and as the name itself
provides a statutory warning, I would better keep my hands off the Dangerous affair!)
and the latter, an on-the-face-change-the-world Bengali movie. It is indeed
interesting to see how the Bhatts are, pretty interestingly,naming their
movies. They seem to know the
predicament so well ! Hate Story was
hated by everyone and Dangerous Ishq
is about to prove a precarious comeback of Zubeidaa. Not to mention the
disastrous Kunal Deshmukh venture that refused to show the Bhatts a glimpse of
‘Jannat’ at the Box-Office!
For those who have not seen Hate Story, rejoice! For the plot is so
stale that it would put the catering services at Duronto Express to shame! The
only watchable ‘man’ in the film was our own Paoli D, who bared and dared to
compete with Mr. Salman Khan at the take-the-sh(k)irt-off-at-the-drop-of-a-hat
competition. What lovely eyes she has got, yet they fail to make any effort to
raise the film beyond a soft-porn!
And 8:08 er Bonga Local! However innovative the name sounds, it failed
miserably to take the audience to the
destination! The film stars Tapas Pal as a middle-class government employee and a ‘spineless’ man who suddenly raises his voice
against corruption and almost every possible crime meted out to the common man
by those in power . Awful editing,pre-historic plot and a didactic narrative
created no ripples at the BO. Save the performances and the occasional
background score by Tanmay Bose, the local ride proved to be a tiring journey.
In the midst of these two venus fly traps,
came one movie that stole the hearts. Vicky
Donor was a sigh of relief. A novel concept (thanks to Onir though for a
sensitive portrayal in I AM), a
fantastic ensemble of supporting actors and definitely the ‘chemistry’ of the
lead pair make this film one of the finest movies of 2012.Annu Kapoor, Dolly
Ahluwalia, Kamlesh Gill, Jayanta Das and Swarupa Ghosh deserve special mention.
Lajpat Nagar and CR Park add to my nostalgia, however short lived it may be! The
film celebrates the arrival of a ‘new’ hero avataar in Bollywood post Band Bajaa Baraat; the leading man in
the recent movies need not speak English, need not know etiquttes, need not to
carry on a legacy of their forefathers and need not address their beloveds with
“tum”.. “Tu” is in and Vicky (Donor) definitely gains its ceetes and taalis in the
romantic spheres. A social issue, a love story and a beautiful tale on
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship make this film a must watch.
Shoojit Sircar is surely to stay ‘Yahaan’, in the industry. Vicky Donor flaunts and celebrates ‘healthy’
sperms and digs at a society that perhaps fails to accept aberrations. Here comes a movie, after a long time, that
makes you laugh and cry at the same time. For those who have not seen it yet
should surely give it a try. And for the producer, only if his acting career
was as lucky as his debut as a producer was! John, Ab-raham kar de apne directors par, be the ‘donor’ of such sensitive films
instead!
I apologize for not putting my
thoughts coherently. Let me have a look at the Ishaqzaade(s) of the season and I will be back soon. Till then let
Parma fall in love with Zoya and Ela, aka Paoli D try her luck in Elar Char Adhdhay.
