The very first thing I noticed about this movie was the atrocious music. Seriously, the music sucks! I couldn't believe that A.R. Rehman could come up with such tracks. I always think about how many number of distinct musical tracks can there be in the world. Probably Rehman has exhausted his quota of the good ones.
The second thing I noticed was, that all the songs were simply not required. They were not woven into the plot and were probably added on later. All of them, except probably the one which plays in the background whenever Abhiash ( :-) Immense Pleasure Arises) are sharing an intimate moment onscreen.
Abhishek has rocked the movie. Though, I think his character has been a little underdeveloped in the beginning. How does the bijnis bug bite him all of a sudden? He refuses a promotion and salary hike at Shell just like that? The peculiar mannerisms that he's picked up for the character -- standing with a hand on his hip with the coat pushed back, laughing/chuckling with a slight tremor of the shoulders -- are also very well done. The four minute thirty seconds (somebody please time it!) monologue at the end sounds a bit too much like his father, though! Was it meant to be?
Mithun Chakraborty is a good actor. He just has prior commitments to keep the entire Ooty film industry occupied for the rest of his life. He's portrayed the editor-in-chief of "The Independent" wonderfully. A pleasant surprise - kasam paida karne waale ki!
R Madhavan is good too. I found him really irritating in the only other movie of his that I remember (Rehnaa Hai Tere Dil Mein). But he has acted well in Guru. And is looking good too (and I'm not gay!)
The biggest surprise in the movie is Roshan Seth. With hardly 10 mins of screen presence he has delivered such a power-packed performance that it's unbelievable. Is it because he naturally fitted the role so well or is it because he is a very good actor? I don't know. But he simply rocked!
Verdict: Minus the songs (specially the misplaced, mistimed, and mistuned drunken orgy after child birth) the movie would've been much better. A sure watch, nonetheles.
since u say its a nice movie
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hope its not the same as SALAM-E-ISHQ...
I don't think the music sucks that much, just the songs were useless! I mentioned on orkut, this story could have been portrayed pretty strongly but wasn't impressive at all and same with the end-speech, I expected something similar to what Al Pacino delivered in Scent of Woman! :-)
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, decent, very decent :-).
Agree 100% with the review - each and every point of it in fact. I also thought they ought to have shown a bit more of the thing that makes Guru think of starting his own business. And yes, the music and the songs were absolutely "sucky" and out-of-place.
ReplyDeleteOne other criticism I had was that Vidya Balan's role and character were useless. To me they didn't serve any other purpose other than to show, perhaps, that Guru just loved people more than anything else. That can anyway be seen by the way he shakes up Ghanshyam Bhai after the attack on Mithun - or the various other little things he does throughout the film. So why Kukdi had a reasonably big role - I don't know.
Individual actors absolutely dazzled. After the Barso Re song I thought Aish was back to her plasticky best, but she proved me wrong.
And Roshan Seth *is* an absolutely brilliant actor. No two opinions about him. He's in the same mould as Ben Kingsley, as far as I am concerned.