Seems like "March" for the year has just begun... historically speaking... I tend to be always overloaded with work in the month of March... and until now it was all going good... for the last two weeks, it all started again... I've started to end up working late hours every day and the weekend attendance at office is back too... but I've started liking it for once...
I carry couple of movies in my pen drive... and watch them courtesy a stand alone VLC player... (which allows me to watch any format and the best it needn't be installed onto the comp... so no admin rights required).... so while I'm working the movie continues to play in the background... so though I end up spending an hour or a little more at work... but atleast I don't get bored sitting alone at work... and staring at all those weird documents...
:)
So y'day I carried with me Gulal & Twilight... I had already seen thoda thoda sa of both ...
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GULAL
*******
*ing: Kay Kay Menon, Jesse Randhawa, Mahie Gill, Abhimanyu Singh... and quite a few other people don't remember the names...
Directed by: Anurag Kashyap...
Gulaal is a story of a Rajput boy losing his innocence in the murky world of politics and betrayal, much like any other film by Mr. Kashyap, Gulaal makes you want to think... although, there is no definite ending for this movie.
Gulaal is exactly opposite of the way any other bollywood bubblegum movie is... a hardcore of a movie... a brilliant story... revolving around absolute politics... one word 'REALISM'
Each and every character is carved brilliantly and the situations were so true and brilliantly portrayed, that it actually felt as if I'm witnessing the entire thing live.
The ragging episodes... the college politics... I especially liked a few characters...
"Ransa"- a Righteous Rajput boy... who does everything... drink, smokes, dopes, womaniser... when it comes to pride... he stands firm to his beliefs... played by Abhimanyu Singh... his dialogues... absolutely mind blowing .... performance to perfection...
"bana the singer"- I just loved the character... though portrayed as a crazy fella... but if you listen to him carefully... every word he utters is so true... his songs were so powerful... and yet no one ever bothers to listen to him... he wears this round shaped glasses... and somewhere in the middle of the movie he quotes," the round glassed men are all those the world thinks of as fanatics... we all should live together for we are the true ones"... the comparison here was with the likes of Gandhi, Lenon and all...
"dukey bana"... Kay Kay Menon... I don't have words for this guy... he's absolute perfectionist... a directors delight... absolutely amazing performance...
Though, my favourite for this movie would still be, Abhimanyu Singh.
My view: must must watch...
Rating: 9/10
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Twilight
*******
EXTREMELY OVERRATED
I did enjoy the movie, just like any other movie... but completely disapprove of how media has placed this... to begin with there is nothing scary about the movie... extremely ordinary cinematography... absolutely crappy (read as kiddish) dialogues... more like a school going kid had written the screenplay... the actors looked as if each of them were dipped in a make up pool before bringing them on screen ...
I really don't understand what the hype is all about...
May be I didn't like it as this was a follow up post... "Gulal"... but then again... this is my opinion... ain't it...
My take: can do without it
Rating :3/10
2 comments:
finally got to read gulaal-review. visiting this page after quite sometime. Have watched the movie. 9/10.. any movie which you'd or you've rated as 10 on 10? Just curious. You didnt mention about the songs/mishra whtever he's. lyricist and composer I suppose.
nice review about the things YOU liked in the movie.
ps: correct your too to to in the heading of the post above this post.
peace.
10 on 10 is a tough ask...
Gulaal, though is absolutely brilliant in every sense... cinemetagraphy, locations, actors, dialogues everything... but lacked one thing... the ability to inspire...
The lyrics written by whoever... but delivered by " Bana the Singer" was the crux of the movie... absolutely brilliant work...
and thanx for correcting me on the post above...
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