Rang De Basanti & More...
It has been almost a fortnight since I posted something new. I am consistently running out on what to blog. Seems that my skills to blabber about anything and everything are taking a dip continuously. Why not blabber on all the movies I happened to watch these days. The first one I intend to speak about is Rang De Basanti. It is a movie that never preaches but reaches. Aamirkhan playing DJ proved yet again as to why he is one of the best. He portrays the character of a 25-30 year old student who lacks the confidence and verve to go and face the world and stays back in the campus long after his education comes to an end. Madhavan plays a pilot and the catalyst to a metamorphosis that takes place in DJ and Co. The Co has been effectively portrayed by Siddarth, Sharman joshi & Kunal Kapoor.
Soha Ali Khan surprised me with her performance quite a bit. Even she can emote a bit mebbe sharmila has passed on her genes. The other major character is played out by Alice Patten hmm. One more phirangi actress to add to Aamir’s stable of actresses. The curtain raises with Alice’s project of carving out a documentary based on her granddad’s dairy is scraped owing to financial credibility of the project. Sue(Alice) is hell bent on etching out a documentary on her jailor granddad’s dairy who has had the opportunity of seeing India’s freedom struggle from close quarters. Thus she comes to India to work on with Soha who is a friend. Here we get to meet DJ and gang. I am amazed at how racy the narration is and the way the story unfolds itself in a fun coated way. To cut the story short Sue finds DJ and Co to be appropriate for the roles of freedom fighters, which instantly evokes laughter and mocking from the gang. The best part of the movie is I could identify myself at times. The movie flows on with Atul Kulkarni being introduced as a saffronised young student leader and he is selected to play ram prasad bismil. So Aamir is Aazad, Siddarth is Bhagat singh, Sharman is rajguru, and Kunal gets to play Ashfaqullah khan. Here we need to get a passing mention of how even a director as slick and modern as Rakyesh falters by trying to showcase hindu muslim bhai bhai thing. Barring a few hiccups here and there the movie moves on leaving you laughing or smiling most of times. As the story progresses we get to look at the change of insights of the guys portraying the charecters and a slow incarnation of the characters they portray into DJ and gang. Rahman’s BG score is mellifluous and trendy at the same time and blends itself with the soul of the story. It was great watching rahman at his best again. The songs are shot in an engrossing fashion and never separate themselves from the main story line. Now comes the implementation part of all the learning the characters had had all these days. Madhavan a pilot with the air force dies in a crash which he takes in bravely after making sure he takes the plane out of all the habited areas and throwing his life in danger. But the home minister claims this to be a fault on the pilot’s part rather than accepting the fact that the planes are made of inferior parts. This is nexus of political infamy and the home minister has a part in the scandal. So, now the gangs start to talk the language of the characters they play and decide to kill the home minister. They kill the minister, but the entire principle behind the killing goes in vain. So they decide to go on air telling the world of their intentions. Finally the gang gets to capture AIR and goes on air. In the process they all get killed but not once would you feel the ending to be so abrupt, even when all the protagonists get killed. Instead you get out of the theatre a little uneasy owing to the thought process the film stirs in you. As usual Aamir pours in life to DJ. Every character is carved in an efficient fashion. So the film finally ends, but not without making you think about the amends that need to be made on your part. On the whole I would recommend the movie to any one who are game to see a good movie.
The other movies I happened to watch are all telugu movies. Of all of them only happy ***ing Allu Arjun is worth watching once. Rerst---Devadasu ***ing Ram & Ileana (Ileana was amazing) --- Lakshmi **ing Venkatesh and Co are worth skipping. I advice to keep of the theatre and any other thought at your own risk.
Soha Ali Khan surprised me with her performance quite a bit. Even she can emote a bit mebbe sharmila has passed on her genes. The other major character is played out by Alice Patten hmm. One more phirangi actress to add to Aamir’s stable of actresses. The curtain raises with Alice’s project of carving out a documentary based on her granddad’s dairy is scraped owing to financial credibility of the project. Sue(Alice) is hell bent on etching out a documentary on her jailor granddad’s dairy who has had the opportunity of seeing India’s freedom struggle from close quarters. Thus she comes to India to work on with Soha who is a friend. Here we get to meet DJ and gang. I am amazed at how racy the narration is and the way the story unfolds itself in a fun coated way. To cut the story short Sue finds DJ and Co to be appropriate for the roles of freedom fighters, which instantly evokes laughter and mocking from the gang. The best part of the movie is I could identify myself at times. The movie flows on with Atul Kulkarni being introduced as a saffronised young student leader and he is selected to play ram prasad bismil. So Aamir is Aazad, Siddarth is Bhagat singh, Sharman is rajguru, and Kunal gets to play Ashfaqullah khan. Here we need to get a passing mention of how even a director as slick and modern as Rakyesh falters by trying to showcase hindu muslim bhai bhai thing. Barring a few hiccups here and there the movie moves on leaving you laughing or smiling most of times. As the story progresses we get to look at the change of insights of the guys portraying the charecters and a slow incarnation of the characters they portray into DJ and gang. Rahman’s BG score is mellifluous and trendy at the same time and blends itself with the soul of the story. It was great watching rahman at his best again. The songs are shot in an engrossing fashion and never separate themselves from the main story line. Now comes the implementation part of all the learning the characters had had all these days. Madhavan a pilot with the air force dies in a crash which he takes in bravely after making sure he takes the plane out of all the habited areas and throwing his life in danger. But the home minister claims this to be a fault on the pilot’s part rather than accepting the fact that the planes are made of inferior parts. This is nexus of political infamy and the home minister has a part in the scandal. So, now the gangs start to talk the language of the characters they play and decide to kill the home minister. They kill the minister, but the entire principle behind the killing goes in vain. So they decide to go on air telling the world of their intentions. Finally the gang gets to capture AIR and goes on air. In the process they all get killed but not once would you feel the ending to be so abrupt, even when all the protagonists get killed. Instead you get out of the theatre a little uneasy owing to the thought process the film stirs in you. As usual Aamir pours in life to DJ. Every character is carved in an efficient fashion. So the film finally ends, but not without making you think about the amends that need to be made on your part. On the whole I would recommend the movie to any one who are game to see a good movie.
The other movies I happened to watch are all telugu movies. Of all of them only happy ***ing Allu Arjun is worth watching once. Rerst---Devadasu ***ing Ram & Ileana (Ileana was amazing) --- Lakshmi **ing Venkatesh and Co are worth skipping. I advice to keep of the theatre and any other thought at your own risk.
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