I am just back from a great weekend. A weekend that was filled with some relaxation (Bangalore bandh), a movie (Dhobi Ghat), catching up with friends (Dhivya and Sandy) and of course shopping!
Dhivya and I planned to go for the movie on Saturday but the movie show got cancelled because of Bandh. Anyways I stayed at home relaxed adequately and decided to catch up for the movie on Sunday. I was totally wooed with the trailers and fanatically waiting to watch the movie. I was a little disappointed with the outcome.
This is my take on the movie:
Dhobi Ghat, a movie which does not appeal to masses and crowd. One needs to have loads of patience to follow the movie. Watch out, it’s a 95 minute one-stretch movie without an interval. I am not used to watching a movie without an interval, so I definitely missed my share of pop-corn. Kiran Rao has done an excellent job with her debutant movie. It’s a deeply thoughtful movie which runs around with the lives of four different people. The movie is shot incredibly well in and around Mumbai city. It refreshed my memories of visiting Marine drive, Gateway of India and the crowded slums of Mumbai. Two things can surely happen while watching this movie, it can either sink into your skin giving you a slow ache or it can be a downright boring. The unseen side of the city has been showcased very well. The buzzing traffic, fast life of people, energetic street life, packed slums, and heavy rains have played a pivot role in the movie. I just love the portraits in the movie-awesome photography!
Amir Khan is undoubtedly an exceptional actor. There are some scenes where he does not speak a word, yet his silence speaks everything. Amir Khan a top-notch film maker who has always worked on commercial movies has lent his shoulders to an art movie for his wife (debutant). Kiran too like her husband aspires to fill every nook of her film with perfection. I heard that even Amir had to audition to get a role in Dhobi Ghat. I liked Kiran’s style of narrating one of the character through the video tape. That was something interesting and unusual. She proved to be a good story teller. The characters portray various moods like longing, loneliness, love and loss. The background score and the sound track in the movie is brilliant. The scenes which they have shot in the crowded (Mohd Ali road) during Ramzan is terrific. Prateek is lot better in terms of his looks and performance when compared to his last movie (Jaane kyun ya Jaane na).
All in all, the movie is a realistic portrayal of characters. If you are game for a hatke kind of movie, take a shot watching this. I am sure you will experience something different in a non-masala flick. My expectations from the movie was too high, so it kind of disappointed me.
Dhivya and I planned to go for the movie on Saturday but the movie show got cancelled because of Bandh. Anyways I stayed at home relaxed adequately and decided to catch up for the movie on Sunday. I was totally wooed with the trailers and fanatically waiting to watch the movie. I was a little disappointed with the outcome.
This is my take on the movie:
Dhobi Ghat, a movie which does not appeal to masses and crowd. One needs to have loads of patience to follow the movie. Watch out, it’s a 95 minute one-stretch movie without an interval. I am not used to watching a movie without an interval, so I definitely missed my share of pop-corn. Kiran Rao has done an excellent job with her debutant movie. It’s a deeply thoughtful movie which runs around with the lives of four different people. The movie is shot incredibly well in and around Mumbai city. It refreshed my memories of visiting Marine drive, Gateway of India and the crowded slums of Mumbai. Two things can surely happen while watching this movie, it can either sink into your skin giving you a slow ache or it can be a downright boring. The unseen side of the city has been showcased very well. The buzzing traffic, fast life of people, energetic street life, packed slums, and heavy rains have played a pivot role in the movie. I just love the portraits in the movie-awesome photography!
Amir Khan is undoubtedly an exceptional actor. There are some scenes where he does not speak a word, yet his silence speaks everything. Amir Khan a top-notch film maker who has always worked on commercial movies has lent his shoulders to an art movie for his wife (debutant). Kiran too like her husband aspires to fill every nook of her film with perfection. I heard that even Amir had to audition to get a role in Dhobi Ghat. I liked Kiran’s style of narrating one of the character through the video tape. That was something interesting and unusual. She proved to be a good story teller. The characters portray various moods like longing, loneliness, love and loss. The background score and the sound track in the movie is brilliant. The scenes which they have shot in the crowded (Mohd Ali road) during Ramzan is terrific. Prateek is lot better in terms of his looks and performance when compared to his last movie (Jaane kyun ya Jaane na).
All in all, the movie is a realistic portrayal of characters. If you are game for a hatke kind of movie, take a shot watching this. I am sure you will experience something different in a non-masala flick. My expectations from the movie was too high, so it kind of disappointed me.
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