Jan 2, 2009

1 ke daam me 2!!!

Wow! What the #&%@!!! But must say true value for money, after all where on earth would you get to watch two movies for the price of one? Looks like the ‘Buy One Get One’ syndrome has finally caught up with Bollywood too. Well okay let me explain – With the latest Bolly flick ‘GHAJINI’, one gets the feeling that one is actually watching two movies at one go with one being an Aamir-Asin Starred – ‘Ghajini-Fanaa’

and the other an Aamir- ‘cannot act’ Jiah Khan starred – ‘Ghajini-Gulam’. Yup, I am not kidding, this is exactly what I felt mid-way through the movie as it constantly kept swapping from one plot to another with help of utility characters which were there just to shift the movie from one to the other. It was like I was at a multiplex and kept changing screens to watch two movies at the same time! As once there would be the cute and bubbly Asin romancing Aamir and then very next moment it was the ‘blonde’ Jiah with Aamir! It simply was difficult to keep track of who is who, once the movie started!

And, the man after whom the movie is named – Mr. Ghajini Dharmattma is almost no where to be seen till the climax of this three and a half hour madness (looks like the director thought that the name is enough!).

Oh! And I almost forgot the action part! Well how can I do that? After all the movie is about Sanjay’s revenge for the death of his beloved and surprisingly no one except the hero has any weapons through out the movie and even he has it just for the heck of having one (looks like cost cutting here too..... :-P)! Seriously, action is the most entertaining part of the movie for an instance – when Sanjay punches a goon, he is shown lying flat on his stomach with his head turned 180° (What made it funnier was the fact that Jayee sitting in the next chair, buried her face in her palms and was making creaky noises and kept saying “I can’t watch this any more”).

Definitely one of the worst of Aamir, the movie is a mindless torture even for the kung-fu loving southerners, who enjoy the high flying actions sequences of Allu Arjun and Rajnikanth.

However, there was a good part of the movie that Sarit brought to light later. It was the fact that we watched the movie at a theatre which was next to our place and so we could just quietly slip in to our rooms once the mindless torture was over and we didn’t have to take a bus home after the movie at 1.30 a.m. in the night.


Mani’s Recommendations for:

People looking for entertainment: Don’t watch it!

People looking for Value for money: Can try it (u get two movies for the price of one)

People looking for Comic action: May try it!

People wanting mindless gross comedy and action: It’s a MUST watch!


8 comments:

sri said...

brilliant review! this review deserves to be put on all national news papers!

Unknown said...

Huh....its totally a different review I read unlike other reviews which are clearly saying that this is the one of the best performance till date by the actor....cant comment on the film..as I haven't watched it till date....but my question is I didn't know there is a cinemna hall near your place...is it new?....

Jayeeta Mazumder said...

It's an awesome read! Very witty and fun...ahem! unlike the movie, of course. Loved your recommended list!

Mani said...

To Sritama: Not sure about all newspapers, but surely it's going on one... :)
To Subhashis: I don't doubt the acting prowess of the actor, dat is simply brilliant. It's the story and the direction which I am commenting about... n yes there is a cinema hall in Sitaphalmandi n it's not new.. it was there when u came last time....
To Jayeeta: I truly share your thoughts about the movie dear!!!

Sarit said...

Awesome...ur best post till date, and the most accurate of Ghajini I've read so far!

Avni said...

Was it that bad?????????????????

Avni said...

was it that bad???????

Mani said...

Yes! It was trust me!!!