It's being a long time me visited any multiplex or rather a cinema hall for almost five months. There were many justifiable reasons for the cause viz. multiplex strike, no interesting movie(s) popping out and the scary H1N1 virus. The last reason has been the recent development which had stormed Pune and transformed it's stature from a quite calm city to one of the scariest city of the country. Today when I reached the same multiplex which I usually visit and used to refer others to visit gained my attention towards the not so long ticket counters, people gathering at the entrance, the smell of the popcorn's etc. which made me realized the same anxiety which I used to have five months before wherein I used to walk briskly towards the entrance so that I get to watch each and every second of the movie. At the same time there was a difference observed which scared me that, most of the people's face were masked, this in turn re-created the existence of the virus somewhere which is still haunting the psyche of every other viewer in the hall. The next moment I got masked, why take a chance?
Coming back to Kaminey, this movie was one of the most awaited movie for many reasons, the filmmaker-composer-singer (Vishal), the title, Amole Gupte and Priyanka Chopra. I arrived at the cinema hall five minutes late, it was completely dark and it took a while for me to track my seat and get comfortable. After viewing the movie for five minutes, I got the feel that the plot has been missed in the first ten minutes as every other thing were going over the head. Interestingly, this movie was not taking a single sigh of relief wherein one can rethink on the visuals and build a plot in their mind, it had a terrific pace for sure.
Later I realized that it had nothing to do with lost ten minutes but on the contrary it has to do with the editing which is not in a flow, it's totally shuffled and keeps you thinking constantly whether are you keeping yourself there with the plot's pace. The credit has to go to Vishal for writing a plot which is not at all linear, hat's off. Secondly the characters are very interesting from Charlie to Guddu to Sweetie, from Lene to Lobo, from Tashi to Bhau to Mikhail. Every character has been etched well, they all have their gray shades which is a stamp of any Vishal's movie.
Performance wise, every other actor has outperformed themselves but it is Amole Gupte for me who is the cream of this well baked cake. A genuine actor, very spontaneous and at the same time keeping it subtle. Awesome! Kudos to Priyanka who played a simple yet beautiful maharashtrian girl, simply fantastic, shockingly she was even fluent with her marathi lines. Shahid Kapoor was also refreshing in his double act, the disability of speech in Charlie and the stammering Guddu definitely adds a spark and also distinguishes between the duo effectively.
Technically the movie is very high on every aspect, as I said earlier for me the Editing excels. The background score and the music score is timely and it never hinders one's attention from the plot. It's all about Vishal when the film ends who keeps on surprising me after every other film, he is the one of the new faces of Indian cinema.
To put in Charlie's accent, it's a chotta fotcut to brilliant cinema. Watch it for sure! Am going to watch this one again next week that too masked ;-)
Dhan Te Nan: 4.5/5
Coming back to Kaminey, this movie was one of the most awaited movie for many reasons, the filmmaker-composer-singer (Vishal), the title, Amole Gupte and Priyanka Chopra. I arrived at the cinema hall five minutes late, it was completely dark and it took a while for me to track my seat and get comfortable. After viewing the movie for five minutes, I got the feel that the plot has been missed in the first ten minutes as every other thing were going over the head. Interestingly, this movie was not taking a single sigh of relief wherein one can rethink on the visuals and build a plot in their mind, it had a terrific pace for sure.
Later I realized that it had nothing to do with lost ten minutes but on the contrary it has to do with the editing which is not in a flow, it's totally shuffled and keeps you thinking constantly whether are you keeping yourself there with the plot's pace. The credit has to go to Vishal for writing a plot which is not at all linear, hat's off. Secondly the characters are very interesting from Charlie to Guddu to Sweetie, from Lene to Lobo, from Tashi to Bhau to Mikhail. Every character has been etched well, they all have their gray shades which is a stamp of any Vishal's movie.
Performance wise, every other actor has outperformed themselves but it is Amole Gupte for me who is the cream of this well baked cake. A genuine actor, very spontaneous and at the same time keeping it subtle. Awesome! Kudos to Priyanka who played a simple yet beautiful maharashtrian girl, simply fantastic, shockingly she was even fluent with her marathi lines. Shahid Kapoor was also refreshing in his double act, the disability of speech in Charlie and the stammering Guddu definitely adds a spark and also distinguishes between the duo effectively.
Technically the movie is very high on every aspect, as I said earlier for me the Editing excels. The background score and the music score is timely and it never hinders one's attention from the plot. It's all about Vishal when the film ends who keeps on surprising me after every other film, he is the one of the new faces of Indian cinema.
To put in Charlie's accent, it's a chotta fotcut to brilliant cinema. Watch it for sure! Am going to watch this one again next week that too masked ;-)
Dhan Te Nan: 4.5/5
