Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Jhoom baraabar- surely !(read : shuuerly) .

They said it couldn't get any worse, it unfortunately did. You put two superstars, one wannabe superstar and one trying ever so hard to make people realise he still exists and what do you get - a disaster or rather a catastrophe(disaster would be an understatement).All this from a director/producer who has been the best in the business since the time of yore and at a time when the Indian film industry is actually looking to make sensible movies(ofcourse exceptions are there - certain superhero reincarnates making friends with aliens- a complete Indianized masala of ET and Superman. ).
Spoiler warning - What follows can't possibly ruin your movie watching experience even if you choose to watch the movie after reading this because it is simply a bunch of bull shit. Or possibly there exists a greater picture where it'll all make sense. If the director is a believer in existentialism then surely this movie is a masterpiece coz the whole movie is nothing but an exsitentialist joke. It asks one the basic questions

  • Why??? - Why are you watching this? don't you have better things to do??
  • What???- What is the reason for our existence - call such crap -"entertainment"???
  • How??? - How did you get here- where did it all go wrong??
What is certainly evident in all the movies that are made today is the fact that all the people in bollywood watch a lot of hollywood movies but what they do not realise is that the common man has also been watching a lot of hollywood movies. Moreover these filmmakers are under a constant scrutiny by the media (thus keeping the Indian citizen informed).
Let us do an experiment - Here we will try to show that mixing two good things need not necessarily lead to a better thing. For instance, take the movie "Scream" - a Wes Craven masterpiece and a bit of Psycho and a pinch of Crush, A concoction of sorts- you get "Kuch to hai" An ekta kapoor disaster. Let us analyse here what went worng.
Three really good movies combine to give a disaster- difficult to understand. Now bring the Indian soap opera queen into the picutre, still difficult??? Add a bunch of horrendous actors, still ???The Plot - A firecracker that never burst,a sissy in the guise of Rocky Balboa. QED.
I am a patron of good movies! -but then tastes differ meaning some movie i really like mite not interest some people and vice versa , the only thing i am trying to say here is that my verdict isn't the final one but surely some food for thought. Not digressing any further let us get back to the movie in focus. What stands out in the movie??? Pretty Preity does. She looks gorgeous, evoking the insatiable lust in desperate buggers like me. The songs lyrically are pathetic but certainly ones you can dance to (the usual dhik chik). Now arises one important question : Don't these directors realise how asinine these scripts are or they think they can pass even an ordinary piece of art to the Indian viewers and get a good response - in other words underestimate us?? Yalgaar ho! and ya before i forget - I saw this movie on an uneventful birthday of mine and just to put it out there - I am 21 now, good to marry and desperate for love.
That's all folks. Adios.

12 comments:

ajay said...

hehe..as the blog'sname says,its really a sensible nonsense,in this u're damn gud at expressing the unwelcmed pain on ya bde :) . i liked the ironical presentation..looking fwd for ur funnier things ..keep posting

Kaushik said...

Ah. Now I definitely have to watch this movie. Sometimes terrible Hindi movies can be hugely entertaining (eg. Ta Ra Rum Pum). I hope to find entertainment in Jhoom... as well.

psychedelically_yours said...

Oye Pinky! get a life!

Satch Boogie said...

three salient issues apart from the topic you wrote on:
one: good to marry ... ????
two: desperate for love ..????
three: how many gre wordlists over ? :D

psychedelically_yours said...

@ Satch - That is my normal vocab. If i start using GRE words you won't understand and secondly according to Indian constitution a man can marry after he's 21 and lastly who isn't desperate for love

Shrey said...

leave alone what u wrote in the post.. dint the makeup of Amitabh bachchan repel u in the trailer itself so that u wont go to the theatre...

NILADRI MUKHERJEE said...

stop watching such movies and even if u committed that unforgivable mistake
stop thinking and analyzing them and most imp why blog about these farce movies.they r not worth the pains.

Mahesh Mahadevan said...

Asinine adj. donkey-like, of or relating to a donkey, failing to exercise intelligence or judgement, ridiculously below average rationality.
Etymo: Lat. asinus - 'donkey'

Macha, strong GRE prep da!!!

Re: state of Hindi movies, don't even ask me. I had to go through the horror of watching Life in a Metro.

it's baille said...

loda never knew you had a blog..good one..and ya trailer was crappy(as lace said)..and these multi-starrers never work da..

SpankMac said...

duuude!!!! HOW can you not mention that lara was absolutely hot.

you can ask paapi. we were so bummed here in pimpri that mechanic, paapi and i went to watch this just for the babes.

that amitabh with his really fake (and therefore hilarious) laughs and peacock costume - one big KLPD :)

Gayatri Bhadran said...

LOL.. Hilarious post.. Luurrved every word.. =))

I saw Jhoom in Mayajaal, front row seats.. :/ Slow death..

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