Unfortunate Event - Again : Ankit and I went to watch "Housefull"
Call it contretemps or yet another way to fritter away time, we decided to watch it on the first day of its release - never a wise choice but... but.. but... knowing it all and regretting later. It is more of my moral responsibility rather than an obligation to stop the readers of this blog from rushing to the theatres - I would still suggest you to download this movie or buy a DVD.
Rajeev Masand feels - "If corny humor is your thing, give this film a chance. If you have even a modicum of intelligence or taste, however, stay far away from this one!"
Some observations:
1. Akshay Kumar is the center act of this movie. He calls himself a Panauti or Loser around 15 times in the movie cursing his misfortune throughout. He searches for a perfect bride with whom he thinks would relieve him with his anvil chorus.
Question: Why was the movie named Housefull ? Do you feel Panauti would have been better? (This is coming from my movie name scrutiny over the years - the word that is repeated the most in Bollywood movies often turns out to the actual movie name)
2. Lara Dutta looks hot but thats all is left in her to reveal. Some performers do not mature as actors even after their reasonably long career span. They hope to catch some attention with their bare bodies so that people overlook their puckered faces
Question: Which was the last hit movie of Lara Dutta?
3. Deepika Padukone looks hotter and I personally feel she is turning into a finer soubrette. Her dialogue delivery had been similar to a news reporter in her earlier movies.
Question: Why are you so tall Deepika? I will have to wear heels to walk with you
4. Arjun Rampal has great looks, great physique, great dialogue delivery - to sum it all, The Real Stud
Question: Should he continue doing serious roles? I feel it suits him the most
5. Whatever farcical scenes you watch during the movie trailers are the only moments where you get a laugh. Rest of the scenes would make you say "Kuch bhi kar rahe hain" , "Kya bakwaas hai yeh!!" , "Kyon movie kheech rahe hain"
Question: Is Sajid Khan forcing the assemblage to laugh or does he have a habit of laughing on his own jokes?
6. Songs have no relevance whatsoever with the movie plot - Akshay Kumar sings I don't know what to do on his first night with Jia Khan hitting with him with a hunter.... Sheer Crap!!!!
Question: Do you think Javed Akhtar or Gulzar would have immediately said NO!!! NO!!! when Sajid Khan would have approached him?
7. I like few dance steps - but those were again as shown during the movie trailers - I am being cheated by forcing to watch the whole movie :D
8. Akshay Kumar does nothing different than his previous hits. Probably, thats how junta have started liking him now.
I find the movie off the wall and defeats the purpose of rich entertaiment :( I won't be surprised if it still becomes a hit
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Chal-hutt-saala
Unfortunate Event: My friend Ankit and I went to watch "Paathshaala"
We went to watch a movie after a long time. Both of us were banking on good songs of this movie especially "Aye Khuda" - the movie turned out to be imbecilic and a sheer waste of time. Commenting on the commercialization of schools , the film script has too much of melodrama and over-exaggeration and seemed more like a reality show to me. I blame myself for not reading the reviews for this movie first and also for spending additional time writing this blog and cursing the movie further - I just hope the readers of this blog do not commit the same detestable crime of watching it even by downloading or by buying pirated DVDs.
Some observations:
1. Shahid Kapoor stars as an sincere English Teacher - but it was only for those lucky one minute when I actually saw him teaching English. In that scene also, he asked a gal to concentrate in class rather than looking at him. Later, dont know from where, the same gal was showing the cell phone recording to her friends on how he scolded her
Question: How did she manage to record when Shahid Kapoor was scolding her?
2. It would not have affected the audience even if Shahid Kapoor would have been a History or Geography or Math teacher - he eventually ended up playing music which was merely his vagary and not a real profession
Question: Was Shahid Kapoor sleeping when the script was narrated to him?
3. In the climax when Nana Patekar was delivering his speech, the big clock on the school building showed the time as 8:15 a.m. At the same time, Shahid Kapoor's watch showed the time 6:30 a.m.
Question: What could be the reason for the time difference?
4. Again during the climax, one can easily notice the reflection of the cameras and screens on Nana Patekar's lenses - One would only miss it if he/she is simply listening to the noble speech by Nana Patekar with his/her eyes closed
Question: Did the director feel that its not a big deal and the populace would fail to notice?
5. The gal whom I mentioned about in point 1 was thrown from the script in the end. She had also sung and danced on a song pondering over Shahid during the movie but to no happenchance eventually.
Question: What was the significance of taking her into this movie?
6. Sushant Singh was the sports incharge in the movie. He had this ugly moustache which did not match his personage. Those moustaches would look modish if he wore a dhoti with a red cloth tied to his forehead
High time Sushant!!! Stop doing such roles, you are far better than this...
Question: Is Sushant still facing the recession heat?
7. Ayesha Takia gets excited in the first scene when she sees Shahid Kapoor in the school. She also asks him to join for a cup of coffee. One could easily feel the sense of random endearment shown by Ayesha - probably the director would have first thought of putting together an affair for them but eventually forgot about it in the end.
Question: Why Ayesha why? You are so cute and bubbly... what did you get with such an indifferent performance?
In the end, I did not feel any of the songs were situational - It happens with me often when I am alone and I end up linking two totally different tunes.. Gosh!!! :D
Meine to apne kaam kar diya aapko bata kar, aage sab aapke haath mein hai :)
We went to watch a movie after a long time. Both of us were banking on good songs of this movie especially "Aye Khuda" - the movie turned out to be imbecilic and a sheer waste of time. Commenting on the commercialization of schools , the film script has too much of melodrama and over-exaggeration and seemed more like a reality show to me. I blame myself for not reading the reviews for this movie first and also for spending additional time writing this blog and cursing the movie further - I just hope the readers of this blog do not commit the same detestable crime of watching it even by downloading or by buying pirated DVDs.
Some observations:
1. Shahid Kapoor stars as an sincere English Teacher - but it was only for those lucky one minute when I actually saw him teaching English. In that scene also, he asked a gal to concentrate in class rather than looking at him. Later, dont know from where, the same gal was showing the cell phone recording to her friends on how he scolded her
Question: How did she manage to record when Shahid Kapoor was scolding her?
2. It would not have affected the audience even if Shahid Kapoor would have been a History or Geography or Math teacher - he eventually ended up playing music which was merely his vagary and not a real profession
Question: Was Shahid Kapoor sleeping when the script was narrated to him?
3. In the climax when Nana Patekar was delivering his speech, the big clock on the school building showed the time as 8:15 a.m. At the same time, Shahid Kapoor's watch showed the time 6:30 a.m.
Question: What could be the reason for the time difference?
4. Again during the climax, one can easily notice the reflection of the cameras and screens on Nana Patekar's lenses - One would only miss it if he/she is simply listening to the noble speech by Nana Patekar with his/her eyes closed
Question: Did the director feel that its not a big deal and the populace would fail to notice?
5. The gal whom I mentioned about in point 1 was thrown from the script in the end. She had also sung and danced on a song pondering over Shahid during the movie but to no happenchance eventually.
Question: What was the significance of taking her into this movie?
6. Sushant Singh was the sports incharge in the movie. He had this ugly moustache which did not match his personage. Those moustaches would look modish if he wore a dhoti with a red cloth tied to his forehead
High time Sushant!!! Stop doing such roles, you are far better than this...
Question: Is Sushant still facing the recession heat?
7. Ayesha Takia gets excited in the first scene when she sees Shahid Kapoor in the school. She also asks him to join for a cup of coffee. One could easily feel the sense of random endearment shown by Ayesha - probably the director would have first thought of putting together an affair for them but eventually forgot about it in the end.
Question: Why Ayesha why? You are so cute and bubbly... what did you get with such an indifferent performance?
In the end, I did not feel any of the songs were situational - It happens with me often when I am alone and I end up linking two totally different tunes.. Gosh!!! :D
Meine to apne kaam kar diya aapko bata kar, aage sab aapke haath mein hai :)
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