Beautiful review, Rivjot. On 11/23/2008 11:35 AM India Time, _rivjot_ wrote:
> So I went to watch 8-11 PM show, for some reason I messed up. We > thought show is gonna start at 7:10 PM. So we hurried up and went to > multiplex, reached at 7:10. To our surprise there was a HUGE line up. > We were do damn disappointed that we are going to miss first 20-25 > min, but then to our surprise we were half an hour early :P > Theater got house full before the movie started, and few of the guys > entered the theater and then they brought the management inside to get > them few seats but unfortunately they had to go back. :-) This vs all that they are saying about movie being a flop. In the FDFS that I went to, the hall was some 90% full, several groups of school going boys in their uniform with school bags on their back, bunked the classes to see it. > > Ok, now about the movie. First quarter focuses on Devan (Salman) and > Anushka (Kat) love story and how Kat's father (Boman Irani) hates > Devan. Then Devan has to go to London to his brothers as his dad > passes away. OK. but you this sentence conveys that he went as a duty of sorts. It doesn't really convey that he went just to lay a claim on the property, nothing else. > Then it is all about 3 brothers, their love and hate > relationship. Kat comes and goes for few minutes in second half. > `Very simple story, family story' – yes that is true. To be honest, > there is not one point in movie (except like 20-25 min) where u feel > like "Oh!! What is gonna happen now??" There is not much which keeps > you stay bounded to your seat, but at the same time you never feel > bored or anything, you never look at your watch to see how long it has > been. Rightly said. And that is saying something about the movies being made mowadays. Even in Dostana, I looked at my watch some times when I was getting bored in Abhi and then John and then Bobby giving princely treats to Priyanka one by one. That appeared so repetitive and thus boring, and had no direct bearing on the basic theme of the film. In Yuvvraaj, I never looked at my watch even once. It was no Karz to keep me in suspense but it was "a decent enjoyable movie" for me too. A decent enjoyable movie for time pass. Dont want to reveal much > about scene details.. so yea > > Acting – movie focuses on Salman, but who steals the show? Yes it is > Anil Kapoor. Damn!! Ghai been working with him from more than 20 years > (Meri Jang – 1985) and he is Ghai's laadla so he knew how to extract > the best out of him. He suffers from William's syndrome disease, and o > boy! What acting he did. Simply astonishing. There are a lot of > "awwww" scene and lot of scene which can make your eyes wet. um um um, thoda zyada ho gaya, yaar. :-) Anyway, to each his own. I mean I loved this movie primarily because it handled romantic and emotional scene so well and maturedly "without" being a tear-jerker. > Again, I > don't want to describe which scene gets you emotional, but second half > is totally stolen by Anil. Salman did REALLY GOOD acting; Yes! Compared to Salman's usual murgi-chor level of Pyaar Kiya to Darna Kya, he has excelled himself in this movie. People should just keep his role in mind. Maybe the cunningness that was part and parcel of the role makes people feel disliking Salman himself. I think If someone disliked Salman in this film, that is all the more reason to say that Salman performed his loaded role so well. He is no goody-goody-cutie-softy Shahid Kapoor in this film. > will > probably get nominated for best actor, Hmm. Well. :-) but, yeah, only if they take into consideration Salman's usual level. > but there are still 2 biggies > to come – RNBDJ and Ghajini, Aamir or SRK will probably bag that award. > > Zayed's acting is so so..at few instance you feel like o boy! How did > he pull this off and at few points you are like.. ok :/ O ya, girl who > played Zayed's girlfriend, she is damn hot. Zayed and her are shown > lip locking and there is bedroom scene with her as well. Actually, I personally found that those scenes were so "sudden" and fitted on demand, sort of, that there was no kick left for me in those scenes also. Seems I am old school. > Kat's acting > i found to be decent. At least better than her other movies in which > she is there to show pretty face. In this movie, not only she looked > gorgeous (out of all her movies so far, she looks most beautiful in > this one), she also did justice with her character. Rightly said. > > Song sequence – > > Tu Meri Dost Hai (Considering how melodious song is, this one had the > weakest choreography.. they showed Sallu and Kat flying in air) I think it is strategically wrong to show a song in first 15 minutes of a film. Viewer goes to theater with an open mind to understand the film and for first 10-20 minutes, he accepts the shown things as gospel truth, a premise, that he doesn't question, and then he gets a grasp of the story and sees rest of the film analytically criticizing it. Thus, showing a long song in those 20 minutes wastes the opportunity and makes the viewer close his mind and he immediately starts analyzing then onwards. I think the Boman-Salman tussle and Salman's family equations should have been given even hints about in first 20 minutes. Anyway. Different concepts. > Shano Shano – Zayed's entry (choreography was simply amazing) > Mastam Mastam .. at the end of the Mastam, there is interval > Tu Muskura & Manmohini (together) – gives Goosebumps; Tu Muskura is > short, just 1 paragraph "Tu Muskura is short". Is it? Well, my memory is not so photographic. Would have to see the CD to get a better grasp of songs. > Manmohini follows right after Tu Muskura, and its shorter than CD version The remaining part of the Manmohini, I somehow think, were shown in the closing credits. But yeah, it was such a short song and Ghai should have included it in full. btw, I would like to mention a scene from the Pakistani film by Shoeb Mansoor Khuda Kay Liye that I recently saw. In it, the Pakistani guy goes to US to learn music and in the first day, every new student is supposed to give a presentation of his music/ singing/ instrument skills. Others give their solo presentations and people listen and like them, but when this guy starts with pure classical "neer bharan kaise jaaoon", it captivates all those foreigners from different countries so much that every person picks up his instruments and spontaneously breaks into playing it to match with the song. It was such a lovely scene, so natural. I felt so proud of our classical heritage. I think Ghai missed out in that he should have shown Anil in that way. Ghai did went to show like that, but couldn't. That intensity of Khuda Kay Liye didn't come in manmohini scene, even though the song was equally great. > Zindagi (in 2 parts) –situational song, movie goes thru as they show > this song > Dil Ka Rishta (climax) – acting is mind blowing I think the end of the song was quite of oddly visualized. (Spoiler alert) Salman takes Anil Kapoor to hospital, Zayed goes after the crooks. So, the lead singer and other main voices were no more on stage, still everybody continues the song, it reaches a crescendo, and stops. It appears very odd to me. Not to speak of others, how could Katrina continues playing the cello on stage and how could the organizer of the even have ignored the deterioration in the condition of Anil Kapoor, and continued the show when a person was dying. And, there was no real reason as such to show it like that. Anil could have started suffering at the end of the song at the standing ovation, etc. Ghai still have to get more finesse. > > I saw few people's comments like songs are put in random order and > have no relevance to the story. That is so not true. Songs go hand in > hand with the movie Actually, I thought several songs are alike. Mastam and Shano could have been a long single song in two part or maybe in continuation. Salman is everywhere, of course he is the hero, still Zayed could have been given a solo, Anil could have been given a solo sort of. Kat could also have got a lead song. Anyway. Ghai put his money on Salman. Well. > and are very well put together and very well > choreographed and picturized. Money is spent on sets blindly... Rightly said. And, the best part is that money shows in a positive way on the sets and arrangement. It nowhere looked cheap. For example, in Golman Returns' Tha Tha Karte, this loud public song with all that fire and destruction with 1000s of people appears so sudden in a family film of half a dozen characters, that it pinches and looks unnatural. Even in JA, which was supposed to have emperorly grandeur that somehow remained missing making it a personal story of the duo, Azeemoshaan popped up out of the blue with all that lavish things that appeared cheap and showy. But, in Yuvvraaj, everything remained consistent. Money didn't look cheaply spent or wasted for show-off of luxurious effects. It shows grandeur in the right sense appearing so natural. That is quite an achievement of Ghai. > > Music (don't worry I wont write pages and pages praising the music) / > background score - > > Short Alaap at the beginning of the movie > `Shut Up sa re ga ma' during Anil's entry, showing that he is such a > genius classical singer than he can pick any word and sing classical > Background music when Anil plays with ball with his friends (Bala etc) > Background music at Boman's first party (in which Devan is insulted) > Tu Muskura cello plays in background at so many instances > Dil Ka Rishta instrumental followed by `Happy Bday Gaynesh' – 4-5 min > instrumental (that should have been on CD) > Oh also, throughout the movie Anil has this little instrument which he > keeps playing, it sounds soo nice.. don't know what is name of that > instrument I would also like to know its name. > Shano Shano is slightly different from CD version – they focus on > more on "Tuuu" .. and there is one additional line .. it starts like > "Tu Tu Tu Atke Atke Kinne Latke De Ke Bulae Tu Tu " > Then another line, then > "Andar Anadar Beech Samundar Dubki Khae Tu Tu Tu.. Shano Shano" Hmm, never noticed it. Thanks for mentioning. > Choreography of this song is so amazing, I found this song to be > ordinary before going to the movie, but i am so loving it now. > Melody of all the songs at the end/credits (just like Om Shanti Om) – > pretty good.. Rahman is also shown in black suit for 3-4 seconds: D > (this could have also been on CD) hope someone posts pics of ARR's appearance in the movie. He appears so much at ease. > > Honestly, music is so grand.. and plays a huge part of the movie. > Seems like Ghai got another hit in his bag with Rahman's help (Just > like Taal). > > During one of the interview, Anil mentioned that singing or his > picutrization on classical singing was the most challenging part and i > did notice that. They move the camera around few times when he sings > that sargam.. Meaning what? Camera does move all over the film. > > In short, I loved the movie. If I compare, this is Ghai's best work > after Pardes (1997). Rightly said. I would add that even in Pardes, Ghai had slipped after Mahima had gone to his fiancee's house. The end was stupid. > Yes, I like the movie more than Taal. There were > also people who didn't like it. Guy sitting in row behind us, was > making comments like `movie is shit' during interval and when the > movie ended, he was like I want my money back.. I felt like punching > him on the face. But majority of people who were coming out of theatre > said they liked it. > You can enjoy this movie only in theater, as > music, set, location, cinematography etc everything is so grand and > beautiful Rightly said. That is the trick. That is the essence. The grandeur of the film can't be experienced on Cd/ DVD/ TV. Go see it in hall, a good hall, a multiplex. > Movie definitely deserves some awards, especially for – > > Best supporting Actor – Anil Kapoor (if he doesn't win this, i will be > so disappointed) > Best music director – AR Rahman (Background score – no, I think JA had > better BGM) > Best lyricist – Gulzar um, um. I would say that this is one of Gulzar's less good work. > best Female playback singer - Alka Yagnik (Tu Muskura) > Best choreography – Shamik Davar or Ahmed Khan > Best cinematography – Kabir Lal > > Rating – 7.5/10 Thanks. -- Rawat ------------------------------------ Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? <b> Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. 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