Saturday, November 10, 2007

Saawariya

(Don't bother to watch)

Half an hour through the movie and we were out of the theatre. Well, that gives you the gist of what is coming. It was a massacre. Whatever story it was getting at, was punctuated with a song almost every seven minutes. The tunes were good but then you are at the movie for the story and not entirely for songs. How long can you stand that? The dialogues were rarely catchy and the build-up wasn’t good at all. I can’t vouch for the whole of the movie because, as you know, I had given up pretty soon. The movie was set in a picturesque background which looks like a fairytale. That was good; it was artistic and poetic in some sense. May be people who understand the nitty-gritty’s of photography or shooting might appreciate that but that wasn’t good enough for the common audience. I am not complaining about the acting, however. Rani Mukherjee, Salman Khan, and the newbies, both Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor looked great and did a good job. It could have been passed as a good attempt for a new setting in bollywood by a new director. But, Sanjay Leela Bansali; we definitely expected a lot lot better .

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Natyoshala- Free Bengali Drama (Bangla Natok) Audio, Scripts, Reports and More

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