Holi was a BLAST !!! The wildest that I have played in the last twenty years...great fun...of course, there always are exceptions who do not share in the enthusiasm, but one can only sympathise with them...
Cricket....well, lesser said the better I presume...Sachin should seriously do something...or the same Ganguly argument would be applied to him too...Sachin is God, no doubt..but as Sambit Bal says in his
Cricinfo column, he has joined the ranks of mortals..
Yesterday, I got a chance to see Being Cyrus....well...I do not know where to begin....so I think the beginning would be a good idea...
My take on cinema is that it serves the primary function of entertainment -- entertainment which can assume different shades like comedy, romance, drama, horror, suspense, historical stories et cetera. Being Cyrus would find it a little difficult to be classified under any of these headings. Which makes me question why the movie was made in the first place...since it did not amuse me, scare me, thrill me, engage my attention for more than 15 consecutive minutes at any point of time..But this is not to take anything away from the debutante director, Homi Adajania.
The movie was technically very well crafted. The cinematography was excellent, the background score was different, and the look of the movie was pretty slick overall. I think this is where the good parts end.
I replayed the movie in my head, and realised that the director was probably trying to say too many things at the same time...there were various nuances in the movie that could only be understood by a second or third viewing, and trust me, doing that itself would qualify you for a bravery award.
There was a take on the Parsi community's dwindling numbers ( the matrimonial for a bride from 40 year old men), a general comment about how old parents were ill treated by their kids, and their being a burden to them, an element of revenge, an element of justification for Cyrus' way of life...but trust me..if you are the type who wants to go to a movie hall to be entertained, have fun, laugh and go into a different world where you forget your worries and tensions, then this is not the movie for you.
However, if you are the intellectual type, wherein you like to discuss all the issues that were fleetingly highlighted in the movie, and "go beyond the obvious" in management jargon ;-), then, please, like Syriana, this is the movie to watch.
Performances were good...but nothing special...For want of anyone better, Dimple did do enough justice to her role..Naseer's role could have been essayed equally well by a gentleman called Vikram Gokhale (personal opinion..no offence to anyone)..Boman Irani, chameleonesque in his performances , was his usual efficient self. Manoj Pahwa took his Bhatia act from Office Office to a higher level, nothing special about it. Even Cyrus' role could have been performed equally well by a certain John Abraham.
Overall verdict - Please get a CD and watch the movie if you really want to. Typical multiplex fare - and not paisa vasool.
Cricket....well, lesser said the better I presume...Sachin should seriously do something...or the same Ganguly argument would be applied to him too...Sachin is God, no doubt..but as Sambit Bal says in his
Cricinfo column, he has joined the ranks of mortals..
Yesterday, I got a chance to see Being Cyrus....well...I do not know where to begin....so I think the beginning would be a good idea...
My take on cinema is that it serves the primary function of entertainment -- entertainment which can assume different shades like comedy, romance, drama, horror, suspense, historical stories et cetera. Being Cyrus would find it a little difficult to be classified under any of these headings. Which makes me question why the movie was made in the first place...since it did not amuse me, scare me, thrill me, engage my attention for more than 15 consecutive minutes at any point of time..But this is not to take anything away from the debutante director, Homi Adajania.
The movie was technically very well crafted. The cinematography was excellent, the background score was different, and the look of the movie was pretty slick overall. I think this is where the good parts end.
I replayed the movie in my head, and realised that the director was probably trying to say too many things at the same time...there were various nuances in the movie that could only be understood by a second or third viewing, and trust me, doing that itself would qualify you for a bravery award.
There was a take on the Parsi community's dwindling numbers ( the matrimonial for a bride from 40 year old men), a general comment about how old parents were ill treated by their kids, and their being a burden to them, an element of revenge, an element of justification for Cyrus' way of life...but trust me..if you are the type who wants to go to a movie hall to be entertained, have fun, laugh and go into a different world where you forget your worries and tensions, then this is not the movie for you.
However, if you are the intellectual type, wherein you like to discuss all the issues that were fleetingly highlighted in the movie, and "go beyond the obvious" in management jargon ;-), then, please, like Syriana, this is the movie to watch.
Performances were good...but nothing special...For want of anyone better, Dimple did do enough justice to her role..Naseer's role could have been essayed equally well by a gentleman called Vikram Gokhale (personal opinion..no offence to anyone)..Boman Irani, chameleonesque in his performances , was his usual efficient self. Manoj Pahwa took his Bhatia act from Office Office to a higher level, nothing special about it. Even Cyrus' role could have been performed equally well by a certain John Abraham.
Overall verdict - Please get a CD and watch the movie if you really want to. Typical multiplex fare - and not paisa vasool.
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