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Movie Reviews
Reviews are contributed by Dr. Usman khawaja.
Courtesy : Romuz Uddin
Courtesy : Romuz Uddin
still in the fuzzy visuals with mystical mists enshrouding the screen in a paradox of obscure origins .
Cops and gangsters and heart of gold robbers mix with Untouchables ,who rob the rich and there is enough plunder and gruesome killings to appease any sadistic masochist ,while Rehman composes an 'unusual 'score which is not synchronised with the milieu of a thriller ,and interrupts the narrative as does the redundant leading lady who looks uncomfortable between the husband as hero and the great hearted villain on the periphery as a toyboy .
Abishek looks as unwinsome as Ravan ,with some extremely bizarre getups ,and is overshadowed tremendously by Vikram in every aspect from action to talent ,and yet he tries to give an edgy paranoid look which unfortunately misfires as he hangs from trees and bridges like tarzan,lord of the apes and i was rather amused by the peccadilloes of this pickle in a pie ,which is neither a thriller nor a political innuendo on the class divide but rather a hilarious chase out of the blues while aishwariya devotes her impossibly gaudy make-up to the gruesome violence .
Cops and gangsters and heart of gold robbers mix with Untouchables ,who rob the rich and there is enough plunder and gruesome killings to appease any sadistic masochist ,while Rehman composes an 'unusual 'score which is not synchronised with the milieu of a thriller ,and interrupts the narrative as does the redundant leading lady who looks uncomfortable between the husband as hero and the great hearted villain on the periphery as a toyboy .
Abishek looks as unwinsome as Ravan ,with some extremely bizarre getups ,and is overshadowed tremendously by Vikram in every aspect from action to talent ,and yet he tries to give an edgy paranoid look which unfortunately misfires as he hangs from trees and bridges like tarzan,lord of the apes and i was rather amused by the peccadilloes of this pickle in a pie ,which is neither a thriller nor a political innuendo on the class divide but rather a hilarious chase out of the blues while aishwariya devotes her impossibly gaudy make-up to the gruesome violence .
Raavan
Director : Mani Ratnam
Cast : Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, 'Chiyaan' Vikram, Govinda, Prithviraj,Bipasha Basu
Producer : Mani Ratnam
Music: A.R.Rahman
Cast : Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, 'Chiyaan' Vikram, Govinda, Prithviraj,Bipasha Basu
Producer : Mani Ratnam
Music: A.R.Rahman
'APOCALAYPSE NOW' -mixing it in a mish mash of loud action and silly stunts and packages it with pseudo artistic visuals from copplla's war epic as billowing smoke stands in for mist .
Anyway Vikram is A good cop ,married to Aishwariya and they are posted in a lawless Indian rural paradise -much like" Gangajal "-which is ruled by a gangster cum Robin hood -Abishek AS BEERA ,and he is both ravan and ram -all in one -while Aishwariya as Sita is still married to the real Ram -vikram is a stand in for Ram?-
I am really confused here as i think this is akin to making Ganges flow backwards ,but than anything goes and after a lot of action -stunts -songs -we end up on a suspension bridge for the climax thanks to INDIANA JONES.
Never mind as Aishwariya gets loads of sequences which just require running and jumping in indian hinterland wiith no dramatic requirements ,while Abishek is a" joker as ravan "who plays it like a clownish big -hearted'.
HEATH ledger' ,and the whole pulpy vision is just a borrowed bonanza ,where Vikram is the only performer who breathes some air in this dead horse ,but fails to flag it
Anyway Vikram is A good cop ,married to Aishwariya and they are posted in a lawless Indian rural paradise -much like" Gangajal "-which is ruled by a gangster cum Robin hood -Abishek AS BEERA ,and he is both ravan and ram -all in one -while Aishwariya as Sita is still married to the real Ram -vikram is a stand in for Ram?-
I am really confused here as i think this is akin to making Ganges flow backwards ,but than anything goes and after a lot of action -stunts -songs -we end up on a suspension bridge for the climax thanks to INDIANA JONES.
Never mind as Aishwariya gets loads of sequences which just require running and jumping in indian hinterland wiith no dramatic requirements ,while Abishek is a" joker as ravan "who plays it like a clownish big -hearted'.
HEATH ledger' ,and the whole pulpy vision is just a borrowed bonanza ,where Vikram is the only performer who breathes some air in this dead horse ,but fails to flag it
ROBIN HOOD MEETS APOCALAYPSE NOW COURTSEY RAMAYANA -
WHAT is the problem with bolly scripts ,as herea man like Ratnam takes movies like "gangajal","jungle"'-and hollywood classics like
WHAT is the problem with bolly scripts ,as herea man like Ratnam takes movies like "gangajal","jungle"'-and hollywood classics like
Ratnam who made -"yuva' and 'dil se" -and "bombay" -here is laden with a banal script with a laconic cat and mose game played in a forest -which is very similar to r.g.varma's jungle ,and