Monday, November 24, 2008

Yuvvraaj!!!! Much ado About Nothing…. :(

Hi Guys,
Good Afternoon!!!


3 years back, came a movie that awoke the whole generation and proved the Bollywood buffs and the critics at the same time, that still there are directors like Rakesh Mehra who comes up with simple stories and can put, portrays them so brilliantly that even forces the critics to stand up and give a loud round of applause. I am talking about Rang de Basanti casting not so great stars (when even Aamir Khan Career was on verge of doom after a big flop in his much awaited Mangal Pandey). Definitely need to copy paste the tag line of one famous advertisement - hila ke rakh diya.
The whole concept of the movie revolves around one thing that the new generation has awaked and there needs to be some change in the system. Why I am continously stressing on awakening of new generation is because I personally feel that same is the scenario which is required in our very own Bollywood.
Once in a blue moon, weather in Chennai will be worth enjoying. All Cloudy, windy and above all no sun (after a long time or may be the first time). So that’s why thought of spending some time with my friends. Checked out for the latest Hindi flicks in the newspaper and was amazed to see that Yuvvraaj already hit the theatres. Knowing that the bad boy of the film industry Salman Khan is acting as the main hero opposite Baby Doll of Bollywood - Katrina Kaif along with the veteran actors like Anil Kapoor and Mithun and music director A.R. Rahman (man who needs no introduction or bragging), I already knew that there will be something special in the movie which gonna make my day. So called one of my best friend Hidayath, an ardent movie buff and above it, Sallu bhai's greatest (may be solo) fan to accompany me for the afternoon show (may be my 1st afternoon show as GOD of clouds hardly bestow showers here in Chennai). Started from the home at around 11:30 A.M. with full enthu. Reached there in Inox on time luckily (thanks to Hid for his macho pulsar & superb driving skills). Movie finally started after few Tamil and Telugu ads and I was fully excited to enter the world of dreams (Bollywood). BUT BUT BUT…. I didn't know that my joy was that short lived and gonna shattered that hard. Movie started with song, ended with song and had bunch lot of songs in whole of the movie obviously with and without reason. Movie had a simple story of 3 brothers (Salman, Anil Kapoor & Zayed Khan). Anil being a mentally retarded person, so his dad without anyone's notice will hand over his whole property of Rs. 15000 Crores ONLY to him (Lucky Champ :)). What follows after that is a series of family politics and drama which I think our small screen people is better in "Khowing", I mean showing :). And finally like any other Subhash Ghai's movie had a happy ending where in all the 3 brothers come together and start living like one nice, big happy family.
Movie being shot in Prague & Austria had some really nice places to check out for those who are planning for great world tour ahead, only good thing about the movie other than Katrina Kaif ;). Somebody needs to tell Mr. Ghai that just coming as a cameo in his own movie won’t make it a super hit every time.
Sometimes, I do feel that time has come to see the change in our movies too and not just Life $tyle. It’s time for the new generation to come up and take the charge rather than oldies trying their own same fundas which GOD only knows when they gonna work… AMEN!!!

2 comments:

ra said...

i hope ur voice reaches Subash Ghai....lol...but well ur review on yuvraaajjj definitely makes me give a no no signal to th movie....

Unknown said...

Hi Sumit
Really have to give a thought about it. This applies not just for Bollywood films in general but the entire filmdom in particular. I mean Kollywood, Tollywood, Mollywood. After all the much awaited hype and lots of money spent on publicity for all the Biggies in the movie venture, the average audience will be disappointed [:)]. There are loads of examples for this: GOD Tussi Great Ho, Kurivi, SHIVAJI - THE BOSS, Saawariya etc. Your previous blog too rocks!! Thats worth an applause [:)]. Continue ur writing, i will enjoy reading [:)]