Comments on: Movie Review :Tollylights

By: aronch

aronch — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:17:38 +0000

Oh my God, I recently went to Calcutta (I stay abroad) and picked up this CD from Music World, and once I was back at my home in NY I was like brimming with expectations and expected nostalgia to see a modern day bengali movie after a long time – and gosh, guess what I felt like turning it off once the very first scene popped up on the screen. I totally agree with Sujoy – what the hell was this? In fact i have seen intolerable but yet hilariously entertaining Baba Keno Chakor type films but this one was complete no show more so because it had reputed actors in it – but i just wonder how even god actors can all collectively produce a crap performance and make a film go from zero to negativity in seconds. There is no compactness in the story, actually there is no story, and all events are unrelated and tried to be assorted together to form a futile impact. It is totally unclear why the housewife chose to go the Tollywood way, and it is even more painful to see how the director tries to implant motherhood in her in one scene and establishes her as a usual prostitute in another – so lame! Arjun's story should have been a parallel track but it suddenly emerges as the main event and washes away all impact, if any at all. And what about those songs – the exide one especially! Haha, Sujoy gave a better description of it. If you really want to see some meaningless disconnected set of drama adorned with an beyond-excuse script go and see this movie. God help Bengali cinema, and oh ya…Bengali housewives!

By: Abu

Abu — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:02:24 +0000

Haven’t seen the movie…and now, won’t ever…never ever.

By: Sujoy

Sujoy — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:46:13 +0000

@ Prajjal,
My sympathies with you. We collectively survived through the movie. Yippee!!Can you imagine what Mr.Gulzar must be going through the movie, and well, he had to show his appreciation of the “craftmenship” of Mr.Chakraborty. Pfff!!! The point is when Tollylights sets out to show the stereotypical aspect of Tollywood, it actually falls in its own trap. Just, another one bites the dust.

By: Prajjal De

Prajjal De — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:21:08 +0000

No,you are not arrogant.this film is really irritating film and one of those disgusting films.arjun chakroborty needs to 1st unlearn himself of what he learnt and learn directing films.ending of the film is too ridiculous……one person who couldnot adjust to situations in tollywood goes to adjust at bollywood.and arjun chakroborty has forgot that film is an audiovisual medium.a frame has the power of speaking for himself but the film lacks that much initiative with lots of irritating melodramatic dialogues and cheap dialogues.