How do you define ‘fluff’ ? Quite a random question to begin a post with, isn’t it? Exactly! I Hate Luv Storys or #IHLS is just that – both fluff and random. Fluff, by definition means any light downy material. It also means something which is of little value or significance. And IHLS qualifies on both those categories. It is just fluff; no pulp, no substance and definitely no juice. The only thing it has is Sonam Kapoor’s electric smile trying to charge up this otherwise charge-less movie, which suffers from a desperately-trying-hard-2b-cool-syndrome.
The biggest thing that irritates me to allergic levels about this movie, is its unashamed and narcissistic self-promotion of supposed Hindi ‘romantic cult favourites’. If you think I am wrong, then how on earth will you explain, plugging in KANK and K3G tribute scenes into the movie narrative, as not being narcissistic? Yes, this is a Karan Johar movie, and this is his way of taking a piss at his own movies, kinda like being the cool guy who doesn’t shy away from laughing at himself. Oh please grow up. Spoofs are made by B-grade directors and geeky nods to movie classics do not mean flashing out family poster frames and pink teddy bears from Archies galleries. And if you think making the director in the movie – Veer [Samir Soni ] be an onscreen version of KJo would be a good idea, you couldn’t be more wrong.
Oh, I really don’t know where this movie review is going. Pretty much like the movie. It is just pointless and worthless as well. So I’ll rather write some bullet points about this movie.
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by Sujoy on July 1, 2010
in movies
OH MAGADHEERA! Thy canvas is so large, so bright and so beautiful. I give in to your might and surrender myself and my senses too. Painted in testosterene, and splashed with everything that is majestic, masculine, and mind-fraking, Magadheera – you blow me away. Quite literally. Every. Single. Time.
Just as I sat down to the starting credits of Magadheera, the brief teasing images over the sounds of clashing swords and the voice of a warrior screaming Bhairava, leaves me with an intense feeling of anticipation. The sense of urgency, and the curiosity to see events unfold grips you completely. And this is what exactly keeps me glued through the entire length of the movie even though, the pace isn’t as steady.
To begin with Princess Mithravinda and our warrior Kala Bhairava are injured badly and almost breathing their last. But not done yet until they some love. And then gravity strikes, but Kala Bhairava flings himself with a launch velocity. Coupled with an intelligent lift-drag air-resistance formula, Kala Bhairava cleverly defies laws of physics to get closer to Mithra. But not quite close..sigh!
Flash forward to 400 years now, and our warrior has turned into a dude who wears Ferrari shoes and races bikes for a living. Yes, this is a world where our dude is tormented by chupudhee chapadhee Mumait Khan who hides her earnings in her supposed cholee. And to retrieve it, an item number must follow with special nods to a CGI edited papa Chiranjeevi. Oh, and before that, Mumait Khan gives a boobie shockwave which turns everyone into stone. Not kidding! And this my friend is only the first 15 minutes of the movie. Phew! You just get to sense a teaser of the possibilities of the remaining parts of the movie and how this could actually be the inspiration behind Scott Pilgrim – An Epic of Epic Epicness. Yes, that pretty much sums it up quite right.
Whoa. Let’s explore the remaining 150 minutes with the infinte screencaps below. Keep up with me, and don’t get lost, but do feel free to lose yourself in the beauty of Magadheera. WARNING: Long Post.
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After a frustrating 90 minutes of the struggling Gerrards and Rooneys, I thought I’d cleanse myself from that, and quite desperately needed an entertainer; not just any entertainer, but an engaging, pretty and strong piece of cinema. So, I went to my nearest Vue cinema for the late show of Raavan, and it turned out that Raavan was a huge disappointment. For starters, this was a Mani Ratnam movie which he had simultaneously made in two languages – I don’t know why he does that – to cut production costs, or to reach out to more audiences without going down the dubbed route. Hmm!! But having watched Raavan, I believe, the Tamil version has to be a quite different film for it to work. It is so pretty to watch at, and the visuals are stellar no doubt, sometimes to the length that it looks like an extended version of a cross between the Roshni Se Bhare Bhare – video from Asoka [Santosh Sivan] and Mani Ratnam’s own – Barso Re Megha from Guru.
A little premise for those who don’t have any clue what the fuss is all about. Mani Ratnam’s latest feature since 2007′s Guru, Raavan tells us the story of a village called Laal Maati, a place where Beera (Abhishek Bachchan) rules, rocks and reigns. He is the law and order and he is the chaos too – for the official law and order ie. That’s the modern take on the Hindu mythology epic -The Ramayana. Dev (Vikram) is the parallel for Rama, the cop who would not give in to the control of Beera in Laal Maati. And he would not confine himself to the lawful means. Dev’s wife Ragini (Aishwarya ) gets kidnapped by Beera, and that’s when all hell breaks loose. Dev is on the hunt of Beera with double the intensity, and is aided by a drunkard Sanjeevani (Govinda – I believe he’s playing Hanuman). Dev’s search for Beera and what follows next is just a turn of events about Beera’s reason for revenge against Dev.
Now, I know that the epics are making an epic return to the big screen – first Rajneeti with the Mahabharat and now this . But Raavan is not an epic by any stretch of imagination. The visual opulence is the only thing that Raavan can boast of. The music is by A.R.Rahman is by all means sub-standard. But the biggest flaw of the movie is its hollow screenplay and the hammy Abhishek Bachchan who puts on a million expressions just for the sake of looking schizophrenic. C’mon dude, Raavan isn’t suffering from multiple personality disorder. He had 10 heads, 10 brains – that is meant to be a metaphor of how intelligent and how mentally advanced was he compared to the normal man, and not to mean a person of conflicting opinions. I have so many complaints with this movie, and I have listed them below.
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