You know whats worse than watching a bad movie? Discussing that the movie wasnt all that bad with someone who actually liked it. That too on a monday morning. This movie has now made me stay away from Indian cinema for a long time to come.
The only thing that drew me to watch it in the first place was my friend exclaiming “Journey of a woman! I wont be missing this film” So naturally, being the undying supporter of all things female, I landed myself in the middle of a high society ‘exclusive’ call girl’s story while her family happily spends the cash received back home in re-decorating the house.
Rani Mukerji was the wrongest of wrong choice to play the protagonist. I couldnt bring myself to tear my eyes away from her absurd hair styles while on her way to ‘business’. She had zilch personality on screen. Kudos to the Indian cinema think tanks – if the leading lady opts to live or work the wrong path, she’s supposed to be sad, teary-eyed all in a desperate attempt to garner the masses’ sympathy. And to show that while they’re not endorsing her in any manner, she is in the wrong so naturally, she’s half-dead and cant live a normal life.
While I was reminded by my friend early in the morning, that such cases of small town girl falling easy prey to hyenas of the big city and settlling for peddling skin to earn big bucks for her miserable family do happen, yet translating it in reel life does not necessarily work, as was the case here. Did I mention that the opening shot of the movie is a song and dance routine which pretty much tells you that the rest of the movie is going to be as boring, if not more.
Of the saving grace was Konkona Sen Sharma, who plays the sister… although as brilliant as she is, her performance is a bit deja-vu of say, Metro? The rest of the characters are reasonably okay. My main gripe is with the leading lady who is wasted in the movie while we all know how good an actor she is otherwise.
I remember laughing a lot while watching the movie. Not because of the absent comedy but at myself for putting my brain through three hours (?) of non-stop drama that just didnt work for me. And the movie hall wont see me back for a long time now. Tough luck!
I agree! Total disappointment! What ‘Journey of a Woman’ man!
I liked Pradip Sarkar’s Parineeta, but this one was a total let down. Such a predictable movie!
He didn’t capture the nuances at all. Boring movie! Yawnnnnnnnnnn.
Hahaha… I was wondering what you’d think about the movie
Yeah, man Parineeta was 10 times better.
Wish you had written this before the weekend
I wasted 3 hours of my life watching this drama – that too in camera print!
last time I watched a hindi movie in theatre- 1999.
Oh no, Priya… thats too bad. I can imagine how the camera print must have felt like. I watched the CP of Chak De. All I could see was the half bottom of the screen and the top of the audience’s heads. It was terrible.
Hey, T – which movie did you watch and where???
jhoot bole kauwa kate with a friend. Went to the US then.. watched 2-3 movies in 2 years. bollywood calling, zubeidaa, etc. came back, watched company and may be 2-3 more. Does not exceed the fingers of one hand. need to watch good hindi movies but I’ve watched more french movies(tv5) in a month than hindi movies in the past decade. Owned only one hindi movie all my life- east is east. Treasured it. Movie mirrors what happened to my family in real life.
Oh, the Govinda one….eeeeee…. Cant stand those stuff! I myself have very little patience with the song & dance stuff. I’m more into Kill Bill, Shrek & those funny movies that Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson keep coming up with once in a while. Am terribly afraid of horror movies, cant sleep at night if I watch one.
About the movie mirroring, I hope we get to hear about it someday
P.S. I’ve made up my mind not to watch Om Shanti Om or Sawariya either. They tell me the latter is a flop and I’m doing all I can to resist viewing SRK’s six-pack in OSO…