Sunday, January 31, 2010

kambaqt taqdeer (damn luck) and Ishqiya experience

Arsenal lost 1-3 to ManU, this means that only miracles can keep Arsenal in the title race. Fingers Crossed! 
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Watched  Matchpoint, a dramatic thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen. I am not an admirer of Woody Allen, but I like this movie. 
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And I enjoyed watching 'Ishqiya'. This movie is fast paced story of crime taking place in so called "middle india" or "indian hinterland". Its not preachy, its not lengthy, it hasn't even got message. But its enjoyable, only if you can ignore the "dehati gaali". Arshad Warsi is the show-stealer, and Naseeruddin Shah gives another credible performance and never letting his brilliance overshadow Arshad's emergence. I also liked Vidya Balan's act in this movie, while other actors seemed perfectly authentic and natural in their characters. The script/dialogues are witty/smart and if serious never out of place. In the end this movie feels like a "Spaghetti Western". I won't spoil your experience by telling the theme and story of this movie. Don't compare it to Tarantino's work but I am sure its not really far from his excellent style. Kudos to everyone who made this movie possible. Watch it guys, and avoid it if you like sugar-coated conservative stories.
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Missed "Veer", which in the end turned out to be blessing, as my friends did not really praise the movie.
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Its getting late, I need to sleep. 
Adios Amigo!

3 comments:

Shriti said...

hmmm.. nice review :)

niyati said...

:)
Thanks for the review...
Dyying to watch Ishqiya... Another Vishal Bhardwaj masterpiece following Omkara (Kaminey was good, but not upto the mark!)
Awaiting another random post..

Love,
niyati ;)

Payeng said...

You seem to be an avid movie buff.. by the way what about "My name is Khan"? Any reviews on it?