My beauty is back (Chitrangada Singh) and I saw this movie only for her… And was I pleased… the dusky beauty looks ravishing as ever and cinematographer Sachin Kumar does a wonderful job at showcasing this beauty while capturing Mauritius through his lens. I can go on and on about how gorgeous she looks in the movie and this whole post might not be enough for that.
The director, Onir does a great job at handling this love triangle and kudos to Ashwini Malik for a good screenplay and story. The characters are well written too (could have been better) and the casting team (I belevee Onir had his contribution too) has done at a great job at choosing the actors. I am obviously biased towards Chitrangada but Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Shabana Azmi and even Sanjay Suri do a good job with their roles. Sharman Joshi proves his talent with every movie... I had started to gauge his potential with Life in a Metro and in this movie he proves his versatility. Sanjay Suri is not the most versatile actors but he does his job well in such simple roles (investment banker obsessed with his work, in the movie) – I think he is more a director’s actor. Boman Irani is undoubtedly the best character actors we have in the industry today and every role that he is offered, he plays it with too much ease. Shabana Azmi is another very good actor and the character gives her an opportunity to show her acting skills. Chitrangada plays her role well and I believe the director could have given her a few more scenes to express certain elements of her emotion – love for Sharman or falling out of love for Sanjay.
As I mentioned before the characters could be written better and Onir could have exploited them a bit more, but no complains at how he has narrated the story. For example, many bollywood movies show the love bloom in a song and though Onir goes beyond a song and shows a few incidents I could not feel the depth of love between Chitrangada and Sharman. Also, Y is having sex the end and be all of realizing that you are in love? Indian directors, time to take cognizance of your audience and show something deeper… You obviously know that this movie is aimed for the metros and educated class audience, so y not present a better scene for the protagonists to realize the deep love for each other? Well, even after Sharman tells his brother about his love for Chitrangada, there is very little screen time to display Sanjay’s sadness or the responsibility which Chitrangada or Sharman should show after committing such a blunder… Don’t get me wrong and I don’t think there is anything wrong about they falling in love but there need to be a few more details on what happens next and how they proceed with their love life. Indian film markers have this amazing tool, a song, to run away from showing such explanatory scenes and take the story forward. Similarly, though well developed, Shabana Azmi’s character at the end looses its intensity when it takes her one dialogue from her husband to realize her mistake. The director did a good job at building the story and the last 10 mins seem to be rushed into…
Couple of things which make the story bold in an indian context - the mother suggesting a live-in relationship, Chitrangada's realizing her love towards Sharman, the dilemma to choose between her fiance and love but the decision to pursue her real love give the movie a contemporary real feel.
One stupid flaw in the movie (there may have been more but I was too lost in staring at my beauty) - in the first scene of the movie Sharman Joshi’s hair is short but in the last shot (which is actually a continuation of the first one), his hair have grown… come’on you actor / director, don’t loose credibility by making such avoidable blunders.
Overall, a good watch and as always shows the maturity of Indian film makers to handle such complex subjects.
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