The Movie started off good. showing a spoilt brat and a feisty girl getting along , problems with authority at home so he gets the boot to UK etc etc. True to the book so far. Humor was good as it was situational comedy and not intentional, which is what i prefer.
Abhay deol projected Devdas in a different light altogether. The modern devdas. Smoking, drinking, doping etc. Abhay deol convincingly played the character well, easy for the youth to relate to. Good amount of swearing involved. Yes it was required and so it was given an A certificate. At no point of time you will feel sorry for the protagonist though as you know the story he screwed up so he has to face it.
Mahi Gill an average looking Jat girl playing Parminder (Paro) lacks the charisma but i guess her feisty nature may help you overlook that.
Kalki Koechlin the girl with a french heritage, parents were hippies who came to India 38 years ago and then settled here, playing chandramukhi (Chanda) lacks that charisma too required to convert our own devdas to a responsible or a good man (read obedient cute little puppy).
Having said that, Anurag kashyap made this movie keeping in mind The Youth today and incidents occurred in the recent past. So it becomes a little easy to watch and enjoy the movie or relate to it.
The end I liked it at first. Then it was pointed out that the end would have better if it was something else. The movie could have been ended conveniently within 120 mins but it had to be dragged for another 30 mins for no obvious reasons, or for some reason i don't understand. So watch the movie as a pop corn flick before you start reading between the lines
Abhay deol projected Devdas in a different light altogether. The modern devdas. Smoking, drinking, doping etc. Abhay deol convincingly played the character well, easy for the youth to relate to. Good amount of swearing involved. Yes it was required and so it was given an A certificate. At no point of time you will feel sorry for the protagonist though as you know the story he screwed up so he has to face it.
Mahi Gill an average looking Jat girl playing Parminder (Paro) lacks the charisma but i guess her feisty nature may help you overlook that.
Kalki Koechlin the girl with a french heritage, parents were hippies who came to India 38 years ago and then settled here, playing chandramukhi (Chanda) lacks that charisma too required to convert our own devdas to a responsible or a good man (read obedient cute little puppy).
Having said that, Anurag kashyap made this movie keeping in mind The Youth today and incidents occurred in the recent past. So it becomes a little easy to watch and enjoy the movie or relate to it.
The end I liked it at first. Then it was pointed out that the end would have better if it was something else. The movie could have been ended conveniently within 120 mins but it had to be dragged for another 30 mins for no obvious reasons, or for some reason i don't understand. So watch the movie as a pop corn flick before you start reading between the lines