Seriously, India surprised me with this tasteless production.
The movie is dark and does not have anything pleasant to the eye. It's ugly. That's for the image.
The flick has poor comedy elements which quite often seem to drag forever: for instance, there is an everlasting scene in which Maria Mhatre is hiding from the goofy criminal, who is kind of drunk (or doped?) - it really is a test for the viewer's patience. Sometimes this "comedy" steps into such dark areas that you can't believe your eyes: in one of the scenes the cripple in the wheelchair gets a harsh beating: he gets kicked, knocked down to the floor, beaten up by a plank, and finally hanged (head down?!?!) by that very goofy criminal. And as for this goofy bad guy, he really looks funny with his "explosion an a macaroni factory" black hair and funny moustache but in contrast to this silly outlook he acts in a most violent manner towards others (he also behaves like some good-for-nothing alky). Wherever he is on screen you have this uncomfortable feeling and feel sorry for the frustrated actor. That's for the "comedy".
As the film goes on, to me it gets less and less interesting because the story jumps in a hectic manner and the terrible male faces' close-ups with their awkward speech appear too often. Twenty minutes into the movie and I wanted to forget the whole stupid story - so I just continued watching to find out how far it all could go. That's for the storyline.
There is one thing I liked though. It's the use of English. The actors push in English phrases now and then. The choice of words is excellent. "Shit" and "bitch" are most common while the subs go: "Cowdung" in one certain place. They speak Hindi and then all of a sudden: "Sorry!" "Shit!" "Boyfriend!" with such over-the-top intonation. That is ridiculous.
I can give it a solid 3 out of 10 - mostly for a ridiculous mixture of English and Hindi and for the scene where a little boy is hitting (in his dream) the bad guy with some iron bar. Thank you for attention.
The movie is dark and does not have anything pleasant to the eye. It's ugly. That's for the image.
The flick has poor comedy elements which quite often seem to drag forever: for instance, there is an everlasting scene in which Maria Mhatre is hiding from the goofy criminal, who is kind of drunk (or doped?) - it really is a test for the viewer's patience. Sometimes this "comedy" steps into such dark areas that you can't believe your eyes: in one of the scenes the cripple in the wheelchair gets a harsh beating: he gets kicked, knocked down to the floor, beaten up by a plank, and finally hanged (head down?!?!) by that very goofy criminal. And as for this goofy bad guy, he really looks funny with his "explosion an a macaroni factory" black hair and funny moustache but in contrast to this silly outlook he acts in a most violent manner towards others (he also behaves like some good-for-nothing alky). Wherever he is on screen you have this uncomfortable feeling and feel sorry for the frustrated actor. That's for the "comedy".
As the film goes on, to me it gets less and less interesting because the story jumps in a hectic manner and the terrible male faces' close-ups with their awkward speech appear too often. Twenty minutes into the movie and I wanted to forget the whole stupid story - so I just continued watching to find out how far it all could go. That's for the storyline.
There is one thing I liked though. It's the use of English. The actors push in English phrases now and then. The choice of words is excellent. "Shit" and "bitch" are most common while the subs go: "Cowdung" in one certain place. They speak Hindi and then all of a sudden: "Sorry!" "Shit!" "Boyfriend!" with such over-the-top intonation. That is ridiculous.
I can give it a solid 3 out of 10 - mostly for a ridiculous mixture of English and Hindi and for the scene where a little boy is hitting (in his dream) the bad guy with some iron bar. Thank you for attention.