Something is better than nothing!

Now that I suddenly feel thir urge to Blog more often, I Guess I will try 'n' update by revisiting in brief the Latest flicks I caught up in plenty in last month or so. ;)

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Miss U lots...

This update is made to inform one and all who are interested to know about the current status of my affair with movies.

I am forced to live away from them for a while, And I guess this will continue for a few more months. Although I try n catch up on most of the latest ones, I long for watching my all-time favourites.. :(

The Love however shall remain alive forever. Amen! ;)

But ya, I miss Making love to them. :(

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All about Love and Memories...

Finally saw Mahesh Bhatt's 'Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayi' this evening, after a long wait and with huge excitement.

There were two reasons for why I desperately wanted to catch this one asap. Firstly, I had read somewhere that This film too had shades of Mahesh Bhatt's life and vignettes from his turbulent relationship with Parveen Babi.
Secondly, I am a mighty big fan of its sound-track, and just couldnt wait to see how they were picturised.

The film has a touching concept, and an intriguing execution to it. But still, it falls short by a large margin due to innumerable loose ends. I guess Mahesh Bhatt didnt have enough budget to make this film (It was a tele-film).

But then, We can sense the poignance in a few scenes. Just wished the film had same connectivity level throughout its running time.

The love story between the Protagonists is established too quickly, and it gives the audience little time to understand the passion between them. The film has many great moments. Unfortunately, they don't really manage to overshadow the negative factors.
However, the Climax really spoke a lot and made up for a predictable pre-climax.

This film shall not be judged on technical grounds. But I really wished the Camera-work was more haunting.
However, I loved the fact that Most of the film was shot at night. It added to the intriguing beauty of the story.

Anu Malik's sound-track is just superb! It does what Mahesh Bhatt couldnt do - Convey the pathos of the characters to some extent.

Pooja Bhatt has made a great attempt at portraying the fear and insecurities of a Schizophrenic woman, who yearns for love. But the film needed some more minutes to define her character.

Rahul Roy disappoints. He is good in some scenes, but then plain wooden in others. Wished someone more capable of tackling intense roles had played this character.

'Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayi' is a nice ode to love and Memories attached to it. But cinematically, It disappoints more or less. More so because it came from Mahesh Bhatt, and looked like one of his more personal films than commercial.

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Friendship, Love etc!

Saw Jaane tu ya Jaane na for the third time today. Now before you think that I loved movie to such extent, Lemme make it clear that Its pure luck of me to do that. Or may be not.. ;-)


Coming back to the movie, I really enjoyed it the most this time. Don’t exactly know the reason, but I did realise why I didn’t like it so very much on the first two occasions. :p

Now 'Jaane tu...' has a beginning that very much reminded me of my school days. But that’s where the comparisons stop.
In the film, Aditi starts loving Jai when she sees him with another Girl. And its very visible. However, N, my best friend or say 'My Aditi' lives hundreds of miles away.
And I don’t get to see the jealousy she feels When I talk of my female friends who occupy my time now. And that makes me unsure whether she loves me or not.

So I clear sign that The Aditi in the film loves her Jai, while My Aditi doesn’t may be made me feel a bit sad. :P


Coming back to the film rather than veering towards my personal life here too, I shall applaud the Director and the emsemble cast first of all.

Abbas Tyrewala did a great job at maintaining a quirky sense of humour without letting it affect the film’s plot much. Although It does restrain the film from getting extremely romantic, which I would have loved. Hehe.
Also, The dream sequences were fabulously shot.

He has also done a good job at capturing the expressions of the supporting cast while the Protagonists are in a scene. Thanks to this great effort by him, which is seldom seen in hindi films, Shaleen’s character was established perfectly and I must say The Gal who played it did a damn good job.

The dialogues were realistic, although a wee bit clichéd at times. The film has some damn good scenes, which make up for whatever flaws I found.

I had a few other problems with the film too. But this time, they seemed lesser.

I liked the bonding between Jai and her mother, fabulously played by Ratna Pathak Shah who seemed to act like Hubby dearest Naseeruddin Shah in a few places.

Also, The scene where Aditi and Amit have a heart-speak was very very well written.
Another one when Jai cries in her mother’s lap when he is obviously upset about the increasing distances with Aditi was fab.

Imran Khan is a complete natural, although I found him moving his facial muscles a bit too much at times. Genelia is just great with her expressions, exp. When she has to emote jealousy or innocence. Just gotta work on ur accent, baby! ;-)

Naseeruddin Shah and Paresh rawal are used perfectly for their parts. Bang on!

A.R.Rahman’s music really lifts the film notches higher. Every song is a sheer gem, and makes the film even more young and evocative.

However, I feel the ‘Jaane tu mera kya hai’ song could have been better used, just for which I went to see the movie this time.

Ahh.. well.. Never mind!

All and all, 'Jaane tu...' is a nostalgic, fresh, feel-good and most importantly a highly enjoyable movie albeit it could have been better.


Cheers!