Gully Boy

Toh kya bolta hain Bantai? Toh kaise lagi movie?

Kya abhi tak dekhi nahi, review ka intezaar kar rahele the. Pehle bolne ka tha na.

Sirf tum log ke liye yeh review. Phir batane ka haan, picture dekhi ke nahi aur kaise lagi.

Yeh review bhi hindi main hoga apne panter ke tarah. Kya hain apne bhai log aur unki bhene ko bhi samaj main aana chaiye na.

Yeh kahani hain apne Murad (Ranveer Singh ) Bhai ki. Bolne ke liye college ka londa hain. Par apne haal ka bayan kya kare. Abba (Vijay Raaz) jo ke ek driver ka kaam karte hain, jawan beta ko chod ke khud hi dusre shaadi kar aate hain.

Ek toh dharavi ka chawl aur us chote se ghar main badtee abadi. Us waqt sirf NAS rapper ke gaane aur kavita likhne ka shauk uske chupe dard ko rahat deti the.

Bhai ke dost bhi the Moeen (Vijay Verma) aur Salmaan (Nakul Sachdeva) jinke saath woh TP (timepass) karta tha.

Par apna bhai bhi kuch kum nahi. Uski ek girlfriend bhi thi. Woh bhi school time bole toh ek dum long term relationship. Naam uska Safeena (Alia Bhatt). Par kiski afat se kam nahi. Bana hain use surgeon. Dimag ka shot kiya toh sirf hi phod deti hain. isse bachke rahena kyuki woh aati hain "handle with care" ke saath.

Dil ke kashmakash chali rahi the, ke Abba apne tang tudwa bhete aur bheja apne Murad bhai ko apni jagah naukri. Driver ka beta driver hi hoga kya? 

Par apne bhai ka time anne wala tha. College ke festival main usko mila MC Sher (Siddhant Chaturvedi) jiske sangat ne bhai ke life ich badal dali. Bole to ek gaana nikala "Mere Gully Main" suna toh hoga. Uske baad kya peeche mudke bhi nahi dekha.

Par taqdeer toh apne paate bheecha rahi the. Apne abu ka ghar chod diya toh khane ke lale ho gaye. Ateeq Mamu (Vijay Maurya) ke yaha naurki kar li. Ab ghar sambale yea apna junoon, kaise yeh majboori hain.

Kya lagta hain apna bhai kya karega. Aur toh aur apne NAS bhai bhi Mumbai aa rahe the jiske show main perform karne ka chance bhi milega. Par kya yeh ho payega?

Yeh jaane ke liye toh picture dekhne padegi na, haan bacchi.

Iske gaane bhi kamal hain, Aur apne India ke rappers bhi apna kirdar nibha the hain. 

Picture ki direction, script aur dialogue baazi ek number hain. iske cinematography ek dum awaal hain, Jay Oza ka naam bolna zaroori hain.

Picture ekdum hard hain. Bole toh itne level pe connect hota hain ke kiya bolu. Zoya Akhtar aap toh chaa gaye. Har ek kirdaar ko  screen time diya hain aur sab ek se ek ubhar ke aate hain.

Chaiye woh Vjiay Raaz, Vijay Verma, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Amruta Subhash aur baki, bas fad dala.

Ranveer aur Alia toh picture ke sitare hain jinke bagair uske chamak ojhal ho jayegee. 

Yeh picture apne Divine aur Naezy rapper bhai ki zindagi se prabhavit hain.

Yeh picture toh dekhna banta hain. 

Ek dum hard!!

P.S.: Could not post earlier, was not keeping well :(

Dil Dhadakne Do

Before we get down to the movie review, I have two question to ask.

Firstly when you watch our Hindi bollywood movies, why do the families are always shown rich. Have you ever seen a Karan Johar movie where the hero, heroine are shown poor, middle class eh? Think about it for a min.

Second, do you read the page 3 about the social happening parties and wonder about the people who get clicked. Secretly desire to be part of it and wish to know about their lifestyle and lives these people live.

If you are ok with the first question of not showing the poor, middle class and yes for the second one too, then your wish is granted. Yes, this movie is made only for you to know the lives of the filthy rich.

The story is about the intricacies of the lives that the wealthy rich people live and we are given a peek into it.

Its the Mehra's who are celebrating their marriage anniversary on a cruise and the turn of events that ensues within the family and the plot of mixing business with relations to protect one's wealth.

One has to really ponder on what made Anil Kapoor go all white and take up this role. Has he realized that he will now only be given character roles like Rishi Kapoor until something better comes along. 

He along with Shefali Shah are the parents of Priyanka Chopra the elder daughter and Ranveer Singh who is supposed to take over the business but has no ambitions other than flying planes.

Anil Kapoor has done well in his role which well supported by Shefali. The scene where she is shown gorging on the food is well shown and depicted trying to compensate for one's emotions.

The camaraderie between Priyanka & Ranveer as sister brother looking out for each other can be seen throughout. Ranveer does justice to his role as an immature young guy while Priyanka though donning a different role from her previous roles appears nibble.

Rahul Bose does his job well as Priyanka's husband and leave no room for nitpicking.

Its the roles of Farhan Akhtar and Anushka Sharma that makes you think. Not much has been revealed about Farhan's character when he joins the cruise. We are kind of left to imagine. Anuska though have done her role well but the way her character responds to Ranveer's engagement news is somewhat that could have been done better.

The movie support cast does a good job which also includes Divya Seth & Parmeet Sethi whose presence has been wasted in tid-bit roles.

Who can forget the dog voiced by Amir Khan which narrates to us about the Mehras. The dog just fails to kindle anything in you as it carries the same expression and not shown to take active role.

Its the climax of the movie that lets you know down completely. It as if the writer and the director were in a hurry to complete it. The way it was shot is nothing but chaos and yes common sense cannot be applied.

This is certainly not one of the best works of Zoya considering that she has directed and has written the screenplay along with Reema Katgi (Director of Honeymoon Travels) of the movie.

The movie keeps you hooked but leaves a lot to be desired. A lot of it is expected to be understood by the audience rather shown on the screen. The climax though is a complete let down and surely not the way to end a movie.

You can avoid this cruise and if you still insist on watching, please wear a life jacket.