The last week had us watching two mega block busters- Rab ne...and Ghajini in quick succession. One - an almost diabetic romance, the other a bone breaking revenge saga. There were mega differences between the two and yet there were some intrinsic similarities..
a) "Ab" 6 bhulao, 8 banao - In the battle of the abs of SuperKhans in their mid forties, 8 pacs delivered a knockout punch, looking all beefed up and fresh. 6 pacs have begun to look jaded.
b) Thodi punjabi, kunjam madrasi - each film presented a nubile debutant leading lady - who looked fresh and emoted decently, except that one was a punjaban and other probably madrasi. One was just about better than an average looking, while the other carried the hangover of tamil films in her make up and dialogue delivery. But despite that, her charm would probably carry her further than the former.
c) Wah kya treatment tha - Top of the line production values with great cinematography, in your face effects, laudable background scores and taut editing etc gave both films the required glitzy and glossy feel.
d) mujic thanda tha - music in both films disappointed - with the Rahman score for Ghajini, a bigger culprit.
e) Kamzor Kahaani mein zabardast twist ..... - While one was about bigamy and cheating in its subtext, its sweet as honey crust quite successfully camoflauged the core. The other was a cleverly intertwined saga of violence and romance that often became gory and repulsive. Despite the intrinsic differences in plot, both had their moments of charm and plot twists that showcased that talented directors, can engage the audience even with sub par stories. However, if one comes out of the theatre feeling cheated - it is because both films focus excessively on showcasing the acting prowesses of their respective lead stars.
The weak link in both were the rather imperfectly baked stories itself.
(and by the way in both -rationale, logic etc "dhoondte reh jaoge..")
f) "inescapable - unmissable - must see" - both films used high decibel efforts to create an aura that lured poor mice like us into believing that the pied pipers were going to play the world's best symphonies. But with great hype, comes great expectations and bigger disappointment as well..
For me, one was ugghh -tooo sweet for comfort, the other was aar...ghh...toooo violent.
purely for the record, if i was forced to recommend one of these, it wd be ughh...Rab Ne- not because it was any better but because of its unabashed display of punjabiyat - so intrinsic to me.
But honestly, instead, can some one ask Farhan to come back soon..?!!
It has to be Rock On ....anyday!
6 comments:
I have escaped Ghajini - thank god esp after reading about the gore....
I had low expectations about RNBJ as mixed reviews and hence was an easy watch.. but u r right - not the calibre of Yash Johar
I agree - lets rock on, though my neice in Africa found it excrutiatingly slow!!
Aren't yhr khans too short to be actors
size doesnt matter mr rai..
Havent watched both....but feel that critics are panning "Rab ne" a bit too much, and are also dancing wid "Ghajini" on heads too much....but then again....arent they (critics) supposed to earn living too ;)
Only thing i wud appreciate abt RNBDJ wud be that the film opened well and brought back audiences when the sentiment for any kind of entertainment was at an absolute low....and it managed to hold on its own (though one wud expected an SRK-Adi Chopra combination to break some records).
Last word - Heck why cant public accept SRK doing smaller movies ;)
that dancing bit wd i guess be more of orchestrated PR rather than real joy..
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