Lage Raho Munnabhai
Its been ages since I posted anything here, though I have been meaning to do it for quite some time...but have been caught up with the mundane and routine aspects of everyday life that, mustering energy enough to put words together was so much of an effort.
Over the last weekend I saw three good movies and each of them were good in their own rights. None of them were perfect and some had more flaws than one would want to mention...but nevertheless all the three movies made compelling watching to a certain extent.
Lage Raho Munnabhai
A follow up to the very good Munnabhai MBBS, Lage Raho Munnabhai proved to be an even better experience. It is a simplistic take on how we have forgotten the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi... or "Akka india ka bapu" as Circuit puts it. The movie exhorts us to believe in in his ideals and carry his teachings within us, rather than just naming roads or parks in his name, or putting up Mahatma Gandhi's statue in every other street corner. The antics of the chief protagonists will make you laugh out loud while remaining rooted, thus it becomes easy for us to feel a lump in our throats when it is trying to work at your lachrymal glands.
There is a small problem with pacing in the second half and while the storytelling is assured, you sense that there is a dip in the pace while the script tends to become slightly repetative. The movie ends witha small sermon by Mahatma Gandhi that could've been avoided as it seems redundant, especially since most of what he had to say was brought out during the course of the movie itself. Some might question the use of Mahatma Gandhi as a plot device, but I thought it worked perfectly to bring out the awakening of Munnabhai.
I am sure most of us who wants to see the movie have already seen it so I am not going to go into the plot. It deals with how Munnabhaia a local goon alongwith his sidekick, Circuit uses forgiveness and non violence to change the heart of an unscruplous land grabber. The movie is fun without being crass, easy on the eye, has nicely choreographed songs and very good acting by most of the lead actors. Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani play their characters effectively. On the acting front Vidya Balan dissappoints...somehow one fails to buy into her character and I suspect here it has more to do with the portrayal than the script. While in the earlier Munnabhai, Gracy Singh actually managed to make us believe in her character, here Vidya Balan doesnt get the nuances right and ends up being a little...elite.
Anyways, I thought this was a much better and more rounded movie than the first one, because while Munnabhai MBBS' primary aim was to tickle our funny bone, Lage Raho also was trying to be more meaningful and it succeeds. Mr Hirani, the director of this franchisee has succeeded in delivering a movie that can truly be enjoyed across age groups.
Over the last weekend I saw three good movies and each of them were good in their own rights. None of them were perfect and some had more flaws than one would want to mention...but nevertheless all the three movies made compelling watching to a certain extent.
Lage Raho Munnabhai
A follow up to the very good Munnabhai MBBS, Lage Raho Munnabhai proved to be an even better experience. It is a simplistic take on how we have forgotten the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi... or "Akka india ka bapu" as Circuit puts it. The movie exhorts us to believe in in his ideals and carry his teachings within us, rather than just naming roads or parks in his name, or putting up Mahatma Gandhi's statue in every other street corner. The antics of the chief protagonists will make you laugh out loud while remaining rooted, thus it becomes easy for us to feel a lump in our throats when it is trying to work at your lachrymal glands.
There is a small problem with pacing in the second half and while the storytelling is assured, you sense that there is a dip in the pace while the script tends to become slightly repetative. The movie ends witha small sermon by Mahatma Gandhi that could've been avoided as it seems redundant, especially since most of what he had to say was brought out during the course of the movie itself. Some might question the use of Mahatma Gandhi as a plot device, but I thought it worked perfectly to bring out the awakening of Munnabhai.
I am sure most of us who wants to see the movie have already seen it so I am not going to go into the plot. It deals with how Munnabhaia a local goon alongwith his sidekick, Circuit uses forgiveness and non violence to change the heart of an unscruplous land grabber. The movie is fun without being crass, easy on the eye, has nicely choreographed songs and very good acting by most of the lead actors. Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani play their characters effectively. On the acting front Vidya Balan dissappoints...somehow one fails to buy into her character and I suspect here it has more to do with the portrayal than the script. While in the earlier Munnabhai, Gracy Singh actually managed to make us believe in her character, here Vidya Balan doesnt get the nuances right and ends up being a little...elite.
Anyways, I thought this was a much better and more rounded movie than the first one, because while Munnabhai MBBS' primary aim was to tickle our funny bone, Lage Raho also was trying to be more meaningful and it succeeds. Mr Hirani, the director of this franchisee has succeeded in delivering a movie that can truly be enjoyed across age groups.
posted by ReadnRyte | 10/12/2006 05:37:00 AM
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