Three movies in a week!!! That’s something that has never happened with me before. But after loads of work, you seriously feel the need to chill out by the end of the week.
Saw United 93 – last Sunday-17th Sep, Munna Bhai Lage Raho on Tuesday – 19th Sep and Dor – Yesterday – 23rd Sep.
United 93 was based on the Al-Qaida’s attack on US on 9/11 and depicted the bravery of the passengers aboard the plane, United 93 who took up the cudgels to crash the air-liner in no-man’s land rather than allow it to hit Washington DC.
The movie was more on the lines of a documentary showing the element of surprise amongst the Americans where they can scarcely believe that their symbols of prosperity and strength are targeted one-by-one by Al-Qaida terrorists on a suicide mission. It also displayed the lack of preparedness on the front of the American air-force to deal with the emergency. Despite having the information that there were multiple hijacking at the same time and that two of the planes had already hit the twin-towers in New York, little could they do to prevent the third air-liner from crashing into the Pentagon Headquarters. Soon screams from the cock-pit alerted the Air Traffic Controller that another plane – United 93 had also been hijacked. The hijackers on board U-93 had killed the flight captain and his sub-ordinate and had taken control of the plane.
Meanwhile, as the passengers destined to their fate started bidding good-bye to their near and dear ones, they came to know of the attack on the twin-towers and the Pentagon. Soon they realized that the hijackers were on a suicide mission and none of them would be spared for a ransom. With their lives at stake, some of the passengers mustered the guts to use all they had at their disposal and attack the hijackers and retain back the control of the plane. But in the process, the plane crash-landed into no mans land and none survived.
It’s a very serious kind of stuff and not the usual movie with the hero(es) or the heroine(s) hogging the lime-light. It’s a movie completely based on impersonal lines and a movie to watch out only if you have plenty of interest in the nitty-gritty’s of the incident. We came out of the hall somewhat enriched in knowledge regarding the incident but none too refreshed.
Munna Bhai Lage Raho – Many including myself thought that this was a sequel to “Munna Bhai MBBS”. And truly speaking, I haven’t relished too many sequels. So I was a bit circumspect regarding the value for money factor. After all 150 bucks is no small an amount. Incidentally, it so happened that the day we saw U-93, we had actually gone to see MBLR. That being on a week-end, all the shows were booked. Luckily, that very Tuesday, we had a party at office and planned to watch MBLR.
Well, the movie was no sequel to MBMBBS. With most of the core team remaining the same, the movie was however on an entirely different concept. It revolved the concept of applying Gandhi’s principles to take care of real world problems. The message was adequately communicated. The acting of Arshad Warsi aka Sarkeshwar aka Circuit was absolutely superlative. His expressions using his eyes and facial changes along with his accent of a typical Mumbai “Tapori” left everyone bursting into laughter every now and then. However, the scenes of emotion were no less emphatic. Vidya Balan too plays her role to a nicety and shows why she is being rated so high of late. The movie was a classic with “Gandhigiri” being interleaved with comedy throughout the movie. The concept was altogether a new one and the message sent across does leave an impression even after you have left the cinema hall. All-in-all, it’s a must watch movie with great conceptualization and brilliant screenplay.
Dor – I have always loved movies which have a strong story-line. Iqbal was one such film. And with Shreyas Talpade and Girish Karnad involved, Dor promised to be somewhat on similar lines. The 4 stars in its TOI rating further ignited my interest. However, most of my friends usually do not share the same sentiments regarding movies. For them, a light movie is more value for money. So when I asked my room-mate to watch this movie along with me, I just hoped it would have some elements of entertainment for him as well.
Although it was a newly released movie, there weren’t too many takers for the movie in the hall (Perhaps there weren’t too many people who belong to my class:)). The movie is based on the lives of two women, Zeenat and Meera who are newly wed and have to part with their respective grooms who leave for Saudi for better work prospects. Zeenat belongs to a Muslim family based out of Himachal Pradesh, and Meera belongs to a Hindu Family based out of Rajasthan.
The lives of both the ladies change once Shankar, Meera’s husband is reported to be murdered by Amir, who is Zeenat’s spouse. Amir is sentenced to death according to Saudi law and the only thing that can save his life is a signature from Meera on a document forgiving Amir for the crime.
Zeenat is sanguine that the incident was an accident and not a murder. She sets off in search for Meera to obtain her signature on the document. The movie then captures the sentiments of the two women from two different regions and how Zeenat’s zest for life rubs off on the life of Meera who, till then, was leading the life of a desolate widow. Shreyas Talpade provides some light as well emotional moments in the film with equal panache and livens up the movie in the second half. Both, Ayesha Takia (Meera) and Gul Panag (Zeenat) give off strong performances and probably capture the maximum possible attention of the audience. In short, it’s a movie with a strong story line and scores even better in terms of picturisation. What’s noticeable is that both heroines are without make up in the entire film.
"....The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind...."
Saw United 93 – last Sunday-17th Sep, Munna Bhai Lage Raho on Tuesday – 19th Sep and Dor – Yesterday – 23rd Sep.
United 93 was based on the Al-Qaida’s attack on US on 9/11 and depicted the bravery of the passengers aboard the plane, United 93 who took up the cudgels to crash the air-liner in no-man’s land rather than allow it to hit Washington DC.
The movie was more on the lines of a documentary showing the element of surprise amongst the Americans where they can scarcely believe that their symbols of prosperity and strength are targeted one-by-one by Al-Qaida terrorists on a suicide mission. It also displayed the lack of preparedness on the front of the American air-force to deal with the emergency. Despite having the information that there were multiple hijacking at the same time and that two of the planes had already hit the twin-towers in New York, little could they do to prevent the third air-liner from crashing into the Pentagon Headquarters. Soon screams from the cock-pit alerted the Air Traffic Controller that another plane – United 93 had also been hijacked. The hijackers on board U-93 had killed the flight captain and his sub-ordinate and had taken control of the plane.
Meanwhile, as the passengers destined to their fate started bidding good-bye to their near and dear ones, they came to know of the attack on the twin-towers and the Pentagon. Soon they realized that the hijackers were on a suicide mission and none of them would be spared for a ransom. With their lives at stake, some of the passengers mustered the guts to use all they had at their disposal and attack the hijackers and retain back the control of the plane. But in the process, the plane crash-landed into no mans land and none survived.
It’s a very serious kind of stuff and not the usual movie with the hero(es) or the heroine(s) hogging the lime-light. It’s a movie completely based on impersonal lines and a movie to watch out only if you have plenty of interest in the nitty-gritty’s of the incident. We came out of the hall somewhat enriched in knowledge regarding the incident but none too refreshed.
Munna Bhai Lage Raho – Many including myself thought that this was a sequel to “Munna Bhai MBBS”. And truly speaking, I haven’t relished too many sequels. So I was a bit circumspect regarding the value for money factor. After all 150 bucks is no small an amount. Incidentally, it so happened that the day we saw U-93, we had actually gone to see MBLR. That being on a week-end, all the shows were booked. Luckily, that very Tuesday, we had a party at office and planned to watch MBLR.
Well, the movie was no sequel to MBMBBS. With most of the core team remaining the same, the movie was however on an entirely different concept. It revolved the concept of applying Gandhi’s principles to take care of real world problems. The message was adequately communicated. The acting of Arshad Warsi aka Sarkeshwar aka Circuit was absolutely superlative. His expressions using his eyes and facial changes along with his accent of a typical Mumbai “Tapori” left everyone bursting into laughter every now and then. However, the scenes of emotion were no less emphatic. Vidya Balan too plays her role to a nicety and shows why she is being rated so high of late. The movie was a classic with “Gandhigiri” being interleaved with comedy throughout the movie. The concept was altogether a new one and the message sent across does leave an impression even after you have left the cinema hall. All-in-all, it’s a must watch movie with great conceptualization and brilliant screenplay.
Dor – I have always loved movies which have a strong story-line. Iqbal was one such film. And with Shreyas Talpade and Girish Karnad involved, Dor promised to be somewhat on similar lines. The 4 stars in its TOI rating further ignited my interest. However, most of my friends usually do not share the same sentiments regarding movies. For them, a light movie is more value for money. So when I asked my room-mate to watch this movie along with me, I just hoped it would have some elements of entertainment for him as well.
Although it was a newly released movie, there weren’t too many takers for the movie in the hall (Perhaps there weren’t too many people who belong to my class:)). The movie is based on the lives of two women, Zeenat and Meera who are newly wed and have to part with their respective grooms who leave for Saudi for better work prospects. Zeenat belongs to a Muslim family based out of Himachal Pradesh, and Meera belongs to a Hindu Family based out of Rajasthan.
The lives of both the ladies change once Shankar, Meera’s husband is reported to be murdered by Amir, who is Zeenat’s spouse. Amir is sentenced to death according to Saudi law and the only thing that can save his life is a signature from Meera on a document forgiving Amir for the crime.
Zeenat is sanguine that the incident was an accident and not a murder. She sets off in search for Meera to obtain her signature on the document. The movie then captures the sentiments of the two women from two different regions and how Zeenat’s zest for life rubs off on the life of Meera who, till then, was leading the life of a desolate widow. Shreyas Talpade provides some light as well emotional moments in the film with equal panache and livens up the movie in the second half. Both, Ayesha Takia (Meera) and Gul Panag (Zeenat) give off strong performances and probably capture the maximum possible attention of the audience. In short, it’s a movie with a strong story line and scores even better in terms of picturisation. What’s noticeable is that both heroines are without make up in the entire film.
"....The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind...."
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