Movie review: MANMARZIYAAN

Bollywood seems to be in pretty good form. They are being novel and creative in crafting stories and are finding decent enough evolved ways to tell their very own old love-stories. 

And most importantly, they are finally feeling the pulse of the audiences rather than taking them for granted.

MANMARZIYAAN then, bollywood’s latest offering is your usual love triangle bolstered with Anurag Kashyap’s craft and  strengthened by Amit Trivedi’s magic.

MANMARZIYAAN borrows from a handful of earlier Bollywood flicks, draws-out predictable characters and throws-in the same old predicaments too but treats it deftly and handsomely.

The first half is absolutely fantastic. Kashyap flaunts his talent and skill and projects the notion of his ‘fyaar’ with aplomb. The writing is crisp, earthy and complements the mood of the film. The music feels another character in the film. In short, the music coupled with the writing and direction escalates the proceedings on screen.

The second half is where Mr. Kashyap falters. He gets carried away and becomes indulgent and repetitive. The scenes drag and dip with only glimpses of his genius throwing-up in between. 

Yet in the end, you feel good about your time at the theatre. 

Give it a watch.

Movie review: STREE

Ohhhh Yes. Bollywood has finally cracked their most uncomfortable genre-horror comedy. Earlier, the horror was uninspired, shamelessly plagiarised and plain bad. The comedy too,was all about cheap laughs, dimwit and below the belt. In short, the horror gave us unintentional laughs and comedy made us look away.

STREE then, is an original and refreshing blend of horror-comedy which breathes crackling humour and infuses enough scares along the way to make our time and money worth at the theatre.

The movie entertains and entertains with aplomb delivering laugh-out-loud moments one after the other. The laughs here are not cheap or slapstick, they are well-earned and well-thought of. 

The brilliant part is the fusion of both the genres. The competence of the filmmaker in handling this narrative is commendable. Watch how smoothly and assuringly he blends a frightful scene into a laugh-out-loud moment and Vice Versa. Praiseworthy.

STREE doesn’t what you to just laugh, it wants to send home a message too. Infact, the movie does to men what society does to women. The men in STREE are unprivileged, insecure, unsafe and subdued reflecting the treatment offered to women in most cases.

This projection however,is delivered so cleverly that it is finds a perspective and yet remains thoroughly entertaining .The credit for this enormously must go to the writing which is razor-sharp, clever and astute.

“Woh Stree hai, purush nahi; anumati lekar pakadti hai”,  “Yeh naye Bharat ki churail hai”  are few of the many gems the movie vocals.It wouldn’t be wrong to say that the dialogues add the required gravitas and have the maximum impact on the proceedings.

The film also benefits largely from its tremendous actors. Their expressions, dialogue delivery and comic timing escalate almost every scene and amplify their effect on the audiences.

Go watch it. And recommend it.