Omkara
The second high-on-realism movie that i saw was Omkara.
Adorned with stellar performances from Ajay Devgan and Saif Ali Khan, this Vishal Bhardwaj's adaptation of Othello is a very good watch. A treat for every movie buff.
Very simply put, its pure delight.
I had, unfortunately, gone to watch it with the family and the more than necessary usage of expletives made for quite an uncomfortable situation, but the movie and performances more than made up for it.
The movie starts with Saif Ali Khan talking about the difference between a bewakoof and a Chu****. Yup, thats the word. No beep-beep, no subtle hints. The word itself ladies and gentlemen. This scene itself set the tone for the rest of the movie.
Coming to the story, its pure unadulterated Othello set in a UP political background. In the movie Othello oops Omkara is a Bahubali or the right arm of a political bigwig(Naseeruddin Shah-wasted!) doing all his violent work for him. Vivek Oberoi and Saif Ali Khan are his two side-arms. All of a sudden Onkara moves on from being the bahubali to the
MLA, thereby making it neccesary to make one of Saif and Vivek the next Bahubali resulting in obvious discontentment of one.
Saif gives a brilliant performance in a Ek Haseena Thi-esque negative role. This one is peppered with tons of more abuses and a set of yellow teeth! Vivek, although takes the sidestage when compared to Saif and Ajay, does ample justice to his role. Ditto for Kareena. Konkona Sen is a delight yet again! This girl surely has a great career ahead of her! And last but not the least Ajay Devgan excels yet again in what has almost become his core-competence!
The direction of Vishal Bhardwaj(of Makdee and Maqbool fame) is ordinary in patches but otherwise brilliant.
I couldnt help but compare Omkara to company. Apart from the strikingly distinct settings, the movies do have a lot in common. Ajay devgan as the boss(for all practical purposes), Vivek Oberoi as the young star who has risen too much in too short a period, thereby making enemies within his own camp, and the dark setting and the sad ending of the movie.
And the icing of the cake is, if i say "its a movie in which Ajay Devgan is made to believe that Vivek Oberoi,who is on ajay's side, is actually acting against him", then both the movies fit the bill. You could even add that Ajay attempts to kill Vivek but Vivek survives and Devgan dies in the end!
The only qualm that I have from this movie is the unneccesary usage of abuses. Sure, the censor board is more lenient these days, but does that mean that you should abuse the liberty?
Sex, Corruption, abuses, treachery:Are these the only means of depicting "realism" in movies today? Is that all it takes to call your movie very "real"?
Inspite of that I would go ahead and call this movie a must watch(not with ur family though)
What to watch out for:Brilliant performances, Great setting, superb photography and direction. Ajay Devgan and Konkona displaying their great acting skills.
Also, Saif Ali Khan in a non-stereotypical role, if i aint wrong this is his second negative role
What to ignore: Too many expletives. Could have done without a few of those.
Rating: 8.5/10[I was tempted to give 9 or maybe even 9.5 to this great attempt but as i said my experience was not really as complete as it should have been]
@ankush
yeah exactly what i was thinking.
when you can easily reach out to more public then why would you wanna restrict your target audience just coz you want to add the so called "realism"
its beyond me! and i have given up thinking why...
@makka:devgan's performance disappointing? mayb coz of high expectations eh? yeah it is actually kinda his home turf no? these are the kind of roles he really excels in...the broody n intense guy who keeps his thoughts to himself..
as for vivek, i totall agree, while aishwarya seems to be making it more of a habit no?
ps:kindly avoid personal attacks(on oberoi) and reference to ppl not involved in the movie(aish) ;)
[just kiddin]
Posted by
MountCleverest |
Tuesday, 01 August, 2006
aha makka
good one :)
loved it (ur review)!
keep it up ..shabaash :)
Posted by
I |
Tuesday, 01 August, 2006
oh btw I was me (ashu ) :)
Posted by
I |
Tuesday, 01 August, 2006
abey ye UP hindi nahin hai, this is called haryanvi. though geographic setting is UP but the dialect is definitely Haryanvi and some of the junior artists are also from Haryana.
Some memorable dialogues are:
1.as makka has already said bewkuf aur chutiye mein ek dhage bhar ka fark hota hai, dhage ke is taraf bewku aur dhage key us taraf chutiya.
2.Rajju nay bhej dey shadi key card batan wastey. ghana anubhav hai isney dolly key byah key card batan ka
3.bhaisaab, hamein tau pata hi nahin tha. jai manney pata hota na ki dolly sey aap pya karo hau, tau apney mut sey havan kiaag bhuja deta main
4.agar inki beti keh dey ki main jhud bol raha hun, tau apni jubaan kaat kar usssey inki jutiyan chamkayega omkara
5.meri dadi kahtia thi, ki mard key dil ka rasta, uskey pet sey hota hai, meri dadi tau kuch aur hi kawey thi. kya? ki, mard key dil ka rasta pet key nichey waley hissey sey hota hai
6.BHAISAAB: bhai ye train wapas ley lo, TT; haan ji?
BHAISAAB: haan ji!!
7.hansi badi mehngi ho gai
Posted by
Anonymous |
Wednesday, 02 August, 2006
the MMS kand:
1.Arey ismein tau Indori bhai saab ney nirodh bhi na pehen rakha
2.bhaisaab, kal shaam ko aap kahan they accha ghagharey mein ghus key ho rahi thi fund raising.
3.meray aur chiklu mein ek shart laagi hai, chiklu kawa hai ki omi, dolly tay byah karega, arr mein kahun ak apna omi itna bewkuf thodey na hai, thokega pitaga aur chaud dega. la bhai chilu 100 ka note dey dey
5.To budhiya, ja key gaon mein sabko bata dey ki chiklu shart jit gaya
6.after the fight, shart ghodon par lagai jaati hai, sheron par nahin
Posted by
Anonymous |
Wednesday, 02 August, 2006
ham kud jayengey, ham sach mein kud jayengey-2
"manney key teri gotiyan pakad rakhhi hain, kood na madarchod"
Guda hai hamari gaand mein (of that fattu chap). aap ki gaand ka guda kahan chala gaya tha jab omi bhaiya ney firangi ko bahubali banaya.
saif: asal mein ham donon ki kismat gadhey key ling sey likhi gai hai
Posted by
Anonymous |
Thursday, 03 August, 2006
Keep writing Mak, the review was just uncomparable.
Regarding the use of expletives, I will have to go the movie way, just because using expletives adds that sense of power and given that it is gangste-risque movie, it blends well.
Immensely enjoyable piece, needless to say much fun came.
Posted by
EggHe/\D |
Thursday, 03 August, 2006
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Posted by
MountCleverest |
Wednesday, 16 August, 2006
Mark Tyre one said " If you play with linguistics rhetoricly...You will be choice of ppl "
Movie and comment were following the same line of thought.
Infact movie was another experiment on ppl to make them fool...
darasingh ki jagah ajaydevgan ko bithakar bolo...ki thare ko darasingh ka role karna hai..to tatpungiya kaha se kar pavega...
desh ka her bachha Omkara banna chahta hai..ek baar ko to hamari bhee chathi phool gayee thi...
theatre ke bahar ek ladkee se BAHUBALI battmiji se pesh aa rahe the...hum bagal se kat liye...
Koi OMI SHUKLA Nahi bana..na hum
Sad news:
Mark Tyre just died in my mind.
Posted by
Anonymous |
Friday, 25 August, 2006