Monday, December 18, 2006

Review-baabul.


After Baagbhan Ravi chopra's latest from the stable is Babul (release 8/12).The movie deals with widow re-marriage. Amitabh, Salman , Rani , Hema & John pla the central characters in d film & must credit ravi chopra for his exceptional character selection. All the stars undoubtedly deliver what is expected out of it from dem except maybe John whose performance is nothing but amatureuish.
Amithab plays the father of Salman (avinash), whose wife is played by hemaji.The father son relationship is more that of friendship & fun. Enter Rani Mukherjee as salman's love interest & everything seems to be rosy by far until Salman meets with a fatal accident. Rani life is devastated & that’s when Amithab takes the firm decision to remarry his daughter in law, & ultimately wins over the heart of orthodox & narrow minded relatives.
Although the theme sounds familiar & the plot very much typical bollywood ishhstyle what sets this apart is the way the movie is actually taken. The feel is very contemporary & the director has been meticulous that pomp & splendor is not overtly exhibited What amazed me the most has been the camera work-the happy times have been lit up well & the sad times have captured the gloom as well. Rani has managed to get a fresh lease of life in terms of her looks & as always is reliable in terms of her acting. Salman good run continuous & performs his otherwise ordinary role with extreme perfection. He seems to have an aura of calmness & mischievousness at he same time & looks mind blowing. Its seems like stability & success with his personal life is rubbing onto his work as well. Amithab role was crucial & he manages to do his best & intricately exhibits a father’s love for his son & compassion for his daughter-in law.Hemaji makes her performance felt.
The movie is relatively fast paced & keeps the audience engrossed & maybe for parts of the second part & movie is really enjoyable but thanks to good plots the second does presents some emotional moments & does not disappoint.
The flipside however is the lengthy dialogues which gives spoils the spontaneity of the situation. John may have been a success in dhoom but he has got to mature in terms of his acting(esp. a disbelief scene is too bad).Overall the movie is definitely worth watching & end of the day it does leave a message & takes home a few memorable scenes like salman son in his closet etc.
Ratin-4/5

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Baabul is nothin but a tear jerker & & is nothing but retrogative.

Anonymous said...

undoubtly a salman fan has reviewd this.i dint c the movie and dnt hope to c it in the future also,nt my kinda movie.anywez this ass has taken sme pain to start this blog.so js posted my comment.hehehehe

Anonymous said...

Baabul really a nice movie.1st half awesome,2nd half very slow.SALMAN-Rani-Big B-Hema Malini realy nice.john is just yuck.SALMAN-RANI chemistry awesome and also SALMAN-big B chemistry.songs are nice.avoerall film is good.

Anonymous said...

I ve known people wasting time seeing all the junk made in Bollywood(exceptions apart).

But i have known very few ppl having the dual skills of wasting time watching trash and wasting more time writing about them.

No offence intended.Just a subjective opinion.
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But hats off to you for following your passion.

Caution: Please find the right audience for your blog instead of publishing it everywhere.Otherwise it may backfire.

Unknown said...

Rani looks g8 in it n it will b a treat 4 salman fans the big b n hema malini is just too good