Black Beasts SRK and KJo in Chandigarh
Anybody close to me would know how big a fan of SRK (in due reverence, henceforth referred to as "Hakla"..Girls, beware of more things to come!!)
I have watched K3G once in a cinema hall,as more civilized people would call a "bada parda" ,a paid trip by my friends whence in college to watch Kajol and Poo and KKHH( on TV to fathom what good there was in that shitty over 3 hours of melodrama,except for Kajol and Rani.So, one can very well guess my "awesome" excitement on the eve of KJo's KANK release.
The promos itself were a big letdown..MTV ran a week-long curtain-raiser to whip up the "passions".
Finally, I went to watch KANK in the dingy Urvashi where Balcony costs an astounding 70 bucks compared to the niggardly 150 odd in PVR.Since, everybody who is a nobody must have watched the movie by now, I would not like to spoil the fun for the fortunate few who have been spared the 200 minutes of mindboggling torture.
I'd like to highlight some of the high points of this magnanimous opus on love and fidelity in marriage:
--In a casting coup of sorts,AB plays the role of a lifetime as a rich father to AB Junior,the older Bacchan loves sleeping with girls old enough to be his son's sisters..Clearly, after Kaizad Gustad's "Boom" which bombed at the box-office inspite of having Katrina and Padma Lakshmi,AB has not had such a great role tailor-made for him.
--The "Black Beast" episode was such an imaginative invention..KJo must have put more of that in KANK..like the BB coming out from the blue while Hakla and Rani were making out.While Preity and AB Junior,oblivious to all this shmuck were dancing to "Where's the Party Tonite",all the rock and roll and fun was actually being savored by Hakla and Rani.
--This takes the icing on the cake.AB Senior's references to Kiron Kher's backside as "Chandigarh".This would have made Le Corbusier turn in his grave..Such a beautiful city being compared to an old,fat actress' "pichwada"..Imagine someone telling you "Aaj mere boss ne Chandigarh maar li" and the likes..So hilarious (sic!!)
--The garish designer attire and makeup..I saw a couple of girls with notepads sitting beside me making notes of the latest chic/haute designer costumes worn by Preity and Rani..and by the end of the movie,they had run out of writing space..but they were excited enough to go to the nearest shopping mall to have those dresses before anyone else could.
--Hakla's acting prowess visible in every frame under KJo's able direction..Not once did he overact..He only raised his brows, twitched his nose and all the things which he has demonstrated in all his previous movies.
The saving grace were John Abraham's DJ act and Arjun Rampal's guest appearance..Most of the "seetis" were reserved for these hunks, besides good cinematography and over-the-top opulence so typical of KJo's movies.
I had promised someone special I'll be writing "rave" reviews about Hakla..Guess I've lived upto their expectations, unlike KJo.
I have watched K3G once in a cinema hall,as more civilized people would call a "bada parda" ,a paid trip by my friends whence in college to watch Kajol and Poo and KKHH( on TV to fathom what good there was in that shitty over 3 hours of melodrama,except for Kajol and Rani.So, one can very well guess my "awesome" excitement on the eve of KJo's KANK release.
The promos itself were a big letdown..MTV ran a week-long curtain-raiser to whip up the "passions".
Finally, I went to watch KANK in the dingy Urvashi where Balcony costs an astounding 70 bucks compared to the niggardly 150 odd in PVR.Since, everybody who is a nobody must have watched the movie by now, I would not like to spoil the fun for the fortunate few who have been spared the 200 minutes of mindboggling torture.
I'd like to highlight some of the high points of this magnanimous opus on love and fidelity in marriage:
--In a casting coup of sorts,AB plays the role of a lifetime as a rich father to AB Junior,the older Bacchan loves sleeping with girls old enough to be his son's sisters..Clearly, after Kaizad Gustad's "Boom" which bombed at the box-office inspite of having Katrina and Padma Lakshmi,AB has not had such a great role tailor-made for him.
--The "Black Beast" episode was such an imaginative invention..KJo must have put more of that in KANK..like the BB coming out from the blue while Hakla and Rani were making out.While Preity and AB Junior,oblivious to all this shmuck were dancing to "Where's the Party Tonite",all the rock and roll and fun was actually being savored by Hakla and Rani.
--This takes the icing on the cake.AB Senior's references to Kiron Kher's backside as "Chandigarh".This would have made Le Corbusier turn in his grave..Such a beautiful city being compared to an old,fat actress' "pichwada"..Imagine someone telling you "Aaj mere boss ne Chandigarh maar li" and the likes..So hilarious (sic!!)
--The garish designer attire and makeup..I saw a couple of girls with notepads sitting beside me making notes of the latest chic/haute designer costumes worn by Preity and Rani..and by the end of the movie,they had run out of writing space..but they were excited enough to go to the nearest shopping mall to have those dresses before anyone else could.
--Hakla's acting prowess visible in every frame under KJo's able direction..Not once did he overact..He only raised his brows, twitched his nose and all the things which he has demonstrated in all his previous movies.
The saving grace were John Abraham's DJ act and Arjun Rampal's guest appearance..Most of the "seetis" were reserved for these hunks, besides good cinematography and over-the-top opulence so typical of KJo's movies.
I had promised someone special I'll be writing "rave" reviews about Hakla..Guess I've lived upto their expectations, unlike KJo.
posted by Rahul @ 8/27/2006 09:29:00 PM
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