GURU - Movie Review!

Yeah, Yeah...I know....rub it in!! had said that I wouldn't go unless I got good reviews from 2 independent trustworthy sources blah...blah..blah... BUT kya kare bhai? thoda arm-twisting case ho gaya tha ghar mein....better to endure 2.5 hrs of movie watching than getting beaten by the missus.....so caved in without much of a fight! :-)

Anyway, first day, second show...PACKED theater....Good God! Gandhi class mein bhi seat milna mushkil tha kal...screen ke itna nasdeek the ki Mallika Sherawat ki....arre chod yaar! :-)

I was blown away by the manner in which the opening credits were shown..specially observe the clarity of the checked marks in the paper on which the names are displayed....AMAZING! beautiful typography.....great font selection.....fantastic!

Oh...did you say I didn't talk about the opening Item song from the Item Girl? nothing very different from a soft-porn movie that you may have caught on late night cable....with Ms. Maallika (!) doing what she does best....saving money for the producer by "adjusting" with small dresses.

Coming to the movie itself, good movie, pretty good cinematography - definitely worth seeing once. Good acting by Abhishek overall (except the bhashan at the end). Madhavan is good though used in a limited capacity as is Vidya Balan. Mithunda did better than my expectation! Aishwarya Rai - No comments except that she'll be the choice for a desi female superhero movie next....the first song in the movie, she's dancing on top of a huge rock and there's no fucking way anyone less than a world class rock climber can get on top of that puppy! :-)

Wikipedia Trivia says "During a scene, Aishwarya Rai fell and had a few bruises on her hands and feet, so filming had to be suspended for a few hours while she got first aid". AAHA!! :-) I rest my case.

Coming to the music, who in their right mind would let Bappi Lahiri sing Ek lo ek muft? I would have gladly paid the man to keep his mouth shut....and doubled the price to have the song itself knocked off the movie. I also noticed that Abhishek was not even mouthing the song words accurately....and this has probably been corrected (somewhat) via the soft focus during the shot so it's somewhat"artistically" blurred! :-) Hariharan was the only saving grace in the songs department.

Am I being too harsh on Rahman for dishing this out? I realize I probably am....I mean, nobody can simply keep delivering hits after hits every single time...maybe he is human afterall and needs to get his shot of inspiration to deliver. I think the common man's (mine!) expectations from him is enormous and therefore unrealistic.

As usual, I had my share of laughs (arre yaar....I'm easy to please!) by watching the extras during the dance sequences....MAN!, that alone is paisa vasool!! :-)