Aamir: Rajkumar Gupta take a bow
All the reviews are pouring in and poring how. Everyone, every reviewer, every critic, every channel is raving about Aamir. Unfortunately i havent seen the movie yet, and am not sure if i will be able to watch it soon, as it maynot release in Dallas. If anyone knows of show timings please do let us know. Well this is not about my take on Aamir, instead its on the take of other reviewers on Aamir and Raj Kumar Gupta and Rajeev Khandelwal, and everyone associated with Aamir.
Never since the release of Black Friday has each and everyone praised of the movie in teh same breathaway..coz i guess both the movies took their breath away…and to think about it, Rajkumar Gupta and Anurag Kashyap were associated with both the movies. From what i have heard and seen of rajkumar Gupta he is the next best thing to happen to Bollywood.
Raja Sen from Rediff on Rajkumar says
it’s the best directorial debut in ages [the film is directed by debutant Raj Kumar Gupta, who assisted Anurag Kashyap in No Smoking], and quite likely the film of the year. There’s more than half of 2008 to follow but it’ll take something both special and spectacular to top this awesome little film, and I honestly don’t see that happening.
and
director Raj Kumar Gupta has achieved this fantastic nugget of festival-worthy cinema with a really low budget, and while scoffing critics may point to the Filipino film Cavite for inspiration — a tall order in itself, this is a wholly original Bombay film — he has shown Aamir to the makers and gotten a no-objection certificate for the same. End the originality/plagiarism debate now; this is our own pikchur, and one we should be proud of.
In the same breath Taran Adarsh says:
One of the prime reasons why AAMIR works, and works big time, is courtesy Rajkumar Gupta’s execution of the subject. The twists in the tale don’t take the beaten path and Rajkumar’s expertise shows while handling this difficult subject. The helplessness of the protagonist has been captured remarkably on celluloid.
Mr.Subhash.K.Jha says:
That debutant director Rajkumar Gupta is able to muster a fair amount of smiles and chuckles in this tale of one day in the life of a man caught in a nightmare that even Franz Kafka would have fond hard to create, let alone condone, is entirely providential
Now that is a fucking bold statement by Mr.Jha. I will take it with a pinch of salt. But, i were rajkumar..i would be on cloud nine..infact just imagining my self for second to be rajkumar is giving me goose bumps…YOU HAVE ARRIVED Rajkumar..you are here to stay…
Here is a youtube video of rajeev Khandelwal talking about Aamir.
Also here is a small trailer of Aamir..i loved the expressions that rajeev gives..check it out yourself
Here is a long trailer of Aamir
The best compliment to Rajkumar comes from raja Sen
I can’t think of a reason not to applaud it, and if you can, tell me now, because I’m watching it in theatres again this weekend
We all know how freaking difficult it is to have a a right balance of team for any movie..and Rajkumar has achiebed it..
Taran Says:
Rajkumar gets able support from his cinematographer [excellent], editor [razor sharp editing] and the composer responsible for the background score [topnotch].
Raja Sen:
Alphonse Roy’s cinematography deserves a 10 on 10. No kidding. This film perfectly marries the concept of a frantic handheld camera with tight, meticulously mounted extreme close ups, the combination giving it balance. When Aamir runs through an overpeopled haze in a fascinating chase sequence, the camera jostles wildly, as if it’s also galloping, breathless and confused, just to keep up. Yet the handheld is never indulged to headache extents, while the tight close shots are steady and assured. Very nice.
the music by Amit Trivedi is gobsmackingly brilliant. It’s been so long since we’ve had an effective theme tune for a Hindi film, and this one features a hauntingly simple violin solo that squirts in — with eclectic and varied measure, playing rollercoaster havoc with tempo and rhythm — just when it should. Awesome. The soundtrack is flawless, jazz tossed in atypical to the whore-and-heat surroundings, and Khusro just when you don’t expect it. Buy the CD now.
SKJ too has some great words for Alphoso and Aarti Bajaj, the editor, who also happens to eb the editor of Black Friday..damn team work…i am jealous..
First-time cinematographer Alphons Roy has done to Mumbai what most movies set in the city have not. He has made Mumbai at once the perpetrator and victim of a socio-political perversity that goes beyond crime and punishment.
Editor Aarti Bajaj cuts the film with a ruthlessness that echoes the film’s subliminal mood. There’s no room in the narration for question marks. Every shot is punctuated by an exclamation mark, every moment means a move forward to an unknown destination. Every glance on the road seems to suggest danger. Every peep is a peril. It’s an amazingly constructed labyrinth of crime and commitment
Critics on Rajeev Khandelwal:
Taran:
Rajeev Khandelwal is remarkable in the title role. The film would’ve fallen flat had it been entrusted to an inferior actor, but Rajeev lends the right shades and emerges trumps. Watch him emote with his eyes in the latter reels mainly, and you realize that he knows the craft so well. An excellent debut!
Raja Sen:
the acting is spot-on. Rajeev Khandelwal has an incredibly compelling screen presence, and is consistently so natural that the fourth wall breaks on its own, and your identification with the character is complete. Meanwhile, on the other end of the phone, Gajraj Rao, shot almost completely in the dark, achieves such in-control fundamentalist menace that he makes you shudder, even when stroking an infant’s cheeks. The supporting cast all look blessedly unfamiliar and have character dripping from them, especially the hotheaded cabbie.
I am super charged up for this..are you? let us know..and if you have seen it, please do send a report and we will be willingly happy to post it..
Go fucking watch this movie..and everytime we discuss about a change in making..i believe this is…if we are not gonne watch it and cry about Bollywood not sudharoing..it is none but us to blame…if you want good movies to be made in Bollywood..we gotta support movies like Aamir..
Great Job Rajkumar Gupta
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any idea where it is showing in New York city??
ah great…cant wait to watch it…the trailer told me this was going to be a special film!!
Is AAMIR releasing in NJ? I was very excited about it and wanted to watch it on friday. But nowhere am I able to find out about the showtimes(….. nowrunning.com , fandango does not give any info about aamir although sarkar raj is listed.
It would be such a shame if Aamir is not releasing in US
I am waiting to watch Aamir, but the promo vividly reminds me of the now famous chase scene from Black Friday. Looks to be a edge of the seat flick.
cant wait to watch, mostly in few hours!!..Raj Kumar has poured his heart in this one, it’s got to work…the actor, dop, director are very honest n passionate…which puts the soul of the film in right place…wishing all the best RKG!!
man only few times i have seen such a response from the crtics…..everyone is praising it sky high…..btw it seems that the movie is not released in some parts of India along with us and uk….this may effect its bussiness ……..
Congratulations to Raj n Anurag sir..its their passion which has worked..Cheers!!
rightly said OM, if we dnt watch and endorse movies like AAMIR then we cant keep on cribbing and crying about the state of Bollywood….
We as movie going audiences need to watch and patronise movies like these which will ultimately help in changing the face of cinema in Bollywood….
Kudos to Raj Kumar Gupta….
Am eagerly awaiting to catch AAMIR…..
hey i have watched the show today afternoon even reading the reviews bcoz i expected that it would be good. and I was not dissapointed but what makes me feel bad is that the theatre is almost empty.about ten people watched the show along with me in hyderabad. comeon people go watch it we need more movies like aamir.
i’m gonna force my friends to watch Aamir on Sunday…2morrow is my HSC result and Sunday is my CA entrance exam…still i am more excited bout this movie than my exam results and CA ENTRANCE…lol
Will definitely watch it – for that awesome background score from the trailer. It just rocks.
Waiting for 2 more reviews – Khalid and Baradwaj.
A houseful audience in chennai actually clapped in the end. It is rajeev, rajeev and rajeev all the way. A new kind of acting, subtle and powerful. We knew his eyes can do all the talking, but seeing it on the big screen was mindblowing. A definite watch on the big screen, may be 2 or 3 times too.
after a very long time (about 15 years) i am excited about an indian release. i hope it gets a theatrical run in new york
Appreciate the intent of this post, but to use Taran Adarsh and SKJ’s glowing reviews as endorsements is stretching it a bit too far. They do not have much credibility.
I reserve my comments on the film till I watch it tomorrow.
Sounds great. I’m gonna see it tomorrow. We really need some good new actors in India, instead of the same old SRK, and Saif
I am just so pleased to have watched Aamir. I watched Aamir int he theatre and cant say how mcuh I appreciated the team effort which came on… Rajkumar Gupta’s as writer and as directro have done 100% justice.. I just in teh first half felt awesome that what a awonderful script..and teh camera angles amde me goo Wow!! soemthign more to offer or we viwers always end up watchign clsoeups awhen tears come the way…. Living in mumbai we see such scenes the roads the littel dei\tailign but camera person has broguht that alive infront..and enjoyed it…
The musci the background score were liftign the scne ..and thats what its meant to do… but ya have to say rajeev just supparsed my expectations..and his screen presence and expressions took us thorguh each emotions Aamir Ali was gogin throguh…
To the whole team of Aamir… Cheers… great job done..!1 just continue to have faith in u… Keep it up!!
@ Bhoomi, Ratna Sekhar, Yazh…guys send in your reviews to PFC..we can publish it…
@ Aditya..If we see the review of Taran and SKJ here..you see a distinct difference..they are not raving just for the sake..it does feel to come straight from the heart..for more details..just compare the review of Taran for Sarkar Raj and Aamir..you will know the difference..and why it excited me to print them here
I agree with Aditya (15),
isn’t this more like endorsements by convenience, if one hates a certain type of cinema and when the above reviewers praise those movies, we diss them and now they are praising the movie that supposedly fits in the genre that we like, we are quoting them.
On 19, I think it depends the way you read it. If you want to like a movie and the review concurs with your views, it may feel heartfelt.
Having said that, I am not saying Aamir is bad or not worth the good reviews. Its just that we always want acceptance for the cinema we like.
WOOOOHOOO…AAAMIR IS RELEASING IN DALLAS…EXXCITED…WPOOOHOOOO…CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS
http://dallas.eknazar.com/Movies/searchSchedule.php?movieID=1368&cityID=1
I saw Aamir today in a near empty(3:30pm) multiplex in Faridabad with great expectations. I liked it very much but have my issues with the film. Its a good film but AIN’T FLAWLESS as they are calling out to be…
Raja Sen asks for a reason(”I can’t think of a reason not to applaud it, and if you can, tell me now, because I’m watching it in theatres again this weekend”)
Here it is: Why they chose Aamir only, why not their own guy, any other Muslim anywhere etc. the point is when you are showing something’s happening to the Kafkesque protaganist, when you unravel the mystery you have to answer the WHY? don’t you?(the unconvincing explanation that I could gather in the film is other muslims from all over the world sent aid and aamir didn’t help so they track him and make him part of the plan or make the plan on him!!!) If he is a doctor, make some use of his profession, something that to him is unique which make him the chosen one etc.
or is it taken for granted that because the film is beautifully shot, very short(*), great background score, bold attempt for a debut director, so different from your usual movies, its a rare film etc etc we don’t bother about this detail.
*The other irritating thing was sometimes with the editing. No doubt its very short with interval after 40 minutes or so but just about when the tension is building and reaches the pinnacle and its time to maintain, it all starts fizzling out because you keep staring at the same images for so long…its kind of like EKTA KAPOOR serials where you keep staring at their faces(there its in all the obtuse camera angles possible but here the great P by DOP took care of that)…I mean move on with the proceedings, why build the tension then get us used to it so Iam like okay, I got the thrills- what NEXT>>
The first half is promising. The conversations between Aamir and the man at the other line(Rao) are amazing(the dialog, when Aamir says:”Kisney roka hai…” and continues was superb and he says it so simply. Rajeev Khandelwal is beautiful in his performance, yes thats beautiful alright as he performs and we not only see, but feel, squeeze our noses, vomit, run, beat the goons up in desperation and with great strikes. The twists caught me unawares..and I was pulling my hair apart at the climax..
@ Vishesh…i am not endorsing anything yaar…if someone wants to see a movie…go see it, if not..then dont..i was just saying what i felt..without a doubt their is a bit of a soft corner for RKG..afterall he is one of us on PFC..and i feel proud that he has made a movie..not to mention a brilliant movie as everyone is raving about…now if just reviewer had given it a thumbs up and others a thumbs down..i wud have been sketical..but to see everyone priasing it..i got mighty excited and hence this…
Anyways..i am gonan watch it on Monday and will let you know my pov…
Have you seen it yet Vishesh?
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Believe one should judge the film on their own and not get inspired by what others think. Just saw Aamir. Did not like it. Agee with Kshitij. Believe Thani has written the right things in his post.
@ J..i guess you are talking to me..hehe
I am not judging the movie by being inspired yaaar..i am just feelign elated..and me being a human being..guess have some emotions..and i am letting them out…as simple as that
I am not gonna comment on what Thani has written..all i can say is..i would have doen a bit more research before writing.
Rajeev is the best actor ever MASHALLAH :-)
@23 OM.
I understand what you mean. Its always a great feeling when one of us ends up making a super movie. But then we still don’t need these reviewers’ endorsements. Though its good that one of us made them (the so-called reviewers) appreciate the cinema we believe in and turned them around partially (stretching too far,i know :-)).
I still have not watched it yet. May be over the weekend. I sincerely pray that if this is a real good movie it does not end up the JG way on the box-office. Cos it will be fighting with Sarkar Raj for eye-balls.
Wish you enjoy a pleasant viewing.
nikhat kazmi toi likes aamir
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/moviereview/3107478.cms
waiting 4 khalid mohumad
a Q pops up…wen critics dont leave any chance 2 kill a film if they get clue that its copy or inspired by some foreign film then y aamir is spared?
nd given its anurag kashyap film, critics shd ve dumped more deeply…
is it UTV big producer effect?? that raja sen nd taran adarsh like critics r praising it?
its often seen that in india critics dont criticise studio films nd aamir has studio back up…
can raj kumar gupta make better film than anurag kashyap?
all critics had killed no smoking… kumar mangat was small producer?
ll see aamir tomorrow
@Om and Imrans.
Everybody is entitled to an opinion, and so do you or Thani or taran or the raja himself.
I think, and i also think that i think Right: Thani doesnt put to paper even a comma without ReSearch! So, gentlemen.. no blasphemy here please.
The point made is just this much. However well-made and well-received, if a film falls in the perview of a remake-debate or “whatever” the modest?makers would like to call it, the Denial is what makes it most unpalatable.
And that coming from the likes of Anurag Kashyap, with due respect still, IS hurtful. Period.
OM: Not that I have watched the film, I can say that this is truly good cinema – a well-made film that deserves to be seen.
Kshitij (22): I think there was no need to explain the ‘why’ of it. Aamir in the film represents an educated,thinking, secular Muslim, who is in direct contrast with the poor and uneducated who the fundamentalists can exploit very easily. In my opinion it was the director’s way of showing the schism that exists within the community. Aamir could have been an MBA, engineer, whatever…the director just chose him to be a doctor. What’s wrong with that?
Oops. I meant “NOW that I have watched….” just relaized my earlier comment ended up meaning something completely ifferent ue to a typo.
my response to raja sen {& his 10 reason to applaud AAMIR}& other’s who gave aamir good review
AAMIR-SUCH A GAReeB FILM.. i juss hated it!
its a DISHONEST FILM!
im in a very abusive mood….coz i saw a horrible film called aamir….A FILM WORSE THAN …AAG….KRAZZY4..
but i wont abuse here coz i did tat in d theatre{apsara multiplex 11:00 show..started at 12:00…without national anthem being played}
..audience didnt mind us abusing loudly coz they were as frustrated as us!
im a huge fan of “NO SMOKING” which was panned by review writers….suddenly they all applauding{with 10 reasons..LOL!}…no dude its only one reason…u got money from UTV to say so!
few reasons not to see aamir
1)coz review u read is written by a cinematic idiot…i mean best debut film in 10 yrs…so i guess he’s never heard of guyz like manish jha”matrabhoomi”{listed as top ten movie of the yr all over the world byTIME MAGZINE}…& our apna well known rajkumar hirani…to just name two.
2)its about a guy who runs through mumbai weather in coat & tie {& pls dont tell me its symbolic}
3)its a 5 minute story streched to wat seemed like 10 hrs
4)rajeev seem to be wat he is a TV guy trying to be actor…only difference is its not balaji editing…its steady cam & good musical editing…
5)camera , editing & music all go to waste coz its just a bad script
6)RED leather bag u gave ur coat guy…LOL!…so funny …to travel with tat{it worked superbly in raghvan’s gaddar ….red is not ur colour}
7)oh i can go on & on….im a filmaker who’s not made first film….i give Xtra love to first film…but mr.gupta ur unforgivable
8) i might go to this film again this weekend to find raja sen & do things to him which he cant abuse report
ANURAG KASHYAP.. I M DISSAPOINTED.. REALLY REALLY DISSAPOINTED…
pls dont abuse underground cinema…
AISE KAISE ASSISTANTS HAI AAPKE YAAR? kya seekha aapse unhone… im highly dissapointed..
hey guys,
want to know from where “amir” has been copied……
it is a straight clopy of the film from Philipines “CAVITE”
this film is available on a dvd from magnolia dvds.
this film was released in 2006 and is shot using digital technology..
so much for the originality talks in bollywood.
please see the original…its mindblowing.even the music in amir is “inspired” from cavite..
see the original and please comment thereafter.
waiting from all of you…
hahahaha..
such a bad bad copy.. omg! God bless you rajkumar gupta.
anurag kashyap – i GIVE UP from u dude..
ull remain frustated.. u r a rebel without a cause…
i pity u..
u talk abt howard roark n stuff.. n honesty n all..
what a bad bad film – aamir.
God bless
khalid mohumad@aamir in HT
Brilliant cinematography – largely executed with hidden cameras – is the hero of Aamir. Street shots, head-on walks through Mumbai’s mean streets and mohallas are lensed with extraordinary stealth by Alphonse Roy. Editor Aarti Bajaj goes at the material with surgical precision.
Also, why does director Gupta have to go the DVD-pilfer route? The source, like it or not, is a Filipino movie called Cavite (2005) with virtually the same plot.
……….
dont want to sound cynical but every critic is writing almost same thing as if UTV has given them readymade reviews…
how these critics like raja sen..nikhat…khalid etc can write almost same lines?
it cant happen that khaild, a angry hot bloood man, ll forgive anurag kashyap in his review on his film?
khalid has found loop holes in story nd given khalid’s nature he shd ve attacked anurag k 4 that only as he had done in no smoking nd he has done against big b nd his family in sarkar raj review.
dal mein kuch kala hai…
utv is a big attraction 4 everybody..
khalid has 2 make films… raja sen also may make films in future…
Many ppl who saw film 2day didnt find it so convincing as reviews r claiming…
Yes, Interesting Observation.
You Are Right. They’ve Got Money From UTV.
Aamir Is One Of The Worst N Fake Movies I’ve Ever Seen
@krishn.
Poori daal hi kaali hai!
@ K…
That is exactly what i meant by research…i am not sure, where you are getting your half-baked news from…please look for the details again..we will talk
@ aji…have you seen cavite? good for you…can you tell me what the opening shot of the movie is?
This is one of the best trailers of an Indian Film I have seen in a long time. Can’t wait to watch it. Esp since CAVITE happens to be one of my fav films.
When is it gonna release in LA & NY?
How come its releasing in cowboy country & not here?
Cavite (2005)
Adam, a security guard, travels from California to the Philippines, his native land, for his father’s funeral. He arrives in Manila. As he waits, a phone rings in his backpack; he answers it, and a male voice tells him that his mother and sister are captives and will be killed if Adam doesn’t cooperate. Over the next hour, the voice sends Adam by bus, taxi, motorized tricycle, and on foot through an urban landscape of busy streets, cramped apartments, a fetid squatters’ camp, a bank, a cockfighting arena, and a church. Adam’s conversations with the voice cover murder, Islam, jihad, rebellion in Mindanao, and his family. What is it Adam will be commanded to do?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428303/plotsummary
Even im missing something here… i took 5-6 of my frends he dint even knew the movie… believe me, for abt whole week it was my movie more than RK Guptas, now after watching it, i really disown it.. utterly embarrassing. not that its a bad film, but it isnt simply 10% of wot raja Sen reviewed.
now along with 1000s of rediff viewers i know WHY RAJA SEN SHOULD STOP REVIEWING MOVIES!!!
As monsoons hit the city and quenched the thirst……
on this friday Aamir was released.
I was not much impressed by the promos but still decided just to give it a try.
the movie was good
excelent camera work
well selected locations which were demanded by the movie.
Rajiv khandelwal gave his star performance in his debut.
great work
congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!
all the best to the team of AAMIR
well done
Appercite the effort for writing the post and giving a response. I am also kind of trying to get into this field and believe have a fair bit of knowledge about cinema and honestly want good cinema to happen. Actually have an ultra orthodox (or is it bad???) view that even a bad film should recover its cost so that film industry keeps functioning and the people associated with industry are able to make a living and the makers realize their mistake and make better cinema but one thing makes me uncomfortable is over praising the film and portraying the film in a way which its actually not and that in turn affects the quality. Without getting too much into technicalities (Aamir needed a strong script like phone booth and a pacy direction specially the climax sequence[told 3 mns and shown around 6 mns], strong reason for picking the doctor etc) Aamir is an average film. I did not call it a bad film. I said I did not like it. Had reasonable expectations especially bcz Mr.Kashyap and his protege are associated with it. Would have called it a brave attempt if it was not a remake of Cavite.I liked ‘No Smoking’ a lot. The subject did not demand logical explanations and difficult to categorize in a genre (even dark) and it was a ‘personal’ film but Aamir did. Aamir lacked the grit and pace of a taut thriller. Read that original was far superior. But still believe films such as Aamir should be encouraged so that ‘Cinema’ does well.
First-time cinematographer Alphons Roy has done simply the great work. Such beautifully lit with the camera movements which just melting with the scenes. The film is natural.I want to see the film once more solely for the camera work
Nice post….You guys are doing a great work to organize bollywood blog content…Keep it up…..
Even I heard of rave reviews about Aamir….Planning to watch it over this weekend…..
Some thoughts about AAMIR.
Each and every moment is special. Right from the open mouthed deep carefree sleep to the eternal sleep, right from the heart tugging wink and a smile to the heart wrenching you cannot hurt me anymore smile it is a journey of an array of extreme raw emotions etched on an extreme raw and rustic face stripped of all artificiality.
Rajeev Khandelwal is Aamir ali. He does not just get in the skin of the character, but into the cell and the DNA of the character – the aam admi. And it is not just the emotions but also the demeanour and the body language.
Not once does he take the easy way out and slides or rubs his palm over his face or turns away, he faces the camera and emotes some of the finest emotions ever seen. Most of the scenes were supposedly okayed in the first take.
The line that touched the most and will make us ask questions was this one by the prostitute, “tu accha aadmi dikthta re’, ah ha for me his reaction to this line was one of the best. The first nice words aamir hears since he entered his motherland.
The reason as to why Aamir is chosen is obvious. He is a doting brother to his three sisters and brother, a loving son to his widowed mother, the sole bread winner of the family, definitely a prime candidate for emotional blackmail, highlighted in that one terrifying scene.
The end could not have been different, in this mindless mind warfare Aamir realizes the way the twisted mind of the man whose voice he dreads will work. He feels the man who loves his community in a twisted sort of way will not let his loved ones down. He knows he has no other way.
The mind is definitely not capable of reading the credits, the first time, but could do so the second time, so we get to see the man who compared Rajeev Khandelwal to Kapil Dev, the man whose articles told us to expect something different. Vasan Bala hope I read correctly, are u the whispering man.
A huge thanks to every one connected to AAMIR, the director (who is probably the real hero), cinematographer(wonder which was more fun and challenging, shooting the wild cats or Aamir), the music director, the technicians and the actors, it was as if each one was competing with the other to give their best, including the baby and of course even the monkey.
I liked the movie….I havent seen Cavite…..So, i dunno how much of a copy it is….But yes….The camera work by Alphonse roy was superbb !! And the acting by Rajeev is amazing as well !! We need good actors like him in the industry,who can actually act !! Im would recommend ppl to watch it….Its better than the other mindless cinema which bollywood endorses !!
I liked the movie….I havent seen Cavite…..So, i dunno how much of a copy it is….But yes….The camera work by Alphonse roy was superbb !! And the acting by Rajeev is amazing as well !! We need good actors like him in the industry,who can actually act !! Im would recommend ppl to watch it….Its better than the other mindless cinema which bollywood endorses in the name of comedy !!
I saw Aamir last Sunday and it’s still lingering in my mind. It is hard to point to a particular aspect of filmmaking that made Aamir the wonder that it is. Everything from the music to the direction to the cinematography is spot on. RKG plays with your mind so ruthlessly that you barely blink throughout the film. This is possibly the best film ever to come out of Bollywood. I don’t care if it’s a copy of Cavite. Changing the setting from Cavite to Mumbai was a big challenge in itself and the director seems to have achieved that flawlessly. It’s a must watch.
i don’t know whether its a lift or not . liking a movie is very subjective.but the appreciation of the elements which go into making a movie have always been equally and unanimously lauded,that is why i feel people who dont like the movie should question themselves and see some decent cinema.rajkumar kumar gupta deserves every bit of recognition he has recieved.anurag kashyap cheers again to you for celebrating good cinema. some guy with a side kick villan name should get some tutorials.
I really loved the film. It was the most realistic movie I have seen. The end was remarakle setting an example on youth finding themselves victims to terrorism.I couldn’t help crying for 2 days.
Rajeev has once again proved he is the best. Though he makes us wait a lot but he delivers excellent stuff.
i simply hated the film. was expecting more yaar..
shit film tha..
juss because masjid bandar.. bhindi bazaar dikhaya..
doesnt mean u shd love it..
why ? why a copy? ad of no smokin and u make a copy.
chi..
i pity u
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Priyadarshan is sent to 2 years in police custody in the shocking case of the making of most unentertaining and rubbish movie since 1977.4 The Mumbai police are trying to figure out if there is a foreign hand involved to terrorize the people of India with a completely stupid string of photographs and audio put to together by Priyadarshan.
The police are also investigating if actor Shobhana was put under any kind of pressure/blackmailed to act in the movie.
For being close to be made for Rs 2 cr, it will recover it’s cost in cable/dvd/theatrical (was creeping to the Rs 1 crore mark on that) so that should be ok for all.
I don’t know how to rate this movie. It starts well, goes on to become better in next 15 mins and… that’s it. It just doesn’t go anywhere from there. Loud background score and not much story to tell the camera keeps moving in the Mumbai streets like some documentary. Good one liners in between make you feel that the director had good message to tell but there is no script to support it. It’s a typical bollywood movie with unnecessary songs and slow motions. It is very boring and predictable but the worst part is that it’s totally illogical and far-fetched. I went to watch the movie reading all the good reviews but had forgotten that these are the same very people who rate Veer-Zaara and K3G as Excellent. This one and a half hour movie makes you feel like it was 4 hour long!
Well I loved the movie, it was gripping. I was just thinking, what someone would have done differently in that situation. Esp say if amitabh of 80’s would be around, he would get back to the villain, fought them or outsmarted them with his wits and save his family from him. Or if Akshay was there, he would have kicked each and everyone possible to rescue the family. Sunny deol would have shouted and ran through those streets and might even kidnap the villains family, and got his family back. Aamir was way too real, too simple a man…….. maybe a part of me wanted aamir to get back to the villain, outwit them, outsmart them…….
congratulation to first time director !!
i feel still little creativity is there in bollywood…thanks to AK and his team !!
i hope you will not be part of Vikram Bhatt and Sanjay gupta group !!
few days back there was offer to write film script and producer assistant came to me direclty with DVD of english film….
those lines are Still in my mind
Dekho 70% wahi rakhana..30 % apni taraf se add karna !!
it was sad man !!
hey jyada ho gaya i think !!
hey watch AAMIR film, nice film …
take care !!
I watched AMMIR yesterday. The best word I can find right now is .. mind blowing.I went to watch “AAMIR” with very very very high expectation (…best debutant director ..rediff, PFC posts/comments/feedback) and realized how little was my expectation.I have never seen such stuff ,especially in Hindi movie.I understand numbers better than words so I will say
The cinematographer scores 20 out of 10.
The composer scores 20 out of 10.
The producers score 20 out of 10.
Rajeev Khandelwal scores 40 out of 10.
The director scores 100 out of 10.
I am going to watch it again…..