Jail Movie Review : What a jail bin machhli!
Jail
Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Manoj Bajpai and Ram Gopal Varma movie-type of clowns-`n’-clones
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar out of form
Rating: Two stars (there’s nothing here that you don’t know or haven’t seen already)
Egg tu Bhandarkar! His angry young prisoner is thrown right into the dark-as-a-burnt-omelette baida cell. During solitary confinement, the prisoner claws the walls, gnashes his teeth, exudes glycerine and generally looks as unhappy as a kid denied a cookie. Sad is life, dearies.
Okay, okay, for heaven’s sake this is a Bhandarkar, Madhur Bhandarkar movie. Get real, appreciate Jail for being as rough, real and dammit, outspoken. Sorry guys, want to..however it’s anything but. It’s just not in the league of the eye-opening Fashion, Traffic Signal, Page 3 and Chandni Bar, which have their loyal admirers including the National Film Award juries. Yeah.
The director is best when he hurtles you into areas where the gloss-and-glamour-junkie filmwalas fail to tread. Dread. Here he doesn’t beyond a point. For sure, he locks you up in the depressing confines of a large prison, shot in Thane and Yervada jails. The visuals are unvarnished, no unnecessary top shots, no pretty daffodils blooming in the garden either.
So as the dialogue often asks..what’s the lafda chirkut?
Simply this: you’ve seen, heard and squirmed through prison atrocity flicks as many times as you’ve wolfed down popcorn. Crunchhhh. Like it or not it’s pouring cliches out here, from the hero finding the prison food ugh-ugh (did he expect sushi?) to the initial undressing parade. Mercifully the much- publicised nude parts – bodily parts that is — are covered up by pixillated effects. Thanks.
Also, Bhandarkar whose stories-screenplays usually have an element of originality and knuckle-hard strength, in this case can’t prevent the viewer from flashbacking to similar situations from several prison movies: The Shawshank Redemption (the bond between two prisoners from disparate generations), Ek Hasina Thi (an innocent person forced to pay for another’s crimes), Midnight Express (sadism galore) and Teen Deewarein (the harebrained twists and turns in the plot).
And you can bet your last hundred bucks that there will be some gay-bashing: a couple of prison inmates go goo-goo on sighting the hero. Not to forget a shock tactic: an unmentionable tryst between two men in the loo. Woo hooo.
Well, ummm, old habits die hard and all that jazz bazz. Anyway, the focus is on this `chikna’ executive (Neil Nitin Mukesh), whose shifty flatmate happens to be a drug dealer. You knowthat can lead to an a la Bangkok Hilton. It does. Chikna is accused of complicity, dragged to jail and imprisoned. Moanwhile his mother (silent as a tomb) and girlfriend (Mugdha Godse, in a thousand make-up tints) wring their hands, hire a lawyer who’s plain walnuts and sit through court sessions where bail is refused again and again, and again. Pain. Scriptwriter-editor were dozing or what? The pace is slower than peak hour traffic.
In jail, our Innocent Chiknaji meets various stereotypes: a self-styled Mirza Ghalib (insufferable) , a drugged-out creepo responsible for a road accident and a politician holding court. Penty more: a finger flicking underworld don, a recent father who wants his kid to say “abba” (not the music group), and hello there’s Arya Babbar portaying a desperado with so much surma that he resembles a racoon.
Not to forget, not to forget in the crowded scenario there’s the emotionally contained jailbird-turned-prison-butler (Manoj Bajpai). Garbed oddly in buttercup harem pants, Butler sees a surrogate kid brother in Chikna and wants him to retain his ‘umeedein’ despite the odds. The parting scene between them, in fact, is the most sensitively executed moment in this Chandniless Bar.
On the plus side, there are some stray insights like street-dwellers committing petty crimes to find a shelter in prisons during the monsoon. The wind-up statistic about the possible number of ‘innocent’ persons languishing behind bars also hits home. Aah, how you wish the rest of this effort was in the same researched vein.
On the tech side, the cinematography is remarkably fluid. Anil Mohile’s background music tends to be obtrusive, frequently sounding very Godfatherish. The songs are nothing to hum about, no alas not even the devotional track by Lata Mangeshkar.
Of the cast, Neil Nitin Mukesh is as earnest as a Boy Scout, he’s methodical and controlled; there are flashes of an actor of tremendous potential here. Manoj Bajpai by holding his gaze – his eyes are like arrows about to leave a bow – is extraordinary. Jail isn’t. No way.
Tags: jail, Jail Movie Review, Madhur Bhandarkar, Manoj Bajpai, Movie Review, neil nitin mukesh
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
“Egg tu Bhandarkar” made me laugh so hard!! You’re god of puns. I like this review much much much more because you have balanced your trademark humor with good analysis of the film too. Well for Bhandarkarian cinema, what to say, its too convenient. Every film will have some shock inducing scenes and dumb folks will say “arre tujhe pata hai jail mein kya dikhyaya” and the movie purely runs through this moronic word of mouth . Its the same treatment as what India TV would hurl at their audience. I have seen so many people watching his films because “uss mein aaisa scene hai”. Another interesting trait of Bhandarkarian cinema is that though the lead characters are written decently, the other characters are so badly written and performed its not even funny. Watch Page 3’s mourning sequence at the funeral of some celebrity. Its deplorable. Everything is just black or white. Exaggerated scenes showing too much of glorification to make a point.
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movie is nice..neil n manoj acted really vry well…!!!!!
I fully agree of Neeraj’s analysis. Madhur bhandarkar lives in extremes. Exaggeration is sometimes too routine and predictable in the plots that he deals.
yes i do agree wth u dear..
Well said, I agree. It gets increasingly bad as you go from his earlier movies to his later ones. It is sometimes funny – everyone likes all of his movies except one – and that one depends on what his/her profession is. A lot of my colleagues say “Oh all his movies are so good, except corporate. In corporate, he has exaggerated” :-)
evn i agree wth u bro…
movie is good..one time watch..
Ha ha Khalid
You Nailed this Jail
I was actually looking forward to this one, but then I guess Bhandarkar is getting monotonous with his movies. If you see a larger picture, graph pattern is all most similar for all his movies. Thanks for saving my money Khalid
another dumb thing about bhandarkar movies are the freakin titles. come on, get a proper title at least.
corporate world – corporate
fashion world – fashion
page3 parties – page 3
politics – satta
and now jail wtf!
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haven’t liked any of his movies, will avoid this one too
crazyrals…..buddy, didn’t you like Chandni Bar?
@amovieFreakk: no, it did not interest me at all. one of the problems with his movies are character portrayal, either they are black or white, no room for grey characters. too much negativity all round. and just as some accused danny boyle of “poverty sells” theme, bhandarkar should be blamed for glorifying the negatives, overlooking the good, and making things gloomy for no damn reason. come on, just a few fashion designers are gay/effeminate and not all of them. a few politicans are bad, not all of them, a few jail inmates are whacked out and not all of them. but he focuses on sensationlism; how much can it be sensationalized. whether they are rational or not, who cares! its got to be unrealistic and sensational because that sells :(. movie version of aaj-tak and indiaTV
let me clarify that the stmt “a few jail inmates are whacked out and not all of them” is what i made out from the trailer, haven’t seen the movie yet.
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but i do believe that it will be as i have imagined, because bhandarkar has no new ideas. his movies are as crass as the titles of the movies
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will wait for this movie to premiere on tv, no wasting money in multiplex
it was veryy wiered… : :
Traffic Signal was panned by the critics…but was a runaway commercial success. I later saw it, and did like it.
Lets wait and watch..another week and we will know the fate of this movie.
Sorry to correct you . Traffic signal was a dud & flop
True, Traffic Signal was a no-no at the BO
traffic signal was a well made film and had some gunuinely good moments.
Traffic Signal won the National Award for Direction & make-up. The former does deserve some credibility people. Anyways, my comments for Jail are reserved till I see it
Well Traffic Signal was a reasonably decent movie and did decently at the box office too.But it wasnt a runaway commercial success or anything like that.
Khalid saab- liked your take on Jail
looks like Madhur is continuing to use his formula relentlessly.
Agree with you sirjee. I found this as Khalid saab’s best review on this site.
Upsetting to see a khalid mohammed review on pfc (a site i love!)… sorry but never appreciated his reviews or gotten a humor… more so after the duds he made…
P.S. not saying that jail is a worthy film ha. not seen it, got no opinion :o
It is a good movie go watch it other wise u will miss an unbiased and well researched film . Neil, Manoj & Rahul are superb!
neil tryng hard fr the movie 2 go hit.try try till u succeed.
One need not make hit movies to become a critic. And also not all the times a critic gets it right. So give the benefit of doubt. Watch the movie and cross check what he has said. For me he gets the tone of the movie right. Liked this review better as to me it looks balanced…
agree. just not fond of his reviews at all. imho, they way too mockery centric rather than a balanced review. yes, might be his style, but id rather have a real review. however everythin doesnt work with everyone does it
On the plus side, there are some stray insights like street-dwellers committing petty crimes to find a shelter in prisons during the monsoon.
—— taht’s from one Jeffrey Archer short story in ‘Cat-O-Nine’ tales. IF Sir Archer did not get it from anywhere else.
Regarding the review, Khalid Saab Lajawaab.
its alright if madhur has been predictable. he found his own space, patented his formula and has been treading along the path earnestly with mid budget films! the great thing about his movies is you know whats it gonna be all about from the title itself
, but i still have enjoyed all the films of his i have seen. havent seen traffic signal and fashion yet. so what will be his next venture?
rave
police (he did do a aan)
bpo
dalal street
i think he has lots of options to keep playing with
—–> Ram Gopal Varma movie-type of clowns-`n’-clones
—–> Director: Madhur Bhandarkar out of form
WTF is this?? This reviewer doesn’t write reviews. He writes personal reviews of people involved in the movie. Had this been SRK or Johar or yashraj movie it would have gotten 4 stars. (The guy gave Rab ne bana di jodi 3.5 stars and dil bole hadippa 3 stars) I havent seen JAIL, but I know for sure it will be much better than these 2 movies.
Its a pity that passionforcinema.com is giving this guy a platform when most of the newspapers/film magzines/channels/websites in india have gotten rid of him.
Thank for saying this. i strongly agree and posted my viewpoints below too.
Look. Bhandarkar is a national award winning director. And even if he could have repeated his formulaic depiction of this story, it could be a winner. So if Khaled says that it didnt work, there must be something in it. He’a actually giving a tribute to RGV by mentioning “RGV movie type of clowns n clones”. This is the reason that I myself dont want reviews to be posted anywhere in the first weekend of the movie itself. Then everyone gets a chance to post his opinion
here is a potential starting line for taran adarsh’s jail review:
Madhur Bhandarkar – The name means gritty realistic drama based on real life stories which the aam janta can easily relate to. Chandni Bar, Corporate, Satta, Fashion the list of such movies Bhandarkar has excelled in is endless. So the topmost question on your mind is will he deliver with Jail also? Will Jail live upto all the expectations associated with the Madhur Bhandarkar brand? The wait is now over and the answer to both the questions above is …
Well you have to wait for TA’s review for the answer
Agree with Neeraj. You hit the nail right on the spot there. I used to wonder am I the only one who sees through this con ( i mean it is like thook patti… chalo jaldi likho… main character ko achha treatment dena and the other characters are not that visible, or so Mr. Bhandarkar hopes)
As a side note in Lage Raho Munnabhai the police inspector the barber and rest who were listening to the radio cast were over the top (super ham) i mean why not edit it out at script level itself. looks embarassing… my opinion.
@Amit_T: even I agree to urs and Neeraj’s POV. However, there are films basking in the glory of Ham-certification. I think the scenes u mentioned in LRMB .. do not hurt the script or the movie at alll .. .because it’s comedy drama .. and there are plenty of others alike.
LRMB is a HAM-burger if u look at it that way. ;)
i would just like to point out that with Kahlid Mohammed being a part of this PFC is really becoming like rediff or bollywood hungama or numerous other websites that take innate pleasure in bashing films and taking out their fraustrations even before the film has had a chance to prove its worth. As far as i remember PFC was a place where we discussed cinema…good or bad or whatever…….not pass judgement on it.
No offense to you Kahlid ji, i am sure you are a wonderful reviewer….but there are other places for you. Please leave this one to the people who genuinely appreciate cinema of all kinds.
@ayush: some respect to ‘freedom of speech’ please. khalid has not passed a judgement, why do you read it that way? he has merely stated his opinion/view of the film, like any other author does. he may be right or wrong. now, if you can treat other author’s write-up as opinion, then treat this one the same way. and if u think khalid is passing a judgement, then every other author is passing their judgement on the topic that they have chosen to write about, isn’t it???
and against a lot of them :(
just another way to look at things, thats all. his words are not the words of “mango people”, so let go
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and i do feel that like all human beings, he too tends to be partial to a few celebrities
you are right, but you cannot deny that such reviews, NOT just this one, spoil the film for many people even before they watch it and as a result spoils the prospects of the film.
i am all for freedom of speech, but i am even more FOR letting a film have its chance before someon decides to tear it apart.
No one is stoppinh im fmo going ahead and giving his opinion…but doing that a few days later would probably be a better idea.
And also, i just never thought PFC would be a forum for reviews like this. It is more about sincere discussion than merely saying a film (or a film personality for that matter) is good or not.
@ayush: yes, all reviews should be out on sundays so that box-office collections improve and the movie gets a chance to breathe well on-screen
why so? why should people not have an idea what they are in for? do you buy anything else without asking around? then why not the same for movies? after all people do part their hard earned money to watch, dont they?
these sort of replies are just small minded. i mean come on, how in the world can you compare films with any other commodity that one buys. The most important thing you must keep in mind are that film tastes are EXTREMELY personal. It varies in complex ways from individual to individual.
as far as knowing what they are going in for, What is the films publicity for??? i DONT think that reviews are meant to tell people ‘what they are going in for’ as far as a film is concerned. Dont people go for a film based on a review and come out with an opinion contraty to that very same reviews? Or the other way round when people dont watch a film becasue of a review and then watch it later on TV or soemthing and have a different opinion then?
Everything that you say applies to most things we buy. Not everyone likes the same car. Not everyone likes the same kind of house or even locality. Not everyone likes the same kind of food or even food cooked in the same manner either. It is all subjective just as films are.
Lets look at the other points:
a) Agree or disagree with reviews – it is the same with the other things as well. Although there are reviews out there, different people buy different kinds of stuff. In fact the chances of getting turned away by a review are higher when a person is buying a big ticket item like a car or a house.
b) Publicity – again, car / property / restaurant companies also have their own publicity. Publicity can never replace a review because there is a vested interest involved. Do you think any film maker will showcase the bad or inferior aspects of his film? The very point of a review is to provide a third party / neutral opinion. While you may still be able to return some stuff that you buy, there is no way a film viewer can return and get his money (even partially) back if things are not as were promised in the publicity.
If reviews are not meant to tell people what to expect in the movie, what are they for? Obviously people may not agree with the reviews but that is true for anything – not just films. It is for people to decide which reviewer to follow – who matches their own tastes & sensibilities the best. And most people who care are sensible enough to do it. On the other hand, people should also have the right to decide which movies they care enough for to try them out despite reviews and which they do not mind catching later on DVD or TV. After all, it is not the birthright of a film maker that people watch his film. It is upto him to convince them to come and watch inspite of what others may say. I have noticed that the good ones are generally able to do so.
and seriously there was no need to drag in RGV! RGV’s “clowns” are good in most of his movies. dragging in rgv smacks of personal bias.
Though I liked the review and I’m a big fan of Khalid Sir…I think it’s a bit unfair… it’s just 9:45am in India on friday, the movie hasn’t even had it’s first public show…please Khalid Sir can we have your reviews on Sundays like the good old days.
I agree with Sudip. It is a bit unfair. First show is yet to be screened and we already have the reviews coming in. It is not justified.
and i also agree with sudip purely for the way he has put up his views
totally with sudip on this. bring it on sunday sirjee… please… as much as we like the reviews (reading per se) your opinions are taken seriously by many. having been a film-maker yourself, how can u ruin a film’s fortune on friday itself khalid saab? hai koi jawab?
@ Magik, Sudip, Rishi.
Isn’t it a bit unfair asking someone not to tell us if a movie sucked (for them). It is like someone asking me to not tell them how food at a particular restaurant tastes until they have had the chance to feed people for a fair bit of time. So going by that theory, if that food i eat at the restaurant makes me sick ( i know i am stretching it) i should wait till a few people have had the chance to test their immune system and then come out and say that the food made me sick.
Come on yaar idhar bhi socialism. Why can’t these guys make movies that stand on their own and stop taking the janta for a ride ( i am not passing a judgement on Jail, not seen it) instead of cribbing about ‘unfair critics’.
It is because all good film makers make movies thinking that it woudl work. Hwoever we all know there’s no formula regarding films that work.
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The producers who back good films are few. Them and even those producers who back bad films should have a chance to accumulate as much as they can, before the reviewers spoil it for them. Remember the reviewer has no stake in the film. And the only qualification is that he has an opinion. But then so does everyone.
Vinay if you buy a lousy product (for e.g. crappy china maal) would you as a consumer care about the person who is dishing out sub par produce or about a person who reviews the product so that you would have had a heads up about the product. I am not here to enable the producer or the film maker, they chose this platform and they will get judged, even if they choose to show their movie for free. This is for you and me too just because i create something does not mean it will appease the people and if it does not i have to live by it. I cannot expect people to treat me kindly with words or money just so i can have my experiments without realizing my talent (or the lack of it). The best way to avoid bad reviews is make a honest movie, don’t cut corners on creativity, plot, script, don’t package shit as cake and then expect people not to raise a voice. Or another way is to not release the movie in public domain and just show it to friends and family!!
This is an invalid argument. If the film maker spends money, the film viewer also spends his hard earned money. The fallout of a poor product has to be borne by its maker – not the consumer. Anything that helps the consumer make an informed decision should be encouraged – not censored. He may also decide to disregard certain reviews or to do the opposite of what a certain reviewer asks him to do – that is his prerogative and beside the point in any case.
I will first watch it n then review… madhur’s films has always been good
a piece of advice to potential viewer .. watch the movies tharshed by Mr. khalid .. 8 out of 10 times u will find those movies reasonably good, and sometimes even briliant like
@Amit
I have absolutely no problems for the movies being bashed if they are bad…but atleast wait for a day or two before rating them.
No filmaker wants to make a bad movie…. each film maker wants their movies to be appreciated…
In my opinion we should give a day or two for the movies to run before we pass our judgement
what is that supposed to mean? will the movie evolve in these two days and become something else?
Why such a fuss about a film review? Who cares when it comes out? Is KM so much influential in the life of these folks that he started dictating their taste in films? wanna watch the film without being biased by a review? well, dont read one!! ASAT!
^^^^^ LIKE NO SMOKING and OMKARA which i had watched only on SPECIAL RECOM of great Khali ..
All your concerns are fair and please bear in mind I am not siding with Mr. Khalid M but I am just flipping the angle and saying that why chide someone who has seen the movie and formed an opinion. After all good n bad movies are just a perception of an individual. I read reviews from varied people and don’t form an opinion by them, however gifted the writing might seem. My only point is that do you people (those defending the film maker / producer and his right to run the movie a few shows)consider movie making a commercial premise. If no then there isn’t any debate. But if I am made to pay, whether it was my choice or the lure of brownie points from the GF, to watch a movie I want my money’s worth. And why do you want to give concessions to XYZ before reviews, i am sure if a movie promo or the cast or the director has a special place in your memory / heart you will go and watch the movie. It is the fence sitters who decide by reviews (for eg. I din know whether i wanted to watch London Dreams so i took the majority of reviews and decided to wait for a tv / dth release same for blue). If a movie has connected with the audience it will do well irrespective of an attention seeking critic (srry mr khalid below the belt). We should not be scared of these exposes if we want to make or watch good cinema. And again good cinema is something that comes from conscience and honesty, thook patti wala kaam bade screen pe aur mazbooti se nazar aata hai.
@Rishi
I have to disagree with you, if no film maker wants to make a bad movie why do we have so many duds and big budget at that. It seems that they don’t do enough ground work and that is in itself a testimonial to their kaam chor ness. I cannot sympathize with such film makers who don’t know shit and waste hundreds of crores on some self fulfilling fantasy. Sirf camera pakadkar koi film maker nahi banta hai yaar one has to know their film’s journey. I think i might have digressed. Lack of sleep and too many chais. Thanks for bearing out
Arrey bhagwan, all movie makers (good and bad) set out to make a movie, which THEY THINK is good. No one will set out to make a movie, which they think is bad.
@Vinay Joshi: not all makers THINK that their movie is good. most of the times movies are made to earn big bucks
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why else do u think corporates are entering the business? why would a diamond merchant produce a movie. because he sees profit
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why else do u think that all through 90’s we had masala flicks and formula movies? balancing of sad and happy moments, actions and emotions, romance and rape etc
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even now we have KI and SiK etc… all for money…
@Vinay agreed but you forget the main assumption in your argument. The ‘think’ part! I would not want to believe that you thought that the film makers of Blue / Kambakth Ishq etc… put any thought behind the film. If a ghadha like me can see that there was nothing those movies to begin with, I am sure they would have had an inkling too. That is not to say they wanted to make a bad movie but they did not want to make a good one either.
I really love neil & will surly go to watch this movie only and only 4 neil
This film will
have bang at the theaters
In any case it does not matter what the intent of a producer was. What matters is whether the output is good enough.
Else, lets do away with all kinds of reviews – car reviews, property reviews, restaurant reviews – no car maker sets out to make a poor car, no builder wants to make a bad building, no restaurant wants to serve poor food – their intentions are all good. Why not let them make some money and fleece people before we let anyone comment on their products?
Isn’t that what most film makers do anyway? Flood the market with prints and hope to cash in on the opening weekend hysteria – all through advance bookings even before people know how good a movie is. Why not ask them to stop this practice first? Why not ask for the movie to be released only in a select number of screens initially and only then extend it further based on what people really think? If reviews are to be censored or delayed to allow film makers to make money, surely it is only fair for the film makers also to do their bit to ensure that people dont spend as much on what may turn out to be a poor product.
PFC is boarding the people who were the reasons not to visit those sites and those folks.
Its true. I wanted to save myself from likes of Khalids and Raja Sens in those sites. But trouble follows wherever you go :D
Simple solution – Dont read. Its in your hands – right there, that thing we call a mouse :-)
ha ha, thats what I do..i dont read
win-win all around ..likhne waale likhe, padhne waale padhe, na padhne waale na padhe
Guessing about Khalid’s POV, he feels all Bollywood movies must have ‘feminist’ theme. It seems that he just gets plain bored if a movie does not have a ‘glamourous or strong’ female character in most of its frame. Usually he does not say it directly but at times he does, ‘how much can one watch Khemu’. He thinks it’s time when we make up for the poor presentation of females in Bollywood till date. Even in his movies he championed various specific causes for women like watching sex tapes, kissing in public to find out true love, getting into an affair with younger guy if your husband has an affair with young women etc. he would have surely loved it if neil and mughda switched their role, specially the pixillated effect.
lol those who really want to know POV ( AS if there is any ??? ) of Mr. khali can digg his grave oopps pages to read the review of NO SMOKING , HASIL, OMKARA etc.. i will post the links soon
Dunno why but KM never seemed to like Vishaal Bharadwaj, he had given bad reviews for Maqbool, Omkara and even the latest Kaminey.
Please provide a link to all those reviews. Thanks.
YO BRO
here is link of REVIEW OF NO SMOKING BY KM///
Kashyap & Hedges * STAR
http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/reviews/Review-No-Smoking/Article1-254292.aspx
Well, I agree with KM’s review here. And he nailed Anurag Kashyap for lifting the plot from Quitter’s Inc – is that what gets your goat?
This is a wiki extract on Quitter’s Inc:
“The main character, Richard “Dick” Morrison, is a middle-aged man who would like to quit smoking. His friend James “Jim” McCann advises him to go to Quitters, Inc., the firm that he says helped him kick the habit. The firm is said to have a 98% success rate with their clients and guarantees that once the person has enrolled for treatment, he will never smoke again.
Dick finds out about the brutal enforcement methods used by Quitters, Inc. from Vic Donatti, Dick’s quitting counselor. These include administering non-fatal electric shocks of increasing intensity to his family members if he is caught smoking a cigarette, and eventually, with enough infractions, administering shocks to him as well.”
simple ir ji ,,WORK OF AK AND VB are beyond his reach.
here is a link of review of kaminey .. help yourself.
Looks good but fffff..fisappoints 2.5 stars
http://www.aslibaat.com/index.php?id=143
here r words of some common moviegoers .. amazd by the brilliance of KAMINEY
Khalid
How did you manage to come up with such a pathetic review? Especially when Vishal has come up with such a brilliant climax which ordinary film makers find hard to contemplate. No this is not done. You must see the movie again and rewrite the review. I am sure when you watch this movie again you will realize what a masterpiece you have visited.
Anybody who says fouch didn’t really get it.that one word sums up khalids take on kaminey, khalid have u already finished writing ur terrific review of dil bole hadippa or is aditya writing it himself?
@punit . .anish ..
His biggest blunder to me is without doubt the illogical thrashing of Tigmanshu Dhulia’s masterpiece -”haasil”
stopped believing in reviews after that.
Something I felt on these lines….
http://passionforcinema.com/reviewing-as-a-weapon-of-murder/
people like KM (and my boss) keep making me wonder ..
how incompetent people keep getting noticed and getting work ..
inspite of repeated blunders ..
hence proved .. this world’s not perfect. ;)
(P.S. that mite sound like too personal a statement … it must be acceptable to KM … who specializes in getting personal)
We Indians have a problem. We go to cinema after reading the reviews or are affected by BO reports. We are afraid to air our own view. In my opinion, Mr. Bhandarkar is an over rated director. His earlier movies were OK, but the quality has definitely gone down. Nothing in this world is neither black nor white and Mr. Bhandarkar seems to forget this. The colour which describes THE HUMAN NATURE is GREY, but the director seems to oblivious of this fact. As for the review by Mr. Mohamed, it was a fun to read and it is his point of view, whether we like it or not. After Traffic Signal, I had vowed not to go any new Mr. Bhandarkar movie, but alas I went for JAIL and I regret the fact that I did not keep my promise.
I would like to add a few words about Fashion here. The scene were Ms. Priyanka Chopra feels bad after having a night out with a black guy is simply awful. She does not have the same sensibilities after sleeping with other guys. So why this double standard?????
I go to Mr.Bhandarkar’s movie hoping to see a great cinema, but am left disappointed and dissatisfied in the end.
my personal and simple take on this is – PFC is a platform for people who are passionate for cinema. There should be no place for people who make a living out of thrashing – hating – bullying – disrespecting cinema. A lot of us are aspiring film makers or the people who madly in love with movies…we love to discuss it, analyze it, and we cherish it. We can have our personal likes and dislikes…but the point here is – we cant allow someone to insult the very notion of cinema by fancy words -’just for the sake of it’….I don’t know about others…but I would strongly request KM to stop this…at least on this platform…or request Oz to do something about it…
KM, writes well on topics related to Indian cinema, recall one on Satyajit Ray, and recent one on Ashok Kumar. Sadly, his reviews nowadays seem like “Look at me I am so witty, so funny” na kinds.
I agree Ratnakar bhai … . his writeup on Ashok Kumar too was touchy .. equally enjoyable was that Paul mccarthy interview one …
It was not possible in newspapers but on a blog this arrangement can be made.
There can be made a clear category or a disclaimer that it is “A satire on film/s” as then readers will not get any problem with the post. With the disclaimer or the category itself they will be having an impression that this is a satirical take on a film.
I have observed that those who have seen the film, they can enjoy such satires more.
Khalid ji has been writing regularly on new films on PFC for past few weeks so this conflict with his posts seems useless.
Readers have to keep this thing also in mind that like political people there is no permanent friendship or enmity among filmi people also.
I feel Rajeev Masand does a good job reviewing movies i liked his view on JAIL read it here http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masands-movie-review-jail-packed-with-all-cliches/104713-8.html
@Amit_T: he has givena a generous 2.5* to jail; and a not-so-generous 2.5* to APKGK. going by TOI and rediff review, APKGK should have got a * more than jail. wonder why that happened!
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anyways, i do believe that masand is one of the best reviewers we have. and his ratings are spot-on 95% of times
Why does Masand term masala flicks as B movies. For him all the 80s-90s flicks are B movies even recently released Wanted which caters for single screen audience? I dont like this attitude.
One thing new with this bhandarkar flick is that it does not feature the amazing Manoj Joshi..
Almost seemed like MB’s lucky mascot along with Atul Kulkarni.
Sorry Punit, could not read Khalid’s reviews beyond 4-5 lines(he started review with some comments being made by AK which had nothing to do with movie). As per the general notion, that it is his opinion or so..Review is a profession. I have serious reservations about this kind of review being published in national dailies. The reviewer has to keep in mind the understanding of movies of an average newspaper reader. Unlike those at PFC, the readers of a newspaper have limited exposure to world’s great movies. A reviewer usually watch 30-40 movies in a month unlike average moviegoer. We haven’t yet developed a structure where good movies without popular ingredients can recover their cost. For movie making to work as an industry it has to focus on profitability. Reviews which reach large no. of people should be recommendation from reader’s point of view. It shouldn’t be like .. I want you to watch these movies. To improve the quality of movies.. we have to focus on better functioning of film institutes and other such groups/organizations/workshops etc. I think the standard of movie reviewing in India is worse than the standard of movies being made.
Dissappointing that , thats the second movie with high expectations out of the window this week.
“Sad is life, dearies…” was the best phrase of this review !
i feel that KM thinks the title like ‘jal bin machli’ and ‘rock yawm’ even before the movie is released and thn post his reveiw according to them…these reveiw sonds like he making joke of cinema..although movie mentioned above may be unwatchable but look at the tone of these reveiw…i just read the reveiw of ‘dil bole haddipa’ by Mr.KM and confirmid what is Khalid’s kind of cinema..
I laughed when in Fashion he came in front of the camera and one models says’ Research kar raha hoga realistic film maker jo hain. Realistic? Bullshit! He is one of the most superficial film makers in India. He doesn’t have a capability to see things from other side. He always shows sensational part of reality which is not complete reality. Why he gets appreciation… because of his subjects and rest of the film makers around him make crap films. yes his films seem like film version of India TV.
About Khalid Saab, I respect him as a screen writer. I loved his MAMOO(story,screenplay) directed by Shyam Benegal.
sometimes i wonder how two reviewers can view the same performance so differently. khalid praises manoj’s pertformance while masand rubbishes it. strange.
I’m going to see Jail.
I like watching Madhur Bhandarkar’s films,Entertaining!
I like Niel nitin mukesh too,
and I love Mugdha Godse!
& this review is boring
Good luck Shekhar, Madhur, Neil, Mugdha, Manoj and the entire Madhur’s kind family. Hope to see the family in more colours than pure pessimism next time.
Hope to see and know what we already don’t get in overdose on those flimsy news channels selling sadism.
Harsh but true, Madhur has gone sadist too. Hard, depressing and all-is-lost kind of message won’t do the society any better.
Hopefully, he goes beyond only selling problems and starts selling solutions some day.
Khalid saab,funniest review till date…even better than Singh is kinng review(did I get the spelling right?). Here’s to incredibly honest and side splitting funny reviews!Muah!
Sell anything. But please do not try to hardsell anything more than twice in Bollywood anymore. That simply doesn’t work.
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A decent review Khalid, not letting (launching) any salvo without a reasoning this time, for a change
In sync with what you say, what I’d like to add is that Madhur has gone quite stereotyped to the extent that a big class of cinegoers – me included – concludes by himself/herself about the movie, just going by the title and a glance through promos. Madhur, listening?
The director who established his hallmark identity by “exposing” formula of different facets of our lives, is somehow caught in his own web of formulas. The basic problem with his “realistic” movies is the way he conceptualizes the story — a la a reporter of a news channel under pressure to “break a story” for the next episode of so-called crime shows, even though nothing pathbreaking has happened.
The entire outlook and treatment often tend to be so ludicrous due to overdose of extreme pessimism with stuffed and out-of-place humour. This is not something about a Jail, or a Traffic Signal, Page 3, COrporate or Fashion. But, about his entire genre. The plot is always conceptualized, designed and developed by painting things in black and white. Man, grow up. Nothing in this world comes in either only black or white. Try looking around for shades of gray. Your plots will become more wholistic. More inclusive. More realistic.
Selling pessimism for a very long time like those sundry Hindi News channels who always can be seen predicting the end of the universe on a particular date & time for umpteenth time cannot help. World would believe once, twice, thrice but, not always.
Sell anything. But please do not try to hardsell anything more than twice in Bollywood anymore. That simply doesn’t work.
Every profession, everything in life has a good side to it too. Had it not been so, forget other things, Bollywood would also have just been a fiasco called casting couch. But, it is not. It is into serious business of making films. Good. Bad. And, indifferent films that don’t matter. Your films have mattered. But, please don’t be so cliched, so negative in outlook and, so dipped in your own formula that your films start stopping to matter. The Indian Junta has huge and high hopes from you
Mr. Bhandarkar, listening?
Sell anything. But please do not try to hardsell anything more than twice in Bollywood anymore. That simply doesn’t work
this line is more suitable for mr, KAHLI
“a recent father who wants his kid to say “abba” (not the music group)”
hilarious!
It’s actually funny reading all the comments above.
Guys, a word of advise. You watch a trailer/preview of a movie, you talk to yourself that this movie’s going to be good, or start dreaming about you sitting in a theatre watching the movie. Then one fine Friday the movie is released. Why don’t you go and watch the movie if you really feel like watching it – regardless of what someone else thinks? Why come on the movie sites and read the reviews when you already know that a particular reviewer will dissect the movie real bad. So, you already know that the reviewer will kill the movie on a review-table, and then you blame him. Not fair in my opinion.
It’s all your fault – DO NOT, I reapeat DO NOT read the reviews if you really want to go and watch the movie. It’s all in your hands. Reviewer DO have a right and freedom of speech to air his/her views/opinions about any particular movie, whether you like it or not.
So what, Mr. Khalid didn’t like Kaminay? What matters is whether you liked it not? Please remember this. There are various factors involved in establishing people’s opinions about any particular topic/thing. You might like what someone else didn’t like. Do not base your likeliness or dislike on someone else’s opinion. Yes, researching is the key – ofcourse.
So what, Mr. Khalid didn’t like Kaminay? What matters is whether you liked it not?
it shows his intellectual capacity and shallowness ….
and why is that? just coz you do not agree with his view?
READ the review first then comment
At times I feel people at PFC a bit insensitive. The movie was not that bad.