Maqbool
(4/5) Revisited this tour-de-force after years, and was left stunned again- its visceral emotional power makes even Bhardwaj’s brilliant Omkara pale in comparison.
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saw it only recently…was completely spell bounded…and yeah this one’s more gripping than Omkara……
Irrfan shooting Pankaj and Tabu staring from the bed-side scene is etched in mind like nothing else.
Really really good film. Acting. Story. Direction. Music.
Not come across someone who not only directs films but also composes great music. Very unique VB is…
Vishal saab is a born genius. No training in filmmaking whatsoever, and he turns out stuff like this that others don’t manage after years of training. What direction, what visuals, what dialogue and yes, what music! And might I also add, what consistency- Makdee, Maqbool, Blue Umbrella and Omkara! This man seems unable to do any wrong.
@Jahan,
Marketing.
It was seen in case of Maqbool which he directed and No Smoking which he Co-produced. He was unable to do marketing right. will not say he did it wrong but it was not right either.
@Jahan – Aptly said..
@Rk – Seriously you mean that. NS wasnt a film that would have been a hit if the marketing strategies used are “right” so as to say. It simply isn’t a film for the masses.
Such stuff will work for films like JTYJN. And have to infact…
and I guess he smokes a lot as effect of cough is obvious in his singing So here he can do wrong.:)
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@ Arthi V,
Thats a post material. Some other time in an elaborative manner.
@ arthi
VB reminds me much of Gulzar.
i thing what both of them have in common is the great understanding of Human emotions. i remember in one of the writing workshops of Gulzar, he asked us to pen down a line abt what a husband will say to his wife, when she is about to sign the divorce papers, where as the husband, does not want to give a divorce.
After listening to everyone, Gulzar came up with a line
” Mat Kheecho Lakeere in Kaagzo Par, NaaHi Inse Rishtey Tootte Hain, Aur naahi Tum koi Naya AAKAR bana Paogi”
That i find was sheer genuis of that guy.
Many dialogues and character nuances in Omkara and Maqbool have the same depth
@Rk: I meant creative/ filmmaking wise, not in stuff like marketing, kabbadi, marathon race etc :P ;)
I love his singing… I don’t think its because of smoking-he has a lovely earthy voice, love all songs sung by him.
And what a down to earth and humble man- it was a pleasure meeting him two years back… I can never forget that…
@Jahan,
Dil pe mat lo jokes hain.
I have been listening him since long.
So true Shreyansh. That speaks in their films so clearly.
The line that Gulzar just came up with is superb.
It reminds me of a scene from Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film Mouna Ragam where Revathi wants a divorce and her husband Murali doesnt. Its enacted differently but is quite touching too. It just came to my head now..
Not counting the brilliant pieces like Maqbool and Omkara where he has the advantage of expanse , his real abridged genius is there for us to see in Blood Brothers. This was quite easily THE best of the AIDS-Jaago bouquet in its screenplay, characterization, technique, performances, Dr.Bhootnath FRCS, AND Guillermo Navarro. Anybody who makes an Omkara for his third and Maqbool for his first WITH that kind of soundtrack has to be a genius.
Wonder where those directorial flashes and talent come from where you’d expect him to be in recording rooms doing music for most of the time!
May be he dealt with Organic Chemistry in his past life! May be a professor!
How many directors in India can convert a halted rail engine drenched in rain, into an almost fearsome character by itself conveying in its stillness all the impending danger, and crime by the dark night?! The headlight blazing, the drama on the tracks, woooooooooooooooo!
and
he is the guy who makes “O papadwaale panga na le, tappad padega panga na le, ungli dhabake angutha banalungi cham cham”
Oh yes, blood brothers was superb- it conveyed the message while maintaining a thoroughly engaging narrative and yes, beautifully shot by mr. navarro…
@ atrhi
what’s the line, would love to listen to it too….
actually that a handicap for us who dont understand Tamil, we miss many MR’s classice….my friend recommended me
” Anbesivam” starring Kamal Hussan and madhavan…
@ santosh
haven’t heard abt blood brother, what was the plot
@ arthi
In Mounaragam, it was Mohan not Murali. Revathi and Murali appeared in Maniratnam’s first Tamil movie Pagal Nilavu.
@ shreyansh
Do watch Anbe Sivam, one of the best Tamil flicks i seen in recent times.
VB is a true auteur. A person who is truly passionate about whatever he does, be it movie making or music. Apart from the songs of Maachis, the BGM for that movie is absolutely mind blowing too. Maqbool is a classic out and out, first rate performances by Pankaj kapoor, Irfaan Khan and Tabu.
Thanks Ratnakar. It is indeed Murali in Mouna Ragam.
@ Shreyash – The dialogue is usual. Its the whole enactment of the scene. I hope I’m not killing the scene by trying to describe it here:
Murali (the tamil actor) comes home from off with the divorce papers, keeps them on a table and on those keeps a pair of anklets to one side and a pen on the other. He indicates towards the anklets and says ‘This is what I want’ and towards the pen ‘This is what you want’ and leaves.
Revathi sitting there for a few moments staring at the table, slowly bends forward and takes the pen.
Very well shot. For me, Mani Ratnam’s gems are these old Tamil films of his and not the newer ones.
Anbe Sivam – Yes.! Last scene…Well, just to be seen . KL is too good…
Shreyansh,
I would rather you watch it for yourself. Here is the link where you can watch a high-quality version and it is official, legal and free.
http://www.jaman.com/movie/Blood-Brothers/0HsYuptHveNs/
high-quality is the key here! watch out for scenes that depict the blood tests, the background score, Pankaj Kapur.
@ Arthi: For me after Mouna raagam and Nayakan, Mani’s best work is Iruvar. It was a masterpiece. The performances by Mohanlal and Prakash Raj are just so natural.
@ Santosh Kumar T K – Agree completely!
@ arthi- wish i can see and understand the movies u mentioned…..but i wont understand a word, but the direction and the screenplay surely sound really mature, from what u mentioned
@santosh – thanks a ton, will surely watch it, once m free from the number crunching im doing rite now!!!!
guys, this conversations reminds me so much of what i wnt through while watching ROCK ON, i really hope some years down the line, i start making films!!!!
ALAS, Hazaroon khwaishaien aisi……
Arthi,
thanks! but with what?
@ shreyansh- try getting DVD’s with sub titles. I myself dont understand Tamil well, but can make out some of the words.
Subtitles Shreyansh. At times these dont do justice to the original but still its much much better than dubbed versions anyday…
Santosh – @ Jaman, @ the backgrnd score, @ PK’s performance in the film.
@ ratnakar & arthi
subtitles dont do justice, as u rightly said.
sometimes the most prominent part of a dialogue is the PAUSE, which is totally missed in subtitles.
and have had some horrible experience seeing dubbed movies
Dubbing works, only when there is some kind of similiarites between the 2 languages.
For instance, i saw many Tamil, Kannada, Mallu movies dubbed into Telugu, but did not feel it really odd. That is because most of these languages have some similiarities, and its easy to dub. But dubbing South movies into Hindi or vice versa does not work.
The first time i saw Satya was in a Telugu dubbed version, and trust me, half of the impact went because of the dubbing, because the movie would not be what it was, without those Mumbaiyya lingo dialogues.
The same way i can’t contemplate watching a Telugu dubbed version of Omkara, because half of that impact in the dialogues would be lost.
On the other hand, when i saw Thevar Magan, in its Telugu dubbed version, it was impactful, for me, because the rural atmosphere in both TN and AP, is similiar.
Also apart from the language, the cultural factor also counts. For eg in the South, marriage among cousins is quite common, while it is a big taboo in the North. So how would you try to get over that kind of hurdle, when you are dubbing.
exactly, i remember listening to the rant of a wanna-be director, a line in his movie went ” i want to take you to bed”. Imagine his horrors when the CB asked him to dub the line in Hindi.
” main tumhare saath humbistar hona chahtahoon!!!”
LOL
I wonder what these guys will do if they try dubbing Quentin Tarantino’s movies into Hindi?
Ratnakar, the UTV DVD of Pulp Fiction has Hindi subtitles as an option- they are hilarious indeed, though they have actually done as good a job as is possible with those dialogues…
imagine the sub titles of movies like:-
1) 9.5 weeks
2) Departed
3) Wall E (whatever lil it had)
No doubt about it..
Maqbool is much superior than Omkara. Great films are remembered for their memorable characaters. Alas, Langda Tyagi tried but he could not be a patch on Abbaji.