Shaurya : A few idiotic men
Perhaps it is the destiny of writer director Samaar Khan, to make a movie that by sheer coincidence turned out to be just like something called ‘A few good men’. Perhaps it was a mere coincidence that Samaar Khan, (who I am informed), is a former movie critic. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that so far ALL movie reviewers trying their hand at film-making have immensely helped in redefining the term ‘shit‘. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that whenever Rahul Bose opens his mouth (in the movie) you run to throw up in the bathroom (in the movie theater).
Perhaps it is mere coincidence that Javed Jaffrey looks more gay in crop cut hair and tight army uniforms than those fancy dress competitors at San Francisco’s gay parade. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that Kay Kay Menon is by some terrible terrible terrible mistake, in the acting profession, perhaps he had applied for a bank accountant position and suddenly one fine day when he woke up, he had Mr. Samaar Khan sitting by his bedside, offering him a job of a “Brigadier” in the Indian army. Perhaps it is a coincidence that every flow, delivery and expression of Kay Kay in the climax (the best albiet a word to word copy of ‘A few good men’) reminds you of Kay Kay’s penultimate scene in Sarkar. Perhaps it is a coincidence that Kay Kay has stopped acting and stretching his creative capabilities, instead using 6 patented template expressions for every scene, performance, film since his last few films.
Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that a four shop mini mall at God knows where can be turned into Srinagar Airport, simply by changing the name plate from “Mini Mall” to “Srinagar Airport”. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that Mr. Samaar Khan thought that, that Mini Mall now does look like an airport on camera, and actually shot the stupidity. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that that stupidity is repeated every 10 minutes throughout the movie. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that a Brigadier has no orderlies to serve him and his guest, alcohol… scotch to be precise.
Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that Deepak Dobriyal and Jhaanwi Talwar were the only two shining actors in a film full of idiots (Kay Kay’s performance included). Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that after watching Rahul Bose “act”, I’m changing my name to Marlon Brando. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that there were some excellent crisp dialogues in the screenplay that turned into a 10 day old soggy samosa whenever Kay Kay and Rahul opened their trap to speak those excellent on paper words.
Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that even an inspired, copied disaster like ‘Shaurya’ raised two key issues – the ever growing shooting of army officers by their juniors and the never before mentioned atrocities that ‘may’ exist of the Indian army on the big screen. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that the movie ended before the two issues could have been sharply focussed upon.
Perhaps it is a mere coincidence that I have a sharp headache after watching the movie, in spite of knowing that it may be a copy of ‘A few good men’.
Lastly, it is no coincidence that you stood up and clapped for the movie’s star performer Deepak Dobriyal. Having mastered the arithmetic of acting, Dobriyal’s portrayal of Captain Javed Khan, is nothing short of a wounded lion who roars through his eyes.
D Plus. A 6 pack of aspirin is a compulsory requirement in order to view this one.
Tags: a few good men, deepak dobriyal, kay kay, Samaar Khan
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
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Hansal Mehta
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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
oooppsss
film is sooooooo bad ???
acting is baaad nd only dipakkk dobriall is gud…
so shd i save money of aspirin also????
y 2 waste money :d
Not that I expected too much out of the film, but expected a decent film, perhaps because of the reviews i was getting, but alas, i want to jump off the cliff, after watching it or perhaps curse myself.
When i read the movie outline somewhere i thought its a copy of Chanwook Park’s amazing “JOINT SECURITY AREA”… well A few good men or JSA.. saale sudhrenge nahi…
ha ha ha ha… OZ you are so hilarious… just curiosity, were you drunk when you went to see the film??? lol….
hahahahahahahahah OMG am clutching my stomach hard…..”Perhaps it is mere coincidence that Javed Jaffrey looks more gay in crop cut hair and tight army uniforms than those fancy dress competitors at San Francisco
What has happened to Kay Kay? Why did he accept such an idiotic movie?
kay did a bad job….:-? can’t digest it..
i mean kay kay
this review is too harsh
kaykay menon is just too good.
the 3 scenes of his are amazing.
somebody please give me his email id.
i dont care if the movie is a copy of some english movie but the movie is pretty watchable.
am now waiting for the dvd to come out
i dont think kay kay menon is bad in any movie
It’s samar, nor samaar…or it is deliberate:-? ?
Sumthng’s really wrong with Kay Kay. Nothing much is coming up from him. At this rate he will be lost.
C’mon Captain. Buck up
“Perhaps it is a coincidence that Kay Kay has stopped acting and stretching his creative capabilities, instead using 6 patented template expressions for every scene, performance, film since his last few films.” – cudnt agree with you more. Mannerism is catching him up.
kay kay is good
http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/review.php?id=14637792&ctid=5&cid=2425
Sonia Chopra
fan of the Tom-Cruise-Demi Moore- Jack Nicholson starrer A Few Good Men will face crashing disappointment on seeing Shaurya. Yup, it
Is this Samar Khan the same guy who used to present a weekly review show on Star some years back?
To all those who have watched his show…. his sensibility should not come as a surprise
lol I guess I am still gonna watch it. Kay Kay ki khaatir :D
Didn’t even mention Minisha Lamba? Perhaps a mere Coincidence.
Raja sen (rediff)asked a very valid question
in his review
“In the end, however, Samar Khan has this to answer: what does it mean for a film called Shaurya, a film about true valour and the human spirit and a moral code, turning out to be yet another rip-off? ”
http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/apr/04shaurya.htm
OZ …me thinks u r little too harsh on Kay Kay.
But agree that he’s stopped being creative .
he’s capable of lot more.
Wish he finds out soon what a big repository of ‘templates’ he is.
Samar Khan had joined NDA to get into the Army but quit midway. Then I think he joined Star News. Now he is making movies. I was told this by a guy who is from NDA.
awardddds or moneeey or both = actorsss wish..
kay kay doesnt get awards @good performance….
so second cumes moneeeey nd it cumes thru duing big bannerssss filmssss
whu caressss there its orig or copy:-?
@Krishn, becaussss he can take moneyssssss and ssssstilllll act goodisssss
Please guys, lets drop the ssssss shit here.. it was bad enough in that shitty film… and I got a close buddy going it (and he’s older and sensitive so I can’t just yell “shut up dude!” at him… I think he might read this though… so that might help…)
=21…
:d hahaha
this he can do:)
nd read he is mba so he knows all….
performance… cost.. profit.. image building..when n where 2 act… future planning…
he reserves his best for sum films only.. nd gives av. 2 rest..
:o I think you guys are a little to harsh on the movie…I watched the movie last night and was pretty impressed with it.. Not sure how many of you have watched it…, but I guess whats happening here is what we call as “heard mentality”…. people are voicing their opinions on something that they have’nt seen… which is quite unfair… I agree the performance of some of the actors is not what is expected out of them… but whats particularly appealing is the subject that this movie broached.. I recommend you all should watch it ateast once….
brothers and cuntry men please don’t accuse KK… he must have got his price and he must have did just what the director must have told him… Not his fault at the end of the day… after all he too needs to keep himself busy…
ooops… so sorry, i genuinely meant country men…
i was planning to see the film par lagta hai ki apne paise bach gaye
This review is really bullshit similarl to what the reviewer has claimed regarding the film:) Kay Kay was brilliant in those three scenes that was given to him and roared to make viewers bite there nails with his dialog delivery. Rahul bose is awesome and just the way he has expressed with his eyes when he was scolded by his senior is worth a praise. I do not give a damn if it is a copy of any english movie as long as the final product is good, and this one is much better than just a simple good. I in fact brought the cd of few good men after watching Shaurya. I would definitely agree that few good men is a great film but that does not undermine the efforts by the director, writer and actors of Shaurya who have turned up shaurya almost equally good.
- Sourav, “Kay Kay was brilliant in those three scenes”
Q to you: Have you seen a Brigadier talk so fast with such a weak body language in real life? For that matter have you ever met a Brigadier in real life to know what gross mis calculation Kay Kay has made (except of course in the last last scene?)
Your shit doesn’t hold here.
@OZ:
i haven’t seen a few idiotic men.. but to be frank all of us , who , went to watch the movie , really loved it.
I believe its a good movie to watch out !!.
Yaar..Oz…iss baar thoda harsh ho gaye tum..agreed that it was a rip off..agreed Kay Kay was playing to the gallery..but so did many actors including many venerated ones – Sanjeev K, AB, KamalH, Uttam K, Jack N, Al P, Marlon B, George C and so many more..C’mon..that’s not fair yaar..we see so much tripe most of the while..that a half way good one is also an Oasis for the parched ones!
Perhaps it is a coincidence that I also saw Bhram and then sat down to write this and perhaps it is a coincidence that I also saw “One Two Three” before I responded to your scathing take!!
Kay Kay Menon was good in the movie.
Every actor, gifted or not gifted, has only got one face. He can’t invent a new face for every movie. With that face, comes a set of expressions, and those will be there whenever you see him. It can’t be helped.
What perhaps is happening here is that people got bowled over by the novelty value of this fantastic actor but now, after a few years, the novelty is beginning to wear off. Same thing is happening with Irfan, Konkona, Ranvir et al. The novelty is wearing off. It always does, with everything. What remains is the actor, and his set of expressions.
So be kind to the actor. Accept his face, mannerisms, expressions, and then see if he helps you feel for the character. If he does, great. If he does not, better luck next time.
PS: The dig on Javed Jaffrey was in bad taste.
Never witnessed such an annihilation before… duly stamped with the Oz mark
Shaurya, my most successful film: Rahul Bose
“Everybody after seeing Shaurya is full of praise for Kay Kay…and rightly so. But it’s only now that I’ve started getting phone calls for the credible sane element that I represent,” Rahul told ….
http://tinyurl.com/5dvbbp
Most of the people who claim to have spilled their guts while/after watching the movie. The fact that you give that ‘inspiration from a few good men’ makes your expulsion muscles contract, here’s a phrase for y’all – STOP KISSING WHITE ASS YOU DIMWITS.
The movie’s story is inspired – true. The movie does present a communal side to things so it’s not a true copy – true. But aside from that the movie presents a very good character development. The dialogue in the movie is quite simply beautiful in a number of scenes. The plot is good and direction superb. Most of all Rahul Bose and Kay Kay Menon are, especial KK, present work that is simply unparallaled in an army theme movie (except Nana in Prahar)
@OZ – Mate, you are neither an actor nor doe you come across as anyone who may have ever enjoyed a movie. I’m sure your miserable self leads you to find the flaws like “Have you ever seen any brigadier talk that fast?”. I must admit that is THE MOST LAME crticism I have ever heard. It’s a pleasure not to know you, I am lucky to be not in the of these “few idiotic men”