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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Dus Sar Waala


It gives a different feel to see a movie on the first day, the first show… no reviews…just fresh out of the stove and ready to be devoured…
Despite very late booking, I considered myself lucky to have got tickets for Ravan today…
Mani Ratnam movie and a grand London premiere…my fav AB Jr…..i was more than set to watch the movie…
The movie is based on Ramayana… of ravan kidnapping rama’s wife…
ravan is shown in a kind light… perhaps reinforcing the Dravidan concept that ravan was a good guy.
Restrained performances from the otherwise loud actors ravi kissen and govinda come as a pleasant surprise..
Vikram’s role tho not of much length, he made his presence felt…esp praiseworthy was his hard work in dubbing his own lines in Hindi…a imperceptible accent here and there but a HUGE achievement for a person who didn’t know a word of hindi…
AB seemed to replicate his Yuva image…but yes, being at the right age (33) and being tall…he uses his physique to make a powerful statement.
Cinematography by Santosh Sivan is commendable.
Aishwarya is reduced to a screeching, shrieking presence.
Humor…lightly sprinkled in this otherwise dark story also helps bring the much needed relief to this convoluted story line.
Strokes of Mani Ratnam brilliance where AB runs his hand over Aishwarya w/o touching her…just 2 inches away from her skin…very sensuously picturised…
The concept and the climax were great but the movie pulls you down with its erratic narration and meandering script...a wonderful concept gone horribly wrong in execution…
I would give it a 3 on 10…the 3 perhaps because of my bias to AB jr.

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