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No Smoking (2007)
a tribute to abstract cinema
after the devastating black Friday, director Anurag Kashyap is back with yet another film, this time roughly based on a Stephen king novel quitters inc. no smoking is a film which is not meant for everyone, in fact the number of people who will find this movie engaging is very few and far between. the central character of the film "K" is addicted to smoking which becomes the worrying point for his wife Anjali who threatens him that she would think of divorce if he doesn't think of leaving smoking. helpless he decides to go into a rehabilitation center, who's process of making smokers quit is a bit unconventional to say the least. what happens after that should not be revealed. the movie has some brilliant visual effects, excellent cinematography and strong direction for most of the part. john Abraham pulls of a difficult role pretty well though he has a long way to go before he can boast of his acting skills. there are flaws in the film and for which it would fail to get an audience in most places, the director of the film takes it's audience for granted, he is so busy in showing off his genius that he forgets about the people for whom he is making this movie. the result is the bizarre puzzling ending. in all this film is one that avoids traditional Bollywood clichés and is fresh in its story,look and treatment. Just on final word of advise for the director, at the time when Indian new wave cinema is again starting to grow, lets all just not make different movies but lets all make good movies.
Chak De! India (2007)
fails to make you say CHAK DE....
exactly a year after the release of his last film king khan brings to us his latest "blockbuster" chak de India
chak de India is one of the most clichéd sports films i have ever seen. even a five year old kid can guess most of the story within the beginning five minutes of the film. the screenplay is as bad as it can get , and is quite boring for a sports film. this accompanied by very ordinary camera work and equally predictable direction produces what is ideally a 3 hour long snore fest. the music of the film is just about passable with salim sulaiman failing to produce an apt back ground score. the film is so predictable that it fails to generate any kind of excitement among the so called multiplex viewers. the performances of the players are very good and are amongst the only few things worth looking out for in this movie. sharukh khan does well in his role of the coach of the Indian womens hockey team though his performance leaves a lot to be desired. all in all chak de India is clichéd film with a few nice moments which you would find entertaining if you are a fan of the yashraj banner and their type of films. but if you are a serious and matured film enthusiast like me you would do better to keep of this film.