tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325275242444085904.post6739061552099293771..comments2023-10-12T19:07:58.193+05:30Comments on I IS SOMEONE ELSE: Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai diaries)Aashuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903987800218010521noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325275242444085904.post-31755841872357056222012-05-22T00:10:27.219+05:302012-05-22T00:10:27.219+05:30You know, I still haven't seen this movie yet ...You know, I still haven't seen this movie yet but I ought to take some time off to watch it.Shalu Sharmahttp://www.youbihar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325275242444085904.post-34645877742235815672011-01-27T15:13:30.475+05:302011-01-27T15:13:30.475+05:30I thought the film was wonderful, in fact one of t...I thought the film was wonderful, in fact one of the best I have seen in recent years.<br /><br />About the lack of story, a piece of music doesn't tell you any story yet it still affects your moods and emotions. This film contains many such individual pieces strung together. About not knowing what to feel, I can't say about others but it did communicate to me the feeling of "not desperate but quiet" sort of sadness and loneliness, harshness of life in a big city and yet how life in all its banalities goes on... And of course as you also notice, the film is beautifully shot. The street scenes, slums, ordinary life in mumbai every image has this power which can only come from the feeling of authenticity. This again makes you realise how annoying unreal and false the settings of most bollywood films are. <br /><br />Personally, I thought Yasmin's section was quite powerful and affecting, the way her videos and narration capture the ordinary poetry of everyday life was just amazing. <br /><br />I did think there were a few false notes in the film... Munna's affair with the rich woman for example, or the way Aamir Khan plays arun felt very self-conscious to me... like trying too hard to act all brooding and stuff. And a true loner never says "I'm a loner" :) But overall i think the film holds up very well.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325275242444085904.post-6184115431115626082011-01-27T14:28:29.741+05:302011-01-27T14:28:29.741+05:30Everyone knew that a film from the Aamir Khan genr...Everyone knew that a film from the Aamir Khan genre is not going to dole out the usual run of the mill stuff...people like me find this factor irresistible...why is it what it is...we need not torture our grey cells...but what it is ...is a delight...refreshingly refreshing...a series of events and developments you can completely relate to...human failings, desires so real that leave you doumbfounded...I mean how was Kiran so blase about it? And the secret of the movie's charm lies therein..no subtle innuendoes but a bare statement of fact...precice, no pretensions...take it or leave it.Hats off to the lady to dare to be different...Arundhati Malliknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325275242444085904.post-17176946203756028052011-01-26T08:08:52.309+05:302011-01-26T08:08:52.309+05:30hmmm...even i could'nt decide what it was...bu...hmmm...even i could'nt decide what it was...but nevertheless i have only one grudge against the movie....acc to me it was nothing diff or new,neither a very wonderful piece....such short pieces have been created before(referred as 'telefilms' in doordarshan)....in a similar form ...only diff is ...'they did'nt have aamir khan tag and were released not in a film festival but on doordashan'.....so this film is good but not diff...as is being reffered to by many...nidhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07083275883078406468noreply@blogger.com