Review - Guru
I was never disappointed with Mani's movies till I watched Guru. It did not have the "punch" that I had expected.
The movie "inspired" by the rags-to-riches story of Dhirubhai Amabani has junior B playing protagonist Gurubhai who can't take "No" for an answer, Ash playing the role of Gurubhai's wife, Sujata. It has Mithun and Madhavan as the editor and journalist of "The Independent" who try to expose Gurubhai of his nexus with politicians and his illegal business practises. It ends with a court committee "hearing" where Gurubhai is convicted to only 2 out 21 allegations.
I fuckin virtually dragged myself through the movie. The music doen't have the Rehman signature, feels like it was composed half heartedly pciking tunes from old movies like Saathiya and Rand De Basanti. The acting was mediocre though there were some show stealing scenes by junior Bachan. Vidya Balan, a fine actor, wasted on a role that wasn't pivotal in any way in the movie. I wiould have rather watched her as Sujata. Every time I thought the movie was picking up the pace Mani threw in a song to slow it down. Script is weak (strange! as it is Mani Ratnam's movie). Sometimes you feel Mani was in total confusion and tried packing in as much as he could(and as many actors he could) in the three long hours. The worst is the climax when Gurubhai gibbers about India and it's economic failure, the market controlled by rich etc etc. Mani also manages to squeeze the funeral of Vidya Balan (what the fuck is her role in the movie????? total waste) just before the climax.
Such a movie from a director of movies like Kanathi Mutha Mithal, Bombay, Yuva and many more great movies is disappointing. But I sure will watch his next movie just hoping he will weave his magic the next time.
The movie "inspired" by the rags-to-riches story of Dhirubhai Amabani has junior B playing protagonist Gurubhai who can't take "No" for an answer, Ash playing the role of Gurubhai's wife, Sujata. It has Mithun and Madhavan as the editor and journalist of "The Independent" who try to expose Gurubhai of his nexus with politicians and his illegal business practises. It ends with a court committee "hearing" where Gurubhai is convicted to only 2 out 21 allegations.
I fuckin virtually dragged myself through the movie. The music doen't have the Rehman signature, feels like it was composed half heartedly pciking tunes from old movies like Saathiya and Rand De Basanti. The acting was mediocre though there were some show stealing scenes by junior Bachan. Vidya Balan, a fine actor, wasted on a role that wasn't pivotal in any way in the movie. I wiould have rather watched her as Sujata. Every time I thought the movie was picking up the pace Mani threw in a song to slow it down. Script is weak (strange! as it is Mani Ratnam's movie). Sometimes you feel Mani was in total confusion and tried packing in as much as he could(and as many actors he could) in the three long hours. The worst is the climax when Gurubhai gibbers about India and it's economic failure, the market controlled by rich etc etc. Mani also manages to squeeze the funeral of Vidya Balan (what the fuck is her role in the movie????? total waste) just before the climax.
Such a movie from a director of movies like Kanathi Mutha Mithal, Bombay, Yuva and many more great movies is disappointing. But I sure will watch his next movie just hoping he will weave his magic the next time.
posted by Siva at 8:34 PM
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