Sorry to disappoint
you, my ardent readers. Not a restaurant review this time, but a movie review!
(Didn’t I tell
you, I am on diet! :P )
After a long
long time, I got the chance to watch a Bollywood movie, which overwhelmed my
aesthetic senses to such an extent that I wanted to pack my bags and go to
Kashmir for a trip. Yes, yes, I know what arguments you will come up with, its
just snow and beautiful Chinaar leaves, plenty of which we get to experience in
US. America, a place where even the road side bushes have beautiful leaves and
you get to see roses in the wild. But its actually the whole treatment of the
movie, Fitoor. Not just the scenic ambience of the beautiful locales.
The
characterization of Begum (played by the oh-so-talented Tabu), Firdaus (played
by the mesmerizingly beautiful Katrina) and the Pakistani fiancé (forgot his
name). The movie had couple of small but pivotal roles played by extremely
talented actors namely Talat Aziz, Lara Dutta and few others. For a change, we
saw every actor pronouncing urdu words correctly. Khhhh and not kaa…The
filmmaker has gone to extremely lengths to get every nuance right. The only
other actor who I feel could have done a better job than Tabu is probably
Rekha. (Grape vine says she declined the role earlier). Tabu’s character has
various shades of grey depicting a wilful but slightly eccentric Kashmir
heiress who loves to control the lives of people around her, including her
adopted daughter Firdaus. Katrina in the role of Firdaus has done a commendable
job, must say. She portrays the continuous tussle between her heart and mind in
a heart wrenching manner. Forced by her mother to get married to a political
czar so that the societal status of the family will be enhanced, she does the
ultimate mistake of falling in love with the poor artist Noor. And thereby lies
the crux of the story. Siddharth has done a good job too, but I still feel his
character could have been better played by many others in the industry. Say
Farhan or Ranbir etc. All those bare torso scenes of him, creating paintings
might win him few female fans, but I could not find the pain in his eyes in
critical scenes where it was required. Not everyone can be a Salman ;) who can
carry a film on the basis of just his charm. Anyways, I don’t want to sound
critical, so I would give this film a 4 on a scale of 5. Acting – Good, story
line - bit confusing. I had to read the
story on net after watching the movie to actually understand whose child
Firdaus was! Music – Average. Pashmina song was rather good though.
And yeah, I left
the hall with a yearn in my heart to visit Kashmir on day…Another one added to
my bucket list.
(Read somewhere
that the red hair color of Katrina made the director poorer by 50 lacs. What
the heck!)
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