What a movie.
Wow I went in with high expectations, although I fully expected to be disappointed.
I wasn't.
Mr Palekar has produced a beautifully thought out, well crafted movie, in which he has pulled performances of extremely high standards from all the cast.
The only slow point first-- Juhi's story was wasted with a hurried ending that left us unsatisfied-- other than flashbacks, we had no interaction between Juhi and Suniel Shetty. But throughout the movie-- Juhi spoke with her eyes! The rest of the film-- what an achievement.
SRK and Rani Mukerjee-- what a couple, they have almost the same level of chemistry as SRK and Kajol.
Rani looked gorgeous, dressed in styles which suited her, and I (a female myself) could understand why a ghost would fall in love with her after one look.
SRK looked wonderful, managing to convey the differences between the two characters he portrayed with body language alone. The main thing-- NO GIMMICKY ACTING.
All the other character actors were pitch perfect.
AS to the story, the romance of it all left me heartbroken, for in every love triangle there must be one loser. And indeed this was a love triangle, as, in SRK's portrayal of the distant husband, you saw the love and need for his wife.
Could there have been anything more heartbreaking that the thought that this poor man is alone with his dreams for 4 years, while his wife and her lover are happy and content, basking in family approval, at the same time.
I applaud the film makers for not turning the husband into a Hindi film staple-- the evil husband who we all love to hate. Instead, we empathised with him, and sympathised with him.
But in the end, this movie won the day with it's simplicity-- no violence, no jhatkas, just good old fashioned story telling.....
it's not a film for everyone, indeed as we were leaving the cinema, some people behind us were heard to say "what a boring movie". Don't watch it if you're expecting another "Main hoon na".
Watch it if you love movies that involve you rather than batter the senses.
Wow I went in with high expectations, although I fully expected to be disappointed.
I wasn't.
Mr Palekar has produced a beautifully thought out, well crafted movie, in which he has pulled performances of extremely high standards from all the cast.
The only slow point first-- Juhi's story was wasted with a hurried ending that left us unsatisfied-- other than flashbacks, we had no interaction between Juhi and Suniel Shetty. But throughout the movie-- Juhi spoke with her eyes! The rest of the film-- what an achievement.
SRK and Rani Mukerjee-- what a couple, they have almost the same level of chemistry as SRK and Kajol.
Rani looked gorgeous, dressed in styles which suited her, and I (a female myself) could understand why a ghost would fall in love with her after one look.
SRK looked wonderful, managing to convey the differences between the two characters he portrayed with body language alone. The main thing-- NO GIMMICKY ACTING.
All the other character actors were pitch perfect.
AS to the story, the romance of it all left me heartbroken, for in every love triangle there must be one loser. And indeed this was a love triangle, as, in SRK's portrayal of the distant husband, you saw the love and need for his wife.
Could there have been anything more heartbreaking that the thought that this poor man is alone with his dreams for 4 years, while his wife and her lover are happy and content, basking in family approval, at the same time.
I applaud the film makers for not turning the husband into a Hindi film staple-- the evil husband who we all love to hate. Instead, we empathised with him, and sympathised with him.
But in the end, this movie won the day with it's simplicity-- no violence, no jhatkas, just good old fashioned story telling.....
it's not a film for everyone, indeed as we were leaving the cinema, some people behind us were heard to say "what a boring movie". Don't watch it if you're expecting another "Main hoon na".
Watch it if you love movies that involve you rather than batter the senses.