Just saw KANK and was blown away by the sensitive portrayal of love and betrayal in marriage. Why did I like this movie? First of all, I believe movies are here to entertain us, not to provide us with lessons in life. Having said that, does this movie tell us it is okay to go out and cheat on your spouse? I don't think so. If there is a lesson one can learn it is to not tie the knot for the wrong reasons, to hold out for that one person who could be your soul mate.
This was not the usual Karan Johar fare, but it was also much hyped to not be, so why are we disappointed that this is not another mushy romance? Thank God there is no boy meets girl and romances her, falls in love, marries her, the usual Karwa Chauth, the contrived ups and downs. This story seems very real, the characters are caught in inexplicable situations as is usual in life, they are flawed, they appealed to me as people I see around me every day.
This movie was beautiful in its look and locales, the maturity of plot and character development took this several steps beyond KKHH, K3G and even Kal Ho Naa Ho (which I liked very much except for the excruciating SRK heart problem line).
KJ is to be applauded for several things - The comedy (and there were a lot of laughs) came from deft writing and situations, not hammy comedians The sensitive, tasteful portrayal of marriage and infidelity The music was exquisite in Mitwa and the title number, catchy in the dance numbers The acting - SRK gave a smoldering performance, channeling both his bad boy image (Darr, Baazigar etc.) and his diffident romantic hero (DDLJ). A few scenes are esp noteworthy, his declaration at the dinner table that he loves Maya, him looking at Rani and Abhishek at the ballet, his reaction to Preity telling him she wears the pants in the house. He was very mature and restrained and back in the acting groove again. Rani was good most of the time, but did tend to weep a lot in a wooden way. Priety was very deft in her role and will no longer be type cast as the bubbly type. Abhishek has never been a great favorite of mine - I find him too wooden, but he did channel the big B in his angry young man moment when he was trashing the apartment. The big B was very funny but will probably offend many who want to learn from the movies. Just be entertained yaar! I really did like this movie - for all its length I sat there mesmerized by these characters and their flawed troubled lives.
Mr. Johar please do not go back to the romantic comedies with the Karwa Chauths and estranged parents or siblings, please continue to give us bold cinema that is still very tasteful and entertaining.
This was not the usual Karan Johar fare, but it was also much hyped to not be, so why are we disappointed that this is not another mushy romance? Thank God there is no boy meets girl and romances her, falls in love, marries her, the usual Karwa Chauth, the contrived ups and downs. This story seems very real, the characters are caught in inexplicable situations as is usual in life, they are flawed, they appealed to me as people I see around me every day.
This movie was beautiful in its look and locales, the maturity of plot and character development took this several steps beyond KKHH, K3G and even Kal Ho Naa Ho (which I liked very much except for the excruciating SRK heart problem line).
KJ is to be applauded for several things - The comedy (and there were a lot of laughs) came from deft writing and situations, not hammy comedians The sensitive, tasteful portrayal of marriage and infidelity The music was exquisite in Mitwa and the title number, catchy in the dance numbers The acting - SRK gave a smoldering performance, channeling both his bad boy image (Darr, Baazigar etc.) and his diffident romantic hero (DDLJ). A few scenes are esp noteworthy, his declaration at the dinner table that he loves Maya, him looking at Rani and Abhishek at the ballet, his reaction to Preity telling him she wears the pants in the house. He was very mature and restrained and back in the acting groove again. Rani was good most of the time, but did tend to weep a lot in a wooden way. Priety was very deft in her role and will no longer be type cast as the bubbly type. Abhishek has never been a great favorite of mine - I find him too wooden, but he did channel the big B in his angry young man moment when he was trashing the apartment. The big B was very funny but will probably offend many who want to learn from the movies. Just be entertained yaar! I really did like this movie - for all its length I sat there mesmerized by these characters and their flawed troubled lives.
Mr. Johar please do not go back to the romantic comedies with the Karwa Chauths and estranged parents or siblings, please continue to give us bold cinema that is still very tasteful and entertaining.