First of all, i deserve a kick for not watching this movie much earlier, while at the same time ensuring i watched mindless crap lik Rab Ne, Race, Tashan within hours of release...Now, lets get to the point...
Mumbai Meri Jaan is sensible, sensitive, thought-provoking, subtle and responsible cinema... (Note how frequently the word 'subtle' has been used recently! hindi cinema IS changing after all!!)...the story is good, the characterizations are brilliant, the portrayals are almost-perfect, and most importantly, the direction is extremely apt and competent...thr r several moments in the story which touch u, move u, choke u, blast u away with thr simplicity and impact! i for one, cudnt hold back my tears at multiple points in this journey, notably KK's realization, Madhavan's visit to the hospital, Paresh Rawal's last scene and Irrfan Khan's redemption...Technically brilliant, the movie has its heart in the right place...and manages to put our hearts in the right places too...
Each and every actor deserves a standing applause for not just doing this film, but doing more thn full justice to it...one of the best ensemble casts ever! The end is so fitting and moving, tears refused to stop rolling down my cheeks whn Rafi's timeless rendition of 'Aye Dil Hai Mushkil Jeena Yahan...Zara Hatke Zara Bachke...Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan' began...
Truly the city rocks...and Mumbaikars rock the most! A fitting tribute to thr spirit! (and by spirit, i dont mean the gutless indifference tht the media keeps blabbering abt...i mean the real 'spirit'...watch the movie and u'll kno wt i mean :) )
P.S. : You can check out the official movie site here...creative!!P.S. : If u read this post before sunday noon and if u hvnt seen the movie, u hv a golden chance to watch it on zee cinema sunday 12 noon....enjoy :)
5 comments:
U may as well go on to say that you haven't seen AAMIR too.. :P
As for the Indian Cinema coming to age is a subtle term. I say its transforming.
For the good or the bad only time shall tell.
Well written and well said!!!
The movie truly depicts the 'spirit' of Mumbaikars...
But another viewpoint would be: for how long will we keep raving about the 'spirit'??? Isn't it time to get up and act???
Nonetheless, nice blog there.. :D
Unlike many well maintained...
@pundu: guess even time wont tell...nothing is permanent but change...
@anagha: thx for ur comment and compliment :)
yeah i kno, enuf of doffing hats to the spirit, the tim to act hs come...but tht doesnt make the spirit any lesser important...in fact, it makes it all the more noteworthy! (i kno wt led u to say tht...tht is precisely y hv mentioned in the post tht by 'spirit' i do not mean the gutless indifference tht the media refers to!)...
nevertheless, thx again...keep visiting :)
I just saw this movie, after reading ur post about the movie and as I expected it was a brilliant movie !
However, when I got to know that director of the movie is Nishikant Kamat , who gained lots of awards of Maharashtra state for his first movie in Marathi " Dombivali fast"; I thought Mumbai meri jaan would be just a dubbing of Dombivali fast. But its not !
Now, about Dombivali fast- I want to tell you one thing. I always feel that u r a big admirer of movies like this, like RDB. If I am correct, than I should tell you that
you MUST watch "Dombivali Fast".
Its one of the best Marathi movie I have seen in recent years.
P.S. Plz ignore, if u have already seen it :-):-)
@shrikant: m glad u watchd MMJ...it deserves to b watched by more and more ppl...
and yeah, i hv seen Dombivali Fast, in factr vsaw it rit whn it released...apratim picture ahe...tyachya chidchidishi agadi relate karta yeta...but as Gandhi said (and as denoted by the director of Ab Tak Chhappan at the beginning of his movie),
"We need to control ourselves when protesting against others, lest we become those that we protest"
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