Two movies I wish I had waited to watch on T.V: YPD and NOKJ
Yamla Pagla Deewana is a total Sunny Deol movie with seeti-maar stunt scenes and the best one-liners reserved for him. The first half of the movie is a little drag except for a couple of scenes of the little kids playing Sunny's sons (wah wah).
The second half is quite funny. The surprise discovery is of finding a long lost actor (Mukul Dev) completely camouflaged behind a shaggy beard putting in a tiny but hilarious performance. Dharamender is really old and all those cosmetic surgeries make him resemble a Ramdas Padhye puppet especially around the mouth. But kudos to him for persisting on even at this age. Bobby Deol as usual puts in his best door-knob expression. Somebody please make him stop acting in films!
What works for NOKJ is it's story - a human interest story; a real life story. However the direction and execution is not so great. Most characters are strictly two-dimensional and caricatures of the real people be it the prime witnesses or the accused's mother. Vidya is badly dressed in over-sized full-sleeved shirts that seem to have been stolen from her dad's wardrobe. Rani has the most plum role, but the girl playing Jessica (Myra) does steal some of the show. This is a spunky actress who given the right roles could go far in the film industry. Alas she may be yet another brilliant performer who may get left behind in the rat-race that prefers connections more than talent. Another performance worth mentioning is of the guy playing the policeman investigating the case. He was last seen in LSD and has put in another great performance.
4 comments:
Somebody could make Bobby Deol stop acting, if he was acting in the first place. How can you stop something that is not even happening? Tu bhi na.
Can you explain two-dimensional characters? I am serious. You can mail me.
Oye! You are asking ME to explain 2D characters. You meet and crib about them all the time ya. People with no depth. In movies these are usually the smaller simpler roles with not much explanation for who they are. They show extremely predictable behaviour. For example in old movies a villain is pure evil without any reason given. Case in point: Shakaal, Mogambo. But even these had some quirks that gave them depth. In NOKJ the accuses's mom's character is so ridiculous that she is unintentionally funny. The same goes for a lot of key characters too which I think makes the movie weak.
Oh ok! Will see if I agree with you or not when I watch the movie
Watch Yampla Pagla Deewana instead. Fully Faltu and Filmy. It's funny, you'll like it.
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