Directed by : Bejoy Nambiar
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2358412/
Kabhi kabhi kuch galat hi sahi hota hai..
Galat waqt ke hisaab se sahi lag sakta hai,
lekin galat kabhi sahi nahi ho sakta.
The post may contain spoilers, read at your own risk.
David No.1 : Neil Nitin Mukesh : He's a gangster who works for Ghani (Akarsh Khurana) in London (1975). A certain change of events makes David vulnerable questioning his own loyalty. Should he go against Ghani who is very much like father for him ?
David No.2 : Vinay Virmani : He's a musician who is looking to get a big break in Mumbai (1999). He belongs to a christian family with his father very much devoted to his God and thereby giving others help in whatever way he feels like. But, a political lady puts false charges of 'Religious change' on him. Will David fight for justice for what happened against his father ?
David No.3 : Chiyaan Vikram : He's a fisherman who works near beach in Goa (2010). Always in drunk state with no interest in girls after being dumped by his girlfriend, and he has a habit of punching women too. His best friend is getting married, but irony is that he has fallen in love with that girl too. Will he do to his friend what his girlfriend once did with him ?
Bejoy very much like Shaitan.. builds the narrative in super stylish mode. Such films attracts me a lot as I feel to show some story in a stylish way is best use of cinema, specially if the story has a message attached to it.
'Ghum Huye' establishes the situations of 3 David's who have to make a decision that could change their life as well as people surrounded by them very much. The slow motion enhances that feeling of 'what should I do, Should I do this'.
The best story out of all 3 was David No.1 i.e Neil Nitin Mukesh. Its constructed in black and white mode. How David is suddenly made to think of a truth about Ghani he wasn't aware of, and how unsure he is if to trust people who are telling him something against Ghani or trust Ghani who has since childhood being like a caring father to him. And then there is his love played by Monica Dogra who is taken away from him by Ghani due to some circumstances, that only increases the already generated hate inside David.
Three Kills my most favourite theme is used in this story, showing some great ways of killing people by David, and then there is another use of this theme where David says 'thora khoon aur baaki hai', super scene. For me that was the best one in entire movie. Also, Yun Hi Re, very romantic song has some lovely moments between Neil and Monica.
Sarika does cameo in Mast Kalandar song, Rekha sang it so well. But, the scene that caught my attention during this song was the ring fight where a very strong person is beating a very weak looking person, and then it changes with the weak looking beating the very strong person. Superbly thought scene, the reference if you could spot here.
Neil-Monica could had 1-2 extra scenes together before the change of events, though their romantic story still worked for me but the impact would had grown much more that way.
Mumbai story was the weakest of the three, mainly for the lead performer Vinay Virmani who wasn't bad but got very much overshadowed by the other two David's performances. Then, the narration of this story was not interesting enough, with Lara Dutta sub plot forcefully inserted. There are some good moments, like private talks of David and his sister Suzy (Sheetal Menon), or Malati Tai (Rohini Hattangadi) attacking David's father for false charges, or the person who tells David about marketing of religions comparing it to undergarments.
That person who appears from nowhere giving advice to David to be a kaatne wala kutta, not bhaunke wala was too much of spoon feeding. For me, that scene is one of fewest where I found direction wrong, the moment Malati Tai tells David why she did it, there was no point for David to continue the same raag 'mujhe jawaab chahiye', he was meant to say something else or probably warn her of what he could do just to make the climax scene more scary for her when she sees him present at the place where she is giving speech to people.
Bandhay was very well filmed, one of my another favourite tracks from the movie. Super fast edits, going with flow of beats. Rab Di another of super slow motion songs, that I can say was little bit overdone. I like how that leader looks (his standing style) at David fighting them off. Very good song too by Kartik.
I liked Goa story, but again the narration dissappointed me. The scenes between David and Roma (Isha Sherwani) should had more madness, like when she for 1st time communicates with him asking him to drop her back home. Or when David takes her to tell her about his past and asking if she loves him too. Rest sequences are either Peter (Nishan Nanaiah) - Roma or dream scenes of David with Roma. David-Tabu friendship bond or David and his father (his spirit) bonding are best parts in this story. Maria Pitache was overly stylized to me. Tera Mere Pyaar Ki was very well choreographed, making use of Isha's dancing abilities.
Bejoy interlinks each story together in the end very well. Shaitan was more about how one single moment could bring that bad side inside of you. While David tells about how you could avoid choosing wrong path which may appear right at that time, but in longer run it was always a wrong path. Also, it tells a lot about forgiveness, self righteousness and choosing heart over mind. Every David is on that turn of their life where they could very easily take the wrong path..
I didn't like the climax scene though, either the way 'Tum david ho, aur david bahut kam milenge' needed to be told differently or it should have been not shown. The way its now in movie, it only gave a preachy feel to me which I wasn't happy with. I like how 1st and 2nd story ends though, specially the way they combine. 2nd story may have been weak but its end was very good.
Another graph the film follows is the relationship of David with their father. In 1st story, David is adopted by Ghani who looks after him very well like a father but now he is questioning that same love. In 2nd story, David hates his father but when he's attacked David doesn't like anyone else hurting him. In 3rd story, David talks with his father's spirit who often gives him right advices.
Editing is very good in 1st half, 2nd half could had been tighter.. still the way he has mixed all three era's is commendable, because narrating 3 stories set in 3 different times requires proper thought of cuts. Cinematography was great, I love the dark feel 1st story was given, and like Shaitan, some very good camera-angles in David was visible too.
Neil Nitin Mukesh was the best performer in the movie, watch the look in his eyes in start of story, a total loyal gangster towards Ghani, and the later part of story, his eyes having a question that he wants Ghani to answer. The small conversation during Ghum Huye song he has with Ghani, another of my very fav scenes. He looked his part as gangster, played the romantic role with ease, and was excellent when it came to the vulnerable part in story.
Chiyaan Vikram was so impressive in a otherwise so so narration. He was so much into the character that at many times it appeared that he must had been drunk in real to bring this character out. I like the funny expressions he makes, when he's with his mother gone to see a girl or when he's adviced by his father that its a act of God or the usual himself he is when with Tabu. I wish his character was further explored, the madness quotient wasn't to the level I wanted his character to be.
Tabu as the good friend of David (Vikram) plays the supporting role very well. All of her advices, specially the one where she refers to her being in jail to David's love towards Roma. Or when she tells him, not to give up on his love.
Monica Dogra gets less scope but good performance nevertheless, her best scenes are ones when she is with David (Neil Nitin Mukesh). Love the way she says 'Haramzaade'.
Isha Sherwani is decent, looks beautiful. Rohini Hattangadi looks pure evil, just by the look of her eyes only. Akarsh Khurana does well too, I liked the way his character is kept, dangerous but mostly silent. Like the scene where he tells David 'Tum mujhse nafrat mat karna.. maine kuch galat toh nahi kiya na'.
Nasser as David's (Vinay Virmani) father is excellent, that scene where he is scared to come out of his room to shave, and then he starts to run blade badly over his face thinking of the incident that happened to him. Very well directed scene, and was hard to see too.
Milind Soman as a silent allah ka banda person, always reciting verses played his part very well despite having no dialogue. Shweta Pandit as David's (Vinay Virmani) sister did fairly good job in her acting debut, she looked quite cute. Nishan Naniah was good in the supporting role. Satish Kaushik was very much wasted.
Overall, David has its weaknesses, but a strong 1st story, the message film carries and the way the stories get linked to each other makes it a good watch. And not to forget, the super style the film is heavily loaded with. It could had been a very good movie, missed out on few points sadly. But on creativity level, its a film to watch.
Verdict : NICE
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2358412/
Kabhi kabhi kuch galat hi sahi hota hai..
Galat waqt ke hisaab se sahi lag sakta hai,
lekin galat kabhi sahi nahi ho sakta.
The post may contain spoilers, read at your own risk.
David No.1 : Neil Nitin Mukesh : He's a gangster who works for Ghani (Akarsh Khurana) in London (1975). A certain change of events makes David vulnerable questioning his own loyalty. Should he go against Ghani who is very much like father for him ?
David No.2 : Vinay Virmani : He's a musician who is looking to get a big break in Mumbai (1999). He belongs to a christian family with his father very much devoted to his God and thereby giving others help in whatever way he feels like. But, a political lady puts false charges of 'Religious change' on him. Will David fight for justice for what happened against his father ?
David No.3 : Chiyaan Vikram : He's a fisherman who works near beach in Goa (2010). Always in drunk state with no interest in girls after being dumped by his girlfriend, and he has a habit of punching women too. His best friend is getting married, but irony is that he has fallen in love with that girl too. Will he do to his friend what his girlfriend once did with him ?
Bejoy very much like Shaitan.. builds the narrative in super stylish mode. Such films attracts me a lot as I feel to show some story in a stylish way is best use of cinema, specially if the story has a message attached to it.
'Ghum Huye' establishes the situations of 3 David's who have to make a decision that could change their life as well as people surrounded by them very much. The slow motion enhances that feeling of 'what should I do, Should I do this'.
The best story out of all 3 was David No.1 i.e Neil Nitin Mukesh. Its constructed in black and white mode. How David is suddenly made to think of a truth about Ghani he wasn't aware of, and how unsure he is if to trust people who are telling him something against Ghani or trust Ghani who has since childhood being like a caring father to him. And then there is his love played by Monica Dogra who is taken away from him by Ghani due to some circumstances, that only increases the already generated hate inside David.
Three Kills my most favourite theme is used in this story, showing some great ways of killing people by David, and then there is another use of this theme where David says 'thora khoon aur baaki hai', super scene. For me that was the best one in entire movie. Also, Yun Hi Re, very romantic song has some lovely moments between Neil and Monica.
Sarika does cameo in Mast Kalandar song, Rekha sang it so well. But, the scene that caught my attention during this song was the ring fight where a very strong person is beating a very weak looking person, and then it changes with the weak looking beating the very strong person. Superbly thought scene, the reference if you could spot here.
Neil-Monica could had 1-2 extra scenes together before the change of events, though their romantic story still worked for me but the impact would had grown much more that way.
Mumbai story was the weakest of the three, mainly for the lead performer Vinay Virmani who wasn't bad but got very much overshadowed by the other two David's performances. Then, the narration of this story was not interesting enough, with Lara Dutta sub plot forcefully inserted. There are some good moments, like private talks of David and his sister Suzy (Sheetal Menon), or Malati Tai (Rohini Hattangadi) attacking David's father for false charges, or the person who tells David about marketing of religions comparing it to undergarments.
That person who appears from nowhere giving advice to David to be a kaatne wala kutta, not bhaunke wala was too much of spoon feeding. For me, that scene is one of fewest where I found direction wrong, the moment Malati Tai tells David why she did it, there was no point for David to continue the same raag 'mujhe jawaab chahiye', he was meant to say something else or probably warn her of what he could do just to make the climax scene more scary for her when she sees him present at the place where she is giving speech to people.
Bandhay was very well filmed, one of my another favourite tracks from the movie. Super fast edits, going with flow of beats. Rab Di another of super slow motion songs, that I can say was little bit overdone. I like how that leader looks (his standing style) at David fighting them off. Very good song too by Kartik.
I liked Goa story, but again the narration dissappointed me. The scenes between David and Roma (Isha Sherwani) should had more madness, like when she for 1st time communicates with him asking him to drop her back home. Or when David takes her to tell her about his past and asking if she loves him too. Rest sequences are either Peter (Nishan Nanaiah) - Roma or dream scenes of David with Roma. David-Tabu friendship bond or David and his father (his spirit) bonding are best parts in this story. Maria Pitache was overly stylized to me. Tera Mere Pyaar Ki was very well choreographed, making use of Isha's dancing abilities.
Bejoy interlinks each story together in the end very well. Shaitan was more about how one single moment could bring that bad side inside of you. While David tells about how you could avoid choosing wrong path which may appear right at that time, but in longer run it was always a wrong path. Also, it tells a lot about forgiveness, self righteousness and choosing heart over mind. Every David is on that turn of their life where they could very easily take the wrong path..
I didn't like the climax scene though, either the way 'Tum david ho, aur david bahut kam milenge' needed to be told differently or it should have been not shown. The way its now in movie, it only gave a preachy feel to me which I wasn't happy with. I like how 1st and 2nd story ends though, specially the way they combine. 2nd story may have been weak but its end was very good.
Another graph the film follows is the relationship of David with their father. In 1st story, David is adopted by Ghani who looks after him very well like a father but now he is questioning that same love. In 2nd story, David hates his father but when he's attacked David doesn't like anyone else hurting him. In 3rd story, David talks with his father's spirit who often gives him right advices.
Editing is very good in 1st half, 2nd half could had been tighter.. still the way he has mixed all three era's is commendable, because narrating 3 stories set in 3 different times requires proper thought of cuts. Cinematography was great, I love the dark feel 1st story was given, and like Shaitan, some very good camera-angles in David was visible too.
Neil Nitin Mukesh was the best performer in the movie, watch the look in his eyes in start of story, a total loyal gangster towards Ghani, and the later part of story, his eyes having a question that he wants Ghani to answer. The small conversation during Ghum Huye song he has with Ghani, another of my very fav scenes. He looked his part as gangster, played the romantic role with ease, and was excellent when it came to the vulnerable part in story.
Chiyaan Vikram was so impressive in a otherwise so so narration. He was so much into the character that at many times it appeared that he must had been drunk in real to bring this character out. I like the funny expressions he makes, when he's with his mother gone to see a girl or when he's adviced by his father that its a act of God or the usual himself he is when with Tabu. I wish his character was further explored, the madness quotient wasn't to the level I wanted his character to be.
Tabu as the good friend of David (Vikram) plays the supporting role very well. All of her advices, specially the one where she refers to her being in jail to David's love towards Roma. Or when she tells him, not to give up on his love.
Monica Dogra gets less scope but good performance nevertheless, her best scenes are ones when she is with David (Neil Nitin Mukesh). Love the way she says 'Haramzaade'.
Isha Sherwani is decent, looks beautiful. Rohini Hattangadi looks pure evil, just by the look of her eyes only. Akarsh Khurana does well too, I liked the way his character is kept, dangerous but mostly silent. Like the scene where he tells David 'Tum mujhse nafrat mat karna.. maine kuch galat toh nahi kiya na'.
Nasser as David's (Vinay Virmani) father is excellent, that scene where he is scared to come out of his room to shave, and then he starts to run blade badly over his face thinking of the incident that happened to him. Very well directed scene, and was hard to see too.
Milind Soman as a silent allah ka banda person, always reciting verses played his part very well despite having no dialogue. Shweta Pandit as David's (Vinay Virmani) sister did fairly good job in her acting debut, she looked quite cute. Nishan Naniah was good in the supporting role. Satish Kaushik was very much wasted.
Overall, David has its weaknesses, but a strong 1st story, the message film carries and the way the stories get linked to each other makes it a good watch. And not to forget, the super style the film is heavily loaded with. It could had been a very good movie, missed out on few points sadly. But on creativity level, its a film to watch.
Verdict : NICE
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