Well, u guessed it right! Went for the movie "Guru" - A Mani Ratnam film. How much ever Mani Ratnam denies that the story is not inspired by late Mr.Dhirubhai Ambani, the film unveils itself in front of u.
Without second thought i can say; the film is worth watching. A handful of commendable performances at least needs a special mention. The music might not be the best of AR Rahman; but is melodious. Abhishek steals the show portraying the protagonist of the movie, Gurukant Desai aka Guru bhai. His acting career which has started moulding to proper shape by "Yuva" gets reinforced with an even better performance this time; both by the same craftsman.
Talking of films based (or inspired) by real life people, one cannot forget the masterpiece version made by the same director, "Nayakan" (which was based on the story of Don Varadarajan).Is it worth comparing Velu Naaykkar & Gurubhai? Certainly not! For n number of reasons. If Mani Ratnam was clear abt Velu Naaykkar and his stands, that is certainly what he lacks in giving Gurukant Desai. He takes a safe stand; neither supporting the ways of Gurubhai completely, nor criticising him enough. Needless to mention the class act by Kamal Haassan which won him a national award. And i dont dare to compare it with Guru-bhai. The second half of the movie is slightly dragging with so many "incidents woven into it" rather than creating a smooth flow of events. Vidya Balan was restricted to wheel-chair:(; but her character being brought to an end when the story was going somewhere else seemed totally unwanted.
As a matter of fact, i was highly skeptical abt publishing this post. The idea of writing a review for the film was not something that defines my taste. But when i started writing, it neither became a review, nor a briefing. It became more of a comparison.:)Intentions....I intended to do some thing and it turned out to something else. Since, i hav taken so much of pain & time to key down so much words, thought i wud rather post it. ;) Hope i will have something better to say next time!
Suggestions, comments, brickbats, accolades,....everything is welcome...but please do choose one among them only; dont go for "None of these"!! :):)
4 comments:
as usual u maintain a modest stand. maneesh my friend u need to portray yourself as a more confident fella. u are smart and definitely have a way with words so dont be hesitant just post ur thoughts!!!
Now that you have started … I feel it worth comparing for many reasons.
Velu Naaykkar was a don and Underworld is sporting and captivating, so thrill was predictable. But Gurukant Desai was an industrialist and that is an academic theme, maintaining viewer interest even with a very academic theme is tougher. Technically I rate GURU as a greater effort by Mani Rathnam.
Eg: It is like comparing a suspense thriller book with a classic.
I have a lot more to support Mani Sir with this effort
* In Nayagan he was directing an actor with 2 decades of experience (not including years as child artist) and in GURU his actor had just 6 years of experience (And no critical acclaim)
* Nayagan by virtue of his profession had more well defined enemy when compared to GURU. GURU depicts a “War of Doctrines”
* GURU depicts this period in “Life of India” best.
* My comment is getting “bigger” than your Blog ..:-):-):-)
Anyway good blog..:-):-).
I dont see Aishwarya Rai anywhere in the review...
Agreed that she didn't really have to do anything in the film, but atleast she was his better half in the film...
If u compare Guru with Nayakan, then u'll have to compare it with the Godfather as well...I've heard that it was originally inspired by Godfather with minor changes to fit the audience.. anyway, gr8 movie and well taken...
btw, one piece of advice, dont hesitate to post any crap that comes to ur mind.. that's what blogging is all about...
Be free !!!!!
Mr Maneeshisms.. dont you think a blog is pending.. :-)
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