There is a lot that I have been wanting to pen down in my month long stint at Mumabi but for now I shall restrict my self to the most recent experience here.
Time: Late Sunday evening(maybe night, if thats what 9:45 pm is for you)
Venue: Juhu PVR
And considering the date, you would have probably guessed it already. Rab ne Banaa di Jodi was quite different from all the SRK movies that we have witnessed so far. This time, for a change it was a lot closer to the Indian reality. There were lot of instances which looked like pages straight out of the life of a middle class man. There are so many people who could do whatever it takes to make someone else happy. A Surinder Sahni exists in every gully. I have not been following the reviews, but SRK according to me has evolved tremendously. He has managed to come out of his DDLJ/DTPH/KKHH template to bring out a Chak De and now this. I happened to watch one of his TV interviews before the release of the film and he seems to be be a lot more mature than he was during yester years and the thought that he puts into his filams these days clearly shows. After Rab Ne, SRK would have surely pulled many out of the AB club to his. Though Rab Ne was pretty much all about SRK, another person has managed to make his mark yet again. Vinay Pathak has always been one of the art-house bests and now, finally he has managed to find his deserving place in commercial cinema as well. Taani's role did not have much to it and so I don't think Anoushka Sharma deserves any special credit. Having said all that, the movie undoubtedly had the signature larger than life, mushy essence. But we can't expect an SRK art film, can we? We Indians are hopeless romantics and can easily relate to all the mush, and that is exactly why SRK is what he is. So, on the whole, the movie gets a thumbs up from me.
And as for the box-office, I'm sure it will do wonders.
