When my 2 month training program at Pune was approaching its end, there were a lot of girls in our batch,who wanted us to fill these slambook thingies. The ones where u had questions like 'favourite cuisine','motto in life', 'Greatest regret in life 'etc - you know, the types we'd last seen when we were in 7th std.
I saw the movie in Pune. Saw Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, first day,last show.
And though i couldnt pick one then,I am now certain that the above statement is my updated answer for the column 'Greatest regret in life '.
Anyway,my justification for the admission of guilt is that I had Parag with me in Pune, that evening.
For those who know Parag,that explains everything. For the lucky ones who don’t, all you need to know is that he’s the soppiest, most annoying SRK fan this side of the Atlantic. And that he doesnt relent even when faced with an entire group of fairly vocal K-Jo haters. And that he will eventually wear you down and get you to pay for that movie ticket.
To be honest,the movie had it all - drama, suspense, action, comedy and that unexpected twist in the tale, which we never saw coming. I’ll list them the way I saw ‘em.
ACTION:-
SRK vs spectacled 6 yr old boy,Arjun . Despite injury on leg, SRK dominates throughout in what is clearly a one-sided battle. But judges claim this might have something to do with him being 5ft taller,50 odd kgs heavier, n 40 odd yrs elder to the spectacled-boy.
COMEDY:-
Lets give credit where its due. We have to admit the movie was bloody funny. I’ll list a few moments that made me laugh till it hurt :-
1. Amitabh’s deathbed scene - He manages to condense 3 hours worth of ham in 3 mins,23 seconds. Why, K.Jo, why? More importantly -how?
2. Amitabh’s senti speech in party.
3. Amitabh in those glares.
4. SRK givin justification to Rani, on why they should be sleeping together.
5. SRK missing out on 3 yrs of sleeping with Rani coz he didn’t care to find out whether she was given the boot too (Hey, I thought that was realllyy funny)
UNEXPECTED TWIST IN THE TALE:-
1. SRK cried.
2. SRK hammed.
(Obviously, we wouldn't expect that to happen in a KJO movies. Or in any of SRKs movies, for that matter)
DRAMA:-
“Chandigarh..." ?(Dude, whatever)
BEST PART OF THE MOVIE:-
1. The start – when they showed the Dhoom 2 promos.(Yea baby, bring it on, Ash)
2. The end- you’ve never seen so many relieved faces in one room.
All in all, I’ll sum it up by reiterating my heading - this is a movie for all ages.Kids,uncles and aunts,grandparents - People of all ages will detest this movie, as also people across centuries,across millennia, across eons - basically,across ages.
I saw the movie in Pune. Saw Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, first day,last show.
And though i couldnt pick one then,I am now certain that the above statement is my updated answer for the column 'Greatest regret in life '.
Anyway,my justification for the admission of guilt is that I had Parag with me in Pune, that evening.
For those who know Parag,that explains everything. For the lucky ones who don’t, all you need to know is that he’s the soppiest, most annoying SRK fan this side of the Atlantic. And that he doesnt relent even when faced with an entire group of fairly vocal K-Jo haters. And that he will eventually wear you down and get you to pay for that movie ticket.
To be honest,the movie had it all - drama, suspense, action, comedy and that unexpected twist in the tale, which we never saw coming. I’ll list them the way I saw ‘em.
ACTION:-
SRK vs spectacled 6 yr old boy,Arjun . Despite injury on leg, SRK dominates throughout in what is clearly a one-sided battle. But judges claim this might have something to do with him being 5ft taller,50 odd kgs heavier, n 40 odd yrs elder to the spectacled-boy.
COMEDY:-
Lets give credit where its due. We have to admit the movie was bloody funny. I’ll list a few moments that made me laugh till it hurt :-
1. Amitabh’s deathbed scene - He manages to condense 3 hours worth of ham in 3 mins,23 seconds. Why, K.Jo, why? More importantly -how?
2. Amitabh’s senti speech in party.
3. Amitabh in those glares.
4. SRK givin justification to Rani, on why they should be sleeping together.
5. SRK missing out on 3 yrs of sleeping with Rani coz he didn’t care to find out whether she was given the boot too (Hey, I thought that was realllyy funny)
UNEXPECTED TWIST IN THE TALE:-
1. SRK cried.
2. SRK hammed.
(Obviously, we wouldn't expect that to happen in a KJO movies. Or in any of SRKs movies, for that matter)
DRAMA:-
“Chandigarh..." ?(Dude, whatever)
BEST PART OF THE MOVIE:-
1. The start – when they showed the Dhoom 2 promos.(Yea baby, bring it on, Ash)
2. The end- you’ve never seen so many relieved faces in one room.
All in all, I’ll sum it up by reiterating my heading - this is a movie for all ages.Kids,uncles and aunts,grandparents - People of all ages will detest this movie, as also people across centuries,across millennia, across eons - basically,across ages.
