Saw it on the first day... you would be moved by a good movie, you would have scenes/situations to remember to recollect… none of this happened to me at least.
Ok, there is lot of discussion on what kind of a movie this is…lets take those.
A hardcore realistic portrayal of poor India: It does not fit in hear. You would have had many points by now to go against the word “realistic”. May be the things shown about the slum life is true but mixed with lot of other unrealistic aspects removes the overall realism from the movie.
A spellbinding fiction with an Indian slum touch: This would be closer. But, for a fiction I would expect more ‘wow’ scenes, scenes pushing you to tears or engrossing script/screenplay.
No single emotion carried through the movie nor was any single emotion defined. One main thing that runs across the movie, the lead pair’s love, even that did not reach me.
And for the music, it’s great but not his best. I did not find anything that justifies a 10 Oscar nomination movie. Yes we can be happy for Indian(s) making it big globally. But how they managed it is not clear. I think this movie would help in understanding the long debated credibility of Oscars.
I would compare it to a “Bhelpuri” made with 80% correct ingredients without any salt!!!
