Sukyankya Varma is trying to gain Negative Publicty here. its very surprising that you gave good reviews to ISHQIYA and bad reviews for Rann. This is very biased.
ISQKIYA was a decent film but Rann is a great film. ISHKIYA was good because of its authentic rural setting and dialogues. Rann was a fast paced film. How can you compare Chaubey with Robert Rodriguez.
Rann is a great film and your knowledge of creative writing and films sucks.
Sukyankya Varma is trying to gain Negative Publicty here. its very surprising that you gave good reviews to ISHQIYA and bad reviews for Rann. This is very biased.
ISQKIYA was a decent film but Rann is a great film. ISHKIYA was good because of its authentic rural setting and dialogues. Rann was a fast paced film. How can you compare Chaubey with Robert Rodriguez.
Rann is a great film and your knowledge of creative writing and films sucks.
Movie is an expression of one’s (director) vision, all these crafts Music/Cinematography/dialogues… etc would do justice to the overall tone of the film. Neither you nor I can decide saying close up should not be there because film maker lives in the film and he has better understanding of the film than viewer. May be you should think as your interpretation of
Vivek: I don’t want waste my time spending much more time on this (which I already did) P.S: My request to reviewers, your job is not to review the film maker or reviewing character’s gadgets (tie or mobile phone), by leaving the whole beauty of the film aside. Remember, No reviewer is superior to film maker, before the review spend time to understand the film maker’s vision.
His girlfriend's (played by Neetu Chandra) sole utility is to model sexy lingerie and keep asking 'What's wrong?' Vivek: OK, agreed, She should ask what is right? Then there's Neena Kulkarni playing the classic one-dimensional housewife we've witnessed in many of RGV's films.
Vivek: It is character defined like that, do you mean she should be three dimensional, then watch AVATAR.
Coming back to the horrors of Rann Vivek: Did you go to RANN thinking as horror movie? , I think i.e you might have disappointed, next time understand promos before watching film.
the background score is so dauntingly exaggerated and blaring, it's hard to tell shocked from spooked. And the camera (Amit Roy), it's more wayward than an untamed horse on the loose, especially when it goes on handheld mode. What's stylish or symbolic about shooting two characters, having a normal discussion, like a wild game of ping pong? Vivek: I think you should restrict yourself watching wild game of ping pong. Otherwise you create horror in reviews. My grouse doesn't stop here. The close-ups! There are SO many of them. Fine, so our man loves to go macro on his protagonists but does he really have to make them feel like that annoying housefly on your nose? I am quite sure a long shot is as necessary as Ramu's need to focus on Big B's biting lips, Paresh Rawal's creepy wince and Sudeep's fidgety fingers. Vivek: Do you mean you did not like the close ups. Let me educate you something.
You just can't give up on Ramu, can you? He's made some masterpieces of his time. Not just engaging, box-office propositions but genuine works of art. He's influenced filmmakers, the art of story-telling, value of technique, visuals, background score and timing.
Vivek: Are you reviewing RGV or RANN?
Only Ramu's not a bad filmmaker just an out-of-form creative.
Vivek: Thank you so much, for such creative observation
What can you say about a film where the only thing in place is Amitabh Bachchan's perfectly knotted tie?
Vivek: Do you mean you liked the Amitabh’s tie? ,
That's one of the foremost flaws of Rann.
Vivek: flaw? WOW.
To think it's an idealist drama about a noble media baron (Amitabh Bachchan [ Images ]) unwittingly manipulated by an influential industrial-political nexus (Paresh Rawal [ Images ], Rajat Kapoor [ Images ] sleepwalk through their roles of a corrupt politician and cunning businessman) with unconditional support of his own kin (Sudeep) to fulfill their greedy goals.
Vivek : Do you mean they (characters) should not do this?
Pray, why does Gul Panag [ Images ] not screech a single line without raising her eyebrows till they cannot move up any further? Vivek: Do you think she should not raise her eyebrows? Why does Sudeep play a media shark like a dope addict? Also, for a reasonably rich guy, he uses a noticeably down-market mobile model.
Vivek: Well, Sudeep is poor guy, you should giftyour richup-market mobile
I think a film critic should behave and act like a religious guru who interprets religious books like Gita, Ramayan, Bible or even Koran. Not that the common man can not read these books ! But the common man relies on the wisdom of the religious gurus to help him unravel meaning and essence hidden in these religious text.
Same way, a common man visiting rediff relies on the wisdom of its film critics to help him interpret a film in judicious manner to him, so that he visits the movie with right expectation. The common man also expects the film critic to understand the new grammars used by progressive film makers, deconstruct and simplify the meaning for him. This would help bring about change in the public taste for good films.
Sometimes I wonder if Rediff's film critics ever bother to play this role !
I like thousands others do visit Rediff to read the news and review of films [ we do it out of habit as we visit Rediff for the latest news and can't ignore the links to film reviews]. Surprisingly, the review appears to be contrary to the popular views. I do not say the film critics have no right to differ. But then they should give right logics !
In this review, Sukanya bothered to notice a low model mobile phone [ prop ] in the hand of a peripheral character and she thought that prop to be inappropriate.
Re: What's the role of a film critic?
by prabhat mohanty on Jan 31, 2010 09:24 PM
- If Sukanya had eye for details and could pick up the kind of props used in the movie, then she should have noticed props [ books titled as "dummies" like window 98 for dummies, photoshop for dummies in the bookshelf just behind Mr Bachhan, the principal character when Mr Bachhan realised that he has been duped and made a fool or used as a dummy].
Sukanya should have understood that RGV presented the movie in a deliberate sensationlised manner with over the top music and unusual camera angles. Adding a layer of rhetoric exactly the way media plays breaking news to us these days.
Sukanya also forgot to notice that the undercurrent of the movie is " high level conspiracy". And high level conspiracies are done by characters in low tone, half-sntences and quarter-gestures in a very intimate, closed settings. To capture the essence of conspiracies, the camera needs to capture the close eye movements and fine facial movements. The whole plot is verbose. The story moves based on words, not physical actions. And the best way to capture the moments is to use closeups.
It was so obvious in the film that Sudeep was playing a restless, ambitious character with lots of pent-up anger towards his father and the channel. But Sukanya just failed to deconstruct that.
It is obvious that RGV has matured working with AB and is no more in awe of him. Now RGV has the Director's confidence to use AB as much as the story needs him.
Re: Re: What's the role of a film critic?
by prabhat mohanty on Jan 31, 2010 09:26 PM
- The credi goes to RGV not getting overwhelmed by AB and presenting him as the film needed and demanded, unlike our film critic Sukanya who walked to the premier expecting to see AB from the first frame to the last frame. Sukanya, please review the movie. For us. If want to see Mr Bachhan all through the movie, the please pull out old DVD of "Mard". Mr Bachhan has moved on since then. So did the audience. Have you?
Sukanya [ and Raja Sen]! You have responsibilities towards the loyal readers of Rediff.
Please do not sleep-walk through your movie reviews. You are wrong if you think Rediff viewers are not discerning.
Hope you will do a better job next time.
Please review movies with a sense of purpose !!
We care for rediff. And we demand better film reviews next time.
