Saturday, February 7, 2009

Dev's Reincarnation

When we go to watch a movie which is completely or partially or for this flick "loosely" based on Sarat Chandra's "Devdas", we carry a basic idea of how the plot would be. And the characters as well. And, this is where Dev D scores as well as falters. It scores because it is a completely new & wild yet a practical take on Devdas set on today's pace. But our typical mass audience tries to find out the masala that they have seen over these years in the earlier versions of Devdas.

The movies starts with a bang and ends the same way. First 50 minutes where Dev and Paro are depicted is quite pacy and gripping as well. Then the modern Chanda is introduced who belongs to a posh family in New Delhi. The next 30 minutes till intermission is slow (not for the masses). Second half is again fun & carries on till end. Abhay finally proves that he is here stay and I give him more credits as this concept is his idea. Mahi (Paro) and Kalki (Chanda) are decent and tolerable.

Technically the movie is good. Be it the cinematography or the editing or screenplay.

Pluses: Abhay, Music, and Anurag's direction.
Minuses: Could have used those slow pace (in between)  more interesting.

Verdict: 3 out of 5

3 comments:

  1. Good analysis done by Subhajit. Movie is like old wine in new bottle. Story line is more or less expected & director tried to include few hot discussion(Like mms scandal of DPS, Delhi Merc mishap etc). Anurag is considered as potential young director, more is expected from his side. Abhay is doing this type of role last couple of years & I personally feel he should try something hatke. The surprise pack of the movie I will say is it’s Music.

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  2. I would say the movie is a one time watch...
    Music is a surprise package here.
    Abhay pulls off a decent job...

    Abhay must stick to this kind of genre as it suits him very much....

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  3. Well, it can be more than one-time-watch Sanat if someone likes it. Because I believe as Rajeev rightly said in "Now Showing", either you can like it very much or you are gonna hate it.

    Let's wait till 4th week and then we have a look at its collections.

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