Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai diaries)
First thing first - Amir Khan loves Kiran Rao very much, now you can take this in either way that Amir has delivered a first rate acting for her or believed in a story which no one else would have, either way Kiran Rao is a winner
Well about the story - lot talked about it already let's leave it there, well defiantly very different but could have handled it better
Loose ends
1. Love between Arun and Shai not developed properly, reasoning not done properly why Shai still chases him
2. Too much time spent between Shai and Munna
3. Parallel story of Munna's brother was not needed
4. Kitu Gidvani trying her luck on Amir Khan (kitchen scene) was bit too much
5. Editing was weak
6. Flash back stuff did not worked properly, you actually loose count of which part is happening live and which happened past
7. Scripting was again very weak
Good things
Acting by all of them even the Lalitha bai and her daughter were excelent
The way Yasmeen's story grows on Arun was nice
Photography was brilliant
Background music was good
Characterization was brilliant
Overall it was a good attempt and I would say 50-50 success rate, couple of thing which is recommended are top rate acting, good presentation and very off beat story line, and couple of things thumbs down are very slow in the beginning (even I thought of leaving the theatre once, glad I didn't) very off beat story line which won't appeal to mass
All of you masala addict stay out of this
All of you who complained watching the same old stuff this one is a good watch
My rating would be 2&1/2 out of 5
(C) Ramesh Iyer
