Hattrick

Three days ..Three movies..That summarizes my Diwali vacation.

1.) Jab we Met –Adorable Kareena, Charming Shahid amidst a large and happi family! Fresh-looking locales, well-timed comic sequences and a fairy tale ending. For some fable might end up sounding like a Tribute to the Indian Railways, I even wonder if Laluji would consider making this tax free. Whichever way, I’m glad they met!

2.) Saawariya – Sanjay NEELA Bansali’s attempt to create an exotic existential exultation of exuberant emotional exaltation ends up being a sorry saga from start to scratch. A monochromatic screen, a homoerotic towel song, a moronic hero, a hysteric heroine… Well I could go on. There is this scene where Sakina (Sonam) messily beats carpets hanging around her (I wonder why!) with a stick. I wish someone chases the entire crew with one such stick for having mercilessly eaten up 130 minutes of the much sought after Diwali weekend. No I am not the only one who is playing this tune; a friend of mine, another victim to the debacle remarked, and “The entire cast of this film had the collective IQ of a pencil.” Post interval, he thought an eraser was a more appropriate comparison! Saawariya, utterly useless as otter dung!

3.) OSO – Reincarnation stories are not meant for the minds that seek nothing but logic. Refreshingly rich every frame of it, watch OSO to give your brain some rest, and your visual senses a treat. Deepika dazzles in every shot, SRK continues to overact, and the lady owning a 1000 sarees (Kiron Kher) with the Ma ki Mamta funda make you re-live the magic of the 70s and early 80s. I particularly relished the scenes that superimposed SRK and the leading lady to the popular songs and sequences of the 70s. Wear your strawberry glasses, engage in the magic and sing along…OM Shanti OM! This one’s for the dreamers!