My Top 3 of 2007

Here's my Top 3 list of 2007.

Mozhi
Paruthi Veeran
Chennai 600028

P.S. There are some movies which I'm yet to see. Perhaps, they may head the list if i had seen. Evano oruvan, katradu thamizh to name some.

Lage Raho Munnabhai- A Tribute to 'Mahatma'

* Where on earth could I see one like this *

I took to watch the film late after much hype where expectation was going out of bounds. But it was treated with a feast of marvelous film making. Rajkumar Hirani revisits the streets of the Bombay-goons munna and circuit to deliver an exemplary successor. A first-of-its-kind for sanjay dutt and not everyday in Indian cinema u get to see films of this type.

Its evident in each frame of the film, the director had taken pains to carve a tight script in which emotion and comedy were seen on one eye each. That's probably where the director succeeds and had won hearts. Arshad Warsi is brilliant and matches up with sanjaydutt in every damn thing- He does tat so easily. The ravishing Vidya balan was never short of charm and her acting just gets better with each film.

There is one instance where Arshad Warsi cries when his 'bhai' slaps him and the same night the goons engage in emotional exchanges. This is one among the few places where the director was tested in binding the 2 major parts of the film-Bully-ism, Gandhism. Well he succeeds with ease (Watch out for the dialogues in this scene). Also munna says ‘if everybody starts practicing Gandhigiri then the lawyers would never find their bread and butter’. That was too good a one-liner to explain the film’s theme. Boman Irani’s ripe in acting was substantial to the film’s success. One cannot complain about the songs or the picturization either. It strikes a right balance with the script. Everything about this film works.

A respite to Hindi film making which has seen Karan johar, aditya chopra stereotypes the khan's dancing in moonlight, the same love story, different screenplay and different heroine. Just for the heck of standing on a critic’s shoe I would say: The director was seen stumbling for the film once went too preachy and when Arshad Warsi was apparently missing. Also the script had too many scenes tat were just visionary. Nonetheless, for too many good things in it 'Lage raho Munnabhai' catches the hearts of al ages and classes with the mindblowing humor and the heartwarming sentiment. Just takes me to say 'Lage raho Munnabhai....'there is no one to stop you...,

P.S: Only few good films occur in Indian cinema. Make hay while the sun shines. Don’t ever dare to miss this. As I told earlier ‘not everyday in Indian cinema u get to see films of this kind’ and be on the watch for the Lage raho trilogy…