Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, after creaming out the rebel in all of us, shoots out another 'out of the box' drama. This time though , he misses the mark. If Multiple story lines running parallel to the main plot failing to converge sums up the first half , a highly ambiguous n hard to digest climax mars the second half.
The movie had a head start with some awesome music by A R Rahman, already creating sensation, but to say that it was underused would be an understatement. Roshan (Abhishek) comes back to the gullies of Chandini Chowk, to leave his ailing Dadi ( Waheeda Rahman) home. Here he meets character played by Rishi Kapoor (who once loved Roshan's mother) who helps him out, every time he runs into trouble with the local cop. The two fighting brothers ,played by Om puri and Pavan Malhothra , have perfectly affable families with lots of gossips and pleasantries being exchanged. Sonam Kapoor plays the female lead as Bittu ( a wannabe Indian Idol). The old Lala has a 2o-something wife who cheats on him. There is Jelebi(Divya Dutta), the untouchable of the society and last but not the least the Gobar( Athul Kulkarni), the simpleton temple worker.
The movie was complicated in itself with so many sub plots woven together, but the director seemed to pull it off with stunning ease. The monkey man episode, which was once a headline of the past was used quite ably by the director to show that the love and brotherhood that we as people have can vanish in the matter of seconds. It was all shaping up well until the messed up climax. The story with 'message' took a thorough beating. The complication was compounded with a hard to digest superlative sentimental drama in the end and to tell the truth, I felt cheated after being offered so much for around 110 minutes.
My final verdict is that, I would have preferred watching the movie without the bizarre excuse in the name of a climax !
The movie had a head start with some awesome music by A R Rahman, already creating sensation, but to say that it was underused would be an understatement. Roshan (Abhishek) comes back to the gullies of Chandini Chowk, to leave his ailing Dadi ( Waheeda Rahman) home. Here he meets character played by Rishi Kapoor (who once loved Roshan's mother) who helps him out, every time he runs into trouble with the local cop. The two fighting brothers ,played by Om puri and Pavan Malhothra , have perfectly affable families with lots of gossips and pleasantries being exchanged. Sonam Kapoor plays the female lead as Bittu ( a wannabe Indian Idol). The old Lala has a 2o-something wife who cheats on him. There is Jelebi(Divya Dutta), the untouchable of the society and last but not the least the Gobar( Athul Kulkarni), the simpleton temple worker.
The movie was complicated in itself with so many sub plots woven together, but the director seemed to pull it off with stunning ease. The monkey man episode, which was once a headline of the past was used quite ably by the director to show that the love and brotherhood that we as people have can vanish in the matter of seconds. It was all shaping up well until the messed up climax. The story with 'message' took a thorough beating. The complication was compounded with a hard to digest superlative sentimental drama in the end and to tell the truth, I felt cheated after being offered so much for around 110 minutes.
My final verdict is that, I would have preferred watching the movie without the bizarre excuse in the name of a climax !