Vishal is one of my Fav. directors. His Omkaara and Maqbool are my fav movies. I respect his film making a lot and wish there were of his kind in Bollywood. I have liked Shahid in past, esp in Kaminey. Although he makes wrong choices in his movies but when I found he would be in Haider, it made me happy.
I don't think we have any praise left for Tabu, KK and Irrfan. They are marvelous.
Now Haider! Well I have seen Hamlet, as Kenneth Branagh comes pretty close to actual play. Its such a mammoth. I love Hamlet's soliloquy and thats what makes Hamlet good for me. Now Haider has that missing and whatever little was there was a bit disjointed. Initial part of movie is pretty weak, Shahid's performance in first half is very ordinary. Things change in second half, and Shahid has done a splendid job. Movie suddenly gets on with business and breathes again. I did not find Haider's descent into madness that convincing at all. I think VB still bit a more than he could chew. In past he has done brilliant and perfect job of taking these plays and making them even better and more desi. But this time, it did not work that well.
So I have rated movie at 6/10, although 6.5 but that was not possible on this IMDb scale. Btw best thing about movie was Bismil song and Aao Na, I wish there were more of these.
I don't think we have any praise left for Tabu, KK and Irrfan. They are marvelous.
Now Haider! Well I have seen Hamlet, as Kenneth Branagh comes pretty close to actual play. Its such a mammoth. I love Hamlet's soliloquy and thats what makes Hamlet good for me. Now Haider has that missing and whatever little was there was a bit disjointed. Initial part of movie is pretty weak, Shahid's performance in first half is very ordinary. Things change in second half, and Shahid has done a splendid job. Movie suddenly gets on with business and breathes again. I did not find Haider's descent into madness that convincing at all. I think VB still bit a more than he could chew. In past he has done brilliant and perfect job of taking these plays and making them even better and more desi. But this time, it did not work that well.
So I have rated movie at 6/10, although 6.5 but that was not possible on this IMDb scale. Btw best thing about movie was Bismil song and Aao Na, I wish there were more of these.