Sooo, how has life been :-), I will push for good :D. Well, I went to watch Johnny Gaddar today, starring Neil Nitin Mukesh (yesh, grandson of The Mukesh) which also stars Dharmendra and Vinay Pathak in key roles (wow, that sounded like one of the rediff reviews :P). Directed by Sriram Raghavan (of the Ek Hasina Thi ilk), this movie is a barnstomer, a thriller par noire, a must-watch.

I was infact appalled by the emptiness of the theatre I was in, and I am only hoping it was an 11 AM syndrome. This is an amazing country, brainless arse-waves like Partner gets rave reviews while thinking cinema like JG goes for a toss. Please put your pennyful and do watch this one, its a trend to be encouraged, not let go waste.

Storywise, its a story of a gang of criminals and how greeds impairs human psyche beyond repair, the metamorphosis of a smoothie into a killer, you have to watch to believe the stylishness of the movie, it could be any other movie from Hollywood, its so damn stylised. Neil, the debutante is good, but his delivery is wooden, and its a shame that the director did not catch such obvious pronunciation glitches (on the other hand, you could say, the movie is so gripping, I can only pick holes with semantics :-)). And, do notice the subtle tributes that Raghavan pays to everyone, from Tarantino in the opening credits right down to Johnny Mera Naam. The only turndown is the music, one only hopes Raghavan had put down some of his diligence to the music itself, would have been a delight, I tell you.

Taz !
Ranjan