So we went to see this movie. It was a pretty empty theater, and there were 4 of us. In the same row, there were three girls, whistling every time Abhay Deol took off his shirt. Abhay Deol is one of the finest actors of our times. Not to mention, he is the only one who is not beefy-bodied and flaunts body hair. That makes a lot of us relate to him easily. It's either him, or the pot bellied dudes from South Indian movies. Cheeru once said that it helps in setting the expectations right for a lot of women.
The movie is about Vishnu(Deol), who does not want to get into his father's oil business. I wonder why. Specially because the oil makes one
mard, which would make it a highly profitable business. All he needs to do is send mass emails to people about his oil, and ensure that it does not go into the spam folder, like those Viagra emails we all get.
The movie is also about the good old rotund Satish Kaushik, who is called 'Chacha'. Chacha is a cool dude, who likes laughing and dancing after smoking pot from a
chillam. Chacha gets the best line in the movie, when he remarks to Vishnu - '
Dil toh hai tere paas, lekin do pairon ke beech mein'. The girls sitting next to us could not stop laughing at this joke, as GJ blushed. GJ later had very funny jokes to make, which he said loud enough for those girls to hear. GJ is sleeping in his room alone. I don't understand why - the jokes were funny indeed.
Anyways, people thought the movie is adapted from Cinema Paradiso, which it certainly isn't. It is a hitchhike through the desert on an old 1940 antique-truck-cum-movie-theater. It is not exactly a celebration of movies, but it does show glimpses of old classics like Deewaar(projected on Police Station's Deewaar). In one of such glimpses, we see Rekha dancing in Umrao Jaan, which makes a very drunk and horny inspector run after village women in the audience, shouting '
Aurat, Aurat...'. His vulgar behavior can only be attributed to the Old Monk rum that he is shown drinking before the movie screening.
If you like driving on a highway aimlessly, like a
chai on a
dhaabha, this movie is for you. Except that this '
chai' is very different, and certainly no Starbucks, as pointed out by
Chhotu in the movie. However, for the fluttering reels shown in the movie, and brilliant cinematography, I would give 3 stars. (These are genuine stars, not like the ones I gave Pyaar Impossible).
