Analysing films

Director Kabir Khan of this movie had prior work in the form of Kabul Express and New York to showcase. Was Kabul Express better than New York? Was New York better than Ek Tha Tiger (EKT)? To me answer to them is YES. And by this logic I dread waiting Kabir Khan's next. EKT never stands on it's feet inspite of a man who is currently riding a wave and having a time of his life. Even though it is a written off film, but going by Salman's luck, charm, presence, add-in anything that you want, this one will also go into the 100+ crore plus club. EKT has fab locales, fab people and a fab budget to go. But what surprises me most, does a name matter or a star cast more than the script or the plot. YRF's repertoire of work speaks for itself. Look at a Band Bajaa Baraat or a Chak De. Strong scripts but relatively newbies to support (Yeah! I know Shahrukh and Chak De, don't forget, the movie rises or rose beyond him), alternatively you have a EKT and with SALMAN they wo

In my review of GOW 1 I had mentioned that the film was an overdose of style, treatment and loads of gore and guns. The script, story and everything in between took a back seat. The zest, fervour and the spirit of GOW 1 continues with GOW 2. What a mess? Manoj replaced by Nawazzuddin and it is one hell of a journey into the heartlands of Dhanbad (Wasseypur) with more blood, more guns and a transforming India in as the backdrop. The coal replaced by scrap, the black telephones replaced by pager (!) and eventually by cellular phones. But the gore and blood stays. Absence of a plot and a good script is throughout visible and at times it meanders into a docu-drama into the history of India through the eyes of Anurag Kashyap (suggest he goes back to Black Friday and see the DVD again). Frame after frame there is a motley crowd of rogues either eating or shooting or f***ing. Nothing really separating one from the other. The only silver lining, Tigmanshu Dhulia. Every frame he appears it c