From the three Diwali releases saw neither in the theatre this year. Tatasky was playing Main Aur Mrs Khanna this week in their Showcase section so immediately subscribed for it.
Was prepared for what was to come since the critics had done a good job of it. Any and every paper you picked up this past week had given a negative review. So when I actually saw this two hour movie it was bearable on the TV monitor. Have to add though it was easy for me to get up and about every time a song started. The songs are a huge disappointment, not a single one was watchable. The performances were lack luster and not a single scene stood out.
One could have worked on the basic plot but there is no hard work at the script level itself so naturally from there itself every department after that will fall flat. Why do we not take scripts more seriously? Why does the director have to be a writer? Writing is a specialized craft and when will some or rather most of our film makers realize this.
Such movies however can make money in the Pay per view and it will not be a losing proposition. More so since as a viewer I had the opportunity to see the movie in the first week of release without going to the theatre. Though one thing I would like to add I believe Pirates have managed to crack the code here and have copied videos from the Tatasky Showcase and are selling as well as renting out the same.
There are total seven actors in the entire movie. This could easily have been a stage play. The movie is a definite miss in the big screen and the movie deserves if we stretch it, half a star.
