Thursday, October 08, 2009

Wake up, Karan Johar!

Karan Johar must have had an impossibly happy childhood. So he refuses to grow up. And paint a contrived, over the top view of the world.

A cute 20 year old who wears t-shirts with cartoon characters. The first time, it's cute; the fifth time, Grow up!

A spoilt 20 year old who does not understand that money does not grow on trees watered by tequila & vodka? Grow up!

An unemployed, middle class 27 year old stumbles upon a vast apartment overlooking the sea in one of the most expensive cities in the world. So much for all the Bombayites who break their backs for decades, trying to own their tiny little piece of heaven!

A 26 year director who decides to make his first film based upon, guess what, his own trials and tribulations (spoilt kid belonging to a top film family who obviously grew up believing money is watered with beer and girlfriends).

A young 'serious cinema' actress who has taken her intellectual label so seriously that she carries a perpetual sulk in all her movies. It looks fresh the first time, but by the tenth time, you just feel like straightening out her mouth with both hands so she looks less like the Joker. WHY SO SERIOUS Konkana?

The redeeming moments - the tension between the hard-at-work girlfriend and stay-at-home younger boyfriend. The music - the beautifully worded Ektara and the breezy Kya Karoon. And Ranbir Kapoor a.k.a. Sid, who has surely inherited his dad's genes as he infuses the main character with a believable innocence.

2 comments:

The Line of Beauty said...

haha...you seriously touched a raw nerve there!! I can't tell you how I despise this brand of cinema. What's worse is that it gets lapped up by people who believe in the see facing aprartment and fabindia curtain crap.

Essentially, it's a men chick flick and men don't seem to know it.

And do write more often ;)

Hina said...

TLOB, thanks for still visiting!

Lotsa half finished tales in my head - gotta commit them to the laptop now :-)