Realm of Thoughts

Just like wine, there are some types of movies that are appreciated only by someone who understands them, and most other people either hate such movies or pretend to have liked them. Dhobhi Ghat, the directorial venture by Kiran Rao, is truly speaking, an artist’s expression. The director makes it very clear that the movie is not aimed at making you laugh, or cry, or jump in horror, or stare in mystery. All this movie does is expresses what the director wishes to express through it, and does that very well. Dhobhi Ghat is a love story: a story of four people coming from different worlds, who cross paths in some way or the other, set with the vivid background of Mumbai. It shows the complexity of human emotions and of relationships, and shows that no matter how hard we try, the mind has little control over one’s emotions. The movie portrays a series of subtle day-to-day events in the lives of these characters, and how each event builds a rainbow-full of emotions in them- some of them e

T here are some movies that are so boring that you leave the auditorium after the intermission and regret having seen even the first half of it. YPD is not one of those movies; it is the kind of movie that you want to leave after the intermission, but would regret if you do. Starring the explosive (with the exception of Bobby) Deols, YPD has been a much awaited movie, especially in the northern half of the country. And as one sits through the first half of the movie hoping for a super-dose of entertainment, all one receives is a super-dose of disappointment and long yawns. The movie starts really slow and focuses too much on the emotional melodrama which seems completely out of place in an over-the-top spoof-like intended-comedy. The first half attempts to build involvement in a story which is almost non-existent, and the one thing that is needed: quality humor and punches, are far and too few to keep one engaged. The real zest of the movie, however, comes up in the second half when th