My home is filled with die hard SRK fans, and yet we found My Name is Khan [MNIK] boring. If ever I was to give one word reviews to movies, that would be it for MNIK – BORING
Though very difficult, let me try and begin on a positive note - In MNIK, SRK pleasantly surprises by pulling off a badly written role [not to mention script] with conviction. Wish I could say this about everything else in the movie. The character he plays suffers from a kind of autism, and I must admit nowhere does SRK look ridiculous or act like he is trying too hard
Apart from SRK the only other positive factor worth mentioning in MNIK is the cinematography by Ravi K Chandran. MNIK can pass off as a subtle sales pitch for tourism to the US of A; such is the brilliance of the colors and exotic spaces Ravi splashes onto the screen
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy give bearable music, but I think like us they too thought a lot was going to happen and made the music accordingly. The music seems to exaggerate what is happening; very non impactful scenes receive music that is meant for life altering events
Kajol rarely delivers a less than brilliant performance, but in MNIK she seemed overused and passé. Of course one did see glimpses [only] of her natural talent in the highly emotional scene where she loses her loved one and again later when she confronts SRK in a stadium.
So to cut a long review short, looks like Karan Johar should stick to his “pink and purple” genre, am not sure if he is good at delivering serious stories. He probably doesn’t know how to tell a somber story in an interesting way. He needs to learn the difference between dreary and impactfully solemn.
The movie is dull not because it doesn’t have a story, but because no efforts have been made to make the story telling interesting to the viewers. More importance has been given to the look and feel of the film than its content. And it shows.
See this movie, only when it comes on TV, as I am sure it will - soon. Don’t spend any money on it, please! It is wasteful enough to put your time into it. And I am saying you should catch it when it comes on TV just so that you can see Ravi’s fabulous cinematography and SRK’s interesting rendition of an ill scripted role
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just two problems with your comments..
ReplyDeleteyou have given two stars two many for this flick
And you have not been able to find a better word than BORING for this movie. Next time try, disgusting, idiotic and stuff like that. Never wrong to use such words on movies like these... :)
How cud u give 2 stars? U really mst like SRK that much.. I thot he acted more like a retard than one with AS.. too many loopholes in the movie.. Autistic bro for marketing.. did JS want to close down his business forever.. oh.. ofcourse otherwise how in the world wud SRK meet Kajol.. N Kajol puts in an order for the beauty products like she owns the shop.. but she didnt coz she later shifts somewhere else to open her own.. a person with Asperger's syndrome doesnt show leadership qualities.. dats exactly wot our hero did in Georgia.. hero after all.. O n finally he hates shaking hands.. but shook hands with Obama not once but twice.. Kajol thot this was K3G Part 2.. she still acted as loud girl frm Chandni Chowk..her boy dies in school playground.. but she is distributing pamphlets throughout her neighbourhood if they have any clues.. as far as the music.. I liked Sajda n Tere Naina..I think where Aamir is trying hard to make people aware they are Indians rather than Hindus or Muslims.. SRK is busy trying to promote the religion..too much emphasis on KHHHHHAn..n y else was the movie premiered in Abu Dhabi of all places.. Where Aamir is promoting Incredible India! SRK is promoting US n German tourism.. wot irony..
ReplyDeleteVarun...I agree with you, I have overused the word boring...I must use the plethora of words that befit this dull film :)
ReplyDeleteVandana...you are absolutely right, I do like SRK...but I sincerely think he managed a badly written role in a horribly made film, well :)
ReplyDeleteEverything that you have noticed about the autism/mktg thingy and Kajol do ring true...and did you notice in the end how she seemed to have suffered, fought and hardened etc. etc. all to make a bunch of teenagers parade into jail!...that was ridiculous has hell
LOL yes.. o n Praveen Dabbas cut his long hair but didnt shave his beard off.. did that make him look less of a Afghani.. totally unreal..Sumeet Raghavan was completely wasted..
ReplyDeleteHere is a comment by Sudha Nair:
ReplyDelete"Hi! love the music of MNIK...haven't seen the movie..waiting to sse it at home...just one query...what is Aspergers Syndrome and why couldn't someone with AS not have leadership qualities?"