My Experience - New York I Love You (movie review)

Glimpse of lives that you wish you had, or you know you wouldn’t. Sprinkled with the magic of coincidence, the thrill of impulse, eccentricity that comes from loneliness or the entire weirdness of how some things could turn out to be for some people. Every story sits at a point where it is not too far from being believable, or close to being unbelievable. Brashness and charm which come with having no consequence, the ones that you transform into semi drunk, but relish better sober. Moments that set you into a trail of thoughts or a trail of silence. With glimpses of phases very different from where you stand, at a point where you may be sometime in future. Moments not even faintly worth being etched in history, but moments which seem like milestones in a life’s experience. Experiences so portrayed that you can reach out your hands and touch them.

New York, i love you too…

The bang of Dabang..

I wanted the effects to settle to really know how the movie was. Because for the first few after hours post Dabang, the mood is fairly ecstatic to make you sound too much in love with the film. I never went expecting true cinematic work or award winning performances. The expectation I had was some entertainment, and that is what I got, purely that.

Dabang is an effective combination of lots of bits and themes that you can figure are copied from popular western cinema, which is then mixed with rural Indian nuances that have been crying out loud for someone to notice and create entertainment. You can't help but notice elements of Desperado (Music – Guitar), Matrix and Kill Bill (stunts of course) combined with item-song skill of Omkara, along with a heart-full of original entertaining dialogues inspired by rural India. And for those who have seen their share of movies from the South of India , it will be heartening to see someone finally doing a good inspirational job of capturing what makes them a hit there, rather than blindly lifting every scene, which is cultural essence. Not to forget the generous display of Ray-ban aviators to add to the already high levels of "Spunk".

The movie also is so fast that it does not really give too much time to think, the reason I wanted to wait a while before writing about it. All it does when you are watching is entertain you. There are a few story deviations that make you think for a short while, and which you get over as soon.

I loved the stunts, use of local props like pickle jar, dialogues, authentic locations for rural/small town India and a light hearted rendition of serious scenes (specially the one between Dimple Kapadia and Arbaaz Khan).

Salman Khan has played a role that suits age and style. I really appreciate, more than his acting, his restrain to over-act. He has not cried as bad for one to end up laughing, neither has he brought his casual western accent into his Hindi.

Cinematography is fresh and art and photography are good as well.

It is after a long time that Bollywood has come out with a true blue original.

And to sum it up, I say it is a paisa-wasool film and would recommend that this movie be seen in large screen theater, because the audience makes the experience even better.

I have added one of my favorite image works from the film. Very innovative classic. And starting some image addition culture to the blog (attempt to substitute a thousand words :) )