Saturday, July 7, 2007

Cheeni Kum (2007)


My judgment on this should not be seen as fair because i believe i have seen a ripped version of the movie, with few scenes missing. I feel so because, i'm among very few people who hated this movie with fervent fervour, so to invent a nonsense phrase! Also when i 'googled' for some pics, i saw some that i didn't, in the movie. duh!

However, a few scenes maketh not a movie. so i can safely say that this movie sucks!! The missed scenes made the difference between unpalatable and horrendous. And mind you, i always tilt the benefit of doubt towards the positive. so u see!

"SPOILER WARNING"
picked up that phrase from IMDB..felt its cool..but hey! don't laugh it off..i'm really giving it away..there is this 6 yr old grand mom in the movie; no i didn't get the number wrong, but i certainly didn't get the logic in that. She goes on and on in the movie, waxing eloquent on the philosophy of life, intricacies of love, turbulence of the mind..my! my! seems becoming terminally ill comes with a bonus of exemplary enlightenment

Amitabh is a 64 year old restaurateur cum master chef and tabu is a 34 year old unknown entity with no work and lot of money. Hence she's holidaying in London and meets AB at his authentic indian restaurant and unwittingly falls in love. AB does look hot though!! loved the short pony tail. Age is not a problem, but the way their romance progresses is, i feel. Mind you, the missing scenes may have distorted my opinion here so i won't delve much

Comedy was DEFINITELY super sad!! so bad, i don't even recall any jokes.

Oh yes!! if you replaced AB with shahid Kapur, no scene would have felt out of place. Maybe that tells u a bit about the maturity in AB's role.

so thats that. avoidable movie unless ofcos the missed scenes are a revelation!

concept 3/10 (considering the girl, AB's mom et al, but ok otherwise)
performance 7/10 (can't give more, couldn't stand that girl)
screenplay 3/10 (blech!!..)
technical 7/10

overall 5/10