Guddu Rangeela

Few weeks back we wanted to watch this flick mainly because of Arshad Warsi and the song "Mata ka email aaya hai" but we didn't get time, thankfully. I downloaded the flick and watched it over the weekend. Ok, ok, I didn't really watch it. It played in the background while I was busy with something else. 

Rangeela (Arshad) and Guddu (Amit) are wedding singers who are informants for thieves. They give information about how much money families, at which they sing, have and the right time to steal. But they want to get rich so they take up the job of kidnapping Baby (Aditi Rao Hydari) who is the niece of Ronit Roy- a local goon and politician. 

There is so much going on that am not sure which bit to talk about:
- Baby's sister was killed by Ronit Roy and she is out to get revenge from him. She has taped him having sex with other women. The evidence could destroy his career as a politician.
- Rangeela's girlfriend was from an upper caste while Rangeela is from lower caste. They cannot get married because of all the opposition. I think Rangeela even thinks she is dead and finds out in the end she is not. The main person to oppose them was Ronit Roy.
- There is a lot of fighting in the end. Even though the cops and the government is supporting Ronit Roy, Guddu and Rangeela manage to annihilate him

Avoid this flick. The story is not new. Sure, the director- Subhash Kapoor, tried to have a rustic setting and all, but it doesn't work. Terrible flick. Arshad Warsi is good. So is Aditi. Amit Sadh needs to up his game. Ronit Roy is fabulous as always.

Ugly

I have watched all movies directed by Anurag Kashyap except Return of Hanuman andMumbai Cutting. I think I can objectively critique his movies because am a fan. He is one of the best directors/producers we have today. He is creative and brings something new to every movie. You come out of the theatre feeling something you have never felt before.

My favorite movies of AK are Dev D, Gulaal and Black Friday. And if I absolutely had to pick one at gun point, it would be Gulaal. Gulaal has so many layers and it is so creative. It is the only movie I can watch over and over and over again. 

Unfortunately, I cannot say the same about Ugly. I had great expectations from the flick because people on twitter have called it better than 'Black Friday'. I guess those people haven't even seen Black Friday. Twitter is unreliable when it comes to movies. There is too much marketing happening there. It is so easy to create a furore around a movie by retweeting the good reviews. I barely come across bad reviews until I search for them. That's what happened with PK and now with Ugly. 

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I had the misfortune of watching this movie last night. I was actually looking forward to it after people's reviews on facebook and also critics' reviews. But don't worry, there is one honest blog which says it like it is (C'mon... I am allowed some self importance atleast on my own blog).

What I loved about Kai Po Che was that the movie enhanced the book... the book was crap, shoddy, un researched, very simple. Thats my grouse with the new crop of writers... there is no depth and the characters are too simple. I was expecting something similar with this movie... that the director- Abhishek Varman (never heard of him) would enhance the book.