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Mass rating - ** ½
Class rating - ****
Mithya – The reason to name it so must have been associated with Myth :-) This is what I could come up with, but if any reader does have any inputs on why the name Mithya…? Please do share !
I do not know of a single Friday since the days of movie watching during which two movies were simultaneously released both of different genre all together, but using the cinematic ploy of a double role…can you think of any?
This weeks release - Super Star – starring Kunal Khemu and Mithya – starring Ranvir Sheorey…
I preferred Mithya and was glad I made this choice…
Director – Rajat Kapoor (not to be confused with the actor with the same name) , is back behind the camera after the immensely likeable Raghu Romeo (on soap obsessed common man), Mixed Doubles (on wife swapping!) and Bheja Fry (as a producer ). Indian Cinema surely needs brave directors similar to him, for the audience who is intelligent and does not want the usual run of mill corny stuff being dished out week after week.
This time round he spins an interesting story surrounding a struggling actor with the backdrop of underworld and a short love story thrown in as good measure. Apparently I read in one of the pre-release articles that the take off point for this movie for the director was a narrative from Hindu Mythology, in which Lord Vishnu explains Maya to Narada….
The nay sayers may say that the basic premise has been seen umpteen times in drama since the Shakespearean era ,and in the Cinema since the talkies… But finally its the treatment that matters…After all cinema is all about treatment (…besides loving your parents:-))….This is where the director scores…
The star cast is Versatile Ranvir in the lead role and ably supported by Subdued Vinay pathak, Regular Saurabh shukla, my fav Naseeruddin shah (as a don in a short but powerful role), Cute Iravati harshe (don’t know why we don’t see more of her in hindi films?) , Convincing Harsh chhaya , and the surprising BFBB (Bright Face, Broad Base…) Neha Dhupia as the sexy actor cum KEEP cum love interest of the movie.
The movie starts well with establishing the character of a struggling actor, a dreamer yet looser wannabe, and moves on to the part when the actor gets lost completely in the character (cinematic device) he is expected to play and finally re-discovering himself.
Dont want to reveal much so as to keep the surprise elements in its place for the weekend movie watchers !! The background score by Sagar Desai is apt and chaplinesque in nature in many scenes…
There are gems of scenes in the movie..notably – Ranvir, rehearsing hindi lines from Hamlet, The perfect photo moment in which the goons want to literally shoot a photo:-)), the initial scene when Ranvir is trapped, His efforts in getting into the character, the beautiful confused dream sequence and the brilliant surprising finale….
They say when one dies, entire life flashes in front of the eyes who is dying …the source for this surely cannot be traced for obvious reasons neither do I intend to test the veracity of these lines….
Instead I recommend go and watch this movie !!
4 comments:
Will surely watch this movie.Sounds off beat and interesting. Apart from the rest of the commercials.
Mithya means Bhram - this is one movie I wouldn't want to miss. I am fond of Rajat Kapoor's brand of cinema. Straight from the heart no fuss kinds, Nagesh Kukunoor used to do that as well...he seems to be becoming commercial now.
And the cast is made up of my favorite actors and I mean actors not good looking six packers :P
“Mithya”, I feel is illusion, and this movie really gave me an illusion of a good movie !
Rajat Kapoor really seem to give unexpected movies, Bheja Fry was the first movie I watched of him, though I was skeptical and not sure whether I would like this movie, but unexpectedly, it was a brilliant movie, on other hand “Mithya” failed to reach my expectations.
Few Observations about this movie...
1. Ranbir was brilliant in the role of struggling actor, but i fail to understand why he was given the role of DON, he did not speak a word as an actual don.
2. Saurabh Shukla was wasted for his talent, could have been given some substantial role.
3. Naseeuddin shah could have done much better.
4. Neha Dhupia doesnt seem to show any tendency of getting better roles.
5. The only characters which made me to watch the whole movie were of Vinay Pathak and his side kick.
I was disappointed to buy a DVD of this movie, hoping better movies from Rajat next time.
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