I have seen bad movies adaptations of good books. One such movie is Hello. Though the movie follows the exact storyline depicted in the book (One Night @ Call centre), it fails to make an impression for totally different reasons. The reasons being:
The cast:
Most of the people are misfits for the roles they have been chosen for, the remaining few have acted badly.
- Sharman Joshi's acting is very stiff. He is not able to pull off the important scenes with conviction due to which most of them come across as artificial.
- Gul Panag is the wrong choice for the role. She looks much older than the character in the book.
- Dilip Tahil sucks big-time. He kills the character by his overacting.
- Amrita Arora is her usual plastic self.
- Gul Panag's mother is irritating. Not because of her personality depicted in the book, but because of her acting.
- Suresh Menon is pathetic.
The costumes:
Yeah!! If you feel I am being harsh here, check out (in the attached pic) the costumes worn by -Isha Koppikar (leopard skin slacks and knee length boots)
-Gul Panag (gold embroidered purple mini skirt, dazzling electric blue top and a black inner top revealing ample cleavage.. they have tried to hard to make her look young. The dress actually makes her look heavier than she is)
-Dilip Tahil (wtf is the American Flag doing on his tie?)
The sets:
Most of the sets are unrealistic. The call centre bay is huge. Each of the six persons has acres of desk space. The female restrooms are princely; with sofas inside (pic 2). (I wonder what they are for? Casting couches for call centre interviews?)
The dialogues:
A good story needs good dialogues. Most of the dialogues are bad and the only few good ones are badly delivered.
The only saving grace of the movie is the storyline, which as I have already said, doesn't deviate from the book.
The cast:
Most of the people are misfits for the roles they have been chosen for, the remaining few have acted badly.
- Sharman Joshi's acting is very stiff. He is not able to pull off the important scenes with conviction due to which most of them come across as artificial.
- Gul Panag is the wrong choice for the role. She looks much older than the character in the book.
- Dilip Tahil sucks big-time. He kills the character by his overacting.
- Amrita Arora is her usual plastic self.
- Gul Panag's mother is irritating. Not because of her personality depicted in the book, but because of her acting.
- Suresh Menon is pathetic.
The costumes:
Yeah!! If you feel I am being harsh here, check out (in the attached pic) the costumes worn by -Isha Koppikar (leopard skin slacks and knee length boots)
-Gul Panag (gold embroidered purple mini skirt, dazzling electric blue top and a black inner top revealing ample cleavage.. they have tried to hard to make her look young. The dress actually makes her look heavier than she is)
-Dilip Tahil (wtf is the American Flag doing on his tie?)
The sets:
Most of the sets are unrealistic. The call centre bay is huge. Each of the six persons has acres of desk space. The female restrooms are princely; with sofas inside (pic 2). (I wonder what they are for? Casting couches for call centre interviews?)
The dialogues:
A good story needs good dialogues. Most of the dialogues are bad and the only few good ones are badly delivered.
The only saving grace of the movie is the storyline, which as I have already said, doesn't deviate from the book.
Oops.. Completely forgot about Salman Khan. He has a total screen presence of ten minutes (including the song) out of which he is topless for five minutes flexing his muscles. Give us a break Sallu Bhai!!
6 comments:
hehehehehehhehe
bhai... dilip tahil nahi sharad saxena hai woh
Hmmm ... well ..ahem .. what can I say .. a classic example of too many ingredients(not the cooks) spoil the broth !!
Sounds like a Professional critic :-)
@sudeep - aapka blog khali hain ya sab logon ke liye nahi hain ?
@dreamcatcher - sorry for using this space for such a personal purpose
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