Hi Folks,
Caught the screening of Aamir and was intrigued prior to watching it. Intrigued because it had no big names, not even small one's, but had as its protagonist, a television actor by the name of Rajeev Khandelwal. There was no love interest for him in the film. This whole set up of experimentation, to me is fascinating.
What immediately caught my attention was the pace of the film. Never a dull moment, coincidently even when a lot is going on in the mind of the protagonist. It was more of one thing leading to another and another. The technical finesse of the film was of the highest order as were the songs.
From a story perspective it was average and in fact the first couple of scenes, gave away the plot to a seasoned viewer like me. Having said that, the execution was still amazing and the pace frantic. Rajeev makes a fine feature film debut and go to enhance my belief that television has a lot of hidden gems that are just waiting to be unearthed. The concept of a helpless protaganist in fact reminded me of seeing Amitabh before he became this larger than life icon. Also Rajeev's vulnerable look was something that the director of the film can take a create deal of pride in, cause that was probably his doing.
While the story was a give away from the first scene, it was not so formulaic, that one got bored. The twists were still of the highest order, without it seeming like "forced climax" or "intensity." The length was just about right and anything longer, would have meant a lost interest and anything shorter, would have meant a "rushed job."
Collection wise, this is one of the few films of recent times, that had a second week box office (in India) better than the first.
I think names like the director, Raj and the DoP, will be around for some time to come.
Sincerely,
Vivek "as mentioned it is the content, not the gizmos that draws audience" Kumar
