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at 11:46:44 pm on July 16, 2007
NAQAAB – Reality gone wrong
Greetings from Dubai. Real life and reel life this week. Watched Naqaab yesterday. Well since I am very choosy about what I watch and review, one might wonder as to what made me watch Naqaab. Well, Naqaab is shot mainly in Dubai, the city that I live in, so I decided to go and watch the film to see how it was captured. That’s why I said Dubai, reel life and real life. Before I proceed I must state that the other equally important reason I went to watch the film was Akshay Khanna – one of Bollywood’s most under-rated actors.
Real Life – The film is a thriller, as expected from this director – duo. But after all the films that they have made, can someone please educate these two, that a thriller is not necarrily about putting one twist after another. Excuse me, many twist (some predictable and some just stupid) do not make a thriller, and surely not a good thriller. Akshay meets girl, makes it out to look like he’s fallen in love with her, but that’s not so. He’s been asked to make friends with her by some guy called Rohit. The girl in turn is all set to marry richie-rich buy Bobby Deol who just seems to be extremely sweet to be true. Then on the wedding day she dumps Bobby (this is not me giving away anything – trust me) and goes off with Akshay, so Bobby kills himself. There you go. The other bits of the film is all about, this being all set up, as reality TV (or film in this case) and how the many twist will confuse you as to who is in on the reality take and who is unaware of it.
Reel Life – The film does touch the surface on how low one will get to, in the name of success, reality TV (specially these days) and all those games. The biggest problem is that the entire subject is treated very immaturely, with the script and story having no real back-bone. The treatment too is very stupid. A lot more intelligence and/or style was needed here to handle this subject which hasn’t been touched before. The directors who have a good track record, have failed to keep upto that mark.
Cinematically – The film is short well. Nothing great, but Dubai looks real, rather than just those skyscrapers and other tourist spots, there are actual places that everyday Dubians like myself interact with. Anyways, I really wouldn’t recommend this film for anything. The new girls is cute, shows potentials in pockets. Akshya is goodm but cannot really do much with a dud like this. Bobby really, very really needs to consider taking a break and doing acting workshops. The music is not worth mentioning. Watch it at your own risk.
Tagore is based out of Dubai. He writes, cooks and mourns about every thing around him. He is an IT professional during the day and a film maker and writer at night. He runs a humanitarian group too, read more about him at www.tagorealmeida.com
It’s better not to watch Bollywood movies, if you do not have the DESI resistance and digestion capability. Very rare films are made, which are flawless.
Naveen from Dubai
Reasonably Bollywood Keeda- a friend of Utpal
NAQAAB BEST THRILLER SO FAR U R A —– TO SAY ALL WAT U JUST SAID ABOUT NAQAAB>
1 suggestion for u rather than u suggesting others take a break from life and cheer up u mourner.
Tagore Babu,
It’s better not to watch Bollywood movies, if you do not have the DESI resistance and digestion capability. Very rare films are made, which are flawless.
Naveen from Dubai
Reasonably Bollywood Keeda- a friend of Utpal
NAQAAB BEST THRILLER SO FAR U R A —– TO SAY ALL WAT U JUST SAID ABOUT NAQAAB>
1 suggestion for u rather than u suggesting others take a break from life and cheer up u mourner.
SAFE AND PEACE