Saw Guru the other day.. 1 day before the world wide premiere... Drove atleast 100 kms in total that day just to make sure that I catch this flick before anyone else does.. or rather anyone else that I know does. Only because I have a penchant for visionaries, and Mani Ratnam has turned my mental crank each time I see something he's made.
It was good, the best thing about it was AB's swagger as he walks in the movie. The camera work's astounding, usage of filters, pans and zooms is akin to Dil Se, the only Hindi Movie I can remember where each shot was so clearly defined. Vidya Balan is so wasted in the movie, I can't even cry about it. Plus AR Rehman does a good job, specially the song "Jaage hain Der Tak" will haunt me for days to come. Have already taken to listening to it while on the job, atleast thrice a day.
All in all, something that could have gone farther away, in the league of Yuva, but guess this time Mani had to recoup the losses he had last time, so the movie is peppered with brainless songs, agreed they are hummable and some of them haunting even, but then, there's so much that you can take in style of a bollywood movie.
Hope Mani Ratnam and AB can continue this for atleast a few years to come. Mani does really well when it comes to showing the chemistry between the main protagonists, in this case Mithun Da and AB.. R Madhavan is about as useful as the machinery in Mithun Da's press, which keeps breaking down as and when Gurukant Desai (AB's Character)'s goons wish.
Ash, I am not the right critic for her, just kinda turns me off with her ice maiden ways.
BTW, I had just started to tell you how much I wanted to watch this movie, but then,
"Khalid Mohammad ka bhoot mere andar aa gaya"
Till next time, Let the Music play..
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