Lage Raho
Boman Irani. One of the best actors in India today.
And Lage Raho Munnabhai is good fun. Boman Irani is superb, especially at a moment when he jiggles his hips and goes, Just Chill, Chill, Just Chill.
And Arshad Warsi is great, Sanjay Dutt is… himself (no comment), and there’s a fleeting special appearance by a very goodlooking actor.
Two complaints: I didn’t care for the Radio-Will-Be-The-Moral-Force-In-Your-Lives moments (even if it was an ironic reversal of the radio-station hijacking in Rang De Basanti). Except that it gave Jimmy Shergill a small role and something to do, and that’s a good thing because otherwise he wouldn’t have anything to do, and that would be sad.
And I didn’t care for the music. No, it’s not the kind that grows on you - more like toadstools. One of the songs was based on Cliff Richard’s (gah) Theme for a Dream -
You are my theme for a dreamAnd more on similar lines.
Yes you are, a rare and lovely theme (You’re a theme for a dream)
The dreams I dream day and night
That your arms are holding me so tight (You’re a theme for a dream)
I did like the way the songs/dances were choreographed and filmed though, especially the song in which Munna and Circuit are drunk. I especially liked the big furry costumed lions.
Here’s a picture of Boman Irani from Let’s Talk.
Hi, I dont normally watch Hindi movies (for a lot of very good reasons), so when I saw this song on TV, I wrote a somewhat similar blog on it:)
Regards,
MsMRC
Comment by MsMRC — September 2, 2006 @ 4:42 pm
Didn’t much like the radio-as-moral-force moments myself, but thought the film was really good overall. Warsi superb, and they handled the Gandhi stuff (which could so easily have been screwed up) quite well.
Comment by Jabberwock — September 2, 2006 @ 5:22 pm
MsMRC, Thx for adding yr thoughts.
Jai, yes, I thought it was good fun too. Of course, as in the earlier Munnabhai film, I keep wondering why they didn’t take Govinda for the role of Munna - he would have brought it to life in ways that Sanjay Dutt can never do…
Comment by Uma — September 4, 2006 @ 12:45 am
truly enjoyable! i myself didnt find the music too attractive, not that it affected Lage Raho watching!!!
check my review too!
http://www.yashuhitchcock.blogspot.com/
Comment by Yashashwini — September 5, 2006 @ 7:48 pm
truly enjoyable! I didnt find the music too attractive myself, not that it affected movie watching for me!
check my review too http://www.yashuhitchcock.blogspot.com/
Comment by Yashashwini — September 5, 2006 @ 7:49 pm
you didn’t comment on the “gandhigiri” the film is supposedly spreading.. i felt the film’s message was that it’s only dadagiri that works!
Comment by sudeep — October 2, 2006 @ 6:44 am
You didn’t comment on the “Gandhigiri” that the film is supposed to be spreading.. Thats one point where I have a problem with it! (See Mahatma Gandhi meets Munnabhai)
Comment by sudeep — October 3, 2006 @ 6:09 am