Finally! A memorable Abhishek performance. The type expected of Amitabh's son by hardcore fans like myself when he came to Bollywood and we saw glimpses of in REFUGEE and never again. Reminiscent of the types of "Angry Young Man" performances such as in DEEWAR and ZANJEER that propelled his father to the top.
This movie is worth seeing for him alone in my opinion. Oh, and the song FANAA is perpetually stuck in my head. Sounds very Oakenfeld-ish.
On the flip-side, Vivek Oberoi is going in the other direction. After thoroughly dazzling me in his performances in COMPANY and then SAATHIYA, he's showing to be flat and one-dimensional.
Ajay Devgan was okay in his role but I think he could have done better, but I think that's because he's raised the bar with some terrific performances lately in movies such as COMPANY, DEEWANGEE, and KHAKEE. Still, I think he was miscast in this movie as a noble student leader. He's a bit too old to be a credible collegian.
As far as the actresses go, Rani Mukherjee did an excellent job playing her character, but I've been noticing that her roles of late are quite similar -- The nagging, mistreated, and argumentative wife/gf (SAATHIYA, CHALTE CHALTE).
KABHI KHUSHI KABHIE GHAM is probably the worst thing that ever happened to Kareena Kapoor as she seems to be perpetually stuck in the high maintenance, spoiled hot chick role.
Esha Deol has yet to give any sort of performance that leaves behind an impression on me.
Although this movie got very prolonged as well as ridiculously implausible (the fight on the bridge was ridiculous) toward the end, overall it's still a worthwhile view as Mani Rathnam makes a visually slick and well directed piece, as usual.
This movie is worth seeing for him alone in my opinion. Oh, and the song FANAA is perpetually stuck in my head. Sounds very Oakenfeld-ish.
On the flip-side, Vivek Oberoi is going in the other direction. After thoroughly dazzling me in his performances in COMPANY and then SAATHIYA, he's showing to be flat and one-dimensional.
Ajay Devgan was okay in his role but I think he could have done better, but I think that's because he's raised the bar with some terrific performances lately in movies such as COMPANY, DEEWANGEE, and KHAKEE. Still, I think he was miscast in this movie as a noble student leader. He's a bit too old to be a credible collegian.
As far as the actresses go, Rani Mukherjee did an excellent job playing her character, but I've been noticing that her roles of late are quite similar -- The nagging, mistreated, and argumentative wife/gf (SAATHIYA, CHALTE CHALTE).
KABHI KHUSHI KABHIE GHAM is probably the worst thing that ever happened to Kareena Kapoor as she seems to be perpetually stuck in the high maintenance, spoiled hot chick role.
Esha Deol has yet to give any sort of performance that leaves behind an impression on me.
Although this movie got very prolonged as well as ridiculously implausible (the fight on the bridge was ridiculous) toward the end, overall it's still a worthwhile view as Mani Rathnam makes a visually slick and well directed piece, as usual.