Here's my movie of the year 2007.
Magnificent. You've either seen it or..well. "Ye le Preeti, dekha de woh launde ko" and "Acha hai, apne desh mein hi swaagat kar rahe hain aap" were among my favourite lines. I'd love anything that Jaideep Sahni's written but he went one level up with this. I'm looking forward to seeing it again - if only for those superb Delhi shots.
I seriously doubt anything in the coming three months will come even a mile close to this one movie. And here I count OD master Bhansali's "Saawariya" and Farha Khan's "Om Shanti Om". Promos for both movies are already out, i.e. two months before launch (same day - Nov 9th). They might be blockbuster stuff, but honestly, just for pure fun, spirit and emotion, Chak De towers.
I also have my song of the year.
I thought "Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd." was probably among the most under-rated movies in recent times. I enjoy "Vaari vaari" simply because it sounds so fresh every time I hear it, unlike any of the chart-busters this year. The picturisation of the song was brilliant and probably adds to the overall experience. I'm a fan of K. K. Menon and as you'd see above he was just mad, mad, mad in this song.
And before I go - Amit Paul for Indian Idol.
10 comments:
Completely agree with Chak De. I didn't expect much, but it turned to be a gem of a movie. Looking forward to Om Shanti Om though...I like the retro look in the songs!
I went to watch chuk de as SRK had a diff name...kabir khan...n promos had him look diff with those aviator glasses n lil beard .....it was indeed a gr8t movie....me too love the song ..:)
Shantanu - thanks for the visit and yes, between "Sanwariya" and "OSO", I'm definitely looking forward to "OSO"!
meetdream - thanks for the comment!
chak de was a good movie, but i really don't think its worthy of the excessive adulation it has been receiving. that's just my take on it of course, and i've ranted about it on my blog as well. don't get me wrong, i liked the movie, but please, it ain't all that!
PB - thanks for the comment. Appreciate your views.
Agree with Chak de being the movie of the year, but I am really looking foward to Bhool Bhulaiya.
Another under-rated movie of the year would be "Ek chaalis ki last local." I can't really understand why it didn't do well.
Kusum - Thanks for the comment. I doubt a Priyadarshan movie can beat CDI from being movie of the year! As for ECKLL - well, I thought it was a different movie no doubt, but I think it stretched on for a bit too long. Abhay Deol though was quite good.
Kusum - interesting. You thought ECKLL was refreshingly different (agree to limited extent), but you're also waiting for a Priyadarshan movie which is as formulaic as you can get. Anyways, your choice, its all cool.
Oh I didn't mean that BB would beat chak de, just that it's one movie I am really looking forward to.
Ok ECKLL did strech but it was so refreshingly different from the rotten lot of movies that come up.
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