Mesmerising Moments | Editor's pen

Hi friends…

It’s difficult to choose one between Shanghai and Kahaani, two amazing offbeat movies of this year. For these two movies, an awesome Paan Singh Tomar, a promising Gangs Of Wasseypur, Barfi and expected blockbuster Talash, it looks like that we can call 2012 as one of the most outstanding years for Bollywood in recent past. But we will talk about them some other day. Today, I want to talk about these two different movies – Kahaani and Shanghai.

From different POVs, each of these two excelled. Kahaani was fast paced entertainment with awesome thriller quotient. You can’t find loopholes until you leave the theatre. You will be awestruck with the amount of energy Vidya exudes in her performance. Great detailing as well. On this point, even Shanghai earns quite a handful of brownie points. Amazing detailing in character development. But low on entertainment, high on thoughts. It let you understand about the irony in life and reality between infra development.

The one moment where Vidya works on computer (while standing) and Rana (Parambrata) looks at her with tender emotions (while sitting) as Vidya is extracting information from Police database makes me weak in knees while watching Kahaani. Perhaps the best piece from my namesake’s most successful movie. Shanghai, too, had an amazing moment. It almost brought tears in my eyes. Interestingly, it involved Emraan Hashmi. When he went to see his friend’s death body. How well he pulled off that odd scene. Remarkable. The lump in his throat. The pain in his eyes. The apocalyptic feel. He nailed it.

Next Edition will be a director’s special. Wait for it.

Love,

Sujoy