Review of Guzaarish (2010) by Adesh P — 20 Nov 2010

Hrithik Roshan thought he is still making Koi Mil Gaya. Aishwarya Rai thought she is Forest Gump herself, also a mobile museum both in size and décor. Suhel Seth thought he is in an episode of gummy bears.

And Rajit Kapur thought he is Aakash Khurana of Beta. While all other actors (all of them seem to be on steroids) thought that their audience is Rani Mukherjee of Black. Then there are costume designers who thought they were making a cross between Chaplin and Star Wars.

Set designers thought the film is set in Pandora. Background music director thought he is working in lord of the rings: return of the king. As for cinematography, every frame is like a boring and a repetitive painting.

At some places making a frame beautiful becomes so important that logic of the setting becomes secondary and placements of characters irrational. And the only thing I remember in the sound is a clock tingling whenever there is no dialogue.

I guess its the same stock sound which can be heard in Devdas and Saawariya too. They all have same clocks, may be. They also dont have torches, they use designer lamps to move around in the night. Electricity and batteries are still to reach Goa.

I wonder how IFFI guys are going to manage their show. Overall, I believe, Gujrati plays are more subtle and nuanced while this Spanish omelet is anything but that. Its not only shamelessly but also very incapably copied from A Sea Inside but the good part is that its funny but ofcourse unintentionally and at several places, most importantly its full of artificiality and a senseless self indulgence devoid of any real magic.

Or may be there was magic, because I caught myself saying this more than once that it cant be for real!