Gulal Movie Review
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The movie GULAAL aint for the faint-hearted. Nor is it for those looking for escapist cinema. Anurag Kashyap movies are dark [this one's gruesome as well] and you either take to them or you don’t. There’s no in between!
Star cast: Kay Kay Menon, introducing Raj Singh Chaudhary, Jesse Randhawa, Deepak Dobriyal, Aditya Srivastava, Ayesha Mohan, Piyush Mishra and Abhimanyu Singh
In GULAAL, the storyteller attempts to tell multiple stories in one film. Student politics, a separate state for Rajputs, an intense love story that has a disastrous end..
The film is embellished with supreme performances. Kay Kay is in splendid form. Raj Singh Chaudhary has the talent. Aditya Srivastav does well, but deserved more footage. Piyush Mishra is excellent. Abhimanyu Singh leaves a strong impact. Ayesha Mohan is top notch. Mahie Gill is perfect. Deepak Dobriyal is first-rate. Pankaj Jha is effective. Jesse Randhawa gets no scope.
On the whole, GULAAL is interesting in parts. The film may appeal to those looking for a change from the run-of-the-mill fares week after week. Its business will be best at multiplexes of metros.
Gulaal rating: 3.5/5 One of Anurag Kashyap’s Best Movie.
Source : IndiaFM Gulal Review
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/12999/index.html
March 18th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
I heard Gulal holds similarities with a Kannada movie “Neela”? Is it true? Is Gulal a remake?
March 20th, 2009 at 2:28 am
its a good movie overall. plz do not go with ur family. but yes, can go with friends of similar age. dialogue presentation is really good. though the end is a little complicated but its a must watch movie.
March 21st, 2009 at 1:52 pm
It is a good film. Not run of the mill stuff. At times film is like stretching but all in all, anurag kashyap tried to spin a story with different issues. Perhaps these issues are different today and we tried to concentrate on it in parts but looking at the larger picture he had to tell his story of political ambitions, a larger picture of politics with real characters who are fallible almost every time and who are either blinded by their political illusion as Jinnah had once or their extremely desperate search for power. And issues were spun well. Film had great actors as opposed to dramatic brainless stars and their characterization made the film all the more good. Dialogs looked real. Films serves two purposes mainly:
One is to entertain and other is to tell a story or send a message. A film which does best on either front can atleast be called good. Sometimes a run of the mill stuff may do good because of certain tweaks which make film watchable and one can half heartedly attach any message to it one like. Films falling in this category may be Ghazini. There could be films which have a story to tell and with some good stuffs make it very entertaining too. Gulal is this stuff. Shahrukh and other fans please excuse. This is not your cup of tea.
March 22nd, 2009 at 12:46 am
Anurag kasyap should be banned from making movies. He is the worst