to only feel good, Happy endings or comedies. Why cant a person be entertained with a sober, tragic story if it is well narrated.
I thought about this today after I finally saw Guzaarish. After reading the innumerable reviews on how the movie was not entertaining and what not., I was wondering if the movie would be entertaining and I was pleasantly surprised. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It was a well narrated and a well told story .
I dont understand if people can sit through a mindless comedy like golmaal 3, no entry and the likes then whats wrong in being entertained by a story which is sober and tragic in nature. I guess it comes down to choices but still thats another little bias that I found in Bollywood.
I admire slb for making a movie like guzaarish. I am tired of watching the same run of the mill love stories with immature adults and the same cheesy love scenes and dialogues. Thats why this year my 3 fav movies has been
Udaan, oce upon a time in Mumbai and guzaarish and I would like to add Aisha too purely coz the movie showed the lead to be completely flawed and did make it a point to say it and didnt justify her actions and its treatment was different.
lastly, the best actor has to go to hrithik this year in my opinion. His performance was just excellent. I only saw ethan the character and not hrithik the star. The guy was phenomenal, kudos to him for doing such a challenging role irrespective of whether it was commercial or not.
2nd choice ajay devgan or ronit roy even for udaan, stand out performances. They may never get it but they were the best in my opinion until now.