Pankaj Kapoor: Length of Mausam affected it

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Length of the film worked against 'Mausam': Pankaj Kapoor

IANS | Dec 10, 2012, 12.00 AM IST
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Length of the film worked against 'Mausam': Pankaj Kapoor
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Veteran actor Pankaj Kapoor, who made his directorial debut with "Mausam", feels that the length of the film went against it and had he got more time, he would have worked more on editing.

"It has been more than a year that the film has released. One thing what I feel is, if I had got an opportunity to delay the release for two to three months, then I would have sensed the objectivity of the product and so I would have been able to do a better edit job," Pankaj told IANS.

"I think the film was 15 to 20 minutes longer for today's audience. These are the two things that I definitely realise," he added.

However, Pankaj has taken the failure in a very positive way.

"As far as the creativity of the film is concerned, even at the cost of sounding silly I would say we with our honesty went to tell a nice story in a good way but not everything that you do in life is successful and not everything that you do in life is appreciated," he said.

"I don't say 'Mausam' should have been a super hit. Somewhere down the line, there must be something missing in the film but when I make my next film, we will try not to repeat those mistakes," he added.

"Mausam" released in 2011 and featured Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. Pankaj will now be seen in Vishal Bhardwaj's "Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola", which releases Jan 11.

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You know, I found Mausam to be a much more sincere effort than JTHJ sadly. It had it's own share of flaws of course, but I think it connected more with me. *shrugs*

Anyways, Pankaj Kapoor was always a class apart :)


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Mausam was wayyy better than JTHJ! if edited better I think it would've been even better!
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Things that were a no-no for me:

1. Sonam
2. Shahid
3. Story (which i simply wikied)

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I actually liked Mausam too...call me weird or wat

N I loved shahid n Sonam pairing 😳
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Things that were a no-no for me:

1. Sonam
2. Shahid
3. Story (which i simply wikied)


you wikied the story so you haven't seen the movie? Sonam-Shahid actually had good chemistry and acted well! the editing was weak!
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Originally posted by: Yankees

Things that were a no-no for me:

1. Sonam
2. Shahid
3. Story (which i simply wikied)


Well hello there! Nice to see you posting again 😃
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Originally posted by: chocolover89

You know, I found Mausam to be a much more sincere effort than JTHJ sadly. It had it's own share of flaws of course, but I think it connected more with me. *shrugs*

Anyways, Pankaj Kapoor was always a class apart :)




i agree...

both had stupid scripts tht get stupider towards the end with a completely blown out climax...

but the first 45 minutes of the film is better than any part of JTHJ...
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you wikied the story so you haven't seen the movie? Sonam-Shahid actually had good chemistry and acted well! the editing was weak!

LOL, why on earth would i watch a movie starring a duckling. 😕
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i agree...

both had stupid scripts tht get stupider towards the end with a completely blown out climax...

but the first 45 minutes of the film is better than any part of JTHJ...


Mhmm, the Punjab portion of Mausam blows all of JTHJ out of the water...even the reason for their separation is more swallow-able...it just becomes overdone by the end of the film though since they're always separating/reuniting. I liked Harry-Aayat's reunion way better than Samar-Akira's too. Not to mention Sonam's acting as Aayat was a few million times better than Katrina as Meera.

PK is right, the length ended up being the main flaw...a good 30-40 minutes chopped off, especially with the ridiculous climax and it would have done much better. The climax with the horse really really killed everything.

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