Its Evolution Baby!

Change is the only constant. While religions past, present and future will wipe themselves out in denial of this very fact, the Hindi movie industry has taken to it with surprising gusto. All of a sudden, movies actually have strong characterization, mature plots, stunning visuals (and im not alluding to skin) and cinematography and lean more to the alternative than ever before. Omkaara is a perfect example of the flux. For a change, Saif Ali Khan has his shirt on, and doesn't wear lipstick. In fact, his performance as the Machiavellian, malicious limp is almost as good as it gets. Others deliver well too, but the real star is Vishaal Bharadwaj. This guy is has been nowhere near a film school, but still writes, directs and composes (music) better than any other in the business. Talk about genius! If you havent yet watched his previous work, Maqbool, you have most certainly missed the seed of the Indian movie renaissance.


Metro is another one bending towards the semi-commercial arroyo, but lacks the meticulousness of Omkara. While the background score is mostly good and resembles that of a Hollywood drama-thriller, the songs are a huge waste of time. Somebody decided to hire a highly unoriginal, not to mention bad looking, rock act for all the songs. Their visualization in the movie is even the funnier, the 'unkept' vocalist bawls, punches the air in front of his face, and slowly moves it down a la a boyband vocalist/Micheal Bolton, all this for soul-less ballads sounding like the lizard, Celine Dion, in Hindi. The plot is audacious and performances strong, but still very predictable. The style is a less meritorious version of Crash/Babel (disconnected story lines purposefully intertwined in the bigger picture), and reaks of imitation. Still, very Maverick for Bolly. Just dont watch it with your mom!

Here are the (kind of) songs I'd have put:

Artist: Antaraagni / Raghu Dixit
Song: Mysore Se
Comment: Hope these guys get to go Big. Still very underground in Blr.


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Song: Woh Lamhe


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Artist: Fuzon
Song: Aankon Ke Saagar


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