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'is duniya me maangne jao toh kuch nahi milta, cheeno toh sab milta hai'
Vijay Raaz,who brings a typical Mumbai watchman, Yadav, alive on screen,declares in disgust.
Baraah Aana is not dramatic....it's not a great motion picture, or any movie which has towering performances. But it reaches out to you in some way. A good enough portrait of the kameena duniya that's out there.
A world where 30K is money earnt over 3 years, not money spent on luxury in a month.
A world where one is forced to become spineless to survive while he sees his diseased and poor child die amidst poverty -- these are such cliched stories that our society have seen from such a long time that we fail to even take note now.
That said, the movie just asks you to take a re-look at some aspects of life around us and refrains from preaching. I think that's what is effective about this movie.
No need of divulging much of the story except saying that Vijay Raaz, Arjun mathur and Naseeruddin Shah play 3 common men who are forced (or so they believe) to take risky shortcuts to get some easy money. Naseer's story of course, has an interesting spin to it. The director's way of handling Naseer's character through the movie finds a fan in me; many critics dint think much of it. Vijay of course is fantastic, not that anybody has any doubt. I would think he should also try some really negative characters and he can shine more!
Sure, the movie loses a bit of pace mid-way; the movie's is good for living room viewing.
Yet again it re-inforces to me -- so many local takes by Bollywood on what it is like to live in our country, are over-looked by audiences, while the views of a certain Mr.Boyle are lauded in such a huge way. I ask why should we be so enamored by a surreal sequence of events such as in 'Slumdog...'?
This review though is about how 'Baraah aana' is something I want you to watch on a weekend. Please do so.
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