Friday, December 23, 2016

Movie - Dangal - My Review

After a very very long time I have watched a movie first day last show and was it worth it? You will have to go through my complete blog to figure out that. So amidst all the hues and cries for the advance booking and in times of demonetization, me and my family bravely decide to go and watch this movie in a multiplex on first day. That means shell out a lot of money from my pocket on tickets first and then on the overpriced pop corns. So the least I could do was to search for a multiplex which sells these pop corns at the lowest cost. Indeed I do find one which sells pop corns starting at Rs.80. Unable to believe on getting the pop corns at such low cost (Well, true that it looks unbeatable price in comparison to other multiplexes whereas outside you can get around 2 buckets of pop corn at the same cost), I start booking the tickets and what do I get?... The second row from the screen. After a long thoughts of "is it worth it?" and discussions with my family, it is finally decided to carry on with this. After all, we had watched movies like baahubali and lord of rings from second rows. Rather than worth it, it cannot be worse.

So here we are at the movie theater munching on the Rs.80 pop corns and waiting eagerly for the movie to start. For the love of Aamir khan movies, it seems to be worth it.

So then, with the bucket of popcorn, we enter the screen1 where dangal is about to start. Generally i am very eager for trailers before the actual movie starts, but here the movie starts directly. Little disappointed but still believe it should be worth it. 

The intro scene of aamir khan, very good. Seems to set up the tempo for what is about to follow. As everybody knows this is about a movie which defies the general society laws and we have gone through the same in many other movies too. But in this movie cuteness is used to actually get through these situations and also send out a strong message on woman empowerment without much drama and fuss. The first half runs through very cutely with the girls geeta n babitha taking center stage. It is on expected lines without any twists or surprises. It seems all the hype around movie is just hype and at interval i can see the same trend continuing. So is it worth it?

Certainly Aamir khan movies are not without hypes and almost all of them live upto these hypes(ofcourse Dhoom3 was an exception) and now begin to wonder if this movie might not live upto its mark. However what turns around exceptionally well is the second half. Since its a true story, everything moves as expected but what attracts or keeps you interested is the way they have shot. The wrestling matches are treat to watch and they have kept it exceptionally real. The tension during matches are as if you are watching them live. The father daughter relationship, the "I know better" attitude, emotions are all excellent. 

Any movie which begins well and proceeds well but falters at climax, it makes whole movie look bad. But if you have a good ending, you feel its worth it. This movie too has a very good feel factor to it and definitely you would come out with a smile and pride on your face. Is it worth it? Definitely yes...

Certainly this is not a total aamir khan movie but all characters share honours equally. Geeta character certainly has done justice to the role. The little babitha is cute. Watch out for comic relief from aparshakthi. A must watch movie.