Monday, September 18, 2006

ANTHONY KAUN HAI?


Today’s movie : ANTHONY KAUN HAI?

Star Cast :Sanjay Dutt..... Master Madan, Arshad Warsi.... Champ, Minissha Lamba.... Jiya, Anousha Dhandekar..... Rosa, Raghuveer Yadav.... Magician Raghu Sharma, Gulshan Grover.... Detective Suraj Singh

My Rating : 2.5 /5

Anthony Kaun Hai? is another movie from the hit pair of Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi. The entire movie circles around finding out who is Anthony...

It's a flashback and the transition between past and present is in synchronisation.. You don't feel like asking yourself everytime whether it's present or past, like I was doing in Moksh, the Arjun Rampal starrer movie... And one more thing.. There are no more Black & White flashbacks.. it's all colour movie.. ;)

Sanjay Dutt has played a straight role of a no nonsense man. His cold blooded murders at the hotel seem to stretch reality to its limits. One may add that he's a person with a heart for god people. Arshad Warsi has again done a commendable job... As he has changed so many getups but still managing them all. The fact that he has matured as a n actor is evident from this film.

The actress from Viruddh seems to have learnt a tad more of Hindi and has played a short and sweet and gorgeous role.. But the other actress Minissha Lamba has not been very good to her role.. She needs to put emotions in her presentation... I felt like dialogues were dry.. :(
Gulshan Grover, as an indian police officer, has played his part well though his occasional humming of songs appear out of place at times..

The movie is an interesting comparision to the film "Chocolate". The only difference being the truth.. In Chocolate, it's a framed lie, but here in AKH it's a true story...

Dimensions:

As always, The question is same - What did this movie tell me?

You may think that it was an all fun and no sense movie but hey! don't jump to conclusions very hastily. In next few lines I shall show you some real striking aspects of the movie...

Firstly, Indian cinema, of late has movies with bizarre endings - some of them pleasant, some onexpected and some untold. While the actor in earlier films would ruin his life for his lost love, the actor here moves on. Now this is new to us and this is what appeals me.. Movies these days are trying to show us a new dimension and that says to move on.. To cherish life and welcome new things...

Secondly, and related to the first point, is the fact that this movie somehow somewhere questions a so-called myth - "Love happens once in life". Champ loved Roza and then he loves GIa. His love for one was no less than the love for the other but yes, one at a time... ;) I might sound offensive to so called Real Lovers, but believe me or not, the in-thing now is - Love all you can but if you love yourself, leave when that is the only option. Go ahead, start a new life, find a new love and love your love and life.. Live life and live the best!

Finally, In the last scene of the movie, Gia asks Champ to part with the diamonds of some 10 crores if he loved her... Not surprising, if like other indian movies he does as told... But in the next blink, unlike other movies, Gia tells him to get those back that she was simply testing him.. Now this is what I call a practical girl... This movie somewhere stresses the fact that it's good if you have some ethics and values in life but be practical and handle those ethics carefully, so that you don't smash your life...


Special Thanks to
Abhinav
zoomtoabhinav@gmail.com

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