Nov 19, 2009 08:41 PM
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(Updated Nov 19, 2009 10:05 PM)
Kurbaan! Are we sacrificing our innocence? Some sacrifices give birth to Roses though the thorns come out before the flowers.
26/11 Mumbai terror attack shook the nation for a long time. Slowly but steadily the shocks are getting cured but not the wounds. The culprits behind it are still at large and the administration is trying hard to find the roots. As the anniversary of the brutal terror incident is approaching, Kurbaan is bringing us memories of the 26/11 but restrict itself in dealing with the root cause and how innocents are trapped in the merciless drama.
The movie asks few right on target questions, like: ‘who really created terrorism?’ ‘Who is breeding them now?’ Why killing innocents? Aren’t these terrorist bye products of ‘greed’ by powerful nations? ‘Those who fight in the name of religion, are you considering value of an innocent human soul?’ ‘Those who do terrorism in the name of religion, do they understand the religion in well?’
Eshaan(Saif Ali Khan), is the newly appointed professor in a college where Avantika (Kareena Kapoor) is working. Eshaan is very determined and successful in getting things done in his ways, either by bright words or by crux. They fall in love where Eshaan manage to fascinate Avanthika easily. Avantika a US passport holder was called back by the university to complete the next semester and Eshaan don’t want to live separately from her. They both land up in US with a dream to live together. Watch the movie for the rest, where I didn’t touch the suspense of the movie, but the first 40 minute of the film.
First 40 minutes of the movie simply sail smooth and place the audience in a sweet romantic mood with a sizzling Saif-Kareena pair. Soon the audience realise that this was only a sweet silence before a cyclone. It comes with all the power and took away so many lives. You survive to witness the climax but is there silence left in you? The silence, will it bring the soul we lost in the cyclone??
I simply cannot believe that this is a film by a new comer director. I wonder ‘what is the worth of experience?’, if newcomers can direct with this perfection! Keeping my reservations, the direction of the movie is superb!! The director, Rensil D’Silva succeeds in getting best out of almost all departments. Let it be casting, performance, the script, screen play, dialogues technical side, music, BGM, choreography all are stamped with Very Good or Excellence on it.
Saif Ali Khan gives a performance which one expects from him – i.e. nothing short of excellence. Initially it was little odd to get adjusted to the ‘thin’ saif – but he kept his cool and the character stay safe in his hand. Kareena rocks! The actress gone a step further and gives excellent performance. (Katrina, the fight is not over yet, but still very much on!) The combination scenes between Saif and Kareena is simply superbas the director used best use of the ‘Chemistry. Vivek Oberoi did a good job. His presence gave the much needed importance to the character. However, have to admit that the character was a let down by the writers and was a compromise. For Dia Mirza, I really wished she had a normal role in the film than the guest appearance. Om Puri, Kiron Kherr and rest of the cast did their roles well.
Cinematography is word class. The camera succeeds in finger printing all the emotions with excellent perfection. Superb!!
Music of the film was very good and gives music to the mood of the film. The songs and choreography were much focusing on the theme and the director is quite right on that. Back ground music need special mention as they were effective. Editing is one area the film could have been improved. It was good in the first half, but it could have been much better in the second.
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