Rancoat..O henry..Purdah..Eyes Have it. Review on Raincoat

If I had to

grade this movie as per the seating arrangement in a theatre I would great it

''Balcony Type''. A narrative beautifully created, screenplay which only Bong

directors are capable of whether its legendry Satyajit Ray or Hrishikesh

Mukherji or now Rituparno Ghosh. Typical Gulzar Emotions and very ''unputdownable''.

One could make out so many great writers from the story line apart from O

Henry...both in the english world as well as the Hindi world of literature.

Something one could relish every bit and part of..(except ''chintu candy'' ads on

a pirated CD version).If you are looking for glamorous Aish...here is where you

find how glamorous she could have been if she wasn’t Miss world, her acting

skills have not only been polished and decorated but also redefined by Dialogue

delivery and use of straight ''Bihari Accent'' in Hindi, the same can be said for

Devgan who seemed to have picked up this accent quite tactfully after ''Gangajal''.

Both Aish and Devgan's next door looks make them eligible to be christened as

one of the finest actors of Bollywood Cinema.This movie

would remind you of so many short stories you might have read..and if you aren’t

an avid reader or you somehow don't Gel well with stories.. I am sure you

remember Short stories in standard X or XII Course in hindi or english

Lit..namely ''Purdah'' or ''Eyes have it''...both being narratives and having strong

linkage to the story line of said movie.The movie is

more of a theatre rather than cinema. it has been shot without any fancy

locations (actually on the sets of a room..''drawing room with antic furniture''),

no body could have done it better than Rituparno himself.background

score by Shobha Mudgal could have been replaced by Pdt. Jasraj or if it was to

be Mudgal it could have been purely classical rather than ''heavy bass'' effects.

Gulzar is as usual sensual but then he has of late become repetitive but on

whole the music and poetry by Gulzar are critic worthy, but once again Shobha

Mudgal Needs to get her acts together, she sounds more like Usha Utthup singing

for some wedding party rather than classical singer.