Raavan

Sometimes going to a movie on the first day distorts your review. Just the whole frenzy of being among the first few to watch, and the raw excitement that can only come from watching before you hear any comments (especially if it is a movie that was forced to run only in 16 theatres in your state in Hindi, and you know it was a privilege to even get tickets!)- can make you think a movie was much better than it actually was. Which is why I am writing this review today, instead of Friday evening.

I saw Raavan this Friday. When I came out of the theatre I simply wanted to say "What a movie!" But that feeling kinda mellowed over the weekend. And now I think I am a saner critic :D

After all the hype, when I entered the theatre I thought "Would it be worth the hassle?" The first few minutes didn't seem to answer that question quite clearly- in fact, Ash was screaming too much, and Abhishek was shouting gibberish that made him sound more like a psycho than a villain. Nor was Vikram a great surprise when he picked his phone to find his wife kidnapped. And the Govinda jokes were abominable, if not just irritating. Yet, when Behne De started and I saw Ash's eyes, I knew Mani was going to rewrite history- in more ways than one! (After all, if you can make people see any trace of expression in Ash's eyes instead of just their beautiful colour, that in itself is writing history ;) )