slum dog and dev D

I watched “slumdog millionaire” over the weekend. I came out of the theatre with great admiration to the director for his excellent style of narration. Not so avid movie buff that I am, I can’t relate or compare movies. However, from the limited experience I have in watching movies (on an average of 1 per week – on TV :)) I know that this is one of the best. As I have not read the original book “Q&A” on which this movie is based, I am not sure if the book is also same or the director has adopted this style. I thoroughly enjoyed each and every moment of the movie. Each one of them has done a splendid job in their own areas.

I personally liked the “happy ending”. How can Jamal not get Latika? Especially when Jamal is so genuine, true and simple. Isnt these the ingredients for love?

2 weekends later, I watched “Dev D”. A record of its sorts for somebody who watches on an average only one movie in the theatre per year. So, I have to be very choosy about what I’m watching.

I was drawn to this movie only because of 5 star rating. Only after done with the movie, I realised after a little bit of googling that it’s the modern version of Devdas. I couldn’t believe my coincidence as I watched Sharukh Devdas just a week ago. So, I could draw a lot of parallels of Dev D.

Though the whole movie was flawless, it’s intended for adult viewing. I was surprised to see some kids. Anyway, our modern Devdas does not have any problem in marrying Paro except he himself. And our Paro too is the women of today who doesn’t ask him “again” to reconsider marrying her though both of them are madly in love with each other. The love triangle is completed with the entry of Chanda, which draws some kind of reality inspiration from the MMS scandal that happened in a school sometime back. Nice to have some kind of social message in an entertainment media. Overall, a nice movie. Again, happy ending as Devdas gets Chanda which is not the case in the original Devdas. I like happy endings.

After these two movies, I’ve vowed not to even wander anywhere in the vicinity of any theatres for the next two years.