Comments on: Dev D

By: Shekhar

Shekhar — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:38:37 +0000

hey Gauri, welcome to StaleFresh, and also to the club of people who appreciate Dev D kind of refreshing and brilliant film making :). AD is a rockstar, and hope he sticks to ‘his’ kind of cinema. I enjoyed oye lucky a lot too.

By: Gauri

Gauri — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:59:49 +0000

Hey Shekhar.. I landed here thru anmol’s blog… and i m happy that i did..

now abt Dev’D'… yes, its my fav recent time flick… though it gets too intense (beyond my tolerance level) a few times, overall I completely loved the movie… when i walked out of the theater, i was totally shaken up .. it did a leave a long lasting impact .. if i was teaching art of movie making, i would hv surely recommended this movie to my students… anurag kashyap had a tough job.. noone in his sane mind, would think of adaptation like that… and boy, what an incredible job he has done… SRK’s devdas suddenly looked so meek, flimsy and sketchy… I am a huge AD fan.. hv seen all of his movies… i liked music - Pardesiiiii is my fav no…. prisley thing is catchy… the choice of characters was perfect… he couldn’t hv got better Paro… i liked the climax .. when suddenly his world takes 180 degeree turn… brilliant conceptualised…

thanks for letting me relive the movie…

By: puja

puja — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:20:08 +0000

Would just like to talk about Dev D…i agree with you shekhar.I was completely in love with the movie when i saw it but i also feel that certain ghory details could have easily been done without.
The good news is that moser bear has come out with its original DVD so its affordable too.lol!!
i am big fan of abhay deol from his first movie…its called socha na tha and is diected by the guy of jab we met fame.
i would also recommend oye lucky!!

By: Abhilash

Abhilash — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:43:25 +0000

What I really want to see are “Outlander” and “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”

By: Shekhar

Shekhar — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:38:09 +0000

Hey Suneeta, welcome. I haven’t seen manorama six feet under, but I understand that it is a thriller. I guess I will rent in all movies of Abhay deol soon, i’m a big fan now

By: Suneeta

Suneeta — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:27:45 +0000

Came here through Anmol’s blog… good one
Abhay Deol is definitely doing some good cinema have u seen Manorama 6 feet under??

By: Shekhar

Shekhar — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:31:26 +0000

@Sharninder: Absolutely. I have not seen 1.40 ki local but I have seen oye lucky lucky oye and socha na thaa.. this guy is incredible.

@Anu: Yeah, and sadly the focus is more on marketing than actual movie making. With the kind of cinematic rubbish that is regularly dished out these days, it makes me wonder that whatever happened to the art of making good movies. I guess now we have too many corporates in bollywood than just pure artist.

By: Shekhar

Shekhar — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:21:51 +0000

@Josh: boring, headless? dude, I have no idea what you are looking out from a movie. This movie had more head than a complete bottle of beer can ever produce. I can’t remember a more visually advanced, musically jazzed, and neatly choreographed movie produced in Indian cinema. I’d rate it right up there with the likes of Omkara as far as adaptation of a script is concerned.

By: Nitin Joshi

Nitin Joshi — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:01:42 +0000

@sharninder..glad that you liked it..i like the music and a few moments here and there..like what shakes mentiones here..emotional atyachaar, loved that elvis thingi…..abhay deol was good.. but on the whole i found it loose, maybe more of an intent on characterization swayed it away from telling a storey, which I feel is a basic premise of any movie. Its different , but not 5 stars IMO.

By: Sharninder

Sharninder — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:44:30 +0000

@Joshi: I saw the movie yesterday and actually liked it. For what its worth, it is a nice and interesting modern take on the story of Devdas.

I’m not sure if it was worth the *5 stars* that its got in a couple of reviews, but it definitely is different than the usual crap.