Comments on: Review: Kurbaan

By: indian muslim

indian muslim — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:02:29 +0000

BR – I have been a fan of your reviews but I must say I was sorely disappointed by this one. It is obvious you didn’t like the movie, but that’s not a surprise considering how poorly the movie was made.
A couple of things that irked me about your review – Riyaz does not ’sneak’ into Ehsaan’s lecture hall, he shows up after being invited. Avantika is in no sense ‘torn’ between the ‘good’ and the ‘bad’ Muslim – she’s simply not smart enough to call 911.

Every scene in the movie is so overly contrived that I was torn between crying and laughing at the stupidity of it all.
I’m Indian, I was raised a Muslim and I’ve lived in the US for about ten years and there wasn’t a single thought or idea in Kurbaan that I could connect with.

I have to respond to Arun’s comment – no I don’t think this movie was made for a US audience either – it is too silly for any thinking audience.

cheers.

By: Shuchi

Shuchi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:10:53 +0000

There were too many plot loopholes in Kurbaan to make me take it seriously. The excessive (and unnecessary, IMO) show of blood and gore and the decomposing dead body also put me off.

The parts soon after their move to the Indian neighborhood were well done, but that’s about it. I thought Vivek Oberoi’s role needed acting of a higher caliber to bring it conviction.

PS: If one must pick a message about Hindu-Muslim marriages from such films, then surely the message is ‘Avoid!’. No matter how nice and normal the Muslim guy appears, the film’s Hindu heroine ends up finding out that she made a horrible mistake!

By: brangan

brangan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:50:31 +0000

Harish S Ram: There’s also a series that runs (or used to run) in Cine Blitz, where they go the “Mad” magazine route and spoof Hindi films (irrespective of whether the film was good, bad or ugly). Some of the sketches were quite funny.

By: Harish S Ram

Harish S Ram — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:11:46 +0000

came across this comic (yes real comic/graphic) review of Kurbaan!! wow … semma piece http://ow.ly/Ecz6

By: Anand

Anand — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:26:54 +0000

BR: I disagree again. In Iruvar I think she was aptly cast as the beautiful and soft Pushpa and the arrogant and playful Kalpana.

By: Anand

Anand — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:24:15 +0000

Another one in Dil Se (which has been discussed here), where Manisha woders aloud to Mita Vashisht if they are doing the right thing.

By: Anand

Anand — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:20:06 +0000

Manish Gaekwad: The shot you were talking about is a typical ‘Mani’ shot. Right from Nayagan, he has used it many times to portray characters in a dilemma. (Watch the scene in which Nayagan tells his daughter: Idhellam Nanga enna venumta panrom, vera vazhi illada kanna). I would like to think that Rensil, who treats Mani as his Drona, has paid tribute to Mani by incorporating this shot.

By: Anil Hingorani

Anil Hingorani — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:40:10 +0000

“while not exactly a bad film” – you must be kidding!!! this is pure garbage – one of the most offending and badly written/driected/acted films of the year.
It’s funny – the only scene that I actually thought was not bad was the one that reminded me of “rosemary’s baby”. I thought I was nuts to even mention that Polanski masterpiece in the same vicitnity as this drivel. I was happy to see you reference it too.
Cheers,
Anil

By: brangan

brangan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:07:51 +0000

Vamshi/Ankur: About this whole movies-set-abroad thing, it’d be interesting to see what percent of them are actually set abroad. I think that because the big, splashy films are shot abroad, we forget that an equal number are set right here — including Karan Johar’s own Wake Up Sid, along with Kaminey, Dev.D, Rab Ne and Chak De (for SRK), Ghajini and 3 Idiots (for Aamir)… If someone has the timer (translation: if someone is jobless) they might think of calculating some sort of percentage of films set here versus there

Arif Attar: I hear you, but then I will have to get into what to censor and what not to. That’s a whole new can of worms.

Vivek: Reg.”it’s that eerily seductive love track which I think Kurbaan was going for…” I don’t think so at all. The romance was given extremely short shrift here (by design, as it was just the key to getting to New York). I think the suburb portions were more designed to be eerie (hence my recall of Levin).

Harish S Ram: Anurag Kashyap needs to pay the bills too, right? Sometimes, a job’s just a job, not a personal statement. Even a lot of what I write is because the editor puts a gun to my head. I may not be interested (or even knowledgeable) about the area, but, as I said. sometimes it’s just a job.

Aly: Reg. “Aishwarya has done some of her best work with Mani.” True. But doing one’s best versus being completely suited to the role and being spontaneous and alive on screen — which would you prefer?

By: KayKay

KayKay — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:41:43 +0000

Sorry for the oft-tangent post, haven’t seen the movie but damn if “Shukran Allah” hasn’t taken possession of my listening senses.

A gorgeous ballad that proves that when Sonu Nigam’s firing on all cylinders, no one wrings every ounce of romantic longing from a tune like him.

Kudos to Salim-Sulaiman for a great soundtrack and that’s saying something, given that it’s fighting for chart space against hefty competition like SEL’s anthemic London Dreams and Pritam’s superlative scores for Tum Mile and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.