Just another post...

Just a short post as there's tons of shopping and a train awaiting..

Why are people being so bitchy about Saawariya.. all the reviews I saw before I went for the movie absolutely killed the movie.. I'm not even gonna say that perhaps cause my expectations were down, I enjoyed it. I would have loved that movie nonetheless. It was poetry in motion ( ok, a play in motion, but still.. ) I found it a very admirable effort from all involved..the sets, the lighting and colours ( ok, I'm partial to aquatic shades, but hey, tell me, you weren't blown away by the look ). If anything, the jarring parts were those of Rani and Salman. The newbies were just tooooo lovely, in pretty demanding roles. Sigh.. Sad that films like this and Johny Gadaar don't get their worth.

P.S. There's so much byplay in between the lines that get missed in both of them.

Om Shaanti Om.. well, a lot of the humour (the tiger scene had me in tears as did the quadriplegic Om's second version of the marriage scene ) reminded me of my own, not to mention the "fantasy" aspect of the story. Shah Rukh was awesomely refreshing.. finally he's getting the scripts that suit him. Deeps was a treat to the eyes and does know her acting..a lot of what Farah Khan was aiming for appealed to me - the obvious over-acting in the first half, the inside jokes on the industry, even the graciousness of the whole industry to come in for all those cameos.. still, I wish the ending were better, I and most of the crowd telegraphed what the twist was with nearly 30 minuts to go.. oh well, you can't have it all.

Two different genres, two entirely new forms of story telling.. somehow, I found both "equally" good. If you were to ask me who won the Diwali war, I'd say it was a 3 way tie. 3 way ? Ah, my dear, you can't ask me to get Jab We Met out of mind so easily, can you ? Not with that damn haunting "Tum se Hi" competing with "Aankhon mein tere " and "Saawariya..".. it was a good week for filmgoers. Thats what matters, right ?

P.S. Await shockin snaps and a fun vacation in the comin post...