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| Music Review: Gunday |
Priyanka Jain
03/13/2014
(This article is sponsored by Sounds Of India)
Released: February 14th, 2014
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar
Please note: there are NO spoilers in this review.
Gunday is this year’s masala-packed film with a 1970’s Bollywood flare. Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, and Priyanka Chopra keep you entertained just enough to last you through this fairly lengthy movie. Although it can be saved for a DVD night at home, Gunday might be worth a watch if you’re fan of throwback Hindi movies.
In summary, Gunday, is about two orphan childhood friends, Bikram and Bala, who are stranded during the Bangladesh Liberation War and end up in Calcutta seeking a new life. They eventually find their fortune as “gundays†of the city’s coal industry. They are chased by police (Irrfan Khan) and fall in love with the cabaret dancer (Priyanka Chopra).
The positives:
1. The soundtrack by Sohail Sen is a highlight of this film (see my “Music Review†in a previous post).
2. Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor have clearly worked very hard to build their sculpted, hairless, and oil-chested bodies for this film – let’s give them the credit they deserve!
3. Priyanka Chopra’s item number, “Asalaam-E-Ishqum,†is a hit! She definitely looks smoking hot in this film.
The negatives:
1. The action scenes are ALL painfully in extreme-Matrix slow motion. I understand they are trying to create an old-school Hindi movie theme, but even movies back in the day had better action shots! You will get sick of seeing Bikram and Bala running at snail’s pace with their every sweaty hair strand swishing in your face.
2. The dialogues are quite poor. There is one awful line by Irrfan Khan that summarizes just how creative the writers got with this script… “Newton Baba ne kaha hai ki every action has an equal and opposite re-action.†Seriously?!
3. The movie was too long…there were at least five different scenes that I thought were going to be the ending, including the intermission.
On the whole, Gunday is a light-hearted film to watch with some friends at home.
Acting: 3/5 (Ranveer & Arjun get most of the credit here)
Story: 3/5
Costumes: 3/5
Choreography: 3/5
Sets/Filming Location: 3/5
Action Scenes: 1/5
Songs: 4/5
Eye Candy: 4/5
Length of Movie: 1/5
Overall: ** 1/2 (2.5/5) or 5/10
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