mann jaane jaan-e-mann.

[fivil]

Sooo, I saw Jaan-e-Mann. Lengthy, detailed & spoilerous write-up below. If you're looking for a non-spoilerous sum-up of the film, here you go: It's good. It's funny (and the best kind of funny to me, too; self-referential & mocking of filmi clichés), it's emotional, it just works. It's not flawless but what debut direction is? It's a movie that

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[dangermousie]

Oh, gosh. What can I say but that I love this write-up and agree with every word? It was so clever and funny and moving precisely because it didn't try to tug at your heartstrings.

[fivil]

When the DVD comes out I'd love to do a commentary-sort of post for this movie. Simply because it has so many lovely small things worth pointing out and fangirling - from set designs (there's a picture on the wall of Salman's Mumbai apartment that has him behind jail bars - priceles!!) to acting (which can be surprisingly nuanced considering this film has actors not known for their 'acting' - for example Salman always says he doesn't try to 'act').

[fivil]

Anupam is okay, some very funny jokes done at his dwarfiness' expense. Most of the teh funneh comes from Akki & Salman, though.