Comments | dangermousie: India does Othello. And it has to be seen to be believed

dangermousie

India does Othello. And it has to be seen to be believed

Jul 29, 2006 01:05

Just got back from Omkara,, India's take on Othello, set among the political underworld of Uttar Pradesh and WOW. This has knocked off Fanaa from my favorite movie of the year spot. Actually, it's pretty much in the running for my favorite Bollywood movie ever ( Read more... )

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Comments 19

thelana July 29 2006, 07:19:07 UTC

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! So jealous! I won't be able to watch it till next week!

dangermousie July 30 2006, 02:24:52 UTC

Hope you like!

vierran45 July 29 2006, 12:47:58 UTC

Thanks for this review. Now I'm dying to see the film!

dangermousie July 30 2006, 02:24:07 UTC

It was really really good. And I've always liked Ajay as an actor (Raincoat!!!!) but this is the first movie where I went 'whoa. He is hot" :P

vierran45 July 31 2006, 13:43:58 UTC

I've also always liked Ajay, but thought he was hot already in Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha which was my first ever Bollywood film. He does the brooding hero type very well.

And then there was Qayamat which was otherwise very forgettable, but those Ajay action scenes...!!!

Thanks to your Omkara comments I rewatched Chori Chori with Ajay and Rani last weekend. It's a light romantic comedy, if you haven't seen it yet (it's a remake of Hollywood film The Housesitter).

And now I think I must go and find a good pic and make an Ajay icon for myself :).

dangermousie July 31 2006, 16:11:16 UTC

I've seen CC. A bit too fluffy for me, but you are right, Ajay is hot in it.

ameyadevi July 29 2006, 14:17:05 UTC

Yay!! :D I'm going to see it tonight (Unless they are all sold out.. but hopefully not as there are at least 3 theatres in ohio showing it this weekend) so thanks for the review!! I need to call thoes indian groceries and see if they still have tickets left! Now i'm going to be supahpissed if i miss it

dangermousie July 30 2006, 02:17:48 UTC

Hope you'll like! It's so intense!

crumpeteer July 29 2006, 16:30:54 UTC

Sounds good. Othello was always one of my favorite Shakespeare plays anyway. It think it's because everything goes wrong in such a believable manner. It ISN'T one of those "if they'd all just talk to each other everything would be resolved" type misunderstandings. In Othello's mind, if Desdemona is so good at deceiving her own father, then how much more so could she pull the wool over Othello's eyes. Iago finds the chinks in the armor and goes at them in a brilliantly evil manner.

dangermousie July 30 2006, 02:16:30 UTC

It really is excellent. You get this slow inevitable descent and you see everyone fall like dominoes and you want to stop it but you can't.

plazmah July 31 2006, 18:55:00 UTC

Sweet fricking review! I heard this movie was a flop in India, so now I'm utterly puzzled.

dangermousie July 31 2006, 22:20:26 UTC

I can see why it flopped though. It's quite arthousy. More Raincoat than KKHH.

plazmah July 31 2006, 23:02:57 UTC

Ah, that makes sense then. I guess the average Indian is waiting for KANK anyway ;)