Milestone 1: “Besharam” title track
A still from the song " Besharam". Photo courtesy: Internet |
You are just 5 minutes into the movie and have been
introduced to the villain and subsequently the hero. Hero’s entry comes through
with a long, ‘never ending’ car stealing sequence. Title track is essential
since it showcases the hero’s inherent ability to make every possible part of
his body dance in ‘Jadoo’ (shiny golden in colour) like clothes. This track,
according to the director, should be enough to establish the character Babli,
or so I should believe. People with good observational skills can spot the
director himself doing the ‘rubbing-the-thighs-with-a-sense-of-opulence’ steps joining
the hero in a desperate attempt to make it look all lustrous and fun. It fails.
Milestone 2: “Tere Mohalle”
This one is essential too since it’s the heroine’s friend’s
wedding and the heroine is the apple of everyone’s eye, so going by Bollywood’s
old ritual, she has to perform to a song to which the hero joins in. It’s still
better. My only favourite from the lot. I personally liked the choreography and
costumes.
Milestone 3: “Love Ki Ghanti”
This one marks the celebration of coming across the
heroine’s house and the hero spreads merry all around the mohalla. It is sung by Ranbir himself who also manages to jump,
crawl and perform other circus stunts in the ‘not-so-spacious’ mohalla amidst the overcrowded back
dancers. Of course the policemen come in to show their solidarity towards the
hero.
Milestone 4: "Dill ka joh haal hai"
Sung in the mesmerizing voice of Abhijeet, the track proves out to be saviour when the hero falls short of tactics to irritate the heroine. the track has no tune, no great lyrics. just two people on the road in an open jeep trying to pass time. Good for them, but, sadly not for the audiences.
Sung in the mesmerizing voice of Abhijeet, the track proves out to be saviour when the hero falls short of tactics to irritate the heroine. the track has no tune, no great lyrics. just two people on the road in an open jeep trying to pass time. Good for them, but, sadly not for the audiences.
Milestone 5: "Tu Hai"
A sad song is vital to the
plot and goes without saying that such sad songs make it easier for the couple
to make the viewers believe that their love is true.
Milestone 6: "Aa Re Aa Re"
Sung by Mika Singh and Shreya Ghoshal, the song is extremely essential to the plot as it shows the vibrancy and colourfulness of Punjab. With bright colours and sarso ke khet, the song gets complete when the lead pair dress up in traditional Punjabi costumes as though they are participating in some random school's fancy dress competition. One song on the way to Chandigarh, hence a song, on way back makes absolute sense. -_-
Milestone 7: "Chal Hand Uthake Nachche"
Sung by Mika Singh and Shreya Ghoshal, the song is extremely essential to the plot as it shows the vibrancy and colourfulness of Punjab. With bright colours and sarso ke khet, the song gets complete when the lead pair dress up in traditional Punjabi costumes as though they are participating in some random school's fancy dress competition. One song on the way to Chandigarh, hence a song, on way back makes absolute sense. -_-
Milestone 7: "Chal Hand Uthake Nachche"
A still from the song "Aa Re". Photo Courtesy: Internet |
This proves out to be the
most historic event in the history of Indian cinema. All the three Kapoors of the
family come together in this song spreading the message to ‘raise your hands
and dance’ (at least this is what the translation of the lyrics say : P )
Milestone 8: Ranbir’s the most
embarrassing movie of his career
His motivation is an
uninspiring mix of Lage Rao Munnabhai (unknowingly hurting his lady love due to
his unlawful acts) and his Granduncle Shammi Kapoor's classic Bhramachari
(taking care of an orphanage). He tries hard to engage the audience with
his silly at times vulgar humour, but fails miserably. I can do better comedy
than you, any day. :/
Milestone 9: Pallavi Sharda’s not-so-impressive debut as the lead
She has, maybe, just 2 expressions to throw throughout the film. For the love story of a 'Besharam' character like
Babli to work, it is important to have a girl who is totally out of his league.
Only then will one be convinced about his sudden vulnerability and change of
heart. Pallavi Sharda's look is ordinary and she comes across as very bland,
making it difficult to believe that a shameless and self-centred bloke like
Babli would flip each time he sees her. I can’t stop wandering in despair what
was she thinking when she was delivering her dialogues in the second half while
slowly getting inclined towards the hero. Somebody tell her, showing your cleavage
in fully Indian clothes won't help much.
Milestone 10: The curious case of the Kapoor clan
One of the biggest blunders in Besharam is the
poor characterization of Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor's roles. The most loved
couple of Indian cinema, Rishi and Neetu symbolize 'all things beautiful' in
our movies. However in Besharam, a legend such as Rishi Kapoor has been reduced
to doing toilet humour, while Neetu Kapoor is shockingly given a
shabbily-written, bitter role that
evokes zero sympathy. With the Kapoor trio in their cast, the makers of
Besharam had a golden chance of giving us a memorable film or at least some
delightful scenes featuring the three - But like Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, the
opportunity is blown-up completely due to pedestrian writing. Truly a wasted
chance!
I so wanted to talk about the holes in the
story but the climax left me all the more flabbergasted. I am saying no more.
Foresight 1: The genuinely gifted Lalit (of Jatin-Lalit fame)
serves up left over tunes that are just a rehash of the composer duo’s
memorable work in films like Sarfarosh and Yes Boss. Even the sound and
playback feel stale. Hence, Pandit, will be thrown out of the industry after
this.
Foresight 2: Anurag kashyap will throw brother Abhinav Kashyap out of
their home and subsequently ancestral property for throwing their family name
in the gutters.
Foresight 3: While Besharam does have an amusing first half (I
am being generous here), the movie hits a dead-end soon after interval, and
becomes a tiring slog. By the end of the film, even the talented cast seems to
stop caring and looks completely disinterested in the proceedings.
Abhinav, feeling guilty for putting a halting stop to Ranbir’s speeding career
and his subsequent dismissal from his family, may contemplate going
underground.
Photo Courtesy: ME |
All my hopes went into trash when not a single
soul could be seen in or around the theatre on a fine Saturday afternoon to catch
the latest rising superstar Ranbir’s much awaited movie. Huge crowds of young
girls, couples and teenagers was what I expected. Instead, the theatre wore a sulking,
dull, deserted look. Seems like I should have taken the cue and not willingly
submitted myself to the torture.
Over Revealing Ranbir.. Absolute non-sense movie. Did not require any acting to be done. The story line is weak. Rishi and Neetu have a few dialoges together which makes it a light entertainer... Rest the movie is Bakwaas.. Sorry a besharam performance..
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