Gangs of Wasseypur-2 (movie through my lens)

First of all, it is almost impossible not to compare it with its prequel in terms of story, cinema, dialogues, characters, acting prowess, music, editing, background score but despite of it, I have tried to remain as objective as possible in viewing the cinema.

In this movie, I found several shades of cinema which were just magnificent. There was rustic love, vengeance, arrogance, ambition, lust, anger and it all were diverging while in the prequel it very much converged at one point and that was Sardar khan’s(Manoj Bajpai) vengeance while in this movie Faisal Khan’s (Nawazzuddin Siddiqui)calm, laid back, temperamental yet effective attitude holds the movie tightly with several other characters revolving around him. Evolution in any form seems inspiring and if narrated perfectly can win several accolades. When you compare Sardar khan’s Evolution as Sardar Khan in the prequel and Faisal khan taking his Father’s place you distinctly find a stark difference in the role prowess and how it is been executed by both the actors. And both have grown in it according to the script of the film but the only difference lies in the character portrayal which seems unconventional and more enticing.

There were some indigestible moments like sudden rise of Faisal khan after killing one of his father’s murderers. But still the movie stands out in its description, its narration, its rustic eccentricity and its character portrayal which seemed so real and less bollywood like. 

It’s very rare that faces of all characters in the film are non-hero types unlike found in bollywood. But the film scores very well in the portrayal of cast for ex. Perpendicular, tangent, definite and of course Faisal Khan.

The GOW II drives into multiple directions where sometimes the Core objective of Faisal khan gets blurred contradictory to Sardar khan in the prequel. Faisal khan gets hold of the screen audience whenever he seems around. As a story writer, there were many heroic portrayals apart from Faisal khan in the movie which is slight diverse cinema though realistic from the conventional films we have seen.

The rustic essence is superbly portrayed in the film, the yokel humor, the local streets shots and the realistic shots being taken form a strong base for the film. There are many scenes which are not elaborately explained but maybe it might have taken much longer time. Many new characters were flowed in this sequel which gives this movie an unlikely pace, vividness as well as curiosity among the audiences.

As also narrated in the film that Faisal khan’s wholesome focus on money minting and not so focus on power as shown in the prequel by his father sometimes makes the character confusing as to where the movie is heading towards.

The last scene where he guns down Ramadhir singh(tigmanshu dhulia) is clear delight as you can actually see faisal khan indulging himself in pleasure while shooting him tirelessly. Faisal khan’s expression showed as if he has achieved the best reward which his family longed for and as if he was the chosen one to fulfill their family duties.

The prequel revolved around one main issue and that was Sardar khan’s vengeance but in this sequel DEFINETLY there were many PERPENDICULARS as well as TANGENTS because of which the film stands out as a clear winner.

KEVI RITE JAISH (the movie through my lens)

This was the first Gujarati film I saw in theatre in my long 29 years of life though Gujarati being my mother tongue no film provided me with this opportunity as also with everybody of my generation so million thanks to those who has taken the effort to create such a watchable film.

When you are surrounded by zillions of Hindi films around you, then it becomes almost difficult to appreciate any sub standard film and that too a Gujarati whose dialogues we almost dislike here on screen earlier But Kevi Rite jaish is a good film from the critic’s point of view and milestone film from the perspective of where Gujarati cinema is placed right now. I would like to applaud the courage behind making such film which must perhaps inspire many enthusiastic film makers to spread their magic in Gujarati.

Now about the film, the film goes through a decent start; the opening song of the movie still gives the effect of a medieval era Gujarati film because of its cliché music.

The casting of the film has been apt and full marks for it. The plot is perfectly set but the disadvantage of the plot is that after first half the movie goes unidirectional and more often is drooling down towards the end. The songs and background score in between are inspirational and worth listening, I even thought of making one of the songs as Hello tunes.

The story of the film was good enough from many societal point of view as well as commercial point of view but still many perspectives still could have been added. I felt the character of Veronica(female protagonist) should been given some more shades because there were many places where she had the chances to speak for example when there was a conversation among Harish (male protagonist) about his going to USA she dejected his idea but did not give her opinion as to why she rejected it which her father clarifies at the end of the movie. She was shown as an opinionated girl but she never gave any strong opinion as to why one should not go to USA and why some should definitely go to USA. So the perspective of a teenager who has already lived there is not fulfilled through enough justifications. It was wrapped up in better manner, and the emotions shown in the film were also quite relevant in today’s life. The scenes where Tom Alter had been made as Uncle Sam were nicely created. It gave the feeling of an hindi film.

The dialogues part added humor to the plot of the film but still somewhere lacked in few areas. But then what was it that still could have been added into the film, maybe vivid perspectives. The commercial success of the film was mainly based on the plot it had and there is no doubt that it looked very much as if you are watching a Hindi film in gujarati, so all applause for the film but then I think It’s too early to bring out any changes within the film when the film is already doing quite well.

The music and writing of the film (perspectives) are two things which if altered a bit could have made this film cult. It never seemed that the film is being dragged but still during the end part it looked a bit cliché.

It had almost everything right from drama, humor, romance, music so no aspect of cinema was lacking in it but definitely as I have mentioned earlier there are some aspect & perspectives in this film which could have given this film a cult status.