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Excellent but underrated film

Best movie ever!

I'm not ashamed to admit that I did not see where this movie was going. Neither could I derive any meaning from it. But perhaps it was meant to be this way. What bothered me about the film was not it's fresh approach, for I found it engrossing enough; but the fact that I could not find any novelty in it. It is honest for sure, but what is special about a dhobi's unfulfilled dreams or the love of a man for a woman he's never met? Where is the substance to make a film about it? I do not look at a film solely for entertainment, and I'm more than thrilled when it broadens my perspective of life. But that's not something that happened with this film.The performances by Amir, Kriti and Monica are noteworthy, though I felt Prateik could have given a more involved performance. The narrative is distracting at best, and seems unnecessary. If it was meant to be satirical, I did not find it so. The narrator is very unimpressive as well. I believe in seeing rather than hearing in a film.I wish every deviant film would not be named 'arty' for there is simply nothing artistic about this one. Disappointing.

The minute you watched the trailer of Dhobi Ghat with Aamir Khan in it, you would have though this would be a typical Aamir Khan movie. let me remind you, this is not!The pace of movie Dhobi Ghat moves just like this is one of Nicolas Winding Refn direction - Slow and beautiful Monica Dogra plays banker turned photographer and asks Prateik(Dhobi) to show her the local slums and dhobi ghat so she can get some good stills. Prateik is aspiring actor and asks Monica to do a photo-shoot of him eventually falling for her. Aamir plays a successful painter who shifts to a new apartment for some new inspiration. He find some video cassettes with recording of previous apartment owner Yasmin(Kriti Malhotra). Yasmin is newly married and is making video recordings for her younger brother who lives in another state. Aamir starts watching the tapes and finds Yasmin fascinating. Apart from 4 stories that are going on in the movie, I found Aamir's and yasmin's story more appealing. Yasmin's story just grows on you. There's no escape. As I said before this is not Aamir's film but this is a film by Kiran Rao and she have shot this beautifully. If you have some time and if you like slow burning movies which actually have some plot unlike most of the bollywood movies, then I suggest you to go ahead with Dhobi Ghat. I assure you, you won't be disappointed!

Since having been shown the classic sports movie Lagaan in 2006,the main thing that I've always heard when friends have been discussing Bollywood movies,is how different the films lead actor (Aamir Khan) is from other "mainstream" Bollywood actors,due to him having taken a very "method" approach for a number of his most well known roles.Recently deciding to cheek his IMDb page to see if he had any upcoming projects,I was shocked to discover that Khan had done a 2010 film with his wife which seemed to have been completely over looked in the UK.After having read a few interesting bits about this oddly over looked movie,I decided the it was the perfect time to take a look at Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan's snapshots of Mumbai.The plot:Arriving in Mumbai to follow her passion for photography,banker/turned amateur photograph Shia goes to visit a newly opened art gallery.Impressed by the art works on display,Shia gets a happy surprise,when she bumps into the struggling artist (Arun) who has created the beautiful works.Being taken by each others good looks and charms,Shia and Arun leave the event so that they can spent the rest of the night alone together.Inital acting in a flirty manner,Shia's hopes of a relationship developing with Arun are left in ruins,when Arun "politely" decides to ask Shia if she is OK with their romance being "A one night thing!".Slamming the door behind her,Arun soon has his washing delivered from a man called Munna. (who also gets the chance later, to cross paths with Shia.)Wanting to go deeper into the art world,Arun moves into a much more classy,upmarket flat.Unpacking the handful of belongings that he has taken,Arun discovers a hand made bag hidden in a corner of the flat,filled with a number of home video tapes filmed by the previous resident of the flat.View on the film:Showing a strongly individual directing style for her debut film,writer/director Kiran Rao shoots the movie in a half docu- drama/half "indie" lo-fi fuzz style,with the scenes featuring the four interconnected characters mostly focusing on their attempts to slowly move "up a level" and reach their long-distance goals.For the "docu- drama" moments of this interesting movie,Rao shows an impressive attention to detail,as the Mumbai skyline is shown in a gloriously over exposed light,and the great on-location out door scenes taking place around the real activates of the residents in the city.Whilst Rao's dialogue rings with a wonderful frankness,where the discussion on love and sex from Shia (played charmingly by debut actress Monica Dogra) and Arun, (played by a quiet and focused Aamir Khan) impressively stays away from feeling sweet and "loved-up",to instead being much more realistically open and genuine.Although the dialogue allows for a good out line to be created for the characters,Rao seems to be overwhelmed by the size of Mumbai,with all of the characters feeling a bit of a distance from being fully formed,as Rao struggles to do a deep,intimate portrait of the characters,as the huge city casts its shadow over the proceedings.

I wanted to watch this movie after my very good experiences with Aamir Khan movies: "3 Idiots" and "Like stars on Earth". So I got the movie and watched it and WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!!!!!! The movie - as any of Aamir's movies - has a message to deliver to the audience. but I think the message is lost in the many events of this movie. It tells about lives of different people and their intersections in a way that makes you can't understand who is the main character of this movie. I mean a movie can have more than one main character if they have one common thing. But when they have many things in common and sometimes they differ then you are lost. The ending is open too and you can't know how the issues ended at all. I don't know but I'm very disappointed with this movie. I rated it with 6 out of 10 because it has a very noble message to deliver but it failed to deliver it right. I'm neither regretting watching it nor will be if I didn't.