Oki, so I have been hearing this a lot ever since Don 2 released that Don is Shah Rukh's best performance after Chak De! India. I definitely don't agree with that.
After Chak De! India, Shah Rukh's releases were Om Shanti Om, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, My Name Is Khan, Ra.One and Don 2. Here's how I see it.
Om Shanti Om: Om Prakash Makhija/Om Kapoor
Om Prakash Makhija is a highly filmy junior artist in love with a superstar named Shanti Priya. After Om Prakash passes away, he's reincarnated as Om Kapoor, who goes on to become a huge superstar. Now Shah Rukh played a double role. Two different people with the only similarity of being in the film industry. But that's their profession. Performance wise, I will agree that Shah Rukh was a little over the top as Om Kapoor but Om Shanti Om being a over the top kind of movie, it didn't have much scope for Shah Rukh to make Om Shanti Om one of his best performances. So for me personally, this movie doesn't fall in the top 10 SRK performances.
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi: Surinder Sahni/Raj Kapoor
Surinder Sahni is like the ordinary and common man we meet or see everyday. He's not 1 in a million to stand out but part of that million. Like Shah Rukh had described him, but I'll put it in more harsh words; If such guy is part of a triangle love story, he'd be the one to be ditched for a person like Raj. Now Raj Kapoor is the happy-go-lucky, cheap and loud person. He can win over a girl more easily than Surinder Sahni. Anyway, in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Shah Rukh pulled both characters off real nicely. He kept Surinder the way he should have been which is nice, quiet but very loving at heart. He got Raj to be again, over the top because that's how Raj was supposed to be. So yes, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi does fall in the top 10 SRK performances of mine.
My Name Is Khan: Rizwan Khan
Rizwan Khan, we all know, is a autistic man who divides the world in good and bad, removing all the boundaries that are in our world map. Even if I don't want to, I will have to exaggerate the autism part of this character. One big reason is because Shah Rukh is not autistic in real life so it is hard to convincingly portray a sensitive character of that of an autistic man. Playing a role like that of Raj Kapoor, Om Kapoor or somebody else is not hard because there are millions of people like them but there are hardly many Autistic Rizwan Khan in this world. Shah Rukh as Rizwan is the best performance for me of Shah Rukh's. He played the role with a lot of handle and care. Secondly, Shah Rukh was pushed beyond his comfort zone for the first time I believe. Yes, Rizwan tops the list for me.
Ra.One: Shekhar Subramanium/G.One
Shekhar Subramanium is that geeky Dad who tries to be strict with his child and make him a part of his life but ends up becoming a part of his child's life. You know that tug-of-war most parents and children have? Anyway, as Shekhar Subramanium, there wasn't much to do for Shah Rukh but to be like that Dad he is in real life coated with the South Indian spices. As G.One, Shah Rukh was really good. He played both characters quite convincingly but G.One is my favorite of this lot. Because G.One required Shah Rukh to be a little robotic, no display of expressions and yeah. But still I can't put Shekhar or G.One in my top 10 list.
Don 2: Don
In Don 2, Shah Rukh is just a plain mean villain. In Don 1, Shah Rukh has a double role, one as a good guy morphed into a bad guy and one just a plain bad guy, but now it's off topic. Anyway, such character is beyond Shah Rukh's comfort zone because the other villainous roles he played, it was backed by love or reason. Don didn't require a emotion based reason to be evil. There may be some "love" kind of moments but Don just likes to play around. Don is like a daredevil who just plays with danger. This performance is in my top 10 list but I will have to say one thing though, from a critical point of view that what helped Don to be Don was his style, wit, and the story itself.
But I won't reveal my top 10 SRK performances list yet, well, at least not in this post because I wrote this to reflect on people's views which say Don 2 is Shah Rukh's best after CDI.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Don 2 - The Epic Sequel
So last night, I watched Don 2, had to miss the first couple of minutes due to real bad traffic and parking issues. Anyway, the movie was simply fantastic. Don is definitely the most smartest criminal ever.
The movie is like a jigsaw puzzle as my friend described. It's a interactive movie. You won't leave the theater house wondering how Don did this and that because you get told everything in 2 hours and 25 minutes. Unless you end up missing any minute of the movie then you'll have to wonder. For example, I missed the beginning so I didn't understand a certain idea of the film. I won't reveal anything about the movie because I know many of my readers are yet to see it.
I loved the background score. Yeah, I have to mention this because the background from the Facebook game and the main website game are both used in the movie. When I was hearing it, I was like ah ha! I heard it somewhere before and it eventually took me back to the game. Now I understand the main website's game a bit more. Although neither games had much connection with the movie itself but still, it had a teeny tiny hint. ;)
Performance wise, everyone was really good. The movie doesn't have a gazillion characters to confuse the audience. It's well organized and each character are there for a reason. Really must applaud for Farhan, Ameet and Amrish for writing such a smart story. Quite relevant with Don 1 but much much better than Don 1. I understand the fact that Don 1 had to be made keeping in mind the 70's Don movie of Amitabh Bachchan since it was a remake. But still Don 2 is really a masterpiece. Like I had tweeted on twitter, this is how a sequel should be.
Don 2 is known to be the first sequel to a supervillain's tale. In Bollywood, this is the first sequel which is worth calling a sequel...that's my personal opinion.
Coming back to performances, I really have to praise Shah Rukh. If anyone can play the character of Don then it can only be Shah Rukh Khan. For me, Shah Rukh is the real Don. I nearly fell for Don in certain parts of the movie. But being well aware of Don's cunning mind, trust me, there was a war going on between my head and my heart. I never had such a battle because of a movie. And not to forget that I had guessed many things but my mind missed the part that Don 2 is a heist movie. Nearly all my guesses were proved wrong. There are plenty of "OMG", "Oh Shit!", "Fuck!", "Wow!!", "WTF?", and all that kinds of moments.
On a side note, it's really hard to write a spoiler free post about Don 2 because all is in the movie itself so now I will shut up and if you have not watched it, please do watch it. If it didn't release in your country, hold on a bit because Don 2 may be coming to steal your breath away at a theater near you ;)
And yeah, I watched the movie in 3D! My first ever 3D movie and it was simply awesome. At the end, I was speechless and thoughtless hence I waited 24 hours before writing this post.
Let me end this post by saying, it's not just difficult to catch Don, but it's IMPOSSIBLE!!
The movie is like a jigsaw puzzle as my friend described. It's a interactive movie. You won't leave the theater house wondering how Don did this and that because you get told everything in 2 hours and 25 minutes. Unless you end up missing any minute of the movie then you'll have to wonder. For example, I missed the beginning so I didn't understand a certain idea of the film. I won't reveal anything about the movie because I know many of my readers are yet to see it.
I loved the background score. Yeah, I have to mention this because the background from the Facebook game and the main website game are both used in the movie. When I was hearing it, I was like ah ha! I heard it somewhere before and it eventually took me back to the game. Now I understand the main website's game a bit more. Although neither games had much connection with the movie itself but still, it had a teeny tiny hint. ;)
Performance wise, everyone was really good. The movie doesn't have a gazillion characters to confuse the audience. It's well organized and each character are there for a reason. Really must applaud for Farhan, Ameet and Amrish for writing such a smart story. Quite relevant with Don 1 but much much better than Don 1. I understand the fact that Don 1 had to be made keeping in mind the 70's Don movie of Amitabh Bachchan since it was a remake. But still Don 2 is really a masterpiece. Like I had tweeted on twitter, this is how a sequel should be.
Don 2 is known to be the first sequel to a supervillain's tale. In Bollywood, this is the first sequel which is worth calling a sequel...that's my personal opinion.
Coming back to performances, I really have to praise Shah Rukh. If anyone can play the character of Don then it can only be Shah Rukh Khan. For me, Shah Rukh is the real Don. I nearly fell for Don in certain parts of the movie. But being well aware of Don's cunning mind, trust me, there was a war going on between my head and my heart. I never had such a battle because of a movie. And not to forget that I had guessed many things but my mind missed the part that Don 2 is a heist movie. Nearly all my guesses were proved wrong. There are plenty of "OMG", "Oh Shit!", "Fuck!", "Wow!!", "WTF?", and all that kinds of moments.
On a side note, it's really hard to write a spoiler free post about Don 2 because all is in the movie itself so now I will shut up and if you have not watched it, please do watch it. If it didn't release in your country, hold on a bit because Don 2 may be coming to steal your breath away at a theater near you ;)
And yeah, I watched the movie in 3D! My first ever 3D movie and it was simply awesome. At the end, I was speechless and thoughtless hence I waited 24 hours before writing this post.
Let me end this post by saying, it's not just difficult to catch Don, but it's IMPOSSIBLE!!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Don 2 in 3 days or 2...
So sorry for this long period of no posts. Well, we are down to a few hours remaining to Shah Rukh's last release of 2011, Don 2! The first ever sequel to a villain's tale.
Don 2 is expected to have lots of twists and turns. Yeah, I'm definitely looking forward to this movie. In fact I have been looking forward to it from the time I finished watching Don in theater in 2006. Yes, the moment, the film had ended, I was wanting for more of Don. I'm sure I'm not alone on this. I was thankful that I didn't check online for its reviews and all so the surprise element at the end was surprising to me...if that makes sense.
We have all seen the Don 2 team promoting the movie all these past few days. I must say, this is the Shah Rukh I was missing. Shah Rukh nowadays is definitely living up to the tagline of Don 2, "The King Is Back". What I mean to say is that Shah Rukh now in each of his interview or at every event is being the Don I love to see him as. Don's witty style of talking, get it? ;)
Anyway, coming back to the movie, there is not much to say but just wait and watch. Get ready for a roller coaster ride! Don 2 is that bomb, which I had said before, will explode under SRK haters' main parts on Friday. I am not at all worried about its box office collection because for this movie, I'll be selfish and want to enjoy it myself which I know I will.
Here's looking forward to ending 2011 with Don, my man! Enjoy the movie! My next post will be after I watch Don 2.
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