Movie Name: Gulabo
Sitabo
Date of Release: 12.June.2020
Mode of Release: OTT
– Prime Video
Genre: Drama
- Comedy
Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan,
Ayushmann Khurrana, Vijay Raaz, Brijendra Kala,
Farrukh Jaffar, Srishti Shrivastava, Nalneesh Neel,
Tina Bhatia, Mohammad Naushad, Archana Shukla, Ananya Dwivedi, Ujali Raj, Sunil
Kumar Verma, Azad Mishra, Uday Veer Singh Yadav, Poornima Sharma, Shi Prakash
Bajpai, Poonam Mishra, Jogi Mallang, Trilochan Kalra, Behram Rana, Zia Ahmed
Khan
Gulabo Sitabo was slated to be a movie ‘etched in history’ for its story, comedy, cast…
Now let’s be fair, it did go down in history, but not as an
unforgettable film; but as the first movie to have its release done via OTT
channel than in the theatres as we would traditionally love to see it. Though gladly
enough we didn’t have to go to theatres to watch it, as that would have been a
big letdown…
Now let’s get back to the reason why there was such a big
disconnect between the actual movie and what we were expecting. This movie’s
Genre is Comedy – Drama wherein the emphasis is more on the Drama element of
the story than on the comedy element.
Personally, I am not a big fan of Comedy-Dramas, as both these emotions are poles apart. I fail to understand how one can do justice to
comedy when the whole movie is built on drama! You got to have massive expertise
to bring in the satire at the right place in the drama.
This movie left too much to desire, for even after:
- The setting was fantastically used
- The set was brilliant
- The actors did a great job to convince us about the state of affairs in the Haveli
- The little suspense towards the end was engaging
- The cast was brilliant – Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana
- The songs were earthy, desi
Then again as mentioned earlier, comedy is one emotion that
should not be diluted with other emotions and especially with drama, they are
like the antithesis waiting to blow up! If this same story would have been
narrated with comedy as the core, it would have been a different ball game
altogether.
If my memory serves me right, in the movie Jaane Bhi Do
Yaaro the total chaos scene of Mahabharat was picturized brilliantly; cut to
the chaotic scene at the haveli with the builder’s group, the mantriji’s people,
the archaeologist and the lawyer were all together, that scene could have
become as memorable as the JBDY movie scene. However, the method to the madness
was missing. How I would have loved to see history repeat itself in that scene.
SUMMARY:
Every aspect of the movie in its own right was very well depicted,
but the movie missed its spot for want of the biggest show stopper - COMEDY!
The scene from Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro can be viewed on this link - https://youtu.be/SDClKXKn0l8
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