Movie Review: Billu Barber

I guess its in vogue now to give SRK a soliloquy in the climax. Veer-jaara, Chak de India and now Billu barber do the same, and its only SRK's charisma which makes it look convincing. Billu barber is movie, where SRK takes a backseat and set a platform for Irfaan khan to execute a simple role.I am still in dither, if that was a good movie or bad and afraid of sounding pontificate. okay, my psyche says Movie was not bad , therefore it falls in the "good" category.

Movie opens with Billu's (irfaan khan)application for a loan to renovate his Hair cutting saloon , revealing that he leads a life beset of financial worries ,but full of vitality. He earns meager to survive his beautiful wife and two children ,who rarely take him seriously. After that director takes us on a safari and establishes the other prominent characters, which give able support to the story line. There is a local poet (Rajpal yadav) , an affluent lender ( Om puri)and an ally (Asrani). Billu wants money to upgrade his old barber shop in order to compete with a Modern haircut saloon, because of which his earnings are dwindling , but unfortunately things doesn't fall in place.

Out there in Mumbai , a superstar(Sahir khan) is working on his bollywood ishtyle movie , a story of twins and for that he needs a new location and suggests "Budbuda" village, the place Billu is surviving.Sahir's envoys appear in the village and declare that for next few days Sahir khan is coming for a shoot.As Sahir khan arrives in the village, we see screaming fans vying  to get closer to the superstar. In this hoopla, Billu gets another blow when his children are send back from school, for he has failed in depositing the school fee on time.Soon a rumour spreads in village that Billu is an old pal of superstar Sahir khan. Rumour works as catalyst and Billu becomes the talk of town and every villager start showing inordinate support to him. He is now venerated by the horde and throng tries to please Billu as they expect a common favour "Meeting with the superstar". True to his character Billu is apprehensive , doubtful and scared when think about his abject poverty in comparison to Superstar's. He knows Sahir is his old pal but never accept it before crowd and tries to be malingering.

One day they all forcefully capitulate him to visit the shooting place along with them and excited fans create a pandemonium,had a clash with policemen and eventually land up in jail , Then they learn that Billu is just another ordinary fellow and has no link with the Superstar.Now village turns evil to Billu ,they even lodge a police complaint against him, for cheating the village. This rankles makes Billu brittle and his family start languishing in the village.On the other hand , administration of a local school somehow manages to get Saahir khan for their annual convention and there Sahir khan mentions about his old friend i.e. Billu , in his monologue;this stuns the crowd and they ruminate about their deeds. what follows is though nothing special but still i don't want to put an spoiler in this post.

As i recall memories of the movie, i find it an average flick , with good doses of humour but nothing especial about it. Ifraan khan has done a good job with the role and Sahil khan looks every inch of SRK. Lara dutta has got a small role, but to be frank, she has done a decent job and its a revelation for me. Songs are okay, but yes Mar jaani and that "Hit , khit-pit" song with Kareena and Priyanka respectively, are worth watching, and you will surely find them in discs at least for some time. The two lovely kids add flavour in the movie . Ove all  Billu barber is at best a watchable movie.

Rating :: **1/2

-Yaatri

© Ajay Kr Saxena

Latest sketch :: Q & A

You are THE Question,

You are THE Answer.

-Yaatri

© Ajay Kr Saxena

A cool joke!!

I am chilling out in Goa for a few days and want to post more about it.Alas!!,not getting enough time to jolt 'em; my experiences.Btw sharing a cool joke, until I publish my next post.

एक मास्टर जी खुद को बार बार " शेर का बच्चा बोलते थे"

क्लास के लड़कों के कान ये सुन सुन के पक गये|

एक दिन एक लड़के ने पूछ ही लिया

"मास्टरजी,शेर आपके घर आया था या आपकी माताजी जंगल गईं थी"

Movie Review :: Marley & Me

 

Would you believe, if I say there is a "Canine" in lead role and Hollywood's two big star(Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston) share the screen space with him ?  But its true, at least in  David Frankels latest flick " Marley and Me". its one of those cute , cuddling ,lovable and dwindling movies which comes once in a while and successfully hit right note with the audience. Not only ME but also a few from audience left the theatre with tearful eyes. Yes, it was a touching story of "MARLEY" , the dog who though was labelled as "the worst dog" never tried to be a "Good dog" but lived a carefree life with all its antics ,without paying any attention to the world outside, that's how the lead "DOG" is summarized by "Owen Wilson".

Film opens up with Owen Wilson's monologue and then goes in flashback, when he is starting his bourgeois life with a beauty "Jennifer Aniston".its difficult times but,he somehow manages to get a job in press for himself and his wife.One fine day , he decides to surprise Jennifer with a gift. He takes her to a vet shop and asks her to select one puppy from the courtyard. Jennifer is surprised , overwhelmed and chooses one lazy looking Dog, the Marley and it becomes an extended family immediately. Now story unfolds slowly but carefully, the couple rears that puppy with love and affection and it becomes trigger for so many humorous incidents ,vying for each other.Marley is omnipresent in movie , and slowly matures into an ebullient Canine and you cant escape from liking the dog.The adult dog conjures up plenty of misdemeanours in movie enriching mundane days of couple.The scene when it embarrasses a lady Dog instructor is quite hilarious;be it chewing the household stuff like sofas, bed sheets, wood furniture etc , antics on sea beach,following the master like a faithful acolyte,his every action is full of energy ,very natural and gives life to the flick.Oh, see how i forgot to tell that Owen & Jeniffer, who can't escape delectable feeling of love-making,end up producing three children and Marley always prying for the coverage of those moments.

But as you touch the mid-point of plot , story starts taking a U turn, Jennifer has left her job for she finds it difficult to flit between office and home and chooses to rear up his progeny (Marley included). Owen has been promoted and Jenni is managing household chores meticulously.Hold your breath, because by interval ,audience is attuned with Marley and one rainy night, something unprecedented happens; Marley goes missing. The couple took up this arduous task and Owen finds "Marley" lying under a tree and as it plods back to home, you sense that something is wrong.Your omen comes true when a veterinarian tells that Marley has got an twisted stomach and his chances of survival are very bleak. You literally feel heart-broken and this announcement causes a consternation among the audience. Owne praises the dog saying " He is a fighter" and true to his words Marley survives that critical night and comes back to home doing what it knows the best, but,before you could relax in your cosy seats, the dog again falls to that "twisted stomach" syndrome and you realize, that it wont survive for long.

Climax is very simple but touching.As we see a graveyard and Marley's deadbody lying inside, the kids recites emotional encomium for extended family,Owen does the final rituals and goes back to home ,leaving the audience with a heavy heart and missing that cute dog " Marley", which made them go through an ensemble of emotions and touched their heart without being melodramatic.Period.

-यात्री

© Ajay Kr Saxena

For YOU my dear "Valentine" :-)

गर मेरे पास शब्द होते

तो बनाता एक गुलदस्ता मैं

उपमाओं का तुम्हारे लिए,

पर मेरे पास निशब्द मौन है,

और उसे पाने के लिए

तुम्हे सुनना होगा

आहिस्ता से

दिल की धड़कने मेरी,

झाँकना  होगा

नज़ाकत से 

नज़रों में मेरी,

और लाने होंगे

होंठ अपने

मेरे होंठ की नज़दीकियों तक,

और फिर

खो जाना होगा

आँख मूंद कर

एक मौन चुंबन में

हमेशा हमेशा के लिए

-यात्री

© Ajay Kr Saxena

Muse : Vo raasta!!

फ़ौरन मुह मोड़ लो उन सारे रास्तों से

जहाँ बाध्य हो जाओ तुम

प्रश्नो के उत्तर देने के लिए,

चुनो वो राह निर्भीक्ता से

जहाँ जवाबदेही का नाम-ओ-निशान भी ना हो

और प्रश्‍न भी आयें

तो आयें, झुक कर सलाम करते हुए

-यात्री

© Ajay Kr Saxena

Sufi Poem : Five senses

तुम्हारी पाँचों ज्ञानेन्द्रियाँ

जो कुछ भी

बोल

देख

सुन

चख

या

 स्पर्श 

कर  पाती हैं

वो सब "खुदा" है

तुम्हारी पाँचो ज्ञानेन्द्रियाँ जिसे

बोल

देख

सुन

चख

और

 स्पर्श 

करके भी

बयान नही कर पाती

 वो " तुम" हो

- यात्री

© Ajay Kr Saxena

Muse :: Father & Son!!

He is the most controversial topic

on the earth,

I am his the most spoiled brat

on the earth,

and

 he is the bestest father

always ready

to sponsor my all eccentricities.

-Yaatri

© Ajay Kr Saxena