Nov 10, 2002 02:54 AM
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(Updated Nov 10, 2002 02:54 AM)
If there was ever a waste of valuable film stock, this is it! it would have been nicer for rahul bose to save the money, add a couple of hundred, and get a GOOD haircut instead.The film revolves around this barber dude, who looks like he has potential, he can smirk RE-A-LL-Y well! maybe a toothpaste ad would have been more his speed. Everytime he cuts hair, he recieves uncontrollable visions from the other world, he can tap into the persons head.Thank god he's a barber and not a neurosurgeon.
What he does with this unique gift forms the rest of the sordid story, absolutely nothing! he stands like a lamp-post on a highway, looking at all the cool cars passing by, impotent as hell.Hmmm.The universal do-gooder.He saves the day for pooja butt,and does a variety of eminently forgettable things.
Finally lady love waltzes in, who he realises while doing his thing, has no thoughts at all!!!(which the audience mind you, realised as soon as she walked in)So naturally he's transfixed,she appeals to the male inadequacy syndrome,(shit, I must figure out what shes about,or im dumb)
The entire movie is punctuated by appearances of the man himself, almost saying, if you want to hate something in this movie, hate me!!!but then it doesnt really work cos theres so much to hate.
The production is tacky and plastic, and thats putting it mildly.The sets have been designed by someone dyslexic or blind, none of the spaces have character, neither are they extensions of the characters.The barber shop with ethereal connections could have been really nicely interpreted, subtlely if necessary, but then its like any other barber shop on mars, unlived-in,unappealing,un-everything.
It seems like a planned destruction of a good idea, could have been really slick, really well thought out, nicely abstracted, but finally its a hash of arbitrary humour, bad production and unfathomable acting.
Better luck next time sir,maybe make a few home wedding videos and then try again.
