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Mach Gaya Shor Saari Nagri Re
May 02, 2011 03:22 PM 3894 Views
(Updated May 02, 2011 03:28 PM)

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Mach gaya Shor saari Nagri Re, saari Nagri Re


Shor  or Noise as would love to prefer it, is an inseparable part of  life, if you are living in one of the big metroes in India, or even the smaller  cities like Nagpur or  Vishakapatnam of Coimbatore.  The noise  starts  right at the crack of the day, when the  servant or the milkman or the newspaper wallah, knocks on the door,  hits a  peak, when you drive to work or college, with all the honking, vehicles making screeching sounds, shouts of  the  pavement sellers,  and it does not leave you way till the night, with some meeting or function or marriage going on all the time.


And during  the festival times, the Shor  just increases in intensity, what with all those pandals, blaring out loud music, tuneless devotional songs, the priests chanting, the conch shells blowing, the massive religious rallies, that continue late into the night.


Shor in the City  directed by  Raj and Krishna, who had earlier come up 99, a quirky look at the betting mafia,  this time  explore 3 different stories, that  interconnect  at some point or other.  And to  make the point of  Shor  playing a major  part in our lives, the entire  plot is set against the backdrop of the 10 days Ganapathi Puja  in Mumbai.  While the  Ganesh Puja  forms the backdrop, the focus here is on how  the noise  during the festival,  significantly  impacts the events in the story.  On  an ordinary level, the characters in the story  are people  like any one  else, going  about with their lives, but  it  is at the ending, where  you see the  significance of  Shor  in the  entire context.


Abhay(  Senthil  Ramamurthy) is  an NRI,  wanting to set up  a small business in India.  He begins to date an aspiring model  Shalmili( Preeti Desai), and is soon sucked into Mumbai's  hip and happening party life.  It is however not  a party for him at the work place, the  local dadas led by Premal(Zakir Hussain), begin to harass him,  demanding their  pound of  flesh.  The  police  advise him to  make a deal with the dadas, as this is  festival time, and they  can't  really take much action.  Abhay  gives in to their demands,  but  soon decides to  hit back,  giving them a taste of their own  medicine. Excellent track in the movie,  especially in the latter half.


Tilak( Tushar  Kapoor)  is  a small time crook,  publishing pirated copies of  best selling novels, and  selling them,  hanging out  with  his  two buddies  Ramesh( Nikhil Dwivedi)  and Mandook( Pitobash Tripathy).  Mandook is pretty much a loose cannon, reckless, stupid, dim witted whose actions quite often cause trouble to the trio,  Ramesh on the other  hand is the more level headed.  A  chance robbery  by  Ramesh and Mandook,  makes them stumble on a huger  arms consignment, which could   prove to be a key to their fortune.  The best track in the movie for me, especially the scenes between  Tilak and his wife Sapna( Radhika Apte).


Sawan  Murthy(  Sundeep Kishan) is an aspiring cricketer, who dreams of  playing for the national team. However  he finds  it is not  easy,  with  all the board politics, nepotism, corruption. On the other hand, Sawan  has to deal with his long time girl friend  Sejal( Girija Oak), whose mother  wants to get her married off  soon.  Sawan is caught between  two ends, his cricketing career  which seems to be going  to nowhere, unless he adopts some underhand means  and his girlfriend whom he might just end up losing.


While  many say  its a Dark comedy,  Shor in the City,  was more of a slice of  life movie, looking at  the lives of  3 different  persons, and how they  intersect at  points.  The people in the movie, are ordinary people, just like you and me, with their  own frustrations, leading  a rather ordinary life.  You really can't  condemn or criticize some of  the  choices these people make,  they are defined by circumstances.  But to me the best part was in the climax, that is where the significance of the title  really hits you.  The characterization is  spot on,  Abhay speaks like a typical NRI,  in accented Hindi, Americanized English,  while  the  lingo used by Tilak and his friends is pure Tapori style.


Some  great  scenes  in the movie


1)  All the scenes  between  Tilak and his wife  Sapna, very natural  and  warm.


2) The  bank  Hijack  wala scene, total fun.


3) The scene  where  Tilak and his friends try to detonate  a bomb just for fun.


4) The scenes where Abhay  is threatened and harassed by the goons.


Performances:  Senthil Ramamurthy  is  excellent  as  the  NRI  Abhay, right down to the accent, and also in the scenes where  he begins to get even with the  goons.  After  a long time  Tushar Kapoor, gets a good role, and he does well as Tilak, the  crook with a conscience. However  the best  would be  Pitobash as the loose cannon Mandook,  superlative  performance, wishing we can see more of him, this guy is an immense talent.  Nikhil Dwivedi as Ramesh  and  Sundeep Kishan as Sawan, put in earnest  performances, while  Zakir Husain is  menacing enough as Premal.  Another noteworthy performance is by  Amit Mistry  as the fixer Tipu, utterly natural and  convincing.


Great soundtrack  with Saibo, Karma.. being my  favorites. The camera work is brilliant, capturing  the seamy underside of  Mumbai in all it's glory.  Krishna and Raj, have again come up with a  movie,  that is quirky, witty,  entertaining all the way.  Just go for it.


PS:  By the way to those wondering about the title  for my Review, it comes from an old Hindi song in Amitabh's movie Khuddar,  that is picturized  on a backdrop of  Krishnashtami celebrations.


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