Monday, November 25, 2013

Why you must watch Mausam?

 Before I start let me tell you upfront, I think the question is quite redundant. I have written this in lack of any suitable title.. 
There are several reasons for watching Mausam, let me list down a few.. 
1. An educational film : I have been told that within 1 day of the launch of the movie, central board have had a emergency meeting to include the film in their latest Class 10 curriculum. This movie in a very small time (180 mins or so) runs through all the major historical (terrorist or otherwise) events of last 30 years.. Ayodhya, Mumbai blasts, Kargil, Godhra, 9/11,low quality spare parts of MIGs and in the end operation blue star... I have heard that it took Mr Kapoor (Senior) 3 years to make the movie. Had this not been the case I am sure 26/11 would have also featured in the movie !! 
Final verdict: excellent historical document 
Punch Line: Swiss Police: "We got the wrong Khan" (refer to the posters in "My name is Khan"  : My name is Khan and I am not a Terrorist! )
2. A movie for everyone: This truly is a movie for everyone..Its like the locations have been chosen post discussion with Late CK Prahlad.. Globalised: US, Scotland, Zurich.. , Desi: Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bottom of Pyramid: some obscure village in Punjab, which doesnt have more than 30 houses, but have a train station.. 
Even the characters have been chosen with true precision of a Marketeer: a village belle... turns foreign babe...comes back to wear saree in a true cosmo house wife style! Ayat (sonam kapoor),is truly an Indian woman! 
Same can be said about Harry (not Potter).. Village boy, good at dancing, uses Vaseline daily (cosmo check!), turns into a hot shot Pilot who is shown suggesting some modifications to the MIGs in a shot (brains check!)  (engineers who spend years getting technical education please note!), can run faster than train (brawn check!), sports a pensive Devdas look when needed (sensitive check!), while is dare devil enough to go rescue a horse and a kid  (Hero material check! )
Finally you can watch this with your entire family (even with retarded friends... oops sorry.. specially with retarded friends!!)
You also need not bother with any steamy sensual scene which might be inappropriate for kids. I

think they would be showing Sonam Kapoor in Village (before) and in Scotland (after) as part of next Loreal ad! 
Verdict: Excellent Segmenting and Positioning!! 

3. Technical excellence: This movie truly represents the high standards of CG in Indian television today! The entire flight sequence, where Harry leads a group of 4 MIGs in firing 2 bunker busting missiles (.5 missiles per MIG), truly represents the excellence in CG standards... I was reminded of Project IGI, which I used to play back in 2003-04 on my AMD run desktop! 

Long story short.. its a must watch, and I would recommend that you leave whatever you are doing, and run to your nearest theatre right now!! (they are running out of ink I heard at Multiplexes, printing tickets ! )

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