If SRK and Rajnikanth have created their trends in the film industry, if Senior Bacchan has created a name with his dynamic personality,the only woman in tinsel town who can compete with the leading men and who has the ability to grab eye balls with whatever role she does,is the *indian kudi* Vidya Balan.I remember writing a blog entry about her,a few months back,and for me! missing a movie of hers is a crime.
So after the long wait,I did go watch Vidya's movie 'The Dirty Picture',the very reason why I call it Vidya's movie,is because I wouldn't even bother to go to the theater,if the leading lady in the movie was someone else.I am not a fan of reviews,or cinema critics,because at times,you see a set of 'wanna be' pseudo intellectuals who believe movies that entertain are only meant to be food for the brainless,and certain others who would rate a movie,according to their preconceived notion about the movie.
So I was there ,seated,with my pack of cashew nuts.The only little teeny weeny bit of worry that I had this time was Ekta Kapoor! :p and wondered whether she would make this movie look like one of her television soaps :p ,but trust me! not at all,special care taken so that SILK(Vidya) gets to perform out of the box.
The movie started and the theater was all silent,Reshma(Vidya) on the screen,a village girl,yet seductive.The girl next door,yet impressive.The role slowly progresses,becomes SILK,the dancer star,the struggler,the lover.The bold Vidya Balan,who was bold enough to get out of her shell,and become SILK,in the real sense.The story was dramatic,fun,yet very real!!.We may have a lot of losers who would have already tagged Vidya as a bombshell,just because of her courage to take up such a challenging role,and that is the very simple message of the movie,of how hypocrisy among the masses can make or break a person.We have men who love watching women hot,and film makers who take complete advantage for their profits,and yet,the same men who later tag the women as 'dirty'.We also have another class in our society,women who like being hot,and who envy women who are hot,and then give out a very 'holy' image of themselves.
The Indian entertainment barter was highlighted very intensely,body for money,money and luxury,luxury and the consequences that come with it,critics who give life,critics who kill,critics who judge professional life as personal life,when personal life no one knows,no one sees,no one wants to understand
The entire star cast including Tushar Kapoor have done a good job in bringing quite a challenging story to life.I specifically mentioned Tushar Kapoor because I read some real bad reviews about the poor chap,when the truth is ,he did the 'i am so dumb' role quite well,far better than his history of geek like grin and flops.To add to that,I've started liking Nasrudeen Shah and Emran Hashmi,Nasrudeen sir ever since Ishqiya(vidya's movie) and Emran Hashmi ever since Tum Mile(with soha ali khan),and this time too,I had no complaints
As they say..No news is good news..thats about the others..But my core focus was on Vidya Balan,and she deserved every bit of it :-).
If I were a boy,I would definitely say "Oo la la oo la laa..tu hein meri fantasy..." ,not praising her body(the build up,for this particular movie),or her looks,but for her sheer confidence,courage and the extreme 'I am She'(miss India world tag line) attitude.
Taa daa...!!
hoping for more of VIDYA on the big screen
ps: You can neither typecast her,nor can you hate her,because in three words,She is 'entertainment,entertainment and entertainment!'(just like the movie dialogue) with a lot of sense!
