Assalam O ALaikum! Madhur Bhandarkar has attempted different themes in his films i.e. action social drama TRISHAKTI - directorial debut and AAN, social issue like CHANDNI BAR and political drama like SATTA. Madhur is a passionate narrator. Madhurs latest venture PAGE 3 also deals with an uncommonly sensible subject.
PAGE 3 delves into the lives of the rich and famous means the upper level of the society. PAGE 3 takes the viewer to a world thats weird, where relationships and friendships are erratic and people living dual lives. You can say that the PAGE 3 of any newspaper depict and poke fun at the personalities of Page 3.
The movie impact is hammer-strong as one expects it to be from a Madhur Bhandarkarss movie.
Madhvi - Konkona Sen Sharmahails from Bangalore to Mumbai to start her career as a journalist and gets a work at Nation Today newspaper where the editor Deepak Suri - Boman Irani gives her the job to cover the Page 3 parties of high society.
Madhvi shares a rented apartment with Pearl - Sandhya Mridul and Gayatri - Tara Sharma, a film struggler.
After an incident, Madhvi give up Page 3 and starts doing crime reporting with Vinayak - Atul Kulkarni but after the shocking reality in life she comes back to the Page 3 but for the other newspaper.
A PAGE 3 is a good and appraises effort because of its content and subject and also because of the honest try at conveying light communally related matters. There are some appalling exposures and a well handled scene like a businessman is exposed for child abuse, a male-model gives in to the demands of a gay make-up man and the Boman Irani fires Madhavi from her job.
Madhur Bhandarkar has handled such a subject well and also the best work after CHANDNI BAR. Music by Shamir Tandon is well-designed and Cinematography by Madhu S. Rao is satisfactory and true to life dialogs by Sanjeev Dutta and Madhur Bhandarkar are excellent.
Konkona Sen Sharma is good but its not an award winning performance. Sandhya Mridul and Tara Sharma shines in a major role. Boman Irani is stupendous and he will be next Paresh Rawal. Atul Kulkarni and Bikram Saluja acts honestly. The role of the cop played by Upendra Limaye registers a strong impact. And all other supporting artists were adequate.
On the whole, PAGE 3 is a well-intended attempt and it has better scope at multiplexes of metros mainly. 3 out of 5. Allah Hafiz
PAGE 3 delves into the lives of the rich and famous means the upper level of the society. PAGE 3 takes the viewer to a world thats weird, where relationships and friendships are erratic and people living dual lives. You can say that the PAGE 3 of any newspaper depict and poke fun at the personalities of Page 3.
The movie impact is hammer-strong as one expects it to be from a Madhur Bhandarkarss movie.
Madhvi - Konkona Sen Sharmahails from Bangalore to Mumbai to start her career as a journalist and gets a work at Nation Today newspaper where the editor Deepak Suri - Boman Irani gives her the job to cover the Page 3 parties of high society.
Madhvi shares a rented apartment with Pearl - Sandhya Mridul and Gayatri - Tara Sharma, a film struggler.
After an incident, Madhvi give up Page 3 and starts doing crime reporting with Vinayak - Atul Kulkarni but after the shocking reality in life she comes back to the Page 3 but for the other newspaper.
A PAGE 3 is a good and appraises effort because of its content and subject and also because of the honest try at conveying light communally related matters. There are some appalling exposures and a well handled scene like a businessman is exposed for child abuse, a male-model gives in to the demands of a gay make-up man and the Boman Irani fires Madhavi from her job.
Madhur Bhandarkar has handled such a subject well and also the best work after CHANDNI BAR. Music by Shamir Tandon is well-designed and Cinematography by Madhu S. Rao is satisfactory and true to life dialogs by Sanjeev Dutta and Madhur Bhandarkar are excellent.
Konkona Sen Sharma is good but its not an award winning performance. Sandhya Mridul and Tara Sharma shines in a major role. Boman Irani is stupendous and he will be next Paresh Rawal. Atul Kulkarni and Bikram Saluja acts honestly. The role of the cop played by Upendra Limaye registers a strong impact. And all other supporting artists were adequate.
On the whole, PAGE 3 is a well-intended attempt and it has better scope at multiplexes of metros mainly. 3 out of 5. Allah Hafiz