The slow pace and an unimpressive first 20-30 mins. holds Omkara from being a true masterpiece, IMO. Heck at the beginning I was wondering what is the big deal? But I found out soon enough!
The performances are obviously the talk of the town and the only performer from the main cast that didn't better his previous self was Ajay Devegan. For one, Omkara is a poorly written character. You don't feel much of anything for him. Add Ajay's seen-b4-a-thousand-times brooding act and it simply doesn't register much of an impact. He was especially disappointing in the climax after finding out the truth!
The only 2 movies where I've found Kareena bearable is MKKH and Hulchul. I consider her a non-actress(and a worse looker) and frankly didn't see all the hoopla abt her performance in this movie either until the scene where Ajay arrives and asks her for the kamar-bandh(or whatever it's called). The fear and confusion she exudes there is some of the best acting I've seen from an actress lately. Brilliant! And somehow she even topped that in the climax. The downer is her character doesn't require much of a challenge aside from those 2 incredible scenes.
The best female performance comes from Konkona despite her limited screen time. The ease w/ which she mouths of the dialect and adopts the body language of her character is a delight to watch. How I wish she had more to do!
There's nothing I can say to add anything more to Saif's National Award worthy performance. Along w/ Aamir Khan(since Rangeela) to me he's been Bollywood's best actor of this millennium. DCH, DMH, EHT, HT, Parineeta, BC and now Omkara. Look at the versatility! His method approach to his characters has made him a class apart from everybody else and given his dedication to the profession he'll only rise. One scene I gotta mention is where he replies to the dude who mocks him for getting upstaged by Vivek. The sheer intensity, frustration and menace displayed by Saif for those 20-30 seconds was like watching prime Pacino/De Niro in one. Gave me goosebumps!
Vivek was alright and I found Bipasha(looking better than ever b4) more impressive here than her overrated performance in Corporate.
I'm very surprised the Censor boards let the vulgar language(BC, MC, C etc) stay. Not that I have a problem w/ it but the boards in past years have shown little patience for this sort of stuff. The profanity I thought neither added or took anything from the movie. It was just....there. Bharadwaj could've done better w/ that aspect of the movie.
Nevertheless, best movie I've seen this year and one that's easily made the biggest impact on me emotionally.
The performances are obviously the talk of the town and the only performer from the main cast that didn't better his previous self was Ajay Devegan. For one, Omkara is a poorly written character. You don't feel much of anything for him. Add Ajay's seen-b4-a-thousand-times brooding act and it simply doesn't register much of an impact. He was especially disappointing in the climax after finding out the truth!
The only 2 movies where I've found Kareena bearable is MKKH and Hulchul. I consider her a non-actress(and a worse looker) and frankly didn't see all the hoopla abt her performance in this movie either until the scene where Ajay arrives and asks her for the kamar-bandh(or whatever it's called). The fear and confusion she exudes there is some of the best acting I've seen from an actress lately. Brilliant! And somehow she even topped that in the climax. The downer is her character doesn't require much of a challenge aside from those 2 incredible scenes.
The best female performance comes from Konkona despite her limited screen time. The ease w/ which she mouths of the dialect and adopts the body language of her character is a delight to watch. How I wish she had more to do!
There's nothing I can say to add anything more to Saif's National Award worthy performance. Along w/ Aamir Khan(since Rangeela) to me he's been Bollywood's best actor of this millennium. DCH, DMH, EHT, HT, Parineeta, BC and now Omkara. Look at the versatility! His method approach to his characters has made him a class apart from everybody else and given his dedication to the profession he'll only rise. One scene I gotta mention is where he replies to the dude who mocks him for getting upstaged by Vivek. The sheer intensity, frustration and menace displayed by Saif for those 20-30 seconds was like watching prime Pacino/De Niro in one. Gave me goosebumps!
Vivek was alright and I found Bipasha(looking better than ever b4) more impressive here than her overrated performance in Corporate.
I'm very surprised the Censor boards let the vulgar language(BC, MC, C etc) stay. Not that I have a problem w/ it but the boards in past years have shown little patience for this sort of stuff. The profanity I thought neither added or took anything from the movie. It was just....there. Bharadwaj could've done better w/ that aspect of the movie.
Nevertheless, best movie I've seen this year and one that's easily made the biggest impact on me emotionally.