While originally not on my ‘watch-list’ (what with Tusshar, as he is now called. in the lead and it being an Ekta Kapoor production..can you really blame me?)..but the touted dark horse this weekend seemed worth checking out.
The first and perhaps the only mistake I made before entering the hall, was to assume this would be a comedy..albeit a dark comedy but one with laugh out loud moments and amazing comic situations. Nothing of the sort….don’t assume you are watching a comedy and you 'll be fine.
Watch ‘Shor in the City’ for what it really is..a fairly hard hitting, yet subtle flick with loads of irony in every sequence. The first line of the movie says ‘The city is just an excuse for people to be good or bad, especially bad’…hats off to the person who thought of this line since it very succintly describes exactly what this movie is all about.
Don’t expect it to be a classic…its not even close. The last offering by this stable was LSD and we all know what LSD was like. This one is closer to that. But while LSD was too slow and a little too subtle for my liking Shor in the city does just enough to make itself noticed. It leaves plenty for the audience to think of, once the movie is over but doesn’t really force them to do so either. You can come out of the hall and be indifferent to what you saw or you can ponder over the irony shown in the film..its that kind of a movie
While I wouldn’t qualify it as a must-watch, I’d still encourage you to watch it for the fresh offering that it is, a rare instance in Bollywood
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