“Kaamyaabi ki peeche mat bhaago, Excellence ke peeche bhaago, success jhak maar kar apne aap peeche bhaagegi!”
- Baba Ranchoddas Shyamaldas Chanchad a.k.a Phunksukh Wangdu
Debutante director Abhishek Chaubey has followed it to the last word. This is evidenced by the script, dialogues and music by Vishal Bharadwaj, lyrics by Gulzar Sahib and remarkable performances by Naseruddin Shah, Arshad and the mystery woman Vidya Balan. One can be assured that there is a clear influence of Vishal’s (Abhishek’s mentor) style of narrating the story, always ready to bend the way hindi movies are perceived and presented.
Khalujan (Naseruddin) and Babban (Arshad) are on the run for stealing money from Mushtaq (Naseeruddin’s Jiju). They meet Krishna (Vidya Balan) at Gorakhpur and a new roller coaster ride begins through the rural landscape with twists in the tale around every corner and even the traveler Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta or simply Ibn Battuta would surely agree that it is a great journey.
Abhishek never lets you feel that a debutante director is narrating this twisted tale of love. The rugged look and the bad mouth of Naseeruddin and Arshad makes you like them more. The first half is fast paced and dialogues are superb. The liplock scene between Arshad and Vidya surely sends the temperature soaring and I must admit this has been the best liplock scene I have seen in Indian movie. The story slows down in the latter half and I felt in the climax with too many plots is confusing. But let me not complain as the 2 hours journey was exciting.
Living legend Naseruddin is great as ever. Arshad’s delivers superb performance through his dialogue delivery and appearance. But the movie completely belongs to Vidya. She gets out of her comfort zone playing the good girl in all her previous flicks and dons the bad girl image with great amount of comfort. I just hope this talented actor gets more work and we get to see more of her. She looks stunning in a saree and I can’t hold myself back but say here “Saree is like statistics. What it reveals is suggestive, but what it conceals is vital” ….and so is Vidya Balan’s acting skills…..there is more to come.
VB and Gulzar Sahib create magic once again. After hits like “Beedi Jalaile” and “Dhan te na” the DJs will be all out to play “Ibn-e-batuta”. But my pick is “Dil to Bachcha Hai”.
Ishqiya is for those who enjoy of quality movies, definitely not for those who are hungry only for nonsensical masala flicks.
Think About it: What if KJ or Yash Chopra were the mentors for Abhishek Chaubey? Ishqiya would have been nonsensical, artificial candy floss love stories like KANK, KHNH, K3G, Mohabatein set in New York or Switzerland. What a cr@p it would have been.
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