DON - My Doodles

I saw "DON - The Chase Begins" yesterday. First if you haven't, take a look at the trailor..



After I saw the Trailor, I was blown away! I thought the Movie was going to be out of this world!! It was!!

Now I'm not going to go on and on about the Plot, since most of you know already that this is a remake of the Eighties BLOCKBUSTER "DON" starring Amithabh Bachan. So I'll get the the Comments right away.

Shah Rukh Khan:

As always, Shah Rukh Khan has given the role of DON and Vijay all he's got! His acting is almost Flawless. But (as in everything else, there is a BUT!) he really doesn't not suit the role of a ruthless underground Crime Lord. I felt like I was watching The Godfather, with Mathew Perry playing the role of Al Pachino. SRK's acting does give a stylish touch to the charecter, but his petite physique and past reputation as a Fun Loving, Hopeless Romantic just overpower everything else. Also, as much as we try to ignore it, it is too frequent. Yes! I'm reffereing to some of the mannerism of SRK whic makes him look Gay, thus killing DON's Charecterization!

The Three Chicks:

Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, and Esha Gopikar do a good job with their roles. They've given exactly what is needed. Kareena Kapoor only comes in for the first 10 mins before her charecter is murdered by DON. She sizzles in the song "Deewana Deewana". Esha Gpoikar and Priyanka Chopra also look dazzling in all the scenes that they're in as they always do.

Boman Irani, Arjun Rampal, and Om Puri:

Boman Irani is awesome as DCP Dsilwa. He shines as the Good Cop in the first half, and also as the Ruthless Vardhan in the second. Arjun Rampal is one of the best things in DON. He plays the role of Jasjeet with perfect accuracy. Om Puri does his job well too.

Farhan Akhtar:

Farhan Akhtar's care in his script and in the presentation of the storyline is seen in each and every frame of the movie. It's no surprice that Farhan Akhtar is an expert director because we have seen his earlier movies like Dil Chatha Hai and Lakshya. Although Farhan Akhtar did pull in a lot of critisism for distorting the Climax from the Original DON, none can deny the fact that the ending for this DON is far better than the Original! The Ending leaves the audience shellshocked and nailed to their seats even after the Credits are over! Bravo!

Technical Brilliance and The Slick Presentation:

The Technical Brilliance and the Awesome Presentation is Jaw Dropping. DON doesn't fall short of a High Budjet Hollywood Action Flick! Some scenes just blew me away, espicially the Air Fight between DON and a white guy (You'll be in awe once you see it too).


Music:

Shankar Ehsan Roy have done an excellent with the music. Espicially the BGM just adds to the Adrenaline Rush of the movie.

Overall:

DON is definatly a MUST SEE! There are a few flaws like SRK's gay-ish mannerisms but other than that, the movie is quite amazing! Go for it, incase you haven't already!

"E" - My Doodles

I recently happend to see "E". The Deepavali Release starring Jeeva, Nayantara, Asish Vidhyarthi, Pasupathy and Karunas. It was really good, and eye opening. The basic theme of the movie is about Medical Experiments on People in economically weaker conditions in countries like India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

Plot:

Eeswaran alias "E" (Jeeva) is a local good-for-nothing who makes his living by doing several fraudulent things like stealing, being a hitman, etc in the slums of Chennai. He leads his life on a day to day basis, and doesn't care much about anything else. A Doctor known as Dr.Ramakrishna (Asish VIdhyarthi) comes to E's slum and says that he gives free treatement to the poor and wants to help those in need. So everyone in the slum goes to him for any medical help or advise. He gives them the advise, and if needed he gives them the injection shots which they need for free. Everyone in the slum loves him. But there is another side to him. He is an agent to Foreign Countries experimenting with Biological Weapons and gets paid in millions when he carries out their experiments. He creates Viruses and tests them out the poor living in the slums of Tamil Nadu. If anyone dies, he claims that it was a common illness like Malaria, of Bird Flu which killed them, and says that he did his best save their life. The poor who have no knoledge about health or the human body have no other choice but to believe him while he gets paid. Hundrends of died in his experiments in different locations in India, and worst part is that he isn't the only agent. There are hundreds of such agents all over India, and other third world countires conducting different experiments to create Biological Weapons. Dr. Ramakrishna's experiments continue, while E continues to do hitjobs, robbery etc. During this time, Nayantara, a Stripper at a bar moves into the slum and the inevitable happens. Nayantara and E fall in love with eachother. A few scenes with Nayantara and E and a couple of Duets later the story picks it's pace up again, and a little girl in the slum dies, making Dr. Ramakrishna happy and proud because one his experiments have worked killing the 9 year old girl. In the middle of this, Nellai Mani (Pasupathy) a wanted murderer by the Police, who has killed several Doctors in the past, comes into play and attempts to kill Dr. Ramakrishnan. He almost suceeds but E comes in and saves the Doctor by hitting Nellai Mani with a Metal Bar. Nellai Mani is arrested, and Dr. Ramakrishna thanks E and says that he will make E a rich man if E murders Nellai Mani. Excited by this, E decides to take the offer. A few irrelevent things happen, and one day E is on the run and is being chased by College Students due to a failed hit job, and coicidentally Nellai Mani is also on the run and is being chased by the Police. Nellai Mani gets shot up by the Police but manages to crawl away, and save E's life who was now hanging off of the middle of a bridge and passes out. E takes Nellai Mani to an abandoned tower claiming that E will give his life for Nellai Mani because he saved his life. But we come to learn that he has other plans for Nellai Mani. He decides to bargain a price for Nellai Mani with Dr. Ramakrishna. After the Intermission, the story takes a turn, and E's grandmother falls ill. E takes her to Dr. Ramakrishna since he is oblivious the his activities while keeping an eye of the recovering Nellai Mani. E fixes a rate for Mani's body from Ramakrishna and tries to kill him but can't bring it up inside him to do so. A few days later while Nellai Mani recovers, he tells E about the kind of person that Dr. Ramakrishna is and that there are many. Nellai Mani's mission is to find and kill these monsters who create more and more viruses which are developed by testing and killing innocent indians and sell them to Foreing Countries. As they finish talking about this, E realizes that his grandmother has also just passed away due to the experiment, and due to some unexpected turn of events Nellai Mani throws a pistol to E and asks E to shoot him. E hesitates, but later does as he has no other choice. Right smack in the middle of all of this Nayantara dumps E and leaves town. E doesn't make a big deal out of this as he doesn't care anymore. Suddenly E is shown marching towards Dr. Ramakrishna's Lab which has many wierd experimental things going on. For ex, a baby with a huge lump bulging out of the side of it's head is kept inside a glass jar filled with water is shown. So anywayz, E finds the Doctor and after a few eye opening dialouges, E murders the Doctor. A few months later, News Tidbits are shown, that some Medical Researchers are being murdered all over the state, and that the police are looking for a man known as E. E has taken up a mission is dismantle this unimaginable system by assasinating every Doctor and Agent in the state who goes along with these experiments.

Jeeva, Pasupahty, Asish Vidhyarthi, and Nayantara:

Jeeva has done a very good job in acting. He plays the role of a local, indecent thug very well. His acting skills keep improving, and with each new movie he surprices the audience with a veriety of roles, and flawless Acting.

Pasupathy as always STEALS THE SHOW! He stole the Show in Virumaandi, He stole the show In Mumbai Express, He Stole The show in Majaa and even in Sullan. E is not exception. He has done an amazing job as a fanatic on a mission to set things right in Society. Not only is Pasupathy an excellent Villan now, but directors can now look to him to find an experct Charecter Artist.

Asish Vidhyarthi has done resonably well as the evil Doctor. The only thing that he needs to work on is his lip movement. The words say something but his lips say something completly different!

Nayantara is boring....there is not enough for her to work with in this charecter so it's understandable. She isn't even needed for the story, she is a bit irrelevent.

Director Janardhan

The Director has done an excellent job in taking this Theme to work with. His direction and screenplay is almost FLAWLESS. The only flaw I saw in the movie was the end. I just seemed like it was really rushed! Pasupathy dying, Nayanthara Dumping Jeeva, Jeeva's Grandmother Dying, Jeeva killing the Doctor, Jeeva now wanted for killing Medical Researchers around the sate...all this happened in about five minitues. The bulk of the story took place in the last five minitues of the movie. If the Irrelevent Nayantara scenes didn't exist then the director woudn't have to worry about time and the movie would've been a whole lot better. But still, the movie is very good. Director Janardhan is one to look out for.

Music - Srikanth Deva

One Word: PATHETIC!

I don't to say anything else on this.


Overall:

Overall the movie was very good. Probably one of the BEST this year. A MUST SEE for all!

I give it 8/10. Go For It!