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| Sharib Hashmi in "Filmistan" |
New cast, no actress,
no oomph factoring item songs. “Filmistan” is pure delight to watch. With no
pseudo gimmickry, this is what I call pure cinema. Believe me; Bollywood is
quite capable of placing a song almost anywhere. Yes! Even in a remote village
in Pakistan. If nothing else, a dream sequence justifies
it all. “Filmistan” spares us of all that!
“Filmistan” is story of a Bollywood struggler
“Sunny” who goes to Indian border with a foreign TV crew on a shoot.Sunny, who is a Bollywood fan at core is
captured by extremists there and taken across the border to a village in Pakistan.
This remote village provides a lot of room
for him to perform and mimic Bollywood actors to entertain himself as well as
his captors. Some thing he is almost always extremely comfortable with. Rest is
his struggle for escape.
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| Innamul Haq |
Sharib Hashmi(Sunny) has stunned everyone
with his emotive performance in “Filmistan”. Innam ul haq who is in supporting
role and plays a pirated Bollywood film CD peddler is a natural. Every bit of
his effortless performance can be enjoyed in the film.
“Filmistan” is an intelligent story.
First time director Nitin Kakkar wisely
keeps away from any controversy as far as Pakistan’s
reference is concerned. The film
is shot on a shoe string budget and director Nitin Kakkar has clearly managed
it well within the film’s budgetary. A pre requisite for most first time
directors.
With a near perfect comic timing, “Filmistaan” is an intelligent story. What is the biggest twist and could have been
a major challenge for the film, is done behind the veil of night’s darkness.Apart from a weak
finish, “Filmistan” is quite enjoyable.
If you ask me, ‘what I
liked most in the movie’? I can undoubtedly tell you, the scene where our protagonist
is toying with a Kalashnikov rifle innocently in front of the kids, aping
various Indian actors. The scene of course ends with our protagonist getting
rewarded with a bullet for his performance.
But, we can seek
comfort in the saying “all is well if it ends well” here.
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| screen shot from "Filmistan" |
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| Sharib Hashmi in "Filmistan" |
New cast, no actress,
no oomph factoring item songs. “Filmistan” is pure delight to watch. With no
pseudo gimmickry, this is what I call pure cinema. Believe me; Bollywood is
quite capable of placing a song almost anywhere. Yes! Even in a remote village
in Pakistan. If nothing else, a dream sequence justifies
it all. “Filmistan” spares us of all that!
“Filmistan” is story of a Bollywood struggler
“Sunny” who goes to Indian border with a foreign TV crew on a shoot.Sunny, who is a Bollywood fan at core is
captured by extremists there and taken across the border to a village in Pakistan.
This remote village provides a lot of room
for him to perform and mimic Bollywood actors to entertain himself as well as
his captors. Some thing he is almost always extremely comfortable with. Rest is
his struggle for escape.
|
| Innamul Haq |
Sharib Hashmi(Sunny) has stunned everyone
with his emotive performance in “Filmistan”. Innam ul haq who is in supporting
role and plays a pirated Bollywood film CD peddler is a natural. Every bit of
his effortless performance can be enjoyed in the film.
“Filmistan” is an intelligent story.
First time director Nitin Kakkar wisely
keeps away from any controversy as far as Pakistan’s
reference is concerned. The film
is shot on a shoe string budget and director Nitin Kakkar has clearly managed
it well within the film’s budgetary. A pre requisite for most first time
directors.
With a near perfect comic timing, “Filmistaan” is an intelligent story. What is the biggest twist and could have been
a major challenge for the film, is done behind the veil of night’s darkness.Apart from a weak
finish, “Filmistan” is quite enjoyable.
If you ask me, ‘what I
liked most in the movie’? I can undoubtedly tell you, the scene where our protagonist
is toying with a Kalashnikov rifle innocently in front of the kids, aping
various Indian actors. The scene of course ends with our protagonist getting
rewarded with a bullet for his performance.
But, we can seek
comfort in the saying “all is well if it ends well” here.
|
| screen shot from "Filmistan" |
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