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Nonureva Really Surprised!

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

silvan-desouza In the movie Sanju plays a writer who has a writing block, something which seems to have stuck the writers of the film too. The film is unusual but sadly fails The characters are unique but sadly could've treated better. The scenes between Zayed and Ash are treated very amateurishly, their bonding over Sardar Pjs are terrible. The story starts off well but slowly gets so weird that it makes you cringe. On the plus side, the scenes between Sanju and Aish,their complex love story does have it's good moments but totally due to erratic writing it falters.Direction by Leena Yadav is letdown due to it's writing Music by Vishal Shekhar is good, Sholon Si is the best song, other songs are good too though some wrongly placed.The best asset of the film is Sanjay Dutt, Often known for his Bhai roles, it's nice to see him dare to do out of the box roles In this film though he gets a confusing role, he does a great job as usual and plays the character superbly. Aishwarya Rai too acts well Zayed Khan however is a miscast, the actor with his Srk Hangover hams badly especially in emotional scenes. Kamini Khanna overdoes, Sadia Siddiqui is superb as the servant, rest are okay

umuhajir Leena Yadav's surprising "Shabd" (2005) is probably the most unfairly overlooked Hindi film in recent times: its box office fate was bleak, the reviews churlish, its theme dubbed too bizarre for India. One might thus be excused for thinking the film merited a pass; one would be wrong: "Shabd" is one of Bollywood's more interesting offerings in recent years, and features fine performances from Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya Rai to boot. The latter's efforts in particular should lay to rest the fallacy that she cannot act to save her life. Rather, as "Chokher Bali," "Raincoat" and now "Shabd" have shown, Ms. Rai needs the right script and the right director to shine. Indeed the skepticism of movie critics about her abilities says more about our collective unwillingness to appreciate non-dramatic artistes than about Ms. Rai's lack of acting talent. Leena Yadav has done a fantastic job with "Shabd," and viewers willing to lend themselves to the film will find that it holds their attention throughout with a taut script that only flags a bit towards the very end of the film. Boiled down to its essentials, "Shabd" is about a one-time celebrated writer, Shaukat Vasisht (Sanjay Dutt)-- whose most recent novel has failed miserably-- and his wife Antara Vasisht (played by Aishwarya Rai in a nuanced performance), and Shaukat's attempts to redeem himself by means of a new book that he has begun to write. The film is, according to Ms. Yadav, about the thin line separating reality from fiction...continued at: http://qalandari.blogspot.com/2005/08/shabd.html

fairy_princess225-1 the film is basically about a writer who is going through a rough patch through his writing and he has an idea to do an experiment. so he encourages his wife to basically start an affair with another man(zayed) so that he can write about it. this film was really bad. i disliked it very much. first of all the movie unrealistic and the end did not make any sense at all. zayed khans acting was good but a bit wooden at times. the other bad thing was i thought this film would be OK to sit and watch with my family, but it was disgusting!! what was the need for that sex scene between aish and sanjay!! please don't waste 3 hours of your life watching this dreadful film!!!!!! the only good thing about this film were its songs,which were surprisingly melodious.

G M I said that I was going to re-post after I watched the movie and restate if my feelings still remains. I watched the movie today and it was okay. My expectations weren't too high for this movie, and the movie wasn't as bad as I read it would be. The main thing that took me off is Zayed Khan as Yash. I think his acting did not fit well and there was no connection or chemistry between him and Aishwarya (he also doesn't look well on screen with Aishwarya). He was just wrongly casted for the part or maybe he just didn't do justice. Even after Tamara told Yash she was married, I didn't have any type of affection or remorse towards Yash or Tamara and Yash's relationship (I think I was more happy that she told him to just Yash out of the picture)--it was just blend. The humor was confusing (yash humor especially) and not funny. I know when I re-watch this movie, I would forward through it.Another thing is the intro of the movie and the actors. I don't think it captured the audience as much as it should have. Again, when Yash was introduced I found him rather annoying. Aishwarya and Sanjay's acting abilities did not fall short especially towards the ending. Sanjay played well as a confused writer who got fiction and reality confused and Aishwarya as the victim in Shaukat's fiction and reality.The art in this film is also very good and beautiful. Overall, this movie has the potential to be a really good film with some changes; unfortunately, it fell short with the blend acting, chemistry, lack to carry out the concept story, and lack to get the audience interested with the characters.7.5 out of 10 mainly for some direction and art concept of the movie. I appreciate Aishwarya more in films such as Raincoat, Chokher Bali, HDDCS, and Devdas.