Analysis


Indian cinema has been struggling hard to come up with good stories. All they have got is the same usual love stuff that no longer inspires anyone. Finally, today I was changing channels and happened to passby a channel playing this one. I just started watching it from the mid, and thought it would be the usual love andlife stuff and I'll get bored in a minute. But as moments passed by, the movie gripped me, and I couldnt help watching it to the very end, and to the very end mean"very end"(does anybody know after half the cast, Zayed Khan is shown riding a a bike;) I am not saying that this is like the best movie ever or the biggest hit of the year, but its atleast different. Its good to know that they are atleast coming up with different subjects on which to make movies. My intuition says that if I dig deeper, it will turn out to be a rip off of an English movie on a similar subject. But even if thats so, its a really good effort.
The movie tells us the story of a writer who starts to believe that he understands the human mind as much as it gets. And that not so wrong afterall, as throughout the movie he is always right. But this Power he thinks he possesses is sure to fireback as such power of perfect prediction of events takes away human part of a human. In the end, he has intermixed feelings of pleasure and despair when her wife lies to him that the ending he wrote turned out to be true. He simply cannot accept the power he thinks he possesses to change lives with his words, as this is unnatural for any human mind. He wants to change the end tolift the burden of his chest (because the ending he gave was really cruel, but you have to watch it to know it). Finally, like a typical suspense-like flick, the last five minutes of the movie are hard to understand. Why does Sanjay Dutt thinks the story is not finished even when he himself typed it to the end? Was he in that place at the end onlu because to make-up for the initial cruel ending, he re-wrote the last part and chose this for him? Was he living at the end for real, or still as a character? All these questions have no answer.
Anyways, its definitely a movie woth-watching. Although it has no masala and vulgarity the indian cinema is so used to these days, but it shines out and outstands. I personally think that in every three months, only one indian movie turns out that is worth watching, and I think this is the movie of these three months!

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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 humour 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 Antara(Aishwarya) as the victim in Shaukat's(Sanjay) 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.

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I totally agree with axbabe04u; Zayed khan is a looser and can not act. Absoult is not any chemistry between him and Aishwarya! (Zayed doesn't look well on screen with Aishwarya). zayed was just wrongly casted.} by the way what was the need for that sex scene between ash and sanjay? The good thing about this film were its songs,which were surprisingly melodious.

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Hello Nicole,

Zayed...I hope he's greatly improved since I have not seen his other films other than Main Hoon Na and Shabd. Shabd was just NOT RIGHT for him. Moving on!

I agree, I did not understand why the sex scene was there. I think it was more of a surprise that the sex scenes was in that particular part because it came out of nowhere. Maybe the director was wanting to portray Sanjay's and Aishwarya's love for one another? Although, there are other ways to do so. As a viewer, I was dumbfounded really and actually, I thought it was rather awkward.

Despite the continuing bad acting (more in some (ZAYED) then others), editing, directing, storytelling, and carrying out the story (like mentioned before) as a whole, the imagery and the concept is good. Overall, I still think this movie can be potentially better. Big dissappointment and waste for Sanjay and Aishwarya. Come think of it, those two could have taking the time spent for SHABD to make other possibile worth-watching movies while the writers fix the loopsholes of this film. It's too bad we can't erase and go back time!

Take care! :)

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Hello,

I have not yet seen this movie, but I am looking foward to it despite the critism. I am glad to hear that someone has an open mind when it comes to movies that maybe different from the rest. Just from reading the short summaries, SHABD seems to be a movie where you need to appreciate it as it is without any expectations. Honestly, I was tired of reading all the negative comment about this movie. Maybe most people who saw this movie and disliked it wanted to see something they are familiar in seeing in a typical Bollywood love stories.

I will post again after I see this movie for my input. We'll see...although I have said this movie needs to be watched without any type of expectations, I know that this movie cannot be half as bad as many have said it is.

Take care! :D

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