KHATTA MEETA IS DELICIOUS FARE!
KHATTA MEETHA IS EXCELLENT FARE. AKSHAY KUMAR AND PRIYADARSHAN HAS SUCESSFULLY CREATED A MOVIE FOR THE COMMON MAN, WHO WILL ENJOY WATCHING IT.IT CAN BE ENJOYED BY ANY INDIAN WHO LIVES IN A CITY, VILLAGE OR ABROAD. IT WILL ENTERTAIN MULTIPLEX AUDIENCES AND SINGLE-SCREEN AUDIENCES ALL OVER AS THE MOVIE HAS A MASS APPEAL.
IF ANY CRITIC DOES NOT FEEL THE SAME THEN IT IS HIGH TIME THE EDITOR OR THE PAPER THAT HE WRITES FOR, TO DOUBT HIS INTEGRITY OR HIS INTELLIGENCE, AND MAY BE LAY HIM OFF.
LOTS OF PEOPLE READ NEWSPAPERS AND CRITICS REVIEW BEFORE GOING TO WATCH A MOVIE. SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMON MAN IS NOT MISLED FROM HAVING A GOOD MOVIE WATCHING EXPERIENCE. WHICH HE IS LOOKING OUT FOR. WHEN HE SEES THE MOVIE ON TELLY IN A FEW MONTHS HE WILL NOT WANT TO READ ANY REVIEW AGAIN AND BUY THE NEWS PAPER AGAIN. WHICH IS BAD NEWS FOR THE PAPER. SO SACK SUCH MOVIE REVIEWERS WHO HAVE LOST ALL SOUL TO VIEW ENTERTAINMENT OR WHO DO NOT HAVE INTEGRITY BEFORE THE PAPER LOOSES BUSINESS.ANY HOW WHY GO BY THE CRITICS REVIEW WHEN THE HAVE NOT APPRECIATED AKSHAY'S HERA PHERI AND EVEN RAMESH SIPPY'S SHOLAY.
AKSHAY KUMAR IS THE SOUL OF KHATTA MEETHA AND HOLDS IT TOGETHER. HE IS NOT TYPECAST AS THE CHARACTER HE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HE HAS DONE BEFORE AND THE COMMONER CAN CONNECT WITH HIM.THE GET UP OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL CONTRACTOR IS SUPERB. AKSHAY BREATHES LIFE INTO THE CHARACTER AND IS IN TOP FORM. TRISHA IS A PRETTY FACE BUT NOT SO MUCH OF AN ACTRESS. RAJPAL YADAV, ASRANI AND JONNY LEVER ARE HILARIOUS.KULBUSHAN KARBANDA AND ARUNA IRANI ARE DECENT. THE STORY IS WELL WRITTEN WITH LITTLE FLAWS WHICH IS HARD TO DETECT AND GETS OVERLOOKED. IT IS A STORY OF A COMMON MAN NOT NECESSARILY FROM A POOR FAMILY , BUT IS A DISASTER ON HIS OWN CAREER WISE. AND THE MUSIC IS GOOD. EVEN THE FIGHT SCENE IN THE END IS VERY ORIGINAL. PRIYAN HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB. KEEP IT UP. IT REALLY MADE MY DAY.
AND BY THE WAY THE COST OF THE MOVIE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN KEPT TIGHT, AROUND 35 CRORES. AND THE MOVIE ALREADY MADE 22-23 CRORES ON 1ST WEEKEND. 3CRORES ON MONDAY SO IT SHOULD HAVE A32-32 CRORE IN 1ST WEEK. ANOTHER 7-8 CRORE IN SECOND WEEK.AND HENCE A 42-45 CRORE LIFETIME COLLECTION . ADD TO THAT OVERSEAS WHICH IS NOT SO ENCOURAGING (MAYBE IT IS THE SMALL TOWN RUSTIC LOOK OF THE FILM THAT IS PUTTING OF THE NRI'S).ADD TO THAT THE COLLECTIONS FROM SATTELITE AND OTHER SOURCES.AND WE HAVE A HIT ON HAND. NOW ALL THIS WITH ALL THE WRONG, BAD PUBLICITY BY CERTAIN HIGH PROFILE JOURNALIST WHO MIGHT HAVE POCKETED MONEY TO RUN DOWN THE MOVIE. I WOULD SUGGEST EVERY ONE TO VIEW THE MOVIE AND THEN DECIDE. I AM SURE MOST PEOPLE WILL LIKE THE MOVIE, DONT GO BY THE SMALL TOWN LOOK EVEN CITY AUDIENCES WILL LOVE IT. NOW WHICH HERO WITH BAD AND MALIGNING PUBLICITY FOR HIS FILM IS ABLE TO GIVE HITS LIKE HOUSEFULL AND KHATTA MEETHA. THAT TOO EVERY 3-4 MONTHS WE HAVE HIS MOVIES RELEASING WHICH ARE MEGA EVENTS. |