Monday, August 12, 2013

Chennai Express- Its a Rohit Shetty ride!


There are certain films which you do not judge as a whole. Instead, you sit through them and measure your 'experience per sequence!'

These are films that require you NOT to reason. One sequence follows another and no matter how illogical or obnoxious it may seem, all you have to do is to note whether you are being entertained or not.

Rohit Shetty has made these kind of films. He is not at all apologetic about it and makes no claims of being a classic filmmaker for the intelligentsia. If he is being so honest and upfront it is downright moronic of whoever looks to find meaning in his cinema. Why critics search for “Nuances” and “Character layering” in Shetty’s films is beyond me?! What is further atrocious is the critics’ knee jerk reaction to look down upon anything that does not have long silences or subtle colors! The moment any film is colorful, loud and jingoistic- the critics find it below themselves to like it. Its a risk they prefer to avoid! Alas…

Chennai Express is a fun film. Whether it is good or not depends entirely on what kind of mood you are in and how open you are to react to jokes! If you go in the hall with as much honesty of expectations as Shetty makes his comic capers with then you shall come out satisfied. For on all counts that Rohit Shetty has promised… he has delivered and much more.

I was entertained. I enjoyed the buffoonery of Shah Rukh Khan, I loved the cuteness of Deepika, I laughed at the gags, tapped my feet at the songs and flinched at the fights and what’s more is that I found nothing forced; making the “much more” part completely justified!

Get on the train baby... but travel light- no expectations! Your journey will be fun!

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