Comments on: Dhobi Ghat (2011)

By: Danish Sheikh

Danish Sheikh — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:41:57 +0000

well thanks kabir

By: Kabir

Kabir — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:28:09 +0000

Wow danish, this review is a study in how movie reviews should be written!

By: Danish Sheikh

Danish Sheikh — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:06:17 +0000

thanks suhas !

By: Suhas

Suhas — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:13:37 +0000

Danish, absolutely fine, balanced and well written review! We get to see few of those these days, and you capture the themes beautifully, this was totally enjoyable.

By: Danish Sheikh

Danish Sheikh — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:56:51 +0000

Very good, Lekha, use MY words against me.

I just feel that she might have been appreciably happier with a functioning marriage, than being the latest artwork of a moody, mildly obnoxious painter. oh well

By: Lekha

Lekha — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:45:43 +0000

But Danish, Yasmin DID get a happy ending, albeit posthumously.

Remember: “Art might be immortal– we are anything but.” (sound familiar?)

By: Shreya

Shreya — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:25:10 +0000

Hey Danish,
Great review. I agree that Yasmin was awesome and so real. I also thought that Zohaib or Munna gave a wonderful performance.

My word for the movie would be “soulful,” with the best scene being the look on Munna’s face after he gives the chit with Arun’s new address to Shai.

By: Danish Sheikh

Danish Sheikh — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:19:33 +0000

thanks Arghya !
Yeah, I remember hoping against hope that she’d get away with a semblance of a happy conclusion, but from the scene where she traces words on the beach so the sea can capture her secrets (perfect, perfect sequence) I knew all hope was lost. sigh.

By: Arghya

Arghya — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:02:13 +0000

Danish, lovely review. I thought too that the sequences with Yasmin were just beautiful. And the actress was simply outstanding- vey believable, excitable yet with this pervading sense of sadness which you knew would come to the fore sometime. I was left hoping though it wouldn’t happen. But it did, and that captured the movie beautifully- lulling you into the lives of its characters seamlessly and then letting you go with a deep impression left on you. Much like Bombay the city itself.