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BUMM BOLE MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Harish |
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Starring:
Darsheel Safary, Atul Kulkarni, Rituparna
Sengupta, Ziyah Vastani.
Direction:
Priyadarshan
Music:
Azaan Sami, Tapas Relia, M.G. Sreekumar
Production:
Percept Picture Company |
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The
life of kids in the land of God, Kashmir
is a topic which has been dealt brilliantly
in Tahaan, decently in Sikandar and now
the King of slapstick comedy, Mr. Priyadarshan
has come up with one more tale of hope
and love in the terror stricken state
of Kashmir. The movie starts off with
a bomb blast and we do expect something
drastic and dark up in store but it ends
up being a 2 odd hours of advertisement
for Adidas, and a Malgudi Days like ending
doesn't help but just leaves us at bay
for we had expected some more drama.
The movie would have been a perfect Malgudi
Days episode as the whole movie revolves
around a pair of shoes and how it affects
two poor little kids. But remember Malgudi
Days was just 40 minutes and this would
have been very effective if it had been
shot the same way. So, expect unwanted
scenes aplenty, repeat of the same scenes
with no logical reasoning, emotional sequences
which are just forced in the screenplay,
a full fledged animated song sequence
which promotes POGO and so on. |
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The story is about a poor family who are unable to
make ends meet in this rather dangerous world. But
the two kids in the house has the world of their own
and don't want the grown-ups to be part of it and
neither do the parents have any inclinations towards
that. But when Darsheel, the eldest of the two loses
his sister Ziyah Vastani's sandals, they are left
with a pair of shoe to share as they decide not to
tell their parents about it. Atul Kulkarni, the father,
keeps losing jobs and is unable to get a steady income
which comes as a hurdle for the kids as they need
to share the shoe for sometime longer. And meanwhile
Darsheel tries all the tricks in the book to get his
young sister a pair of sandals but is unsuccessful.
And the rest of the story revolves around the Adidas
shoes that they are sharing and the Adidas shoes which
they are going to get.
The movie can be used as a case study in major B-schools
as the in-film brand advertising has been used to
its fullest form. Apart from the fact that the entire
movie seems to be an advertisement for Adidas, it
also has Pogo and Horlicks ads placed quite effectively.
But when did we last see a family which doesn't have
money to buy rice or dhal but buys a pair of Adidas
shoes for the kids. Wah! kya Family hai!. This 'Ajab
Family ki Adidas Kahani' is not completely flawed,
the kids are damn adorable especially the little sister
of Darsheel who is surely going to go places. Kids
will always be kids and thankfully the director has
made sure that their innocence is not lost throughout
the movie. At no point do you think that the kids
are not behaving like a 12 year old or a 6 year old
and for that, the director surely deserves thumbs
up.
The movie relied mainly on Darsheel and he has come
up with aces, a brilliant performance would have easily
blown away many people if not for the super cool and
extremely talented newbie- 5 year old Ziyah Vastani.
It’s a wonder how the kid understood the scene
and had acted accordingly. This is a perfect example
of the saying – Actors are born not made. Atul
Kulkarni does give a power packed performance but
his character lacks depth falls a little flat. Rituparna
Sen is wasted in a small insignificant role. The rest
of the characters have done their job decently.
Technically the movie does suffer from bad editing
as too much of jump cuts spoil the fun of watching
a children's movie. Cinematography is praiseworthy
as we can just imagine how many shots and re-shots
it would have taken for getting the scene right, especially
when children are involved. Apart from that, lack
of experiment does bring some negative marks too.
Sabu Cyril's art work is flawless, as usual. Music
by Azaan Sami, Tapas Relia and M.G. Sreekumar is just
plain average and the background score by M.G. Sreekumar
has too much of 'Swades' touch to it.
It’s a valiant attempt but we do expect a bit
more from the man who gave us Virasat, Kanchivaram
and many brilliant Malayalam gems. Watch it for the
'Awww' factor, as the expression Darsheel and Ziyah
gives will just make you go Awwwww!!!
Verdict:
Malgudi family Ki Adidas Kahani
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: Bumm
Bumm Bole, Priyadarshan,
Atul
Kulkarni,
M.G.
Sreekumar |
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