I get tongue-tied every time someone asks me about OSO..I can't say its bad(Cos,its not and I did enjoy a huge part of it,here and there..) and I can't say its good(As it has nothing a good movie should have,scientifically speaking..).My heart says its an OK movie,but my head screeaaamss..."Nooooo"
Everybody knows that SRK(I am planning to speak in abbreviations..) is a megalomaniac..He thinks he can pull off anything and he usually does..well..almost every time..And Farah Khan..I don't know what kind of a maniac she is..But,she has some problem..Agreed she is a wonderful choreographer and all..But,who the hell told her that she can direct!!???..Didn't she watch her own movie 'Main Hoon Na'?? It was a movie made for Cartoon Network,by Cartoon Network..OSO is no different..It has the masala,colours,costumes of 70's and present day cinema put in a washing machine that went haywire..
The movie is about re-incarnation..which is actually a suspense in the movie..But,these days,everyone knows the story of OSO..including the triplets Farah is expecting soon..There is Om(Om Prakash Makhija),an extra in the 70's film scene,who dreams of being a Super Star and also winning the hand of the Super Star,'Dreamy Girl',Shanti..Now,Om kind of succeeds in the latter scenario,floors the girly, and even spends a fun evening with her..Unfortunately,a series of unfortunate events lead to the death of both Shanti and Om..I am not telling you the rest of the story..If you really want to know what happens next,try wikipedia..
What i am pissed about is the way the director treats the audience..very much similar to the way Om Kapoor treats his directors..The audience is considered to be a bunch of giggly,brainless chickens who will laugh for anything that SRK does and for mindless celebrity imitations..There were times when i felt like pulling my hair out when Kiron Kher(Om Prakash Makhija's crazy mom) started her melodrama(which she thinks is damn funny) and when she donned her old-look-makeup..Really,she looked like she was living with spiders in spider-webs for a long long time..Somebody has to stop this kind of make up tricks in Bollywood..
Also,when Om Kapoor turns 30,he suddenly starts remembering things!!..and that too at an unimaginable pace..some medical miracle,it is..And when,Shanti goes missing,no police tried to find her whereabouts,find out who she was last seen with and all that....Really Farah,we deserve more!!
And who can forget "Dard e Disco'??..Absolute pain in the eyes..SRK looks like a victim who has 2 aliens living inside him..saaadd..
Yet,there are a few things I did enjoy in OSO(primary reasons why i cant say the movie is bad)
1)The songs:Absolutely hummable...
2)The 31 stars dhamaka:Real bomb,it is..Half the movie crowd came to see this..Nice marketing strategy..
3)Shreyas Talpade:I feel sorry for you man!..Get back to Nagesh Kukunoor kind of movies..
4)SRK:I cant believe i am saying this...But,yes in some scenes,he is simply irreplaceable
5)The re-incarnation of the 70s:very very refreshing..
6)Arjun Rampal:Not his acting skills..God bless!!..But,he looks red hottt!!..he can still go back to modelling..
7)Deepika Padukone:She looks simply gorgeous(boys,you agree with me at least now)..But,acting..I dunno..There wasn't much for her to do..But,ya,she needs to put on more clothes..She was terribly dressed in the second half..
And thus,the verdict is out..Go Ahead,watch OSO..but don't think about it afterwards..You may get a NO SHANTI...
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yeah...i agree...pretty ok movie...don't expect much from the standard b'wood masala movie...all in all its time pass and you wont feel like u've lost your bucks.
ha ha... u write very well gal!!! i dont really have an opinion about OSO.. it didnt leave me with a thought... might be cos i saw it after I saw two of the best movies in the history of cinema- Azhagiya Tamil Makan and Vel.. I was pulling my hair out while watching both these.. So OSO was a kind of relief... I have only one opinion about all the people who made these three movies... They just underestimate the audience's intelligence... We are there to swalloe in any grabage they throw at us... But then, cantblame them... We do turn up at the theatres each time...
Good review, but I think you are overlooking the need for this type of genre. Not everyone goes to movie that makes complete sense with a tight storyline. This genre is for the viewers that enjoy brainless, out of ordinary, but yet creative way of story telling. I think Farah Khan did a good job of telling a sad story in a humorous way. The story is about two people that die and come back in next life for revenge, but when I watching the movie, I was more interested in the jokes they pulled than the main storyline. I had a great time, and actually felt refreshed.
If you want a great story with morals, cinematic quality that leaves you in awe along with a story that doesn't miss a beat, you should stick with Aamir Khan movies.
Gaurav..
I agree with you..partly..
Making a movie belonging to a different genre should never be an excuse for making bad movies..But,yes,everything has its own place in the universe..May be,OSO belongs to the brainless-yet-watchable genre of movies..we need bad movies also to realise the worth of good ones!!
Peacefully urs,
Deepthi
oso....is an entertainer....
watch it as an entertainer,,n u will b entertaind...
if ONE start 2 analyse each scene frame by frame...ONE always find faults..
DONT BELIEVE....TRY DIRECTING ONE YOURSELF N ANALYSE
oh..oh..anonymous seems to miffed..anyways,what i write here is how i see a movie from my perspective..You can see it from a different angle..you have all the rights in the world..
But,the last sentence was ohh so scary..and that too in CAPS!!..you know what anonymous,You dont have to be a politician to criticise one,do you?.. :)
ya i agree..change ur viewin angle on indian cinema...it will make u feel a lott btter...n to DHANYA for itelligent audience like u der r films bein made(award filmzzzz)watch dat....change ur attitude people...
hi anonymous,u believe you are leading a one man fight for Indian Cinema!!..well,you are wrong..People like us(dhanya,me or anyone with wrong attitude as per you..)do respect and love good indian movies(not just award movies)..btw,did u happen to watch Jab We Met,Honeymoon Travels,Manorama Six Feet Under,Johny Gaddar or Monsoon Wedding??..These are GOOD Indian movies!!not OSO!!..and i dont see why some ppl look down upon art movies(as u call them)..Is it because you dont understand them??Just a thought..
Sorry didnt reply to anonymous sooner... WEll.. first thing. pls get ur facts right... me and deepti never said we hated the movie.. we both enjoyed at at times... but OSO is not what we call great cinema... Why even similar flicks by SRK inc Yes Boss, Kuch kuch hota hai... were all good movies! good or bad does not have anything to do with the movie being serious or not... (and seriously u fall into the category of people who give the same cliched dialogue- "if u dont like this masala flick, then u got to be an arty movie person"...)cinema is much beyond these two definitions.. i liked movies like no entry, page 3, dil chaahta hai and so many others.. they are from both the so called categories!
its really not the genre that matters, but the quality...
and specifically abt ur comment- "oso....is an entertainer....
watch it as an entertainer,,n u will b entertaind...
if ONE start 2 analyse each scene frame by frame...ONE always find faults..
DONT BELIEVE....TRY DIRECTING ONE YOURSELF N ANALYSE"...
Well thats really not right to say.. movies are to entertain... true! but if we are to swallow every entertainer, then why doe sthe movie industry wait with bated breath every friday? Thats because they make a product, its upto us to accept or reject it...
Just like a bike, a soap or a clothes store! Watch it like an entertainer! Now what does that mean? Watch with glazed eyes and just keep whistling...
Why dont u understand that entertainment has different meanings for different people... I may get entertained by a no brain movie like NO Entry and u may have hated it!
yah....i do agree entertainment has dif meanin 4 dif people..filmz like dil chahtha...rang de.... are really very gud movies...dey r more dan an entertainer..i luv dat kinda filmz way more dan filmz like oso...let me say something...entertainment movies like cash...honey moon travellz are blunderzz..ul lose ur cash if u c cash..dnt know how des kinda stories cum into writerz mind..but oso is a kinda entertainer we can enjoy....der may b scenes which we cant digest..like rikksha chasin car n main hoon na..d theme of main hoon na is itzelf a ____..dnt know wat 2 say...itz disasterous..but how did it bcum a hit???coz it entertaind..personally i dint evn lik a bit of dat film xcept d songs...datz y i say tak des kinda movies(not cash...n so on..)n diff sense n njoy...and of course art filmz shudnt be under estimted..dey r d real cinema...
i know who anonymous is!!!!
Looks like the only thing ur trying to prove is that u have a flair for the english language! I've known u to have a strong liking towards making fun of others...and this time it was a movie! God bless u!
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