KARAN JOHAR-A GIANT LEAP

Not long ago i had reviewed Krissh, and had mentioned that likes of Karan Johar would have to progress tremendously to make Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna rock at the box office, I saw the film a little while ago, and was amazed at the progress Karan Johar has made, it is in fact a leap, and as a director now he is in a leauge of his own.

teriffic characters, opulent and glossy ambience KANK is full of brilliant moments, Abhishek Bacchan dishes out a performance that overshadows his own father and Shahrukh Khan, Preity is teriffic, and we have come to accept Rani deliver power packed performances.

Somehow the best performance is that of Karan, brilliantly written for most of the parts, he has created a masterpiece, a visual delight, a theme that drives the point home efficiently, a subject most others dare not touch with a bargepole looks never again to be dealt in such a masterful manner again in decades to come.

The hall was seventy percent empty and that's a shame, i remember liking Lamhe and consider it to be one of my favorites still, but it was a flop. Nevertheless after Lamhe Yash Chopra delivered hits after hits, each bigger than before, so i can just see KANK as a harbinger for more great films to come out of the deft hands of Karan Johar.

I was discussing all the way back home why was the hall empty in the first week, and could logically think of only two things, first... the moment Preity slaps Shahrukh Khan, the emotional graph of the film had reached it's pinnacle, from there on the graph just had one direction to head and that was south. Second...perhaps i want to see Shahrukh overshadow the rest, like he has done always...but the limitations of his characters see him totally overshadowed by Abhishek who wins the heart and accolades, while it is fine Shahrukh had grey in his character, an extremely dominating grey was disturbing.

Then as i reached home and was parking the car, my wife told me, we liked the film that's it... why care about the reasons of empty seats, that doesn't make the film less brilliant.