This movie can be described with inspiration from one of the greatest leaders of all time – Abe Lincoln (coincidentally saw Bad Teacher yesterday which had a small snippet of Lincoln). Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande is a movie of THE Pravin Dabas, by THE Pravin Dabas and for THE Pravin Dabas. I had thought of this line about a week back when I saw the posters of SDGB for the first time – hadn’t seen them because I have hardly been in Mumbai for the past few months. And believe you me, this is the first line that came to my mind. The poster had Dabas all over it. And if that was not sufficient, it is also produced by – no points for guessing – Preeti Jhangiani (for those who are unaware, she is THE Mrs. Dabas). Notice the use of the article before Pravin Dabas. Quite intentional since the entire movie is pretty much about him, only him and no one else but him – maybe some extended family but that’s about it. Right from the start credits, where you will notice at least 4 mentions of Dabas all the way to the end credits where u will notice probably 6 of them. And there is barely a scene where he isn’t present. How much of obsession with ones own self Mr. Chironjilal?
Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande is actually about a social cause and due credit to Dabas here because he doesn’t waste too much of time actually getting to the topic. A few minutes of build up and we cut directly to a bunch of farmers led by Malik Bhai (Yashpal Sharma) who are fighting for their rights. Their land has been taken away from them forcibly and the government has paid them a princely sum which is 1/8th of the actual value. All a big scheme which is being controlled by business tycoon Agarwal (Anupam Kher) along with the Chief Minister, Jaya Gulati. To help manage the situation, they call upon the services of the local goon, Fauji (Sharat Saxena) who deputes the task to his trusted lieutenant, Rajbir (Dabas – god I thought I would never get to him tried my best ). Rajbir has just returned from jail. He quickly gets around to getting laid by a bikini clad woman in a Jacuzzi, then gets laid by his ex girl friend Neha (Tena Desae) who is due to get married (so much for fidelity) and also gets to listen to a few senti words from his Tai (Neena Kulkarni). All of this changes his orientation and he wants to help the farmers out – Wow!!! That was quick!!!!
But the movie isn’t. It drags on a bit too much for my comfort. There is loads that I would have cut. But Dabas chose to make it the way it has been. Credit to Dabas in terms of being able to direct himself which not too many people can do. And the fact that he chose his support cast reasonably well helped him out significantly. Most of them are either seasoned actors or fresh actors who seem to have spent quite sometime in theatre. All with the exception of Tena Desae and Udit Khurana who were really bad. What Pravin Dabas sucks at though is all the other aspects of movie making – cinematography was almost non existant and also editing. The script was almost an excuse. Music had nothing much to write home about either. I give this 4 on 10 purely because Dabas tried to and I am quite certain he will get there in the world of cinema. Hopefully sooner than later. All the best Mr. Pravin Dabas.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDenL5FXomA
Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande is actually about a social cause and due credit to Dabas here because he doesn’t waste too much of time actually getting to the topic. A few minutes of build up and we cut directly to a bunch of farmers led by Malik Bhai (Yashpal Sharma) who are fighting for their rights. Their land has been taken away from them forcibly and the government has paid them a princely sum which is 1/8th of the actual value. All a big scheme which is being controlled by business tycoon Agarwal (Anupam Kher) along with the Chief Minister, Jaya Gulati. To help manage the situation, they call upon the services of the local goon, Fauji (Sharat Saxena) who deputes the task to his trusted lieutenant, Rajbir (Dabas – god I thought I would never get to him tried my best ). Rajbir has just returned from jail. He quickly gets around to getting laid by a bikini clad woman in a Jacuzzi, then gets laid by his ex girl friend Neha (Tena Desae) who is due to get married (so much for fidelity) and also gets to listen to a few senti words from his Tai (Neena Kulkarni). All of this changes his orientation and he wants to help the farmers out – Wow!!! That was quick!!!!
But the movie isn’t. It drags on a bit too much for my comfort. There is loads that I would have cut. But Dabas chose to make it the way it has been. Credit to Dabas in terms of being able to direct himself which not too many people can do. And the fact that he chose his support cast reasonably well helped him out significantly. Most of them are either seasoned actors or fresh actors who seem to have spent quite sometime in theatre. All with the exception of Tena Desae and Udit Khurana who were really bad. What Pravin Dabas sucks at though is all the other aspects of movie making – cinematography was almost non existant and also editing. The script was almost an excuse. Music had nothing much to write home about either. I give this 4 on 10 purely because Dabas tried to and I am quite certain he will get there in the world of cinema. Hopefully sooner than later. All the best Mr. Pravin Dabas.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDenL5FXomA
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