In a weak moment, my liking for the so called “alternate cinema” took over and I avoided a main stream Puss n Boots to go for what turned out to be a disastrous attempt at “Alternate or non Main Stream” cinema. My apologies to my friend who picked up the tickets at my behest cannot compensate for the pain that either of us went through while watching the movie. While she had enough and more phone calls coming through (thanks to her mother who had missed her train from Delhi) which ensured that she spent more time out of the hall than inside, I had to, of my own volition, go through the pains of watching yet another badly made movie on a topic that deserves so much more attention and sensititivity – Honour Killings.
Believe me, I had no idea about the topic of the movie before I entered the hall. And something in me groaned out – not again guys. But there was a different part of me which said – maybe… just maybe this time around another newbie director would have treated the movie better than people who have attempted it before. And when it turned out to be a British setting – oye apne Birmingham mein – I was even more curious to know how this would weave into an international setting. Only of course to be horribly disappointed as the movie progressed.
Zan, Zar aur Zameen (Gold, Women, Land as translated in that order) is supposedly an age old tradition which allows a certain sect of asian people to kill in order to protect them or protect their honour. A super conservative brother, Riyaaz Ali Khan (Hassani Shapi) comes into the British Asian household of Nazir Ali Khan (Narinder Samra) and generates latent feelings of pent up guilt in Nazir. Nazir had rebelled as a young man and migrated to the UK for a “better life”. His desire to redeem himself of the guilt manifests itself when he agrees to get his daughter Saira (Neelam Parmar) married off to an unknown “rishta” (alliance) that is sent through Riyaaz. Saira is however, in a relationship with David (Richard Kelly) who is a white boy. Sacrilegous!!!! How can can she even think of it? The penalty is of course “death”.
The performances are absolutely insipid with no one except probably Neelam Parmar who comes up with a decent performance. The urdu diction is so bad that after 5 minutes it rings in your ears like the most irritating sound you can ever hear in your life. And listening to Talat Mahmood songs doesn’t make you more Indian as compared to any other person in India right? And what pace!!!! Every action which would take a second in a normal movie takes 5 seconds in this one – Avantika Madam will find it really difficult to get another assignment if this is the pace she believes in? Honestly selpt off at least 3 times during the movie itself. 2 on 10 – highly avoidable.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAycBXZrlpg
Believe me, I had no idea about the topic of the movie before I entered the hall. And something in me groaned out – not again guys. But there was a different part of me which said – maybe… just maybe this time around another newbie director would have treated the movie better than people who have attempted it before. And when it turned out to be a British setting – oye apne Birmingham mein – I was even more curious to know how this would weave into an international setting. Only of course to be horribly disappointed as the movie progressed.
Zan, Zar aur Zameen (Gold, Women, Land as translated in that order) is supposedly an age old tradition which allows a certain sect of asian people to kill in order to protect them or protect their honour. A super conservative brother, Riyaaz Ali Khan (Hassani Shapi) comes into the British Asian household of Nazir Ali Khan (Narinder Samra) and generates latent feelings of pent up guilt in Nazir. Nazir had rebelled as a young man and migrated to the UK for a “better life”. His desire to redeem himself of the guilt manifests itself when he agrees to get his daughter Saira (Neelam Parmar) married off to an unknown “rishta” (alliance) that is sent through Riyaaz. Saira is however, in a relationship with David (Richard Kelly) who is a white boy. Sacrilegous!!!! How can can she even think of it? The penalty is of course “death”.
The performances are absolutely insipid with no one except probably Neelam Parmar who comes up with a decent performance. The urdu diction is so bad that after 5 minutes it rings in your ears like the most irritating sound you can ever hear in your life. And listening to Talat Mahmood songs doesn’t make you more Indian as compared to any other person in India right? And what pace!!!! Every action which would take a second in a normal movie takes 5 seconds in this one – Avantika Madam will find it really difficult to get another assignment if this is the pace she believes in? Honestly selpt off at least 3 times during the movie itself. 2 on 10 – highly avoidable.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAycBXZrlpg
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