While I was on the topics of the movies I went back into the memory lane and remembered some of the movies that I saw when I was in school and totally loved them. I do not know why but now I can not love any movie like that.
Well, anyway, here I am talking about Koyla ( Coal ), a Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit starrer directed by Rakesh Roshan. This was a wonderful movie. I specifically remember that I was heavily impressed by the performances of Shahrukh khan and Madhuri. The intensity which Shahrukh has shown in this movie is outstanding. I think it is one of his best performances till date, way better than KKHH, K3G, KHNH types. Not that he is bad there but in Koyla he was something different altogether. The character that he played was mute for more than half the time. So he did his acting by facial expressions and body language and eyes and boy! did those eyes speak? They screamed. They screamed intensity and passion and screamed that Shahrukh is an actor of great caliber. Madhuri too playes her role extremely well as a duped bride and then a lover.
While on to it, I want to say that I simply love Madhuri Dixit. The whole world knows what a good dancer she is. She has given some great songs to the Hindi film industry. But the beauty of Madhuri is not what she does in the good songs but in those where she has been given ridiculous steps and costumes. Yeah, I have to say that in 80’s and the 90’s dances and dresses were mostly terrible. I do not know what the dance directors thought they were doing. Madhuri’s magic is that she has turned those awkward movements and funny costumes into watchable and sometimes even hit songs all by her sheer talent and grace. Any other actress and it would have been destroyed. She is the epitome of an Indian women. A quintessential Indian lady. Very graceful and elegant. As M.F.Husain himslef has said about her ” The HAHK song “didi tera devar”….the hip movement step, if it was anyone else it would have looked vulgar but with Madhuri it became a great step in one of the best dances”. Some people have compared and said that Karishma Kapoor was way better in DTPH. Excuse me! Let me rephrase it. Karishma Kapoor was way different in DTPH. She was good, extremely good there is no doubt about that. But, Madhuri has a completely different style. She is soft and moves with poise. Karishma does so energetically which was what was required from her and both are good. Comparison is out of question. Dola re Dola, again there was the same thing and again, i have the same response. Both are different. Concentrate on the faces while they dance and then see who says more with the twitch of facial muscles. Her expressions are spot on and in an altogether different league. They never seem forced or overdone and are so tasteful.
So, enough of this. I guess it is officially established now that I am a Madhuri Dixit fan and let me also go ahead and say that I am Shahrukh fan too and not because he is so good looking and cute and plays romantic characters. It is because he is intense and a great actor who is sure to give us some masterpieces if only he works with some of the good directors and leaves the Johar camp for once. Plus, establish this that I officially hate Paneer ( cottage cheese ).
Also, I totally liked Akele Hum Akele Tum when I saw it first. I thought it was a very good movie and then, well, I happened to see Kramer vs Kramer. It is a total rip off. But that does not take anything from the credit which should go to Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala. They are both wonderful actors. I am very sorry for Manisha Koirala and the way her career ended. She was a dynamite waiting to explode but she did not for some reason and I do not know why. She is also one girl awfully talented. Agnisakhsi, Bombay, Gupt, Lajja , Mann are few of her excellent works. I think still some director with a vision can make a great piece with her. And in any case there is such a shortage of actresses in Bollywood that we have to make do with the likes of Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and Bipasha Basu as actresses. But let me not get started on that. Today I seem to be admiring Bollywood for a change.
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