An early morning movie experience

Hello world!
On Sunday, i watched the movie 'Hello'. And the show timing was 0800 hours. Yes, on a Sunday morning.

i didn't want to get up in the morning, but J made me get up. Got ready carelessly in a jiffy (whos gonna look at me at that hour :) Slept all through the ride to Sion Cinemax. Eyes testimony to my sleepy state, i trudged along with my sister into the cinema hall. To my surprise, there were quite a few early birds. Mostly, collegians having bunked their classes and tuitions, maybe keeping their folks at home in the dark :)

The ticket rates were pretty cheap - 60 bucks for each. How much do you think i would waste on a one star rating movie. And that was the main reason for the early morning movie outing. The refreshments counter were not open yet when we entered.

Ok, now about the movie -
Well, it is exactly like the book - One night @ the call center. Good message but mediocrely handled. The first half is interesting and enjoyable. You look forward to what happens next. The second half is very rushed and unreal. Just like the book, the end in the movie seems like it had to be finished hurriedly, mindlessly.

Sharman Joshi is brilliant. Gul Panag's talent is wasted with nothing much to do. Amrita looks cute and convincing in her role. Ishha Koppikar is okey-dokey. Sohail too is nice. The scenes are a little disjointed. The villain Dalip Tahil very easily and stupidly accepts defeat and leaves.

The movie could have been better with some slick direction, witty dialogues and good music. The treatment would have been the breaking point. But Atul Agnihotri did not use his mind and just blindly followed the book.

The underlying message of the book and the movie is very good. The four things - hardwork, imagination, self-confidence and failure - that can lead to success are absolutely true. Just that it is not presented in an impressive manner.

To win you have to overcome the fear of failure. Fear of failure is one factor that does not let you take flight with all you have. A very dear friend of mine had also told me the same thing a few days back. Seems like this is some kind of an omen for me.

The movie has a message and if you only take that message and ignore everything else, you can say that it is a good movie. Well, but you don't need to watch the movie for that. Just learning about the message is enough. Moreover, there is nothing new in the message too.

So, if you are free and hell-bent on watching any movie on a Sunday morning then go for it, just as i did (for my sister's sake though).