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Kurbaan - Notepad
Kurbaan
quick review:
All but a couple Muslim's are terrorists. Is that what we need to hear in this day & age? Predictable to the minutest detail and utterly-butterly s..l..o..w. You sure have better ways to induce yawns now, don't you?
This page has additional observations, other than the ones noted in the main review.
Plot Summary
Boy, Ehsaan (Saif Ali Khan) meets girl, Avantika (Kareena Kapoor). They fall in love. But do they? Are they really who they say they are?
What Worked
- Kareena Kapoor's makeup all through the film.
- The fact that a person loves his parent more than his unborn child.
- The entire bullet-retrieval scene. Very intentionally wants you to squirm and succeeds.
- The classroom argument.
What did not
Note: This section simply lists the things that I did not like in this movie. This is not the overall impression about this movie. Please read the full review here
- The self-referencing Coffee Khan!
- The horror film like sound and direction when Avantika finds out about her neighbors.
- How come Avantika is home waiting for her husband every day?
- Why was the entire gang of terrorists required to stay in the same neighborhood?! Hush-hush activity - stay away from each other, no?
- Could the pregnancy have been more convenient!!?
- Ok. A pregnant lady suffering from morning sickness, doesn't as much as gag while doing a blood-oozing act of mini-surgery. If she were a doctor, that could still have been acceptable, but this…hmmm…
- What was the plan to kill the guy at the bar if there was no fork around?! Where were all the guns that they blatantly used throughout the film?
- How does one slip out of a car from the floor of the car, again?
- The perfect timing between Vivek Oberoi and Kirron Kher's entries and exits at the shopping mall. A bit too coincidental.
Nitty-Gritty
This section lists things that I think are not important to the overall impact of the movie. In most cases, it could be explained away by something like, "we noticed the glitch after the scene was shot and there were schedule/budget issues and thus we could not re-shoot it". I like giving the makers the benefit of doubt, but I am amused nevertheless. Hopefully, they will tickle you too.
- Avantika's first meeting with Ehsaan. "Swine" that's all a strong-willed girl like her could say??
Kurbaan - Movie Details
- Official Sites: Website
- Banner: Dharma Productions
- Producer: Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar
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- Director: Rensil D'Silva
- Lead Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi
- Supporting Cast: Om Puri, Kirron Kher
- Story: Karan Johar
- Screenplay: Rensil D'Silva
- Dialogues: Anurag Kashyap, Niranjan Iyengar
- Cinematography: Hemant Chaturvedi
- Editor: Asif Ali Baig
- Background Score: Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant
- Action Choreography: Parvez Khan, Feroze
- Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant
- Music Director: Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant
- Lyrics: Niranjan Iyengar, Irfan Siddique
- Running time: 160 minutes
- Reviewer: meetu
- Categories: Hindi Movies
- Genres: Religion, Terrorism
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External Reviews
50 reviewers have given Kurbaan an average rating of 2.8/5.0. 23 yays, 18 nays, 9 so-so. See all external reviews »
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Comments (19)
Ouch, I was looking forward to this one. Thought it would be a decent watch, doesn't sound like it from your review. :(
Yeah i was looking forward to this one too.. and it seems like its not gonna be too good..
but in the defence of the movie, from what i can deduce from ur review.. maybe just 2-3 from 10-13 muslim characters are non terrorists, because this movie is abt terrorists.. not non-terrorists.. i mean a movie abt jokers would be lacking in non jokers.. if u know what i mean..
and its the first time i've seen any reviewer praise a foley artist... most people wouldn't even know who that is..
I feel that the movie is good.
Its a bit slow at places, may be the director should have reduced about 40 minutes, then the movie should have been slicker.
Definitely the movie is technically good, and is comparable with hollywood movies - to start off with.
Kareena Kapoor - I never liked this actress, till now - is a revelation. She really can act. Especially near the climax scene, she did portray the character more than skin deep....
Muslim names all around... the director did try to make the khal nayak a nayak and the nayak a khal nayak. Also the side hero a hero. Nayak cum Khal Nayak or vice versa and side hero cum hero all possess a muslim name. Apart from this, i felt the movie is a good one.
I havent seen such an approach, such a technical perfection, such an international look and feel to any hindi film. Kaminey was close, but this one, i defenitely feel is better than Kaminey.
Kareena Rocks... and Hollywood, we are coming....
Couldn't agree more with you, Perx, on your point stressing on the fact that the movie is about terrorists & not non-terrorists!!! I think this reviewer has been a victim of a phobia of not liking any movie made by some big banner, & takes pride in crushing it. Anyone who cancels his/her plans of watching this movie merely due to this review will only prove that he/she doesn't have a brain of his/her own.
in your notepad you have written
"How come Avantika is home waiting for her husband every day?"
Thats because he has an evening class, if you remember, that was what was told to Vivek Oberoi, when he followed him to the university.
But dont ask me, if he has an evening class, what is he doing from the morning in the university!!!!
I haven't seen the movie yet but read reviews online. Most of them said 3 to 3.5 stars out of 5.
Your review says otherwise. I don't understand this huge difference to be honest.
Thing is, maybe you were too much trying to find out the logic behind everything that you lost the soul of the movie. Firstly, you just cannot expect that much logic from Indian films NOT because the directors are incapable but because such movies are not commercial viable.
Secondly, even without that logic, it's not that the movie will suck! There is STILL a lot of things to be seen and thought of.
In short, I found your review to be too extreme. Of course this is your blog and you can write anything you wish ;) but as a reader I didn't find it worth reading and coming back for more ;)
Hi Meethu..i see ur reviwes u only give good reviews to the movies which give a good message..social movies...other than that...u dont give good reviews to Love stories...comedy stories....even when most the movies r good......i dont know why...
I watched the movie today, and it was a decent watch. Better than any other movie that came out this year. I loved the background soundtrack in that scene. Its eerie. The first half is extremely gripping, the second half less so, but still very good. The movie could have been a bit shorter towards the end, but thats it. The acting was extremely good, by all the actors.
But thats just me, and its your blog.
This movie was amazing. Learn how to analyze a movie. It seems like you were watching this movie looking for faults. Its about terrorism therefore it was needed for them to portray the terrorists. Vivek's acting as also very well done and he was that Muslim representing a non terrorist one. Just because this genre does not appeal to you that does not mean that you have the right to denounce such a well written movie.
the movie sucked.... but i liked the technical part of it..... would like to see more of viveik oberoi again.....
easily the worst movie i have seen in recent past.
Yup...I agree with you esp when you said- no great performance asked, no delivered.
Kareena kapoor is the only best part of this movie. Wish they would ve utilized her presence better and try to make a more reasonable movie than the streotype the did.
I agree with your review. Horrible movie - all too predictable for a so called 'thriller'. It also seems to have been written for American audiences - all Muslims are fundamentalists! What the hell - the character playing Vivek's dad - there was no need to make him into a fundamentalist. And then the leaps and bounds of faith that it makes - completely insane.
For me, the only movies that have been good in the recent past have been Wake Up Sid, Love Aaj Kal, Kaminey and Ajab Prem ... and in that very order. The rest are all crap (haven't watched Jail - find no reason to watch depressing docu-dramas).
I didn't like this movie as well. For slightly different reasons though.
My dislike is not the result of the director's depiction of 'all Muslims are terrorists'. I don't think a director necessarily has a social responsibility. He's making a movie. A piece of fiction. And I don't care what he chooses to show - if the story demands all Muslims to be terrorists, so be it. As long as it's convincing in the universe of the movie, I don't care if it breaks all the rules and notions of our REAL universe. It's FICTION.
Having said that, I think the story-telling and plot was executed unconvincingly. As you correctly mentioned, the director was unable to invoke any empathy in audience's mind for ANY of his characters. Avantika almost became a piece of furniture after the intermission. Saif's ethical dilemma was left completely unexplored. Heck, the movie's title is based on his character (he's the one who got kurbaan for his love in the end) but he was not even given a few lines that stuck with me after the movie was over. (Sorry, Anurag Kashyap, but the dialogues were just sloppy - for the most part.)
a totaly bore
copy of new york
no songs to enjoy
i don`t understand what to watch in it
all muslims are not terrorists.just baecause of a few boad people, we muslim are gettting insulted in every step of our life.ISLA is the religion o peace. it teaches us how to live with people in peace.musalmans should be respected.i m proud 2 b a muslim.i also thanks ALLAH 4 having muslim back ground.
Meetu, I check your review mainly for the Parental Guidance and your reviews are pretty good. But I must say that either you are too modern or have no family values at all!!For PAA, Your parental Guidance says none in Language except the word Bastard. Did you go out when there was talk about Sperm donation, Condom Use etc. and sexual content, you say NONE when there is a real brief love making scene in the song Muddi Muddi. What nonsense!! I will never ever read your reviews and post this on all your reviews so that everyone is aware. I took my 10 and 7 yr old daughters to see Paa based on your Parental Guidance and I m still shocked and embarassed to show them a film about Sex education!!
You probably subscribe to the RGV crap brand of cinema
The movie is a dvd watch.. only if you have nothing better to do.. There are just too many loopholes in the plot to even forgive it.. The filmmakers should defntly have done their homework better... However on the plus side.. I liked Diya Mirza's short and sweet role.. and surprisingly Vivek Oberoi gave a powerful performace.. Not to mention Kareena Kapoor.. who dazzled in her role...
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