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Ye Saali Zindagi - Notepad

Ye Saali Zindagi

Irrfan Khan, Arunoday Singh, Chitrangda Singh Dir: Sudhir Mishra
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quick review: It's quirky and funny. It's twisted and largely unpredictable. It's pacy and just the right amount of overwhelming. It is dark and carries off a style of its own. Frequent flashbacks make whacky situations even more intriguing. And Irrfan Khan and Chitrangda Singh are as reliable as ever in keeping your eyes glued to the screen when they are on. Alas, this is also accompanied with some silly animation, choppy flow and too many characters with almost none developed in detail. And yet, it is something you should watch, if not immediately, in the future for sure.
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Plot Summary

Arun (Irrfan Khan) is in love with Priti (Chitrangda Singh). As life would have it, Priti gets mixed up with people from the underworld and Arun can't but keep himself from trying to help.

What Worked

  • Priti's apology to the goons.
  • The comment on administration being ancestral property of our politicians.

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

  • A few of the lines sound awkward, maybe because they try to stick to one language in one sentence and thus end up using words that one wouldn't use in everyday language.
  • How come Bade says 'uski maa meri maa' about Chhote's mom, when they are half-brothers.
  • Chhote was a rather random character.

Ye Saali Zindagi - Movie Details

Ye Saali Zindagi - Trailer

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External Reviews

48 reviewers have given Ye Saali Zindagi an average rating of 3.3/5.0. 24 yays, 9 nays, 15 so-so. See all external reviews »

Twitter Reviews

On twitter, 257 twitterers have given Ye Saali Zindagi an average rating of 4.7/5.0. 238 yays, 12 nays, 7 so-so. See all tweets »

Readers' Ratings

6 readers have given Ye Saali Zindagi an average rating of 4/5.0. 4 yays, 1 nays, 1 so-so. See all reader reviews »

Comments (10)

Top commenter
guddu:

nice review meetu, i'll say that sudhir is among the talented directors only problem is he's always surrounded by unconventional controversy

posted 1 year, 3 months ago guddu has posted 57 comments and has rated 23 movies. See guddu's page for more details.
meetu:

Thanks guddu. Don't know about controversy, all i know is a good movie is a good movie :D

posted 1 year, 3 months ago
Sunny:

I trust you....:-) This is in my must see list.

posted 1 year, 3 months ago Sunny has posted 7 comments and has rated 2 movies. See Sunny's page for more details.
Joy:

I saw this film and did not like it.

posted 1 year, 3 months ago Joy has given this movie a So-So . Joy has posted 2 comments and has rated 2 movies. See Joy's page for more details.
Kalyan:

Oh this was such a disappointment. Chitrangda's character lacked the sophistication that is generally associated with her. Also, I did not see any point in the on & off romance of that gangster and his wife. And as you said, it was literally too dark. The only good things were the acting of the Police Officer & Irrfan Khan. Otherwise, this was a total epic fail.

posted 1 year, 3 months ago Kalyan has given this movie a Thumbs down . Kalyan has posted 11 comments and has rated 6 movies. See Kalyan's page for more details.
Parikshit:

Nice review Meetu..and if i may add.. this delicacy is not for everyone.. u need to have the taste for gray non linear and guy ritchie to truly enjoy ye saali zidagi.. Irfann Sushant Chitrangada lived up to the expectation... Arunoday is raw force!.. Prashant Narayanan and Saurabh Shukla were kind of wasted in this one..both awesome actors... All in all another feather in "cult" genre

posted 1 year, 3 months ago Parikshit has given this movie a Thumbs up (if u liked kaminay... u ll love this) . Parikshit has posted 5 comments and has rated 4 movies. See Parikshit's page for more details.
meetu:

@Sunny and have you seen it yet?

@Joy & @Kalyan oops!

@Pariksht thank you! waiting for the day when such films become "mass" instead of remaining "cult" :D

posted 1 year, 3 months ago
Mr A:

The USP of the movie would be ...
1. Irrfan Khan 2.Comic timing 3. Music
Actually the first one was the reason why I went to watch the movie...Big fan .
But the other two just swept me away....I don't think there is any moment where you feel like getting up from your seat.

posted 1 year, 2 months ago Mr A has given this movie a Thumbs up . Mr A has posted 1 comments and has rated 1 movies. See Mr A's page for more details.
zarina bibi:

hi this movie is very specal coz if u fill ur realy life it jst the same when u make mistake thats y it means ye sali zindagi i loved the movie lots of love from zarina iam from fiji lslands thanks bye reply soon

posted 1 year, 1 month ago zarina bibi has given this movie a Thumbs up (suva) . zarina bibi has posted 1 comments and has rated 1 movies. See zarina bibi's page for more details.
Radio:

I love the dialogues .. i landed on this post by searching for this movies dialogues. Can you please post some :)

posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago Radio has given this movie a Thumbs up (Awesome movie, Awesome acting with Fantastic dialogues) . Radio has posted 1 comments and has rated 1 movies. See Radio's page for more details.

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