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Hindi movie update

Recently watched two pretty decent and off beat hindi movies, 3 Deewarein and Waisa Bhi Hota Hai - II.

3 Deewarein was the better of the two. Extremely good acting, pretty decent story line, a twist in the end, a somewhat open ending, no songs! The story is somewhat similar to Shawshank Redemption, and some subplots are copied almost verbatim. The problem with the movie was the ending. It was interesting, but lacked the punch. The climax came and went by without having much of an impact. A more talented director could have handled the story much better. The movie basically seems to loose steam towards the end, and the knockout punch really falls flat on the face.

I was expecting Waisa Bhi Hota Hai - II to be much better than it turned out to be. The acting was below average, the direction pretty ordinary, the music nothing great, and the story really pretty hollow. Well, maybe I am being a little too harsh here. It was not all that bad, but came nowhere close to what it really wanted to be. In the credits, the director has thanked Tarantino, and Coen brothers for inspiration. He has really tried to make it Tarantino-style, but in that respect has failed miserably. The that makes Tarantino's movies so good are the subtle jokes and great cinematography - both of which were extremely poor in this movie. Well, atleast the intention was there, even if the execution was nothing great!

Had these movies been in English, I might have given them extremely poor ratings (specially to Waisa Bhi...). But this is something very new and interesting for Hindi movies, and the fact that they are different from the typical Shah-Rukh-Khan crap is what makes them worth mentioning. I would love to see more experimentation in Hindi movies, and this is a great start!

Read on for spoilers...

One thing I really liked about 3 Deewarein was the open ending. Did Ishaan (Naseeruddin Shah) really kill all those people, or was it just a story he came up with to save his skin? Both are extremely plausible, and I think this ambiguity could perhaps have been exagerated a little to make a better ending.