Just saw D-Day (Have been busy the past two months so I'm still catchin up) and absolutely loved it. It had everything going for it an excellent narrative, good performances (except Arjun Rampal as stone faced as ever), emotionally charged script, slick cinematography/editing/action and a strong lasting impression. Honestly going into the film I did not expect Nikhil Advani to pull off this concept especially after Patiala House and Chandini Chowk, but he redeemed himself with this one. The writing was water tight (the research showed) and I was constantly hooked. You know the movie is well made when you dont want it to end (at least thats how I feel whie watching a good movie) and D-Day made me feel so. Indian Film industry has moved a longggg way ahead in its content but whats still upsetting is that movies like these still dont do all that well while on the other Chennai Express a ridiculously annoying *Brain Cell killing Serial Killer of a movie* turns out to be the most successful of the year.
I saw CE a while back but never felt like writing about it coz 1.) I had other things to do and 2.) It would've been a waste of my time to write it and your time to read it (You might feel the same about this review too but what the hell this is my status update after all).
It all boils down to a confusing discussion is it the filmmakers or is it the audience? Do we need to re-think the content we are feeding the audience or does the audience need to support stronger content? *I guess both*. Because lets face it Indian audiences or for that matter any audience wants good content and although good content is subjective where do we draw the line between *This is a Brainless entertainer that the audience wants* and *We are just gonna make money off the audience who cant tell the difference between good marketing/bad movie and poor marketing/good movie*.
Coming back to the subject D-Day was a good entertaining movie. Maybe a victim of poor marketing?
I saw CE a while back but never felt like writing about it coz 1.) I had other things to do and 2.) It would've been a waste of my time to write it and your time to read it (You might feel the same about this review too but what the hell this is my status update after all).
It all boils down to a confusing discussion is it the filmmakers or is it the audience? Do we need to re-think the content we are feeding the audience or does the audience need to support stronger content? *I guess both*. Because lets face it Indian audiences or for that matter any audience wants good content and although good content is subjective where do we draw the line between *This is a Brainless entertainer that the audience wants* and *We are just gonna make money off the audience who cant tell the difference between good marketing/bad movie and poor marketing/good movie*.
Coming back to the subject D-Day was a good entertaining movie. Maybe a victim of poor marketing?
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