*ing Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irrfan Khan, Katrina Kaif and John Abraham
New York is a good watch! Especially since it’s not a typical Hindi film that we are so used to. And as any other movie, there are certain aspects of it that I liked, and certain that I didn’t. I was VERY surprised to see the Rediff rating for that movie, and I can’t understand why in the world someone would trash the movie and its actors that bad, especially since the acting was reasonably good.
**spoilers ahead**
What I liked –
All the actors did a reasonably good job, including Katrina Kaif. The story is based on the racial profiling of Muslims post 9/11 and is set in New York. The good things are- American’s are not attempting to speak in Hindi, FBI agents are not like other white guys in Hindi movies who barely know how to act or have few meaningless dialogues. The diversity shown is healthy enough keeping in view the fact that this is a Bollywood movie, and not a Hollywood one. A few scenes between Neil and Irrfan Khan are impressive, there is subtle humor with a love track (what’s a Hindi movie without a love story embedded), and the song and dance sequences are not out of place or ‘fillers’ between the story line. Although showing the injustices done on the basis if racial profiling, the message sent to the audience is the greatness of a country where the son of a terrorist is welcomed by kids in a baseball team – this may not necessarily be convincing for everyone who watches the movie. The primary target seem to be NRIs and it’s definitely a movie worth watching, for actually having a fresh subject.
What I did not like –
As usual there are some conceptual errors, especially with respect to arms acquisition, or a master’s graduate sleeping in a small apartment in a ghetto like place, 7 years after graduation, and is the owner of a cab, whereas two of his grad school classmates, own a nice home with a swimming pool.
Also, racial profiling is a strong subject, the movie could have been much more powerful but again, a documentary style movie may not achieve financial success in Bollywood, neither are many of our mainstream Bollywood actors gutsy enough to take a risk with an art movie like subject.
Conclusion:
If you can believe that a Rediff review is not the ultimate statement, you must watch the movie. Neil Nitin Mukesh is not just a star with looks; he is good because he doesn’t overact. If you are really bothered by a spelling mistake of ‘Barrack’ Obama at the end credits as the Rediff review points out, then you shouldn’t be watching any Hindi movies at all. Many of them have far worse blunders than a typo at the end credits.
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