Posted by: Captain Haddock February 19, 2007
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Brigadier Ma'm (that's settled then - since you like it :P) - I am in the office today - are you in the office or working from home? Momos? Pani ayo! LOL. Love the dish - can never get tired of it ..he he. As for Kabul Express,I must warn you before hand that I am a bit of a merciless movie critic. Die hard Bollywood fans have taken offense to my opinion before but I do my best to be as objective as I can :) That said, and since you asked, I'd say all in all it was a one-star at most. The plot was about 2 indian TV crew out to interview a Taliban after the regime fell in Afganistan. The plot had the potential for a great movie but the director could not do it justice. Like a lot of Bollywood, the director assumes you are a complete idiot and don't know jack about what is going on in Afganistan. I thought the the character played by Arshad Warsi as a bungling, unpolished, unsophisticated photographer was totally unnecessary. It appears the character that Warsi plays was either created to provide comic relief in a story with a nail-biting plot or it was created as a foil to the role played by John Abraham (the reporter) to show Abraham in a better light. To me the only purpose it served was to annoy the audience. Although I suppose in the mohallas and gallis of India there might be some people who would find that characterization appealing and Mr Chopra might have been keeping these folks in mind. Unlike some of his other movies where he appeals to the family crowd, it seems he is trying to appeal to multiple types of audiences but in the process getting to no one. Sorry if that is a bit harsh but that is my honest opinion. Also the characterization of the American journalist is totally over the top and un-real. Mr Chopra cant seem to tell a college-educated journalist working on a book from a total bimbo ( I doubt any journalist anywhere in the world - man or woman - can be that stupid as the one he portrays) In my opinion, Yash Chopra should stick to his regular themes of love-wove Indian-style and not try to explore serious themes without first learning how to cast and characterize challenging roles. He is much better at casting young lovers,their parents and grandparents than Taleban fighters and journalists. Rant over! :) Blood pressure down. Out of my system :) he he ... Hope you don't regret you asked - the last thing I want to do is annoy you :P
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