Hawa -> Review
7th July 2003
Hawa
I could not catch 'Jaani Dushman' this weekend on TV but what i was eventually able to watch would be more than a fair match to 'Jaani Dushman'. Believe it or not, I committed the crime of watching a Guddu Dhanoa film... and that too in a cinema hall. You guessed it, I watched 'Hawa'.
Last week I thought that there couldn't be anything worse than watching 'Main prem ki...' in a theater but today i can safely say, I was 'horribly' wrong and I suspect that but for Tabu, 'Hawa' is perfect morning show material.
I wonder what is the reason that Ghosts(evil spirits) in hindi or, for that matter, English films always tend to be male and the sufferers female. I think it wont be any difficult to digest a 'Bhoot-ni' and a male victim than what is the trend today.
Now for some description of Hawa's 'bhoot'. No, I'm not talking about Guddu Dhanoa, I'm talking about the reel life 'bhoot'. This 'bhoot' was an aadivaasi in the corporeal form who had been tortured to death by some fellow aadivaasi's (again no aadivaasin's involved). One fine day Lightning strikes at the point where he has been buried and voila, the Mega-Volts of electricity help this trapped 'rooh' to manifest itself in a bhoot. You see Guddu Dhanoa has already learnt to harness lightning's energy and has put it to good use. If only he could have helped and given some tips to Delhi Vidyut Board, it would have atleast ensured uniterrupted power supply during the monsoons. Anyway, as a 'bhoot' this 'aadivasi' is quite hep, his driving skills could put Schumacher to shame and his libido could put ~anyone~ to shame.
The problem with 'Hawa' is that basically it's director hasn't heard about a thing called script, leave alone a cohesive script. So we have foreigners who talk in hindi when frightened, a tibetan lady who keeps making an appearence out of nowhere and who is more wooden than wood, a parapsychologist(exorcist???) who reads in Hinglish out of what appears to be a distinctively moslem text, and a psychologist who is a part time osteologist and a ghost who breaks window panes and makes disgusting voices when not chasing Tabu.
And the climax(of the movie ;-), i.e) has to be seen to be believed, I was in splits. What prompted Guddu Dhanoa to end the movie as he did, I dont know, but the guy is smart enough to have left some scope for a sequel... Although personally I feel a Prequel would have helped.
One last thing, the promos of the movie advised 'do not watch it alone', I'm still trying to figure out, WHY??? The only plausible explanation is that its a neat way to sell some extra tickets, but that way, wouldn't have it been better to promote the tag line 'watch it with your family' !!!
God Knows...(and Guddu Dhanoa knows...)
Enjoy
COMING SOON: 'The psychology of hindi film bhoot'...28th July
Hawa
I could not catch 'Jaani Dushman' this weekend on TV but what i was eventually able to watch would be more than a fair match to 'Jaani Dushman'. Believe it or not, I committed the crime of watching a Guddu Dhanoa film... and that too in a cinema hall. You guessed it, I watched 'Hawa'.
Last week I thought that there couldn't be anything worse than watching 'Main prem ki...' in a theater but today i can safely say, I was 'horribly' wrong and I suspect that but for Tabu, 'Hawa' is perfect morning show material.
I wonder what is the reason that Ghosts(evil spirits) in hindi or, for that matter, English films always tend to be male and the sufferers female. I think it wont be any difficult to digest a 'Bhoot-ni' and a male victim than what is the trend today.
Now for some description of Hawa's 'bhoot'. No, I'm not talking about Guddu Dhanoa, I'm talking about the reel life 'bhoot'. This 'bhoot' was an aadivaasi in the corporeal form who had been tortured to death by some fellow aadivaasi's (again no aadivaasin's involved). One fine day Lightning strikes at the point where he has been buried and voila, the Mega-Volts of electricity help this trapped 'rooh' to manifest itself in a bhoot. You see Guddu Dhanoa has already learnt to harness lightning's energy and has put it to good use. If only he could have helped and given some tips to Delhi Vidyut Board, it would have atleast ensured uniterrupted power supply during the monsoons. Anyway, as a 'bhoot' this 'aadivasi' is quite hep, his driving skills could put Schumacher to shame and his libido could put ~anyone~ to shame.
The problem with 'Hawa' is that basically it's director hasn't heard about a thing called script, leave alone a cohesive script. So we have foreigners who talk in hindi when frightened, a tibetan lady who keeps making an appearence out of nowhere and who is more wooden than wood, a parapsychologist(exorcist???) who reads in Hinglish out of what appears to be a distinctively moslem text, and a psychologist who is a part time osteologist and a ghost who breaks window panes and makes disgusting voices when not chasing Tabu.
And the climax(of the movie ;-), i.e) has to be seen to be believed, I was in splits. What prompted Guddu Dhanoa to end the movie as he did, I dont know, but the guy is smart enough to have left some scope for a sequel... Although personally I feel a Prequel would have helped.
One last thing, the promos of the movie advised 'do not watch it alone', I'm still trying to figure out, WHY??? The only plausible explanation is that its a neat way to sell some extra tickets, but that way, wouldn't have it been better to promote the tag line 'watch it with your family' !!!
God Knows...(and Guddu Dhanoa knows...)
Enjoy
COMING SOON: 'The psychology of hindi film bhoot'...28th July
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