<p>Bombay Talkies<br />Hindi (U/A) ¬¬1/2<br />Cast: Rani Mukherjee,<br />Randeep Hooda,<br />Nawazuddin Siddiqui <br />Director: Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap <br /><br />Four stories. A common thread. And that thread has to be “cinema” as Bombay Talkies is saluting hundred years of Indian film industry along with its triumphs, tears and pelvic thrusts. <br /><br />Karan Johan offers the first cinematic scoop where a luscious Rani Mukherjee plays a glossy mag editor and comes dressed up as a “dirty picture”. Husband Randeep Hooda is a news reader whose deep voice is sparsely resonated at home. “Want some sauce? <br /><br />Breadsticks?” Hooda is a bland show both at the dinner table and in bed. Rani finds some colour in her new gay intern who eventually springs a coming-out surprise. Add a haunting “ajeeb daastan hai yeh” by a girl at a railway station and we have a KJo who is a pleasant deviation from his glitzy craft so far.<br /><br />It’s Dibakar Banerjee’s turn next and he gives the best in the anthology, tracing a day in the life of a lower middle-class dreamer (Nawazuddin Siddiqui).<br /><br />Living in a chawl with his family (and an emu that refuses to lay eggs) Nawazuddin finds it hard to find a job and keep his little daughter amused with Bollywood tales. It’s a touching tale that stirs up the right emotions. <br /><br />Next, Zoya Akhtar brings back “Sheila” (her jawaani and all) with a kiddie fan of Katrina Kaif emulating her jhatkas and matkas. But dad Ranvir Shorey believes only a fit body will fetch jobs, and pushes the boy into the football ground. But the child gravitates to Kaif’s gyrations. <br /><br />While the children in this episode do a jolly-good jig, the story fails to move. <br /><br />Last comes Anurag Kashyap’s ode to Amitabh Bachchan where he portrays a youth (Vineet Kumar Singh) on a mission, in fact on his father’s mission — to meet the superstar and offer him a home-made delicacy. Hours and hours of wait later, Singh is offered his jaw-dropping moment. But we aren’t amused enough. <br /><br />All the four stories of Bombay Talkies have their moments, but only one — Dibakar Banerjee’s — brings that familiar lump to your throat. <br /><br />More than a tribute to hundred years of Hindi cinema, it’s a movie that celebrates its millions of viewers.</p>
<p>Bombay Talkies<br />Hindi (U/A) ¬¬1/2<br />Cast: Rani Mukherjee,<br />Randeep Hooda,<br />Nawazuddin Siddiqui <br />Director: Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap <br /><br />Four stories. A common thread. And that thread has to be “cinema” as Bombay Talkies is saluting hundred years of Indian film industry along with its triumphs, tears and pelvic thrusts. <br /><br />Karan Johan offers the first cinematic scoop where a luscious Rani Mukherjee plays a glossy mag editor and comes dressed up as a “dirty picture”. Husband Randeep Hooda is a news reader whose deep voice is sparsely resonated at home. “Want some sauce? <br /><br />Breadsticks?” Hooda is a bland show both at the dinner table and in bed. Rani finds some colour in her new gay intern who eventually springs a coming-out surprise. Add a haunting “ajeeb daastan hai yeh” by a girl at a railway station and we have a KJo who is a pleasant deviation from his glitzy craft so far.<br /><br />It’s Dibakar Banerjee’s turn next and he gives the best in the anthology, tracing a day in the life of a lower middle-class dreamer (Nawazuddin Siddiqui).<br /><br />Living in a chawl with his family (and an emu that refuses to lay eggs) Nawazuddin finds it hard to find a job and keep his little daughter amused with Bollywood tales. It’s a touching tale that stirs up the right emotions. <br /><br />Next, Zoya Akhtar brings back “Sheila” (her jawaani and all) with a kiddie fan of Katrina Kaif emulating her jhatkas and matkas. But dad Ranvir Shorey believes only a fit body will fetch jobs, and pushes the boy into the football ground. But the child gravitates to Kaif’s gyrations. <br /><br />While the children in this episode do a jolly-good jig, the story fails to move. <br /><br />Last comes Anurag Kashyap’s ode to Amitabh Bachchan where he portrays a youth (Vineet Kumar Singh) on a mission, in fact on his father’s mission — to meet the superstar and offer him a home-made delicacy. Hours and hours of wait later, Singh is offered his jaw-dropping moment. But we aren’t amused enough. <br /><br />All the four stories of Bombay Talkies have their moments, but only one — Dibakar Banerjee’s — brings that familiar lump to your throat. <br /><br />More than a tribute to hundred years of Hindi cinema, it’s a movie that celebrates its millions of viewers.</p>