देव D

Last Monday I went to see "Dev D" movie at inox in Chennai.Long time since I saw a movie in theater with my wingies. Well Chuck wanted to go shopping for formals since he has IIM interviews coming up. So four of us(chuck, pam, Uncle and me) left early to the citi center. Rest of junta came in late. We checked out couple of shops before uncle convinced chuck that they have found the best possible dressing and should now wrap it up( in more ways than one).I missed the whole action as I was involved in heated discussion with my father about my career(that's for another post).After buying twelve tickets from coupons provided by pam/phantum,we went to food court to eat stuff, where we met rest of the junta. It was total dysfunctional dinner(each man for himself), highlight of which was uncle eating leftover from some plate as a part of "bet" with mcet. Poor mcet had to share half his pasta with uncle. Then at 10.20 we went to inox where jibbu and phantum joined in. To my surprised half of the theater was filled with iitians.Jibbu,who doesn't even know a word of hindi,sat next to me. He was Trippy- max and "loled" at all possible times.See below for some of the many quotes.
Since movie was released some 2 weeks ago most of us knew the story. Its the old story of a drunkard lover set in contemporary scenario(unlike sanjay leela bansali one). Movie was much more raw than it was said to be and some of us enjoyed it. The cinematography was highlight of the film along with its music. Director Anurag Kashyap needs to be commended for his insightful direction. While the srk's devdas left me snoring after 1/2 an hour, this one kept me entertained for at least first half.
After the movie majority of junta felt movie was over hyped and didn't deserve the 5 star rating it got from times of India(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/moviereview/4082878.cms). A few of us (me included) thought it was a good movie if not masterpiece.


Quotable quotes:
1) " This is the strongest movie ever made in India" -- Pam
2)" Dude, she is crying da" -- Jibbu who was saddened when Mahi Gil(Paro in the movie) was crying.
3) " Dude what happened??" Jibbu to me when he didn't understand why the lead actress was crying.
4) " She looks so much like Iffy" - Jibbu saying Lenny aka chanda in movie reminded him of Skins character.
5)"Dude the director is god da. I really want to watch No smoking now !!"- -Pam after the movie.
6)"The movie is not for weak hearted" -- a film review on Dev D.
7)" Look at the way he(director) showed Rasika(some arbit character) in good light" -- Chuck supporting the argument why movie is so good.
8)" Dude the movie is awesome we should come back again." Jibbu and me at the interval.
9) "I didn't like the movie" -CG and Chu.
10) "The whole movie was about just one thing" -- clearly aggravated lady after the movie.