Friday, December 14, 2007

Movie review


DUS KAHANIYAAN


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Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Manoj Bajpai, Dia Mirza, Nana Patekar, Anita Hasnandani, Rohit Roy, Arbaaz Khan, Sudhanshu Pandey, Mandira Bedi, Amrita Singh, Minissha Lamba, Parmeet Sethi, Neha Dhupia, Mahesh Manjrekar, Neha Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Dino Morea, Tareena Patel, Jimmy Shergill, Masumeh Makhija

Director: Sanjay Gupta, Rohit Roy, Meghana Gulzar, Apoorva Lakhia, Jasmeet Dhodi, Hansal Mehta

Producer: Sanjay Gupta

Banner: White Feather Films, Eros International

Music Director: Bappi Lahiri, Anand Raaj Anand, Shafqat Ali Khan, Gourav Das Gupta

Rating: ***

Whoever said Indian cinema doesn't know crispness should watch Dus Kahaniyaan. With a suave collection of ten stories, Sanjay Gupta has been able to live up to his own expectations and conveniently drown the voices yelling about chaotic cinema. You start the film with an apprehension of sorts but through the flood of stories, you're forced to put them aside.

Ten stories come alive in two hours carrying an undertone message, each one different from the other. Each story grips you in the chair (since they finish off in ten minutes) but there are a few that guarantee to come home with you. 'Gubbare' (Gupta's personal favourite) and 'Rice Plate' easily supersede the lot. Some leave you with a half-baked impression you don't know what to do with.

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