Guzaarish BO – Plunges 62% in Second Weekend
Guzaarish Box Office – Disaster in U.S.
Gosh, thanks to director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan we finally got to see a fine Hindi film after, hmmm, an eternity.
Even that utterly worthless Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai couldn’t screw up this decent movie, though we must say the Jonah tried hard to ruin it with her look of what seemed like painful menstrual cramps throughout the movie.
Touch of Class
Packing an unconventional Bollywood story centered around a quadriplegic former magician, Guzaarish is a lavish visual spectacle with a (mostly) spirited performance by its lead character Hrithik Roshan.
After living 14 years as a helpless quadriplegic dependent on others for the smallest things, Ethan Mascarenhas (Hrithik Roshan) has had enough of this planet and wants to say goodbye via euthanasia or Ethanasia as he puts it in the movie.
Who can blame Ethan for the decision. After all, the man can’t even swat a fly that has disturbingly taken a love for his nose.
Sofia D’Souza (Aishwarya Rai) is the nurse who’s devotedly cared for Ethan for 12 of the 14 despairing years.
Hrithik Roshan delivers his career best performance in Guzaarish though we were irked by his occasional tendencies to overact and laugh like a retard (toward the beginning of the movie).
Most Bollywood films are inane love stories and, boy, are we thrilled to see a film like Guzaarish for a change!
Much of the film is shot indoors but handled very aesthetically. The photography and sets are impressively constructed.
Did we tell y’all we liked Shernaz Patel as the lawyer fighting for Ethan’s right to end his life. We sure would love to see more of her.
Truth be said, the vast millions of simians a.k.a. unthinking Bollywood fans, who mindlessly genuflect at the altar of trashy Hindi films every Friday, do not deserve a film like Guzaarish. Continue reading »
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