This thread discusses the content article: Gulaal (dir. Anurag Kashyap)

Sticking to the pattern of each movie progressive getting better than the previous, Anurag Kashyap has made a really impressive one with Gulaal. Very tight first half unlike Dev D and the movie has some really good characters, individual performances and tons of cool writing and surprises. Not without its flaws, but I think the guy is one movie short of a truly great one. Came out today so catch it while it's still running.

Yeah, this was one really good film. Liked it a lot.

As it turns out we don't quite agree on how good the film is. But what would life be without differences of opinion? [:D]

Wow. Talk about difference in opinion. IMO this kicked Dev D's ass all over the playing field and most of the criticisms you had of the bloated running time and unnecessary plot lines was shit I felt about Dev D.

That is one heck of a story. Definitely watching soon.

ravenus wrote:
As it turns out we don't quite agree on how good the film is.

Your team won the battle this time then? Jeez.

I didn't care much for Dev D but felt it was significantly better than this movie. With its annoying Clark Cunt protagonist tangling with cunts of different shapes and sizes, it annoyed me immoderately. The only part of the movie i felt good about was when the Bathtub Shitter got shot. I was hoping the blast radius would take John Lenin out too but he became a rather peripheral presence after that scene, which served the purpose just as well.

Srikanth Panaman wrote:
ravenus wrote:
As it turns out we don't quite agree on how good the film is.
Your team won the battle this time then? Jeez.
"We" as in You and Me. By the laws of nature it takes 2 people at least to have an agreement or disagreement....unless you're Gollum. Jeez.

Jeez.

I'm between the two teams. The film was a mixed bag for me with the first half having some terrific moments and a really good premise. It goes a bit limp in the second half regurgitating the same themes and the blatantly obvious "politics is like this only" message over and over but it did keep me interested through most of its duration. All the songs could have been cut out though and some characters too (especially mahie gill) and Anurag still doesn't know when to stop with his running length, OTT lighting and plot histrionics. My problems with the film was that I found it difficult to care about any of its characters, all appearing in different shades of the asshole variety with redeeming facets that make you cringe. The plot resolutions were very hokey and filmy ("tu accha aadmi hai re" WTF?)

Still thought it was a bit better than 2 1/2 thadiyans. Anurag, as usual, bites more than he could chew and tries a little too hard to impress but at least he's attempting something genuinely different and interesting with each film.

...and he seems to have built a bit of a kvlt around himself. There were two other largish groups when we went with one group looking like a typical Northie techie gang and the other being the social art fag types and they both were actually cheering and clapping when he made his appearance on screen.