I fail to understand how people
are going ga-ga over Lootera. First of all, the absolute let down aka Sonakshi
Sinha is chosen as the lead. I wonder what was in director’s head when he made
this choice. I have even heard from my confidential sources that she was being
considered for the role of Ranveer Singh earlier. She could have easily bagged
a role in any Ram Gopal Verma’s horror flick without the need for any special
effects.
Now, there is one set of people
who oppose this thought saying- ‘You don’t have a taste for slow movies. Look
at the cinematography in the movie, its outstanding!’ I believe all those
critics (who had the guts to give this Sonak-shit starrer 4 stars) also are of
the same view.
Guys, slow is not always bad. But
this slow is really not worth it. I happen to grab a box of popcorn during the
interval; thought of killing some time while watching this so called period
saga. (This movie interval reminded me of school days when I used to desperately
wait for the boring Geometry class to get over before the lunch break). And it was time for the second half of the
movie. The extra large popcorn box was empty by the time Sonakshi did her bit
of crying.
This is a story from 1950. I am
absolutely definite that the same story has been shown in more than 50 movies
since then. The question is- why are we encouraging the film fraternity to come
up with such movies by calling it a hit?
A better marketing strategy for
Lootera would have been charging the audience for watching the trailer rather
than charging them for the movie ticket. The trailer anyways unveiled the
entire story in just 1 minute.
Oh yes, they charged the audience
for cinematography!
