Comments on: Movie Notes: Umrao Jaan is so bad – it hurts

By: John

John — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:25:32 +0000

Beautiful story portrayed in poor form

By: Neha Viswanathan

Neha Viswanathan — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:59:45 +0000

Punit Pandey: I thought the marketing was rather bad actually.

Charu: Ouch! I have a sneaking suspicion that Bappi Lahiri might have done a better job. (Disclaimer – I am a fan!)

Sangeeta: Some of the outfits were definitely drool-worthy. :) But it felt a little repetitive.

Vi: Thanks. Maybe I should start charging a fraction of all the money people save. Heh!

Shivam: Heh!

Nilu: Yes Yes.

Gi Ve: That was the number was probably in an earlier avatar of Khari Boli. But the dialogues in the movie that were not in Urdu were actually rather badly handled.

Patrix: Mmm. I see a business opportunity here.

Vidya: I find Anu Malik’s style so predictable. While the songs were supposed to be ghazals, they might have been more interesting if a combination of thumris, dadras and ghazals had been used – as was probably the norm in the 1850s.

By: vidya

vidya — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 03:24:25 +0000

Anu Malik unfortunately doesn’t seem to understand the concept of thumris at all.

oh come on he surely must have been good at the one in raag kaaf(p)i and pilu(a)..Seri romba naal ache indha pakkam vandhu nu paathen..odidaren ;)

By: Patrix

Patrix — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:50:09 +0000

Your blog tagline should now read, I watch bad movies so you don’t have to :)

By: Gi Ve

Gi Ve — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 10:41:41 +0000

Mohe bitiya na kijyo etc sounds very un-urdu .. what was the movie again? The song you have heard before must be Lambi Judai sung by a someone with a heavy voice

By: Nilu

Nilu — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:24:50 +0000

indhi padam parpathu thamil drogam.

By: Shivam

Shivam — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:26:28 +0000

I’m so relieved by this review!