Rann

It wasn't a different movie. I wouldn't say it was even differently made. But it was somewhat fresh, even if it was a tinge undercooked, the flesh was soft in all the right places. And there was Amitabh Bachchan.

Ram Gopal Varma has come with a movie that was much awaited a long time right now. After his spectacular feat in churning out a million year movie like Aag, he had to come up with something to prove he was at least alive, if not retarded. With Rann, he shows glimpses of the dexterity he showed in movies like Jungle, Raat, Bhoot and even to some extent, Satya.

Its a movie about the things we know. NDTV, CNN-IBN, TIMES NOW, INDIA TV...all merge with truth versus sales war to their own conviniences and convictions. And above all, there is this man who grows beyond the lens with each passing day. He is almost out of the earth in this movie. With a single look, a single 'namaskar', Bachchan bursts out of the screen into your consciousness like no one, literally no one, can manage to do. East or West.

Riteish Deshmukh ( I hope I got his name right) doesn't disappoint and while I cannot say the movie is made for audiences like us ( who know it all, but who do not act upon this award because of the cautious conclusion derived from above that it would be of no use), it is good for the general mass populace that eats and sleeps with Tulsi, watches sting operations on Shakti kapoor on IndiaTV, and discusses what toilet paper Shah Rukh uses or what brand of Mineral water Priyanka Chopra uses to wash her face.

Media is a Phenomenon. And a consequence. 26/11 was an unfortunate result to that end. Unless we have the quantum of hysteria ( read action) generating population streamlining their takes on this issue, the cautious intelligentsia ( read, people who eat, read, know and sleep) will fail to do anything that would be of any consequence.

Rann doesn't disappoint. Big B is a pleasure, almost a superhuman to watch. The back ground score is fantastic. Sudeep is awesome with his cocained tremors and jitteriness. Riteish ( I hope I got it this time too...) manages to look visible, and all females look gorgeous. Had it not been for the Music Score which is disappointing, very dismal and crassy.