The Dirty Picture (2011) | Review | oh yes get dirty :P

Tons of reviews have come out…The Dirty Picture is about Vidya Balan, Vidya Balan and only Vidya Balan. If the juries do not acknowledge her with an award, critical or otherwise, it would be a shame! …. And, I will be surprised if you haven’t seen it until now at a theater near you or from other sources. Ekta Kapoor’s banner has delivered, the dialogue is memorable, has The Dirty Picture taken over Kolaveri… mmm may be may be not | we are speaking of different genres here, one a song, the other a full-fledged movie…. Anyways,  the cash registers are ticking, the internet media is abuzz… a box office hit anywhere in the country irrespective of its setting – metro, urban, rural.

So what do I add to these reviews, my two pence

mmmmmmm…..  I became a fan of  our dearest serial kisser Emran Hashmi after watching this picture. His smile, that’s where I fell for…

And the character he essayed: the satire hits you because he has done the role.

A direct contrast to what he does in his real-reel avatar. In the Dirty Picture, Hashmi’s played the role of a director, Abraham, who stands for quality filmmaking. According to Abraham, then, a titillating item number should not be the mark of a success of a film. Therefore, he is opposed to the character of Silk and the kind of interventions she makes in the films to trigger the cash register.

His criticisms are razor edge sharp… directed at artists who are involved in the kind of films which run because of the scandal of a kiss or a strip; films he is associated with all the time This then creates the satire… he who is known just for his scandalous kisses  imparts the punch

Therefore, the sight of contradiction.

Verdict: 3/5

1. Standing ovation to Vidya Balan | The film would have been soft porn if done by any other actor
2. Nasseruddin Shah – imitated an aging womanizer of a superstar to the T, still LOLing at this golden dhoti in the song oooolaaa laaa ooolaaalaa..
3. Tusshar Kapoor is a waste of time and money, when will his realize that!
4. The dialogue - memorable, award-winning
5. The first half is really good – tight script, good tempo, no lapses.
6. The second half – could have been shorter by at least half an hour, the last song shot at the Golconda Fort was unnecessary… there was a laxity in it, which did not match the brilliance of the first half
7. Prosthetic makeup of the older Priyanka Chopra in the film 7 Khoon Maaf was way better than Vidya Balan’s puffed up cheeks in the end of the movie.
8. Audience: Watched the movie screened to a fully packed audience, men and women in almost equal number at 10:30 am on a Saturday morning, when not a single store other than McD was open in the mall, when the roads were just beginning to get trafficed, and when most people were waking up to another lazy long weekend if Monday was a holiday.