When a director like Sudhir Mishra teams up with someone like Prakash Jha, you can be assured the movie will be good, but if the final product exceeds your already high expectations, you know it that the movie was definitely worth much more than the ticket price.
“Yeh Saali Zindagi” is edgy and 100% raw. For those who have loved Quentin Tarantino cinema, Yeh Saali Zindagi has all its traits and characteristics albeit with a Desi Stamp and feel.
There is no point describing the story because the movie has many plots, many turns and many many twists. Each character has its main story and a side story which is dark.
The highlight of the movie is by no doubt its crudeness which gets reflected in its sharp dialogues. The dialogues are rough, witty, coarse, and may be even offensive to many. The direction is superb with the voiceover providing strength to the many storylines. And acting... well the movie has Irrfan Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Sushant Singh, Yashpal Sharma, Chitrangada so no doubt it cant go wrong here as well. Irrfan Khan is brilliant to say the least. In fact he is so good that sometimes he overshadows the other actors in the movie who otherwise have acted brilliantly on their own as well. Chitrangada Singh is sensuous. Arunodya Singh (last seen in Mirchi) has also tried hard to compete with the other stalwarts. In fact his numerous smooches with the newcomer Aditi Rao can give competition to our Emraan Hashmi.
The movie has been shot in Delhi. Recently, “Dilli” has taken centre stage in many Bollywood ventures and this one also tries to have the same “Dilliness” in it. The plot can happen anywhere but “Dilli” feel lends its own charm.
The title song is superb and I am still humming it while writing this review.
I could have easily rated this movie as top stars but for the length of the movie. Such movies should be short so that their crispiness can be maintained. I think that’s where Sudhir might have erred a bit. In order to make it more twisting and turning, he indulged himself further.
Just one last point: The movie has been rated as “A” so respect the decision of Censor Boards and keep your kids at home. There is not a single scene in the movie where you will not cringe if your kids are somewhere nearby.
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