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Home > Bollywood Movie Reviews > Dus Kahaniyaan Five/Ten APK | December 07, 2007 Rating: **.5 (***** Very Good, **** Good, *** Fair, ** Average, * Bad) User comments Action: Ravi Dewan-Kishore Verma. Costumes: Pooja Sarin-Theia Bomanbehram. Cinematography: Amit Roy, Mahesh Aney, Sanjay F Gupta, Chirantan Das, Sachin Kumar Krishnan & Hemant Chaturvedi. Background Music: Amar Mohile-Raju Singh. Editing: Bunty Nagi. Lyrics: Virag Mishra & Panchhi Jalonvi. Music: Gourov Dasgupta, Bappi Lahiri, Shafqat Ali Khan & Anand Raj Anand. Screenplay: Suresh Nair. Sound: Resul Pookutty, Rishi Oberoi & Baylon Fonseca. Story: Meghna Gulzar, Sanjay Gupta, Gulzar, Javed Akhtar, Vishal Bharadwaj, Kamlesh Pandey, Farhan, Rajiv Gopalkrishnan, Shivani Tibrewala & Sudipto Chattopadhyaya. Director(s): Sanjay Gupta, Jasmeet Dhodi, Rohit Roy, Hansal Mehta, Meghna Gulzar & Apoorva Lakhia. Producer: Sanjay Gupta. Presenter: Sanjay Dutt. Banner: White Feather Films-Eros International. Release Date: 7th December, 2007.  Like Maggi sauces, the concept of Dus Kahaniyaan is different. Of course, Darna Mana Hai and Darna Zaroori Hai have arrived before in the mainstream Hindi many-stories-in-one movie. But the genre was horror and there was a thread. In Dus Kahaniyaan, however, there are ten separate stories, and it's like opening a short story book and reading it quickly. As in any short stories compilation, some are good, some are predictable and a few are regular. Overall, it's a unique experience and has its good, bad and silly points.It starts out with Matrimony, inevitably a story on infidelity. Mandira Bedi, Arbaaz Khan and Sudhanshu Pandey flag the Kahaniyaan and it's a good enough start. Now we are waiting to see what's next-the first one proved to be interesting and not the usual fare. High on the Highway with Jimmy Sheirgill and Mausmeh sets off the tragic note. Sanjay Gupta has perhaps believes what Aristotle said about tragedies being the greatest form of drama-somehow High on..makes you disagree with both the noble men. Meghna Gulzar wields the megaphone for the next story (Pooranmashi) with Amrita Singh and Minissha Lamba. This rural tale sets in the tragic note completely, followed by Strangers in the Night with a completely surprising twist at the end. Then you have Diya Mirza and the inimitable Manoj Bajpai, and 'Zahir' keeps the interest level up throughout. Lovedale, however, turns out to be really silly with the most predictable twists which are in fact, unnecessary. Sex on the Beach has two treats-newcomers Tareena in a sultry gold bikini and Dino Morea. The supernatural genre is also covered but it's not exactly horrific. Rohit Roy has an easy directorial debut-Rice Plate starring Nasseruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi left little for him to do with the actors. They are terrific in those brief few minutes they appear on the screen, and in this plethora of actors you realize why they are where they are. Shabana plays a conservative Tamil Hindu lady who shuns any contact with people from other faiths. It is a touching tale overall.  Gubbare with Nana Patekar talking about his marital life's highs and lows to a newly wed on a bus is another touching tale. Gangsters had to be there in a White Feather Films production, and in come Sanju 'Baba' (his name in the movie too) and Suniel Shetty as Nawab. Once you get the connection that the story's trying to make, with excellent editing and chemistry between the two actors, Rise and Fall finishes the 10 tales with a flourish.There are many flavors, and several degree of quality, but there's something for everyone. It might not be the best movie out there right now (quite the contrary), but it is totally a new viewing experience for the regular Hindi movie buff. Three of the short acts are interesting, and two are not bad. As for the other five, it's difficult to tell a story in less than 10 minutes when it's not an advertisement. Some of the story-directors have not surpassed that difficulty. Others, quite clearly have, but its five out of ten then. Not just that five of the ten episodes are watchable, but also the actors including Nasseruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Manoj Bajpai, Nana Patekar and Amrita Singh perform flawlessly. Editing in two-Rise and Fall and Strangers in the Night is very well done. The twists surprise you in three of them, including Strangers in the Night and Zahir. So totally it's five upon ten, and whether that'll do or no, is for the viewer to decide-and it's a new decision to make at least. |