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Home > Bollywood Movie Reviews > Nanhe Jaisalmer Good Attempt APK | September 15, 2007 Rating: **.75 (***** Very Good, **** Good, *** Fair, ** Average, * Bad) User comments Art: Sunil Nigvekar. Background Score: Monty. Choreography: Piyush Panchal. Cinematography: Binod Pradhan. Dialogues: Aseem Arora-Samir Karnik. Editing: Sanjay Sankla. Lyrics: Sameer. Music: Himesh Reshammiya. Screenplay: Samir Karnik-Eklavya Singh Bhati-Aseem Arora. Story: Samir Karnik-Eklavya Singh Bhati. Director: Samir Karnik. Producer(s): K Sera Sera-Dharam Motion Pictures. Presenter: Eros International. Release Date: 14th September, 2007.  Many Iranian movies are about children. They might have children as protagonists, but are meant for universal viewership. They pull at your heartstrings and always manage to cast an impression. Nanhe Jaisamler is a children's flick; the idea is good, the attempt is honest and the execution is not bad. There are some loopholes because of which the movie stays consistently watchable, but never manages to capture your imagination. Read on.Plot Nanhe Jaisalmer is a 10-year-old tourist guide who lives with his mother and sister, and of course, his camel Raja. He can speak many languages but refuses to learn to read and write. His hero is Bobby Deol, to whom he makes his sister write many letters as he dictates them. Luckily for him, Deol comes to Jaisalmer for a film shoot, and the boy and his idol bond away from all prying eyes, especially his mother's. Nanhe learns many things while in Deol's company, from friendship to education. Story, Screenplay and Direction The backdrop of Rajasthan is used well. Nanhe's well-written and nicely developed character and the supporting cast in Nanhe's life are the pluses. Dwij Yadav performs well and the director also must be given credit for not wanting any mushy or 'cuteness' from the kid. As he gets most of the screen time, this is a relief and makes the movie watchable. The story could have been a short story rather than a full-fledged novel (as is shown in the movie) and the movie is thankfully short. Bobby Deol plays himself. And the kid is obsessed with him. Although the fact that the kid doesn't have a male presence at home, that he met Bobby as a kid and the whole thing is set in a small town in Jaisalmer makes it believable. But if Bobby played a fictional actor/star rather than himself, the impact would have been larger. The editing falters slightly in a few scenes in the second half. Jaisalmer is captured well, which was done many a time before. But the daytime shots are much superior to the sequences in elaborate sets or the ones with too much artificial light. Nanhe's journey from being uneducated but knowing many languages, and his life as a child tour guide are covered adequately. His friendship with a mixture of adults, his relationship with his mother and sister and the climax of the movie are the highlights. The movie has a deliberate and slow pace. The 'twist' towards the end is good, albeit not unexpected.  Performances Dwij Yadav is a natural in front of the camera, has to portray an array of emotions, which he does so effortlessly. Bobby has surprisingly less screen space, where he pops in and out of Nanhe's life. One tends to squirm a little when Bobby is presented as a superstar, but hey, this is fiction. His chemistry with Nanhe is good. Rajesh Vivek and Sharat Saxena amongst Nanhe's elderly friends are very good. Prateeksha Lonkar as Nanhe's mother and Bina Kak as a regal well-wisher play their parts beautifully.Music and Dance Deol suddenly breaks into song and dance with twenty skimpily clad foreign gals. Average music, except for the folk-based Kesariya. Last Word It's a good attempt at a children's flick, and has its moments. It starts with straight-forward storytelling and ends on a slightly uncanny note. The first half is good, the second drags slightly till the last half an hour. There are so many wonderful children's flicks internationally, and a few Indian ones too-Santosh Sivan's Malli, Halo and Vishal Bharadwaj's Makdee to name a few. Nanhe Jaisalmer follows the trail and it's good to have one more movie like that on the horizon. Watchable. |