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The Dirty Picture

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Director           Milan Luthria
Cast                Vidya Balan, Nasseeruddin Shah, Tusshar Kapoor, Emraan Hashmi, Anju Mahendroo, Rajesh Sharma, Mangal Kenkre
Year                2011
Genre              Drama

I must start this review with an anecdote from a few of days back. I was on my way back from the village (read Bangalore) and was taking the Indian Airlines flight.  My song of the day was “Oooh La La”.  Just kept humming it through the day.  En route to the airport we were having this conversation that The Dirty Picture will be one of the top 5 movies of the year and that Vidya Balan will clearly get 2 nominations for the year – The first movie of the year No One Killed Jessica and The Dirty Picture.  In fact, now that I think of it, she could win both awards – Best Supporting Actress for NOKJ and Best Actress for TDP. 

Anyways, as I was humming the song and boarding the flight, I was also chatting up with my colleague.  We did not say anything about Naseer Bhai – how can we say anything about one of the best actors of our time.  We were just intrigued about his role in the movie and how he would essay it.  We both agreed that Emraan Hashmi would have, by the end of the movie ticked off from his list another actress – only this time, it would be a genuine actress and not a random aspiring starlet.  And the unanimous agreement – actually question was – What the hell is Tusshar (now without the Kapoor) doing in the movie? And as I was saying this out aloud, I entered the flight only to be greeted with a vision that I will not forget for the rest of my life!!! There on Seat1D, and smiling right back at me (surely she heard my comment about Tusshar) was Vidya Balan in all her simplicity. And did she look gorgeous? Hell Yes!!!!

I must say, that most of our discussion was bang on.  Vidya Balan gives her 110% as always and generates an aura around Reshma aka Silk that will generate emotions starting from the rank depraved to the completely sympathetic thanks to the pitiful end that we know Silk Smitha had.  Some really good dialogues dot the otherwise slapstick ones.  But then it is The Dirty Picture.  So slapstick was to be expected and I give Milan Luthria full credit for the same.  Probably the best movie from the Luthria stable but it would not have been possible without the stunning performances of the cast.

I terms of other aspects, The Dirty Picture was probably below par.  Editing was quite below par and the movie was way too long – probably 2.5 hours which turned out to be nearly 3 thanks to the breaks and trailers.  While the songs were good, they were quite ill placed especially Ishq Sufiyana which kind of hits you out of the blue about 10 minutes from the end.  And Honeymoon Ki Raat was also kind of wasted.  I thought the movie could have easily finished in about 2 hours.  Kind of moved away from the basic concept so aptly captured by Reshma that the movie business is about 3 things – Entertainment, Entertainment & Entertainment.  7 on 10 and definitely makes it to the top 5 movies of the year for me.

Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM8m4_DLZtY
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