Review of Raincoat

Raincoat (2004)
1/10
What a waste!
8 May 2005
This Rituparno Ghosh mis-directed debacle of an attempt has got the worst of every possible thing you can put together in a movie. But then, it's not so bad that you can laugh at it (ala Hello Brother) - it is just a short notch above; where it has not fallen from torture to joke.

Premise: Ajay Devgan is a village-boy who comes to Calcutta to borrow some money from friends to start a new business. During his stay there, he pays a visit to Aishwarya Rai, an old flame, now married off to some rich travelling guy. That's it.

Acting is pathetic - now that's normal for Aishwarya Rai, but surprisingly true even for Ajay Devgan in this movie. All characters speak in installments, as if it'll make the performance credible for an off-stream movie. It's shot without a lighting technician. Story is a joke. Direction (as in, where is it going?) is non-existent. Sad... really, Sad. If there was a saving grace in the movie, it could have been the teeny bit by Annu Kapoor. But his part is also let out of the movie like the belch after over-eating.

Avoid at all costs.

My Rating ---> 0.5 of 5
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