Gulaal is wayward and unstructured. It holds you for the first 30 minutes and then on becomes a collage of multiple sub-plots. It is not clear what the focus is. At best it looks like an ensemble of adult jokes (some of them old and already heard) and liberal use of obscenities.
There are multiple themes running in Gulaal. There is college politics, vanity of men stripped of royalty, insurgent freedom planning, sexual manipulations, ragging, adultery - basically one too many. What fails is a story that would thread them together sensibly.
Anurag Kashyap, the director, has some good actors at his disposal but they can help only so much. Kay Kay Menon is convincing but is visibly uncomfortable in hurling abuses every ten minutes. Abhimanyu Singh (as Ransa) is the most impressive of the cast. Till the time he is on the screen, there is energy and demands attention. Mahie Gill has been unwise in choosing this film. She performs well but risks being slotted as 'the choice' for raunchy characters.
The music is average, except for the opening mujra. The lyrics attempt to pass too many messages. All in all, this film seems to suffer with a problem of plenty (subjects, characters, messages, etc). Skip this and you won't miss anything.
There are multiple themes running in Gulaal. There is college politics, vanity of men stripped of royalty, insurgent freedom planning, sexual manipulations, ragging, adultery - basically one too many. What fails is a story that would thread them together sensibly.
Anurag Kashyap, the director, has some good actors at his disposal but they can help only so much. Kay Kay Menon is convincing but is visibly uncomfortable in hurling abuses every ten minutes. Abhimanyu Singh (as Ransa) is the most impressive of the cast. Till the time he is on the screen, there is energy and demands attention. Mahie Gill has been unwise in choosing this film. She performs well but risks being slotted as 'the choice' for raunchy characters.
The music is average, except for the opening mujra. The lyrics attempt to pass too many messages. All in all, this film seems to suffer with a problem of plenty (subjects, characters, messages, etc). Skip this and you won't miss anything.