Gully Boy - A+ (Award Worthy)
After listening to massive wave of backlash against Alia Bhatt and Gully Boy from Kangana Ranaut after untimely death of Sushant Singh Rajput (May he rest in peace). I decided to watch Gully Boy out of curiosity and I was amazed how terribly wrong Kangana was to attribute someone's death to a movie or certain people. Gully Boy for a person like me who rarely watch Bollywood movies unless it's on Netflix is such a game changer. A whole movie not only on rap music woven into struggles of a poor guys from slums with the message of empowerment to youth, friendships and dream was astounding.
I don't even listen to rap music besides EMINEM, and I was enchanted by Indian rap which I have never heard in my life. I was amazed that they used no profanity laced rap in the movie to make it more appealing to younger crowed either. They showed Muslim background where singing in the family is the forbidden and empowered even Hijab wearing Alia Bhatt to speak her mind and still be the leading lady. To say she won award for 15 mints screen time is utterly ridiculous, you don't have to win an award for how much time you have spend on screen. Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs and Judi Dench in Elizabeth won Oscars for merely roles 10-15mints screen time. A movie like Gully Boy, which is one of kind real musical directed by a women is commendable.
The hate towards the movie from some part of the very vocal group speaks volume of misogyny in some individuals. who want to take advantage of someone's demise to settle their own old scores against old enemies from YashRaj, Karan Johar, Bhatt Family, Hrithik's family friends Javed Akhtar etc etc. is utterly shameful. A person who never worked with him or helped him while he was being trolled for Drive and rumours now is trying to become his ally. Nepotism exists in every industry even a shopkeeper hands over businesses to his family not stranger and to train them you have to put them through the business. Some get successful, but mostly miserably fail. Legendary actors like Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla, Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan were outsiders, there is mix balance of both sides and new crop Ayushman Khurrana, Kangana Ranaut, Taapsee Panu, Rajkumar Rao, Katrina Kaif, Kriti Sanon and Bhumi Padnekar are proof that if you have talent you can make space, it won't be easy but if you want an easy life then don't chase your dreams. Chasing dreams and accomplishing them is going to be hard and I am glad that this movie shows that and put a light on such topic and I hope people understand and focus on positivity and not the negativity.
A powerful movie which showed camaraderie among friends without jealousy, determination, family love and struggles living in slums with rap music is unimaginable in Bollywood mainstream cinema with top actors Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. The movie deserves all accolades as cinema like this needs to be encouraged and appreciated.
After listening to massive wave of backlash against Alia Bhatt and Gully Boy from Kangana Ranaut after untimely death of Sushant Singh Rajput (May he rest in peace). I decided to watch Gully Boy out of curiosity and I was amazed how terribly wrong Kangana was to attribute someone's death to a movie or certain people. Gully Boy for a person like me who rarely watch Bollywood movies unless it's on Netflix is such a game changer. A whole movie not only on rap music woven into struggles of a poor guys from slums with the message of empowerment to youth, friendships and dream was astounding.
I don't even listen to rap music besides EMINEM, and I was enchanted by Indian rap which I have never heard in my life. I was amazed that they used no profanity laced rap in the movie to make it more appealing to younger crowed either. They showed Muslim background where singing in the family is the forbidden and empowered even Hijab wearing Alia Bhatt to speak her mind and still be the leading lady. To say she won award for 15 mints screen time is utterly ridiculous, you don't have to win an award for how much time you have spend on screen. Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs and Judi Dench in Elizabeth won Oscars for merely roles 10-15mints screen time. A movie like Gully Boy, which is one of kind real musical directed by a women is commendable.
The hate towards the movie from some part of the very vocal group speaks volume of misogyny in some individuals. who want to take advantage of someone's demise to settle their own old scores against old enemies from YashRaj, Karan Johar, Bhatt Family, Hrithik's family friends Javed Akhtar etc etc. is utterly shameful. A person who never worked with him or helped him while he was being trolled for Drive and rumours now is trying to become his ally. Nepotism exists in every industry even a shopkeeper hands over businesses to his family not stranger and to train them you have to put them through the business. Some get successful, but mostly miserably fail. Legendary actors like Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla, Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan were outsiders, there is mix balance of both sides and new crop Ayushman Khurrana, Kangana Ranaut, Taapsee Panu, Rajkumar Rao, Katrina Kaif, Kriti Sanon and Bhumi Padnekar are proof that if you have talent you can make space, it won't be easy but if you want an easy life then don't chase your dreams. Chasing dreams and accomplishing them is going to be hard and I am glad that this movie shows that and put a light on such topic and I hope people understand and focus on positivity and not the negativity.
A powerful movie which showed camaraderie among friends without jealousy, determination, family love and struggles living in slums with rap music is unimaginable in Bollywood mainstream cinema with top actors Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. The movie deserves all accolades as cinema like this needs to be encouraged and appreciated.