'idhar chuttad dhoney se pehle tamancha chalana sikhaya jaata hai'
This one-liner sums up an entire rib-tickling suspense.
Ishqiya: Starring Naseerusddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan
Just saw this movie and I’m awestruck by the way debutant directors(here Abhishekh Chaubey) are coming out with wonderful movies these days.
Ishqiya is a story of romance between individuals caught in a web of crime, passion, love, sex and deceit.
Two thieves, Khalujaan(Naseer) and Babban(Arshad), are found running, and also digging their own graves, from their boss(Salman Shahid, the Talib Kabul Express). As they seek to find refuge in their friend Verma’s house but instead meet his widow Krishna(Vidya).
Their time spent together gets out the old-fashioned lover in Khalu and Babban’s lustful eye. Comic suspense and drama follows as the story behind Krishna and her intentions are out in the open.
Set in a rural landscape, Ishqiya explore basic human emotions as influenced by greed, desire and revenge.
One thing that had me over and over thinking again was the title. Until not after 5 hours in awe of the movie did I realise. Its very basic:
Ishq+Chutiya= ISHQIYA
The movie is full of some great convos(thanks to Gulzaar saab and Bharadwaj) as is clearly potrayed by Arshad and Nandu(master Alok Kumar from Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic fame)BABBAN-Tujhe yahan pe red light area pata hai
NANDU-Paise lageinge
BABBAN-Mein kaun sa fakir ka katora le ke jaa raha hoon
NANDU-Main sau rupaiye loonga
BABBAN-Abe teri kaun lega
Or even
BABBAN- Kaisa Lagriya hoon
KRISHNA- Chutiyam Sulphate
Or even
KHALU-Mujhe iss haramzaadi se ishq ho gaya hai
BABBAN-Yeh sahi hai khalu...tumhara ishq ishq aur hamara ishq sex
The movie is purely hindi with ‘twist’ of Bhojpuri that is frankly important for the mindset of the movie
All the characters have done an exceptional performance worth mentioning. It would the stupid to say that no one could have played Khalu better than Naseer. The circuit tag associated with Arshad has some tough competition as definitely Babban is goin to be cherished for a long time. Vidya as Krishna hasn’t been any better and once again proves she’s one of the finest performers in the industry today. Nandu's 10 minute screen time is a sensation.
Music is extraordinary. Ibn-e-batuta and Dil to Bachha are the pick of the lot.
Personally, The movie leaves you wanting for more.
Rating:****
CHECK IT OUT IF U STILL HAVENT!!!1
