Dev D by Nikhil

Link: www.devdthefilm.com/

Verdict: Path-breaking.

Cool!: There is only one word to describe this modern-day adaptation of Devdas by Anurag Kashyap. Radical. And it primarily needs to be applauded for breaking the typical stereotypes in Indian Cinema that have bored us for so long. Thus in the movie, we find the so called hero lusting after the heroine with no emotional attachment for most part of the film, the girl herself carrying a bed to the open fields for obvious reasons, a kind of language unheard of before in mainstream cinema and not to forget an absolute absence of an independent villianous character. And the best part is, to find the movie doing well and being appreciated inspite of all being so unconventional. I had seen the film on the first day, and my first reaction was "yeh idhar nahin chalegi". But the response has been phenomenally positive and that has left me pleasantly surprised.
Anurag Kashyap deserves all the adulation for his phenomenal vision, guts to be so experimental and innovative, and last but not the least, for not going the abstract 'No Smoking' way here. Abhay Deol has once again shown he's a far shot from his relatives (the other deols!) in terms of acting as he puts in an exceptional performance for the role, he warrants true appreciation for his role of the mercurial, possesive and egoistic junkie.
The camera work, especially at certain places, is astonishing, so are the graphics and the colours used in the movie. The music is remarkable as well; with hardly many dialogues in the film, its the audio score that tells half the story. I personally loved the huge sountrack, especially the punjabi numbers!

Yawn!: I have this notion that a movie that I truly enjoy leaves me with this strange sense of satisfaction when it's over, and well, in case of DevD though I was overtly impressed, the feeling was somewhere incomplete. And I would blame two portions of the film for it. Firstly, the moment of realization for Abhay at the end is way too sudden and inconsequential to lead towards the shown transformation, it just somewhere seems a very unlikely change for his stubborn character to go through. The second half of the film is way too long and dragged as well. Secondly, the chemistry between Dev and Paro didn't click to me somehow, their contact with each other seemed just too little and physical to justify any kind of prolonged attachment (even infatuation), as per me. My expectations were more, but that doesn't take away the fact that there are still enough positives in the film to appreciate. So go for it, just one warning.. you'll feel like having alcohol half-way through it.