Lost in a magic world

Good work of art needs to be effortless. Garnished by a certain degree of serendipity they appeal to heart as they ooze of grace. Dreamy streak comes so naturally to them. A thing of beauty can not be made up. Laden with artificiality it turns you off. Natural charisma weaves a magic world, a world you want to end up wandering in. To me Khoya Khoya Chand signifies same natural, beautiful, innocent and enchanting world.

Retro look is the modern mantra today. Those belly bottoms which were adored by our moms and aunts are back into fashion, doted on by svelte lasses supposedly expert in haute culture. Even in a world which seemingly swears by metro sexual male, his ruggedness is lapped up with alacrity. So it was not great surprise to see rushes of a movie some times back which created aura of 50’s. of course this seems to be best time encash on retrospection , my heart told me. To top it all, those who watched it weren’t really enthused by the show. They rather trashed it , deeming it a beautiful looking movie with nothing in it. Well they almost dampened an already sagging spirit. Well movie could have been a damp squib and throwing all these friendly reviews to winds we dared to venture out to watch it. Reasons? No, I wasn’t too sure of Sudhir Mishra’s exploits though he won over all of us through “Hazaron Khwaishein Aisi”. But he was the man behind a loud bombed one called “Chameli” too. Shiney Ahuja is a marvelous actor but he has been wasted before. But I still preferred to take on perennially inclement December nights of Delhi as ticket came cheap and frankly I had little work at hand .Killing time can be so tough sometimes. And yeah against all negative publicity there was a lovely friend of mine who egged me on and said “Go , watch it” .

First half was nice spell cast on me. A beautiful combination of exquisite background, creditable acting and some real innovative direction took my breath away. Shiney Ahuja was simply brilliant as suffering son, looking for identity and dignity. Many actors have come and gone, but to see a non UP/Bihari actor excel in garb of a young man from Lucknow , who is confident yet somewhat insecure, was refreshing and don’t expect many to outshine his effort soon. He was caring yet egoist, he was loving yet abusive, he had tender heart yet managed to hurt, did not have a secured future but had pluck in those eyes I simply could not help but falling all over this character. To be honest somewhere down there felt traces of it were too well known.

Second half was not as charming as the first one. It was difficult to match those soared expectations after the first half. Still it was not a damp squib. At some point felt it being far fetched at others weird and at some other hopelessly romantic. Characters had different hues and shades unlike those eternally loved and abhorred ones. End was sudden but not completely unanticipated.

Watch this movie it you have human feeling deep in side this human drawer called heart. If there is a dreamy streak in your eyes, if you can imagine beautiful things, if you love being lost sometimes, if you are a wandering soul and can appreciate feelings and things of beauty, better shell out some buck you may rue missing an opportunity lost. Storyline is nothing great to rave about, it’s less about content and more about presentation, Style with certain substance would be best way to sum up this tinsel magic.