Glycerine to Guns: Anubhav Sinha 
By IndiaFM News Bureau, July 5, 2005 - 04:43 IST
'Keep it simple' his face tells you.
Pankaj Parashar's assistant gave us a likeable 'Tum Bin' and an avoidable 'Aapko Pehle Bhi Kabhi Dekha Hain'. The score- even. The wizard of weepies now pulls up a surprise when Dus fires gun shots at movie screens this Friday. Over to Anubhav Sinha, the low profile director whose made a biggie.
Not an action film?
Not to take anything away from my action coordinators Allan-Amin, but Dus is primarily an intrigue film. I am not shying away from the fact that the film has action, that too some fabulous ones. But the plot is what drives the film. After a long time Sanju has done some interesting stunts. Abhishek, Zayed and Anna too have done a neat job. Also the action is huge; we blew up 15 imported cars! While leaving the location, there was 5 more standing in the park lot! So I asked Allan, why did you order so many? He shrugged and said, “Just in case…” You should know our action guru is a little too excited!
Aapka music toh bahut badiya hain!
Vishal-Shekhar are really talented guys. Unlike other music directors, they didn't open a huge music library for each song. Instead, they heard out the situations and gave me compositions to suit each one. And I don't remember trashing a single track of theirs! As much as I would like to take credit for the music, it is solely their doing.
The women in the film don't have much to do, right?
Aisi baat bilkul nahi hain! Shilpa, Esha, Raima and Dia all have equally vital roles to play. Yes, the screen time may be short in the case of Raima and Dia. But they have something substantial to their character, they aren't mere props. I discovered Shilpa and Esha during the shoot. They do some fantastic action!. Actually I still kid with Shilpa saying that, “I have been your fan since I was 11 years old!”
Special effects that don't look special ?!
The other day I met a journalist friend of mine and was showing him the film on my laptop. He saw the movie and said, “Anu, film toh badiya hain, SFX hote toh aur mazaa aata!” I was amused. I asked him, didn't you catch the effects? He nodded. So I reran the particular video stream and asked him to watch closely, guiding him at places where it has been used. Only then did he realize. I hope this makes the cinematic experience more pleasurable. The sequence no more looks 'cartoonish'. Instead, it has a natural and 'doable' feel!
The climax…? What about it?
They say, 'Seeing is believing'. so wait until you check out the film. But let me tell you that the last 20 minutes of the film is the highlight. I have seen the film around a 100 times and it gives me goose bumps every time. Also it isn't as if the film is too violent. Yes, it is an action flick, but my approach has been, 'the death is important, the blood is not'. So you can watch the film with your family without having to tell your kid, 'Jao raju, bahar jake khelo! when a bloody scene crops up'
|
Promo Watch: Dus
