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By Joginder Tuteja, September 11, 2008 - 15:12 IST
MOVIE DETAILS
Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Manisha Koirala, Ranvir Shorey, Sonali Kulkarni, Parvin Dabbas, Rituparna Sengupta, Ankur Khanna, Nauheed Cyrusi
Director: Rajaatsh Nayar
Producer: Sanjay Kotadia, Ghanshyam Patel, Kanu Patel
Music: Sohail Sen, Shibani Kashyap
Lyrics: Mehboob, Vipul Saini
THE FILM
Sirf comes a year late if one looks at the episodic movies which were pretty much in vogue in 2007. Life… In A Metro, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd, Salaam E Ishq and Hat trick - there were countless episodic films which were churned out by Bollywood in the year gone by. Sirf too follows the same lines as it tells the story of four couples Kay Kay Menon-Manisha Koirala, Ranvir Shorey-Sonali Kulkarni, Parvin Dabbas-Rituparna Sengupta and Ankur Khanna-Nauheed Cyrusi; each of them looking for that extra ounce of happiness in their lives.
To be fair to the writer and the director, Sirf wins the battle as one doesn't quite have to 'choose' a particular story out of the four in the running. That's because each of them gets equal prominence and at number of places, especially in the second half of the film, also overlap each other with characters being closely attached to each other in some way or the other.
So there you have Manisha who hires Parvin to run an advertisement campaign for her. Parvin's wife Rituparna suspects him of two timing her. She is also pally with Sonali, her neighbor, whose husband Ranvir works in Manisha's firm. Meanwhile Ankur works with Parvin and also plays the role of a detective for Kay Kay who suspects his wife Manisha of infidelity. This leaves Nauheed who is Ankur's girlfriend and also friends with Sonali, a bank employee.
Confusing? Not really! Even though the film has as many as eight characters, they intermingle with each other almost seamlessly which makes Sirf a fairly engrossing watch. The film can't really be classified in a particular genre since it mixes elements of drama, light hearted moments and some weepy moments in decent proportions. However, don't expect any histrionics even as number of acclaimed actors come together on the same frame. Even though Sirf boasts of experienced actors like Kay Kay Menon, Manisha Koirala, Ranvir Shorey, Sonali Kulkarni and Rituparna Sengupta who have a dozen odd major awards amongst themselves, they are not really required to go an extra mile and come up with what one may term as a mind blowing performance.
This can mainly be attributed to the script of Sirf which isn't really a tout affair as it doesn't quite hook you to your couch as you see the reels unfold. It in fact makes for one lazy afternoon watch where you can play it on for some time, take a quick nap in the middle, play it again after waking up and then dispose off the DVD once you are through with the film.
PACKAGING
The film comes in a standard local plastic case. Since the DVD comes on Moser Baer, don't expect any fancy packaging.
DURATION
The film comes in a single DVD pack with the film's duration being 135 minutes.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The DVD doesn't come with any special features.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
- 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- Subtitles in English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 and Stereo
PRICE
Rs. 50/=
CONCLUSION
There is a piece of history which goes with the film Sirf - Life Looks Greener on the Other Side. This film directed by debutant Rajaatsh Nayar had released on the same day as Yash Raj Films' Tashan. Now even though Tashan by itself was a hugely disappointing affair, it still did enough damage to Sirf by eclipsing it completely at the box office. For a film which came with minimal publicity, there was just one weekend in hand to make some money and that too was thoroughly destroyed due to all talks being centered on Tashan.
So why bring Tashan when focus should be on Sirf here? Well, exactly the point! Because now as the film arrives on DVD, one realizes that it is not really a bad movie. Of course, this was never meant to be a classic in the making nor does it qualify itself to be a must watch after being seen on the DVD. However, the fact remains that it is one of those decent films which are not really damaging when seen on the telly.
 
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