Kalyug - Avoid!

I went and watched the Hindi movie 'Kalyug' last night. Right upfront, I would like to say that it was not at all my idea and I squarely blame my friend who booked the tickets for the movie. That now keeps me in a comfortable position to completely shred the movie to pieces.

Frankly, it's not a movie really worth shredding apart. Its a story about some a poor unsuspecting soul getting caught in a deep plot revolving around the pornography industry. The poor soul goes on the rampage and eliminates all responsible for attempting to wreck havoc in his life. The storyline was feeble, direction practically non-existent, script unintentionally hilarious and performances earnest but desperate. The human trade and porn industry aspect is hardly dealt with which rendered the 'unique' industry which the movie supposedly dealt with, irrelevant.

The one facet of the movie that absolutely did rock was the music. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's music and his piece 'Jiya Dhadak' makes you hum as you gladly exit the cinema hall. The only other bit which got you even slightly interested in what was happening was, quite surprisingly, the performance and role of Emran Hashmi. I never thought a day would come when the only saving face of the movie would be Emran Hasmi's performance. What was even more surprising, as another of my friends put it, was that there was not a single smooching scene that he had in this movie! Et the end of Emran Hashmi's career, this movie might well go down as one of the rare ones in which he actually didn't have one such scene.

In conclusion, the only reason why you might want to watch this movie is if you like watching movies that are sure to go down in history (in light of Emran Hashmi's surprising role).