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Sapno ke desh mein...



I remember a few years ago, around the time "Bluffmaster" released, Abhishek Bachchan saying he categorized movies into only two- good movies and bad movies. Apparently he did not know that there were more choices and he did not certainly know that movies like Sapno ke desh mein... were made

I too subscribed to the views of JuniorB because it made sense to me. Reading the book "If better is possible" by John Buchanan these days, it is so easily made out that Chetan Shah either became too redundant with the actors or he indulged himself a lot while making the movie. I still don't understand how the producers- Raw Films, if am not wrong- came forward after listening to the narration by Chetan

Coming back to the movie itself I felt that it had a good story to tell but then failed in the aspect of screenplay and incompetent performances by not just the lead cast but also the supporting cast. It starts with that tested flashback within a flashback format and starts off on a good note. What can't be held against the movie is the way it looks. Shot in Kodaikanal, the camera work in the movie is simply amazing subtly capturing every minute detail

Shot as "Framed" in 2005 as an English movie, it stars Lekha Washington, Rohan Gupta, Sean Williams, Karthik and a couple of theatre actors. All of them turn in incompetent performances, especially Sean Williams, who hams the most!

Midway through the movie the director resorts to sleaze as he shows a couple of kissing scenes, an actress in bare frontal minimals and Lekha, too shows her skin a bit

P.S.: I went to this movie on the invitation of a colleague, who acted in the movie. It provided me with the best view in the sense that me along with another guest of his were the only people watching the movie in the second half. Just three people
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