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Review - Marigold |
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Arun and Movie Guru |
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Marigold
Cast: Salman Khan, Ali Larter,Nandana Sen,Gulshan Grover,Ian
Bohen,Simone singh,Vikas Bhalla,suchitra Pillai
Direction: Willard Carroll
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy |
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romantic comedy featuring Ali Carter, who has enjoyed
quite a bit of fame after the “Heroes”
serial, can very well be the only reason for stepping
into the theatres for this movie. But the expectations
quadrupled after Salman Khan, who has not just a fan
following in India but around the world was signed
for the project. Which also happens to be the star’s
first English movie.
The movie is about a B grade Hollywood actress Ali
carter flies to Goa, India to do a role in Kamasutra
3, but the movie is sacked and the actress is left
stranded in Goa. But the production assistant of the
movie Suchitra Pillai helps her and offers to give
a lift to her till Mumbai but after meeting her boyfriend
who is working on the shoot of a Bollywood movie.
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woos everyone in the sets including the director who agrees
to give a role in his Bollywood musical but asks Carter to
dance, which he doesn’t know. Enter Salman Khan the
Choreographer of the movie, He teaches her the moves and also
ends up losing his heart to her and vise versa, even though
Carter is having a boyfriend. |
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After a few dance routines Salman asks Carter for
a date and tells her that he is a Prince in Rajasthan.
Carter follows him to his palace in Rajasthan where
Salman’s sister’s marriage is taking place.
Everyone loves Carter and suddenly enter Nanditha
Sen who has been fixed to Salman Khan from their childhood
and you begin to fell the trappings of a regular love
triangle but adding to the confusion Barry, Carter’s
Boyfriend also comes to Rajasthan (out of the blue)
in search of her (now we have a love quadrangle).
So whose Wishes will come true and whose won’t
forms the rest of this predictable story.
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is pretty evident that our wish of watching a feel good
movie is not going to come true as the Director Willard
Carroll, drags us to join this so called adventure which
is hardly an excuse of a movie. This may very well be more
disastrous than Aishwarya Rai’s Bride and Prejudice.
Many scenes were sans logic, how did the boyfriend after
going to Goa and Mumbai ended up in Rajasthan having no
clue where she is?
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Acting
wise Salman Khan goes through the motions. Actually
he doesn’t have much to do a lazes through the
scenes and anyone who has seen a Salman Khan movie
will be able to guess how convincing he will look
as a choreographer. But we should appreciate the director
for having the guts to show Salman khan as one. Salman
is terrible in the dances as usual but at the same
time he looks handsome and girls are sure to drool
over his looks. Carter the protagonist does a good
job and looks ravishing. Suchitra Pillai does her
role with élan. There is no other character
which stands in mind worth referring. What was Gulshan
Grover (Hindi cinema’s bad man) doing in this
movie? The only dialogue he utters is “No”
and always bears a long face. Such a talented actor
is totally wasted for such a weird role.
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Music
from Shankar Ehsaan and Loy is ok but nothing that lingers
in the mind. The choreography is done to suit Salman Khan,
very simple steps of stretching the hands and stretching the
legs and it’s done, and now blame the reason for this
to the Reel hero of the film who gets feet of clay when it
comes to dancing. The only saving grace of the movie was the
neat cinematography, as Rajasthan never looked so beautiful.
On the whole thanks for the director for making it a short
movie, its running time is about 2 hours and it has almost
5 or 6 songs in it. No wonders it’s a musical. The movie
is surely a disaster and the very fact that I watched the
movie almost alone in its first day of its release states
the final outcome of this Salman Khan Starrer. And, if you
are a Salman fan and really want to watch one of his movies
then… well, Partner is still in theaters, go and have
a good laugh. The handsome hunk of Bollywood should have chosen
a better vehicle for his international launch. This one will
hardly get noticed.
Verdict – please skip this
Rating -
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