BLACK - What's It Got That White Aint

Am so glad they refrained from christening it BLACK - The Darkness

(No reviews. We've got enough spiders weaving their two cents worth on the world wide web. Self-consolotary euphimism for I am bad at critique)

The production reminds one of the works of roadside artists in Europe (and in some parts, the continent and its customs too). There is an inherent richness in earthy tones, and I'd say it is Bhansali's playful indulgence in these particular colors that has largely contributed towards the (much-touted-and-justified) poetic feel of the movie.

He could have cut down on the utopian sentimentality though (note to self too), especially towards the end of the movie ...instantly stirs up memories of (spiteful jabs at the Delete button when confronted with the) old-men-who-died-and-went-to-heaven-and-poor-wives-who-were-left-grieving-and-long-stemmed-red-roses-that-stopped-turning-up-on-the-doorstep-every-morning-thereafter FORWARDS...arrrrrgh
(Nobody ever wrote about the milkmen who'd died the same day as the old men :P)

All said and done, a virtuoso surfaces, after long..

Current Music - Don McLean's Vincent
(An ode to Van Gogh's Starry Night )