A filmmakers take on the grandeur of cinema is always a pleasurable watch even if its on those strainingly uncomfortable front row seats. Road, Movie is one such film that you would want to watch in spite of that pain in your neck. The film is not so much about the four main characters but about the art of filmmaking. The most memorable scene remains when Satish Kaushik physically scissors out a scene because he thinks it to be too boring for his local audiences i.e. Benegal's take on editing.
It may be a little slow for Indian sensbilities, we are yet to develop that eye for cinema. It is kind of shameful because even a film like Shree 420 made decades ago tried to put in some logic into our heads. May be it is the thought of looking at films as entertainment that overshadows the real meaning behind it, we call it Popcorn entertainment.
Abhay deol after his portrayal of a jilted lover in Dev D, doesnt deliver much, shoddy dialogues and certain amount of hesitance engulfs his performance. Satish Kaushik is his usual self and new comer Tanishta as a gypsy woman is convincing, its more got to do with her look than her skills.
But in my opinion lets not watch Road, Movie expecting stellar performaces, watch it to be just grateful that we have cinema, the art that touches all of us in some way or the other.
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