Life in a Metro (LIAM)

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Drama

Mr.Anurag Basu , Sir , I would like to tell you that we Indians cannot stomach geriatric people having sex, or for that matter eloping and having an informal Live-In relationship.The entire audience was snickering whenever this subplot was on screen.

Also , gays do not shock us anymore.So stop using them for shock value alone.

Ok , let me just say that I like the direction in which mainstream cinema is moving in bollywood.Its becoming less masala and more arty !

LIAM , is just one of those movies.The story is about a bunch of people whose lives are intricately interweved with each others in ways that they dont even understand.

K.K.Menon and Shilpa Shetty are married , but emotionally divorced.Shilpa's sister Konkona sen , is a thirty something virgin desperate for some love in her life.Her roommate is Kangana Ranaut who is having an affair with her boss, and Sherman is the guy with loose ethics who is madly in love with her.Irrfan Khan is the antiseducer who turns off Konkona with his weirdness.Shiney Ahuja is the theatre actor who falls for Shilpa Shetty .And finally You have a unconvincing and wincing in pain love story of Nafisa ali and Dharmendar (who are by the way very old)

Irrfan and konkona provide the comedy in this movie.In a classic scene , Irrfan meets Konkona , where he plays a perfect anti-seducer .He stares at her breasts , he lies , he bores her to death and tells her that he likes her very much.Konkona rejects him but does not realise that there is a future for this unconventional relationship.

K.K Menon is as usual very good.He plays the perfect male chauvinist pig that women love to hate , and he does it convincingly ! Shilpa Shetty , God ! I've never seen a better waist on a bollywood actress ! Her acting is also commendable.
Konkona , aaah ! You can connect with her plight .She believes in love and is desperately searching for it.Her heart is broken and now fears falling in love.

Sherman Joshi , is an opportunistic young man with money on his mind and loose morals and ethics .He is a call centre employee , who would do anything to get ahead and make more money.But even he gets his dose of reality when the love of his life is found sleeping with someone else.
A small note.People in call centres will surely not appreciate the portrayal of promiscuity and loose morals.

Shiney Ahuja , is a theatre actor , whose dreams of making it big have soured.His friendship with the married Shilpa Shetty and consequent love will lead to disaster.Again his acting is impeccable , especially the theatre scene where he is spouting dialogues in full vim and vigour only to be disturbed repeatedly.

Kangana , so beautiful....Drooooool.....she has fallen in love with the wrong guy , then wants to break out of the relationship.Why is she always given the slutty role ? C'mon ....Kanagana , I'm sorry I'll have to call your acting a bit wooden.

Finally , Dharmendar and Nafisa Ali .Lovers who meet after forty something years...They even elope and live together, and GASP ! Kiss ...Me and the guys closed our eyes when they kissed.We were simply not ready to watch 60 + people kissing.The subject was not very convincing and again Dharmendar was rendering dialogues in a style reminiscent to his "Kutte , Kaminey " days.

Scenes to watch out for...Konkona and Irrfan's on screen chemistry.Shiney Ahuja's theatre scene and and finally the bollywood Ishtyle climax, where there are high speed car chases , a horse chase and lotsa emo-ketchup.

Music wise , Producers have given Pritam complete freedom and it shows.The music is pure rock .No gratuitous and compulsory Bhangra and no rap.Its pure Rock.AND IT ROCKS. Watch out for Alvida , which starts after Sherman's heart is broken.Though I like the "Alvida " sung by KK , The director has chosen the James reprise of Alvida.

Finally , the climatic song "Kar Salaam " simply does not fit with the last scene of Shiney dropping down dejected."Kar Salaam " is a celebratory song , and Shiney is not celebrating !