{"id":638,"date":"2009-10-14T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2009\/10\/movie-preview-blue-2.html"},"modified":"2011-06-07T00:36:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T00:36:03","slug":"movie-preview-blue-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2009\/10\/movie-preview-blue-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Preview : Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blue<\/a>\"\"My intuition is wishy-washy on this one. Promises to be another blown-up, bloated, can-you-do-this stunt-filled film with more hype and very little matter (hopefully will be more complimentary in the Blue movie review) i.e.; another wanna-be Indian action\/thriller<\/a>. For starters there is Aarav, Akshay Kumar , owner of \u201cBlue Shipping & Fisheries\u201d (that\u2019s probably where they got the name, no ?) , eminently eligible bachelor, risk-taker extraordinaire, and very-very sun-glassed. In his honor, an ode to similarly sun-glassed men :<\/p>\n

Ah, so cool,
So very, very cool,
I drool
Drool : nothing but saliva<\/p>\n

Then there is Sanjay Dutt, the man who must never, ever appear in a wetsuit in public, or else we will all be blinded. Which I am. I can\u2019t type.<\/p>\n

** 2 hours later ** Apparently the blindness is temporary. So back to business. Saagar (Dutt) is Aarav\u2019s closest friend, and, the website says, \u201ca straight-forward, simple man with a troubled past and a modest future\u201d. OK. Sam (Zayed Khan) is Sagar\u2019s estranged brother. He\u2019s also arrogant, passionate about bikes (I didn\u2019t see that coming), and seeking refuge from an accidental brush with the mafia. Lara Dutta\u2019s<\/a> character is creatively named Mona, and she is a marine enthusiast, and Sagar\u2019s lady love. She\u2019s also pretty, \u201ceffervescent\u201d (according to the website) and compassionate. How nice, really ! The part about her being compassionate, and . . . er, effervescent. Must help with the floating in the H20.<\/p>\n

There is also Katrina Kaif<\/a>, sporting a chin stud, dishevelled hair, and presumably the surprise package, because the official website doesn’t mention her in the cast. Accidental ommission ? I think not. Anyway, the story is that the 3 males go treasure hunting in the Pacific Ocean, amid shark-infested waters. Ms. Dutta is presumably a hanger-on of sorts, because the story doesn\u2019t explicitly mention her role.Very few come back from the deep, we are told. So will these pretty people ? <\/p>\n

The music looks good. \u201cAaj dil gustakh\u201d is very nice, although I do have reservations about the \u201cChiggy wiggy\u201d song \u2013 wish it didn\u2019t have the Bhangra beats forced in there. Kylie Minogue is in the movie as herself. Lara Dutta joins the bevy of bikin-clad Bollywoodian beauties, and looks fit and svelte doing it. <\/p>\n