When Sudhir Mishra goes Tarantino's way --->
The result : A twisty turvy haphazard love story crisscrossed by mafia along with lots of pun and lots of humor yielding Clip.
Yeh Saali Zindagi is a real Pulp movie, where there is a story inside the story and flashback inside flashback.
Gangster falling in love with a Bar-Singer, who is in love with an Ex rich tycoon, who is engaged to a minister's daughter, who should be kidnapped by a Mafia from Russia in lieu of getting his elder brother out of Tihar Jail, who knows the accounts number of several Swiss banks account, which he finally tells to his side kick, who wanted to leave the gang because he's a lovely kissable wife and a trustworthy corrupt cop, who cannot be trusted .......... The story cannot be more real and complicated.
Sudhir Mishra was too good in penning them down and then turning the characters on the celluloid . After "Iss Raat ki Subah Nahin" and "Chameli", he has come a long way with wit and humor, and this time he is back with a Roller-coaster. The ride is thrilling and amazing when its comes to the characterization.
The castings continued with the names splattered all over the screen , even a small side kick is introduced with an introduction. It was a good format adopted by Mishra, and excellent handling by Sachin Kumar Krishnan and Archit D Rastogi for their camera and editing respectively.
Not to forget the dialogues , written with a twist of humor and dash of rougeness, pro-founding the real Delhi. Manu Rishi along with Mishra were superb with their pens as it cut through the real nerve of the movie. The movie went forward with their wit thrust and was real quick.
Irrfan khan was subtle in playing a smart underworld investment consultant but a dumb-ass when it comes to Love. He was superb with his lines and timings. He is one such actor who is actually turning out like that of early Naseerudin Shah and Om Puri.
The muse is still a muse, Chitrangda Singh again with her power role after
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi. She is charming and a playgirl with a brain and suited to the character of rock star with her sultry looks. The not so maiden diva was a delight in this male stuffed milieu.
Arunoday Singh was wasted earlier in
Aisha, Mirch and Sikander. This time the director's baby was a good deliverable when he came to play a lover and a henchman. Aditi Rao Hyadri, was a real treat, when it came to passionate love making scenes. She broke the record of Mallika Sherawat with 22 kisses in YSZ against 18 from Khwaish. This
Delhi-6 aunt has really come a long way.
While
Sushant Singh,Yashpal Sharma and Prashant Narayanan were competent with their part.
Saurabh Shukla , as a fat spitted scoundrel was too good especially with his the dirty rotten philosophy. He played the gangster or the moll with raw perfection.
The music composed by sitarist Nishat Khan was with terms with the movie and its pace. and the lyrics by Swanand Kirkire esp for the title track was worth the title.
The killing of Ex-kidnap kingpin resulting in a long fart was something really creative.
A Pulp story served sizzling...
