Gaja Gamini

I doubt that many in the Indian Community will like this movie because they tend to like "Cookie Cutter" movies in general. Boring. This movie was not "entertaining" and I doubt it was meant to be. For some reason moviegoers expect this. People should do some research and don't have expectations before entering the theatre. The movie progresses through scenes in play format. Each character represents a role in life and the importance of interaction between them. See for yourself, if you like something a little more sophisticated than surreal singing in the "snow-covered hills of Switzerland" by sari-clad lip-sinkers.

After Uday Shankars' Kalpana of 1948,a long gap,& at the begining of Y2K Gaja Gamini arrived like a magic ,those Indians who think Art house movie means the random display of poverty,Gaja Gamini's not a movie for them,neither Gaja Gamini 's movie for potboiler type movie lovers. Why this pure Filmy Art form made by MF Husain didn't wave the box office circuit is still a debate.&if the debate continues,many flaws connected with Indian cine audience will come out. Kalpana made by a genius dancer & Gaja Gamini tells the story of a lady predominantly in dance form. Gaja Gamini certainly hugely relied on the calibre of Madhuri Dixit.& this movie showcased the massive potential of Madhuri Dixit Nene( in predictable but not in cheaper form) for the 1st time.

I had high hopes for this film until I actually saw it. Beneath the beautiful photography and technical brilliance was a poorly acted film. Apart from "do sadion" and "meri payal bole.." the rest of the soundrack is just a plain strugle. For a movie that heavily relied on its soundtrack. they could have done a far better job. AS for Madhuri the star of the show could have been anyone. Madhuri's glamourous prescence was not felt. Naseer's role seemed to make a fool out out of leonardo da vinci. Frankly speeking this film was just a piece of compicated nonscence without any meaning or sense. It felt like the movie was exclusively disigned for the directors viewing pleasure.IE only the director knew what this lifeless nonsense was about. Hardly intelectual viewing....

A lot of times, a movie review might say that the movie is not that great but if the actor is your favorite, then you can see it. This movie had three of my favorite actors, Madhuri, Shabana and Naseer, and I would not recommend it to anyone. Suffice it to say that I was extremely disappointed. This movie had no plot and it did not make any sense. It was essentially a collage of scenes with nothing but the characters in common. I would classify it as an expression of M. F. Hussain's obsession with Madhuri Dixit. It was just a "modern art" painting with film as medium rather than canvas. There were a lot of songs, hardly any memorable, all were barely tolerable. If you consider yourself an intellectual and like good dialogue, then perhaps this movie is for you. But it has absolutely no entertainment value.

it has no story,no plot,it isn't a film either,it is a miniature of greatest artpieces togather. deeply symbolic,and highly aesthetic. no one can criticise it,if they watch it,not just through their eyes,but soul instead. it requires heavy knowledge and deep aesthetic ability to understand and interpret the symbolic scenes.u can understand it only if u lend your soul and watch it through eyes of the painter.choreography is outstanding and art direction is amazing.every aspect is perfect, it never appears to be shot or filmed,rather inscribed naturally out of memories. it took me several months to understand it partially, i bet no one even hussain himself could understand it completely, because it has multidimensions,some of which remain hidden every time,and thats the beauty and mystery of every great artpiece.since its not part of popcorn culture it is expected to be criticised by dumb,loud masses and classes even, because it is made only for artlovers.if u r not one don't watch it and die in darkness of ignorance away from beauty of life.it is the greatest art creation ever made on planet.