Guddu

I watched this movie recently so I realize the storytelling style is now outdated. But I immensely enjoyed watching this film. I wasn't expecting it to be great since I had never really heard anything about this movie previously but once I started to watch it I got very engaged in the story and characters. Shah Rukh Khan shows his brilliance and talent as an actor. His emotions really sink into you and you feel as if he is really going through what his character is. He does a very convincing job in this movie. The story is very endearing about an only son who is loved dearly by his polar opposite parents. His father is an atheist lawyer and his mother is a strongly religious person. SRK gets caught in the middle of these two who argue regularly on how to raise their son but he loves both parents and don't want to hurt either of them. The movie starts out very lighthearted and funny but then encounters a serious twist. This movie is worth watching especially if you love Shah Rukh, he won't disappoint you in this one!

Guddu is often described as one of Shahrukh Khan's worst movies, and it frankly is. But Khan himself does not really do that bad a job. On the contrary, he is convincing as the young guy who decisively wants to take responsibility for his acts. It is the story that lets everyone, including Khan, down. A very unrealistic story which is hard to believe. The story is about a young lively guy named Guddu and his beautiful girlfriend Salina. One day they have a car accident and consequently Salina loses her sight. Guddu ceaselessly blames himself for her tragedy and later, after being diagnosed with a fatal brain tumour, decides to donate his own eyes to Salina. This creates a conflict between Guddu and his parents. Guddu consists of some very boring sequences and songs, some pathetic proceedings which, as said, lack credibility. Manisha Koirala plays the blind girl well. She is beautiful and her chemistry with Khan is quite good. The two of course would compensate for this awful film with the 1998 classic Dil Se. Deepti Naval tries to give her best as Guddu's mother, but sadly it's not enough to make Guddu a better film. Mukesh Khanna is okay as his father. The film's ending is really laughable. The film unfortunately took itself too seriously considering it did not have much for. Had it not had Shahrukh Khan in it, no one would have remembered or known of its existence.

Shahrukh Khan is always out to surprise. I personally enjoyed this one, because it supported the thought that one should not blindly follow what their parents want for them, and that it's OK to be original. Sure he a little overacted with the headaches, but how does one exactly portray a severe headache? It also adds to the comedy aspect. Shahrukh Khan is a wonderful dancer (although he denies it), and it shows in this one almost as good as it did in DDLJ. Another aspect it has is the different sports(activities) that the female lead character is put on par with SRK's character, if not better, because she knows what she wants to do when she's finished college. And her idea's original(not what daddy says). This is a real reality in our world today. It's not as funny as DDLJ or serious as Kal Ho Naa Ho. But the artist did a great job(SRK) for the part given.

The viewer must remember this film is 10 years old, and at times may seem a bit dated, but it does not distract too much. At times, one must suspend disbelief and allow yourself to be taking on the journey.

Shah Rukh Khan is very watchable in this film, as always; other than the over the top acting in regard to a medical condition...won't say what. :oP

As long as you can allow yourself to be carried along the journey this film takes, and over look the over the top scenes that do occur with increasing frequency toward the end, you will enjoy it. And the ending is very sweet in its attempt to teach us all a small, but ultimately important lesson.

Guddu came out in 1995 but it plays like it was written and produced in 1985. Only for the SRK completionists.