Worsts of 2013

This year saw some absurd films. They not only incensed me with its destructive content but also challenged intellectual prospect.

8. DHOOM3:  It took me lot of pain to put a film like DHOOM3 in this list which I was expecting to see in the list of “Bests of 2013”. The film has no real passion to speak of. Everything happens to easily in the film. Conviction is what DHOOM3 had to look for which it eventually didn’t. The writers of this film probably were too tired to write anything for second half of the film. This is why we come across absurdity which lasts too long. Monumental disappointment!

7. Aatma: This so called horror is anything but spooky. Even at a short run time, it failed to gather any excitement. The narration is too simple to be believed. Even a fine actor like Nawaazuddin adds no value to the film. They probably didn’t have much of budget to spend on writers I guess.

6. ZANJEER: This film is devoid of any intense throughout the film. It is posed as a intense action drama film but this one is anti thesis. Instead the film has some regressive but hilarious unintentional one-liners. ZANJEER also marked debut of Ram Charan and it seemed his dictionary didn’t have acting. It’s a shame he gives such wearisome performance playing the character which was pinned as famous one when Amitabh Bachchan did it. Thank god for its non-performance at Box Office, this might have hammed some sense into producer’s head that having a brand name is not just what will take a film to make some bucks!

5. GORI TERE PYAAR MEIN:  This so called rom-com lacked any sort of passion in its narration. It had a wafer-thin plot and equally recklessly penned screenplay. The film isn’t so boring in first hour but it takes you for an endurance test post-intermission. The odd pairing of Kareena-Imran did have its sparkling shades in that feel-good “Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu”. But GTPM is too dumb a film to call it sweet despite some humorous moments in first hour.

4. I ME AUR MAIN:  As puerile as it could have got, this love triangle was full of done-to-death scenes. And despite being just around 105 minutes long, it evoked aplenty yawns. The problem is not that it was predictable; the problem is that there were efforts visible where one could have recognized that this film atleast has a heart.

3. INKAAR:  I wouldn’t have mentioned this film if not for that incredibly stupid climax which is so shameful that it is unforgettable. Not that the film has a stable screenplay until climax. Sudhir Mishra tried his hands to sketch a complex set of narration to keep audience guessing. While all I could guess is how a well-skilled maker like Mishra could have taken to this. Barring couple of songs, which I have forgotten by now, there was nothing really in INKAAR where I could have positively commented.

2. YAMLA PAGALA DEEWANA 2:  Filled with tasteless jokes and mundane characters, this film is inimical if you even remotely possess any intelligence. The film tries hard to be funny, but the clutch is in the base root i.e. there seemed no real attempt to pen ingenious humor. One never expects to have taut narration from such films, but one does look for few genuine and original gags. YPD2 is intrusive and exhaustive and for all the wrong reasons.

1. ISSAQ: I have very seldom been so desperate to leave a theater watching a film as much as I was during ISSAQ which was not only heavily inspired by Ishaqzaade’s screenplay but also the title name. Apart from the terrific title track, everything about ISSAQ will disgust you. After one point the film seemed like never-ending. And not only it’s the worst film this year, but one of the worst films one can ever witness. It was insignificant a film, but it transpired a significant effect on me, and in negative way, after I left the theater.