Slowly , slowly

Have u ever wondered that you have seen great movies but never been able to relate the title back to the theme of the movie. Such instances would be few , because all producers would be more keen to ensure that the title reflects the summary of the movie as far as possible. After all, the title is the brand ambassador for the movie...A "Rang De Basanti" would instantly
give a summary of a film set against a patriotic background. "Yuva" signifies the film is about youth and their movements, "Lakshya" speaks about the goal set ."Darr" signifies the fear element created by the anti-hero and so on.
"Ahista , Ahista " tries to follow the lead of these good if not great films. The movie really lives upto its name.....it moves as slow as a tortoise.... (on second thoughts , this seems like a personal affront to the speed of the tortoise , and i apologise to maneka Gandhi or any animal activist reading this blog.) What the director/producer failed to provided (post their stupendous achievement of matching the pace of the movie with the title) is something like a credible and interesting storyline. Even if you forgive them for not coming up with a storyline, the director could have compensated the lack of the same by infusing some real chemistry between the lead pair. And that seems non-existent. Though Abhay deol does come up with
an earnest performance with the limited flexibility he has , Soha Ali Khan looks lost in the movie. And Shyaan Munshi looks as if he has still the Jesicca Lal case on his mind.... he looks all out in the sea. Dialogues are dull and uninspired, and at some point of times non-existent...and even if they come ahista ahista.Supporting actors are dull and dreary. To add to
the slow pace, is Himesh Chammiyas music......that was just about the last straw i needed to walk out ahista ahista out of the multiplex. But I held onto the end, and lived to see that happen.

P.S. I convinced a friend to watch Ahista AHista, when the person was thinking of KANK. But couldnt help think, that KANK couldnt be much more worse than this movie... suddenly i feel i have it in me to watch KANK.. just to compare which one of the torture is more bearable. Dont rule out a review of KANK soon i.e if i dont become shaheed in this process of comparison.