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List Price: $34.99 Our Price: $34.99 Features • Dolby • NTSC In Theaters : 2005 DVD Release : 19 January, 2007 |
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| While watching this movie, I was reminded of when I read Little Women. But while I liked Little Women, I didn't much care for "Vivah". Both were heavy-handed when dispensing their moral lessons, and both were a little too toothachingly sweet. But "Vivah" lacks what I consider to be the saving grace of Little Women, and that is the fact that the characters in the book who were teaching us these ponderous (but true) lessons were very well developed. But even more importantly, they were flawed. That made them much more real and, consequently, much more interesting. Not so in "Vivah". The people in this movie seemed like cardboard cutouts in a very one dimensional fairy tale, complete with a wicked stepmother. (In this case the Aunt). The characters lacked any kind of internal conflict, and so were unable to show us how a "good" person can battle and overcome the many doubts and temptations that modern people struggle with, especially in the face of adversity. The two romantic leads, and in particular the character of Poonam, just seem to float through the story like the overly-idealized bits candy-floss fluff that they are. Even when tragedy strikes, we never see a truly genuine reaction on the part of the bridegroom. Shouldn't he have been at least a *little* horrified at what has happened to his love? (At this point in the movie, I would have taken Shah Rukh Khan's over-the-top emoting over Shahid Kapoor's simpering and somewhat smug self assurance).
I like a happy ending as much as the next person, but it is a more rewarding experience when there have been doubts to overcome along the way. Perhaps the moral lesson that the makers of this movie were trying to get across would have been more powerful and poignant with deeper and more realistic characterization. Instead I felt as if I were being bludgeoned with a cute and fluffy but very heavy mallet. Not exactly painful, but persistent to the point of annoyance. |
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