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Road, Movie - Dee gives this movie a thumbs up.
For starters, the movie name “Road, Movie” somehow reminded me of a hilarious movie title – “Daag- the fire”. I thought that this movie too, judging by the name, would fall under of the do-not-venture-near-this-movie category. If the film makers haven't bothered with naming the movie with something better, what can be expected from the movie itself??
Well I would have to admit I was wrong. The credentials of the movie definitely surprised and impressed me to a great extent. Directed by Dev Benegal (English, August, Spilt Wide Open), this movie stars Abhay Deol (Dev D, Oye Lucky…, Manorama six feet under...) whose name today is synonymous with ‘hatke’ type of movies. He dares to do something different and creative. This Deol dude rocks and has so far lived up to the public’s high expectations.
Here is the story in a nutshell -- Wanting to run away from becoming a sales man in his father's hair oil business he offers to drive a old Chevy across the desert to sea coast. On the way he picks 3 other travelers. This is a story of their journey/discovery of life together and how they find joy and laughter.
The amazing thing is that this movie has been making rounds of all movie festivals around the world before releasing today. It was official selection of Berlinale, Doha Tribeca, Tokyo, Toronto & Cannes Film Festival. Quiet impressive I must say.
I would say go watch this movie for one simple reason that you might get to see something different and good than usual.
Psychic Dee or PD is our Predicting Diva who has a great knack for predicting fate of movies by just watching the trailers.
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Our psychic Dee sees the future of movies in brilliant bright but brief flashes and has no power to influence the outcome in reality. Because future is not set in stone take PD's Revelations with a grain of salt. PD or the site has no affiliations with any movies and are not responsible for their debacles and failures.
