Mithya – Amazingly different

I had no plans to see this movie today. I was planning to watch Superstar (it stars Kunal Khemu in double role) but then just before I went to book the tickets, I decided to read the reviews on the net to check which one was better. And all the reviews drew a clear line and Mithya was supposed to be a better movie.

The movie revolved around the life of VK (Ranveer Shourie). He has done a marvelous piece of work. I loved his acting in Khosla Ka Ghosla and Traffic Signal, but in those movies he was overshadowed either by actors who had better skills or had a better role in the movie. But Mithya is all Ranveer’s. And I must say that he has done full justice to the role. His expressions, dialogue delivery (the “hmmm” especially) and his body language was marvelous.

The movie starts off on a very comic note and remains a complete comedy movie almost till the last 20 minutes. VK is a struggling actor who does his best to get into films. He accidentally gets trapped into the hands of Naseeruddin Shah and the movie goes on as to how his life changes because of this.

Some of the comedy scenes are just amazing. The scene where Ranveer is shot on his hand after giving local anesthesia – its simply amazing. The comedy scenes are very natural and they do tickle the funny bone!

Neha Dhupia is there just for the sake of a heroine. She could have done a far better job if she knew what acting was… alas! Naseeruddin Shah was at his usual best. Its very difficult to get a bad performance out of him! There were other characters like Vinay Pathak and Saurabh Shukla who also did a very good job.

The climax of the movie turns into a serious mode and ends on a very harsh realistic note. Although many people did not like the climax (I overheard people cribbing as they were coming out of the theatre), I felt that it was the best climax that the movie could have got. Anything more “happier” than this would have taken the entire charm away from the movie.

Overall a very good one-time watch and certainly worth spending money in the theatre of watch this one.

Rating: 7/10