It's dedh times more wicked than Ishqiya and it flaunts Madhuri Dixit's return. Dedh Ishqiya would be worth a watch if only for as much, but there is plenty more in store (as expected) that shouts out loud for applause.Ishqiya started off with an advantage this sequel will not get. Like all first films, it had concept novelty on its side. You had a couple of brazen rustic conmen with hearts that flutter at the tiniest tease, thrown into a mix of dark wit, crime and amoral amour.In a broad sense, Dedh Ishqiya is basically reloading that winning formula, if only at a royal scale its decadent Nawaabi backdrop allows. In a finer sense, the film is not blindly peddling what worked once. You spot a thought process that tries taking the existing formula to a new level. The effect is alluring.The cocktail of crime, passion and black comedy borrows from the Arabic interpretation of the seven stages of love to narrate Khalujaan and Babban's (Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi) new adventure. These are dilkashi (attraction), uns (infatuation), mohabbat (love), aqeedat (reverence), ibaadat (worship), junoon (obsession) and maut (death). The influence renders an unusual edge to the twists, and also complements the poetic whiff about Darab Farooqui's script.Read Suhani Singh's review here.Despite the near-fatal outcome of their misdemeanours in the first film, Khalu and Babban are far from reformed. Khalu arrives in the palace of Mahmudabad where the beauteous Begum Para (Madhuri Dixit) is hosting a festival of poetry and music. He passes himself off as a nawaab. The intention is to loot the palace but Khalu falls in love. On the other hand the Begum, a widow, is looking for the right match. When Babban arrives in Mahmudabad, he falls for Muniya (Huma Qureshi), the Begum's maid. The women are more deceptive than Khalu and Babban can imagine, we realise as the reels roll.Director Abhishek Chaubey goes one up with treatment in Dedh Ishqiya, seamlessly fusing his tale of love in the time of intrigue with suspense and humour. He also reserves ample space to excel for each of his talented actors.Statuesque in screen presence and dancing to Birju Maharaj's beat as only she can, Madhuri would perhaps have hijacked all limelight if not for Naseeruddin Shah. The veteran actor casts an underplayed spell as Khalujaan, his rough-hewn avatar as a conman only rivalled in perfection by the gravitas he lends to his royal guise.Arshad Warsi has pleasantly slipped into a comfort zone when it comes to striking the right chemistry with Naseer. Their scenes together remain a highlight and Arshad is impressive in the way he measures up to the veteran.Huma Qureshi's character comes alive only in the later half. She adds a sexy spark amid the seasoned cast. An act you simply can't ignore comes from Vijay Raaz. He smoothly blends his streaks as the gullible lover obsessed with Begum Para and the hardboiled goon who lives by the gun.Dedh Ishqiya makes desi go dangerous all over again. It's a whopper of a start for Bollywood in 2014. In a line, not to be missed.
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What brilliant movie this is , had watched when it released in 2014-15 now again revisiting this brilliant movie made my day , naseer sahab , vijay raaz , manoj pahwa just gave one of the best performances of their career
I think many people in their convenience to not feel unsettled by the queer undertone of Dedh Ishqiya choose to remove the visible evidence of the same. Nevertheless, in a country where despite section 377 being removed, Dedh Ishqiya is a landmark film to include queer characters in regular bollywood setting without pointing it out and making it the crux of the movie. More such normalisation in films will make society realise the regularity and commonality of queer people being a part of the everyday community without any assumption.
@abhirup- sure, homosexuality is natural. but i guess at times it also exists because of the absence of heterosexual partner or because of a loving homosexual. examples- Fire movie and fashion movie. but in real life, i assume suh relations would be ephemeral. not sure.
I think that the makers wanted to go a little subtle\palatable on the lesbian aspect. Remember what happened with Fire?. So they needed to add that angle about an uncaring husband and loneliness bringing them together. All said and done its still a mainstream commercial film and they still had the guts to show them riding away together at the end..I am no expert on lesbianism, but i do believe that its not impossible for 2 heterosexual women to bond together like that and the makers have the liberty of showing such a relationship.Its also necessary for the heterosexual love affairs(naseer -madhuri, arshad-huma) to be convincing as well. Yeah but you are right about the homosexual aspect of their relationship. Its very much out there.But i dont agree with your view that a very stereotypically offensive portrait of gay men is presented. I mean from time immemorial, the nawabs have been portraid as debauched womanizers in our movies , so what if a different sexual orientation is presented here.Stereotypification is more on nawabs rather than about gay men IMO.
Well i compared those 2 actresses because there was a lot of talk about vidya being a better actress than madhuri period, over here as well as in other sites as well were dedh ishqya was been discussed and it was quite heartbreaking for me ? considering what a madhuri nut i am.Yeah you are right about the actors doing different kind of movies and perhaps mrityudand was the closest that madhuri came to doing a vidya kind of role and i liked her very much in that. But her real strength lie in beta,HAHK,Tezaab kind of roles where she is more of a star performer than just a pure character actor which is what Vidya is.Guess its sort of like comparing cary grant and dustin hoffman
All in all a very bold theme in a very hatkey hindi movie worthy of a second watch to get the nuances out. For instance, was begum once a nauch girl (mujara girl) in her youth? Was she someone who had seen a lot in her life before even getting married to the gay/uncaring nawab who saddled her with lot of debts and had to fend for herself against lecherous men? If she was doing Swyamvars for all these years what was the urgency to select a groom this very year? How did Khalujaan, a common thief suddenly become a high class poet.
I went to the movie for Madhuri, more than anyone/anything else. Her dance solo was an enjoyable affair, but I was unhappy with her character sketch. Like you said, there was no understanding of her psyched up nerves.
Yeah the nawab and begum pulling a wool on the rest of the world, well that would make a really entertaining movie. May be that could be a plot for DO ISHQYA ? . This alternate sexuality is a new phenomenon in our films and we will have to wait for sometime before we could get to see them handled in a more intelligent and mature way.Remember how long it took to address sensitive issues like terrorism, Inter religious relations even marital relations and adultery etc in our movies which were all stereotyped in our movies for such a long time(And in many instances still going on).
@BRI had read the short story, but I missed the reference when I saw the movie. Still I got the homosexual relationship between the two women. Muniya (HQ) silent looks at the Begum (MD) and the scene that unfolds after Muniya spends her night with Babban is clear enough.
The story picks up an indefinite amount of time after the events of the first movie. Babban (Arshad Warsi) and Khalujan (Shah) continue to con their way through life in the hinterland and evade being buried alive by their former boss, Mushtaq (Salman Shahid). After a heist goes wrong, the duo chance upon the ultimate con: 'settling down' in a gigantic, nawabi palace occupied by the ridiculously rich Begum Para (Madhuri Dixit-Nene) and her companion Munniya (Huma Qureshi).
Seen on the big screen in a lead role after a gap of seven years, the 46-year-old diva made an impressive attempt as a fading 'begum' named Begum Para in the movie. In the sequel to 2010 \"Ishqiya\", \"Dedh Ishqiya\" that released Friday, Madhuri's chemistry with actress Huma Qureshi has got more accolades compared to her 'jodi' with Naseeruddin Shah. One of the critics even said there was more chemistry between Madhuri and Huma as compared to Madhuri and Naseer. Naseer and Arshad, who reprised their roles of Khalujaan and Babban respectively from \"Ishqiya\", also won many hearts. Of course, Huma has proved that her work in \"Gangs of Wasseypur\" was not a flash in the pan.In an industry where colleagues do not praise each other's work often, film fraternity members like Aditi Rao Hydari, Mini Mathur and Sandhya Mridul have showered loads of praise on the entire cast and crew.Aditi Rao tweeted: \"Babban and Khalu should get Jodi of the year- fantastic twosome. Arshad is a champion - respect!\"Mini Mathur described \"Dedh Ishqiya\" as \"fabulous!\" \"Funny and thrilling, poetic and lyrical. Brilliant performances by Naseer saab and Arshad, who is a class act,\" Mathur, seen in \"I Me Aur Main\", wrote on her Twitter handle.Sandhya tweeted she has not \"seen a pair with this magic since 'Sholay' - Dharamji (Dharmendra) and Amitabh Bachchan. Brilliance from Arshad and Naseer saab again in 'Dedh Ishqiya'!\"\"Dedh Ishqiya\" has wowed the cinegoers as well. Some of the viewers, who have already seen the film, too took to Twitter to praise the film.Amit Ashar: \"Huma take a bow ma'am! Super work! Absolutely loved the film!\"Khurram Ashraf: \"Never thought any film could beat 'Gangs of Wasseypur', but 'Dedh Ishqiya' did it. You rocked it Huma.\"Harsh Jain: \"Superb Performances by all. Madhuri looked beautiful, Arshad as Babban and Huma as Muniya were too good.\"Fariha Khalid: \"Madhuri's job outstanding in 'Dedh Ishqiya'. Brilliant movie. Much much better than the last one. Arshad, well done!\"Shyamal Vallabhjee: \"When the on screen magic between Arshad and Naseer shadows the beauty of Madhuri, you know you are in for a cinematic treat.\"Aalif Surti: Everything that new age Indian cinema has been trying, Abhishek Chaubey gets it right.\" 2ff7e9595c
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