‘Bey Yaar' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bey_Yaar is another Gujarati film by a talented
director Abhishek Jain. His
successful debut film http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevi_Rite_Jaish
was very much appreciated and liked by critics as well by viewers. Gujarati cine goers were eagerly waiting for
his new film and let me say that he didn’t disappoint them. Storyline,
direction, photography, locations, actors, plot, script or dramatization
everything is perfect. It will do good business considering the good
efforts put behind making the film. It would not be wrong if I say that Abhishek has set a new benchmark for the
Neo-Gujarati films. Gujarati movie lovers like me stopped watching Gujarati
films since long time being fed up watching the same village based folk
stories, songs and plots again and again. I see a silver line on top of the
dark cloud of monotony of this industry, and am hopeful after seeing this
movie. I cannot imagine even in dreams a ‘Van Gogh’ or ‘Pablo’ being mentioned
in any Gujarati film of anytime and that too in a lighter, enjoyable manner.
The story of three friends revolves in a good space and speed weaving threads
of emotions, humor, fun, family values, romance, art, thrill and suspense. It
would be unjust to people who are going to watch this movie in the theatre if I
uncover the whole story here, but let me assure you that this is a totally
different, must -watch movie of the year. The director is well groomed by a
veteran showman of Bollywood ‘Subhash Ghai’ but in spite of that he keeps his
identity intact and ignited his own sparks while choosing frames. Some of his
shots are excellent, especially when ‘Jitubhai’ a father slapped his son
‘Chetan’ [Chako] and told him to leave the house, showing that the stolen
painting is not much important to him compared to the faith broken by his own son. It is excellently filmed scene.
But the scene I liked much is of a curator Y.B. Gandhi [Manoj Joshi] standing
between the glass partisans quoting ‘one should not play blind in business.’ It
didn’t occur to my mind until my daughter sitting next to me pointed out that
Manoj Joshi stood there with multiple mirrored images of faces, having a
cunning smile only to portray the ten headed Ravana from the saga Ramayana, a
perfect villain. Kudos to the director, actors and photographer. Amit Mistry
played a memorable humorous role. He is a stallion for long races, I have no
doubt about it. This movie has cleared the bad debt, a stigma of monotony labelled
on Gujarati film industry and now ‘Hisab Chukte,’ as the last dialogue spoken in
the film. All in all this is a fantastic movie for all cine lovers, Gujarati or
Non-Gujarati, with little knowledge of the language. I highly recommend this
film to all my friends. It is still running amazingly even after many months
from its release. Go and enjoy it in theatres. Let us spread the spirit of Gujarat and
Gujarati in the world.
