Wrong! And how!
I ve listed out why anyone shouldn't venture near Guru En Aalu:
- throughout the film, you get the feeling that someone just took out what they termed "essential" scenes and wove a remake around it, never mind that those scenes seemed to stick out like a sore thumb!!
- The editing is slipshod - all the scenes seem to run into one other haphazardly.
- Music is terrible, not sure if the composer just decided to randomly mix tunes in his sleep! There is a song which starts off on an Arabic note and degenerates into a dapanguthu with everyone shaking more than just a leg to it - really crass!
- There is no thought on what each character can do or not - the wife of the "Boss" decides to do a "Dapanguthu" in a company meet (why that happens - God knows!)
- The comedy track is horribly vulgar and distasteful and not connected in any way to the plot - everytime Vivekh comes onscreen, you want to run out screaming
- Unrealistic adaptation - in the original the hero and heroine were represented to be married - here it is just living together!!! and they go on honeymoon!!
- No effort in acting - the casting is really terrible - Maddy does his bit but there is little to support him. Abbas in the role of Aditya Pancholi fails miserably and the newcomer who does Juhi's role needs to learn to act.
We almost decided to move out during the first half, but since we had nothing else to do and the only other alternative would have had us spending more (shopping in Citi centre), we courageously stayed on.
The original was a great time-pass movie with memorable acting, even if above the board hamming sometimes. The songs were hummable and nice.
The remake is something we need to avoid like the plague and definitely say "Guru En Aalu Ille, Illave Ille!!!"
