Johnny Gaddar, and ‘reasonably edible’

Ahem.

I watch movies depending on the hype, and then afterwards read blogs and reviews.

So was it with ‘Johnny Gaddar’

And, then, Raja Sen….. Rediff…. on Neil Nitin Mukesh….

And what eye candy this is. Ladies and gents — and I say this with a record of unblemished heterosexuality — the man is reasonably edible. I see what the women are melting about. A cooler, leaner and more cerebral looking version of Hrithik Roshan, there’s a tender softness about Neil that gives him the feel of depth. He acts quite all right — though his English dialogues need polish – but this isn’t a testing role. It demands well-paced coolth, which he delivers strongly.

A discerning woman friend, raving about the man for the last two weeks, was torn while describing a scene — Neil walks into his pad and, while tidying up, grooves to the beat of that fab Move Your Body song with a complete lack of self-consciousness — whether ’sex on buttered toast’ was hyperbolic enough to do the man justice. I saw said scene, and I must say I dug. This lad’s going to have his clothes ripped off by women at every opportunity — seemingly not too hard a task, ladies, given his visible disdain for shirt-buttons.

Well, gentleman, that is not straight writing (disclaimer of ‘unblemished heterosexuality’ notwithstanding … nice term though, unblemished heterosexuality..). The world is fine with gay, really. No need getting defensive. And a ‘tender softness’? Uh, did you really mean it? Dude, either this Raja guy is shining, glaring pink, or this is not a faux-pas, this is a faux-grandpa.

But then again, Raja is good at his job, and journalists are known to be pink. That does not really affect their job I guess. Subhash Jha is okay as a journo.

(p.s. asked sister how she likes NNM. Her reactions – ‘Too Punjabi in looks, and extremely pale. Needs a tan. Rather good otherwise.’ I guess some men have looks only attractive to other men…)

And.

Good movie. Do watch.