Boom Hindi Movie
Boom lives up to the hype by creating a loud bang, only the shot is misfired. A sexed up cover, but not a bestselling book.
Three hot models in hotter clothes, the biggest B lusting after Bo Derek, loads of bust and butt, glamour and glitz -- Boom packs in a heady cocktail, more intoxicating than your average Bollwyood masala movie. No Boom in "Boom"
Director Kaizad Gustad combines an offbeat theme with wackier characters, takes you on a high with loads of styling and attitude and then overdoses on drama.
So, once the dazzle is over, you are left dazed. And that's the undoing of Boom. With a plot that is secondary to styling and styling which loses its sheen after the first 15 minutes, the film fails to hold interest.
What you have here is a mishmash of sequences, MTV style, like a sexed up video with a song without a soul. Bo Derek, a passionate kiss and a still-sexy Zeenat Aman just blend in with the images, without adding to the film.
The plot? The film's tagline sums it up - when fashion world meets the underworld. Models Madhu Sapre, Padma Lakshmi and Katrina Kaif play supermodels. They get into a scuffle with another model at a fashion show, during which invaluable diamonds are lost. An underworld kingpin (Amitabh Bachchan) wants them back. And then, the underworld gets on the fashion world's case.
The models, despite their shrunken clothes, are overshadowed by the sensational goons - Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Javed Jaffrey and Gulshan Grover. The only colourful thing about their characters are the clothes -- Bachchan always in head-to-toe white, Jackie in all black, the rest psychedelic.
Jaffrey announces his entry with pelvic thrusts, so loud he could do without a pistol. Bachchan laughs so hard, he could put any Bollywood villain to shame. Jackie is so lustful, he has oral sex under the table as he talks to three cleavages.
Kaizad Gustad has just redefined over-the-top. Watch Boom because it's different, but leave your brains, and heart behind.
