Dhobi Ghat Movie Review: An inside scoop for movie buffs

By Lata Dar - Monday, September 13th, 2010 12:46 pm   |   101 views   |   Share/ Email     |     Print Story     |    
Dhobi Ghat

Dhobi Ghat

The current production under the credibility of Both Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao is Dhobi Ghat presenting the life of Mumbai in an absolutely new light.

With executive producer B. Shrinivas Rao and Kiran Rao playing writer and director as well the movie has a multi lingual dialogic aspect. In the league of actors we have Aamir Khan, Monika Dogra, Kriti Malhotra, and Prateik Babbar essaying significant parts of the film. Based on the Mumbai diaries style, Kiran Rao has come up with an absolutely new take, a modest look at this topic irrespective of the fact that it has her hubby as both actor and producer for the flick.

The tale encompasses the life of four people all dwellers of this tinsel town who stand at a cross road of their life. Now this kind of cinema dealing with auteur sort of a work earns more appreciation at International screenings and fests but keeping the fact in mind that all the Khans rule the Box office big time, this wistful production will surely reach out to a large number of Aamir fans.

The story starts with an artist Arun who befriends an investment banker from America named Shai. The loner Arun and Shai both enjoy a one night stand but Arun makes his criteria’s very clear that at this point he is not looking for a relationship. Later Arun changes his apartment and moves to another place where he finds the video tapings of the previous tenant Yasmin.

On the other hand Shai in search of a guide who can present her a view of the insider world of local worker befriends a Dhobi named Munna who also laundries for Arun. The movie culminates into a question for all viewers related to life and its depth. Indeed Kiran Rao has proved her fine efforts into the art of both writing and directing.


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