Videsh  (2009)

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Deepa Mehta's 'Heaven on Earth' is a story of Chand (Preity Zinta), who is a young Punjabi housewife who finds herself in an abusive arranged marriage with an Indo-Canadian man. The is shot and set in Canada.
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i noe all of us loves preity.we luv her acting.but nowadays were just ignoring her just because she has ,uh,grown-up.she is not doing pop corn movies anymore though she knows she can be a good hand in it.we are all lovers of pop corn films n don we miss her!wen we see the poster of her 'arty'films we heave a big sigh n think'she has thrown the ball away again'.good chance 4 katrina,who is the hot fav though we noe the only thing extraordinary in her is her godgeous look n a bit of a talent hidden somewhere.i donno bout u guys but i miss her a bit too much.i am going to take a shot at her new films.
hey,they were not all dat bad!nah,not boring at all!not a masala film but still u feel it which is so rare nowadays.
STORY-****
the story is quite simple.u hve got this girl4m punjab played by preity zinta,chand.she has her old mother who says her to remember the nag story when ever she feels afraid in her new journey,in a new home in canada.it's not all dat grand living in canada as the family r a bit cramped in their home in canada.so,chand is married to rocky(vansh)in this film.vansh is quite a mama's boy.dats not bad at all wen the mom is not too possesive of her dear child.vansh is irritated wid his home,his wife n his mom's tantrums.but he cant say no.so sometimes 4m any1 of dese reasons he starts beating up chand.she tries 2 remain happy striving to find solce in the nag story.she tries to contact home but no one listens.1 day she breaks down at her workplace(laundry)to a jamaican woman Roza who decides 2 hve a hand in dis.she gives chand a magic potion which acted as sort of a love potion.but chand accidentally drops it in a snakes hole n the king cobra comes out disguising as chand's luv,rocky.'hamari kaamna me itni taakat hoti hai ke woh insaani roop dhar karke hamari saamne aa sakti hain'is wat chand is left saying.a story of self-discovery.
acting-*****
the acting is too good 4 words.we shud start with preity to give her due credit 4 her good work.at the beginning of the film we see the bubbly preity n start smiling wen she laughts at the anxiety of her mother.deepa noes we luv dat smile.she noes we smile too wen dat smile erupts on de silver screen.so wen the smile turns into a sob or the joy turns into pain she makes sure we feel it.n preity!kudos 2 her.many of us say she is the cutest actress of btown.now we can safely say she is the most vurnereble actress ever.she does her role wid elan.chand has a transistion happening in her heart.she changes 4m the happy herself to a painful herself.but dis dosent take place at the time 4 u 2 wink.it is gradual.so it takes immense effort 4m the actress 2 make it believable.but just 4 the sake of the film she does not let us feel dat.kudos to preity n dose lovely eyes who say so much even wen words don come out 4m her mouth.vansh,as the irritated young man.plays her part quite well.4 all who don noe dat vansh n a few actors in dese movies r theatre personality.so no suprize they give us tons of things 2 take home.
direction-****
i give it a bit low because deepa cud hve made the film a bit more interesting.she did a grand work but still it cud hve been better.
the film is quite good coz preity is good.she has such an aahem role to play dat had she blundered the hole film wud hve fallen like a pack of cards.so u see the success of the film shud go to 2 women.to deepa,to bring the best out 4m her leading lady,n mist importently 2 preity.east or west,preity is de best.
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