Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyun... Hindi Movie
Dunno Y… Naa Jaane Kyu finally arrives after much delay and hype. The film has long been touted as India's Brokeback Mountain. And some extent it is true. Gay relationships have hardly been tackled in India - apart from fleeting mentions in films like Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula. 'Dunno Y' that way is probably the first film we have completely dedicated to male homosexuality. We have had films like Girlfriend and Fire talking about lesbianism though.
That apart, DYNJK fails to create any interest in it as a film. It is quite badly bad. After taking into account that it has it usual screenplay drawback, the next thing that goes wrong with it is the language. The makers probably decided English is a good language as that gives it a bigger reach in the metros and abroad. The film anyway is not for the smaller centers and mass audience. But when you decide to make a film in English the least you can do is keep the grammar right. In this film we find the characters creating their own grammar.
Second thing that goes wrong is the casting. The casting in this film is for convenience. It would have been pretty hard to find someone to do a dare bare, when the other person is the same gender. Hence casting someone who could carry the character takes a backseat.
DYNJK is about an Anglo Indian family from Goa. Rebecca (Zeenat Aman) is a single mother bringing up two children Ashley (Yuvraaj Parashar) and Sam (Maradona Rebello). To make ends meet and fulfill her familial responsibilities, Rebecca gets into many relationships with men who can provide for her living. Ashley gets married to Jenny (Rituparna Sengupta) and stays with her for 5 years but is never manages to satisfy her needs physically. It is revealed he got married to Jenny only because of social pressure but he likes men and not women. Ashley meets Aryan Bhargav (Kapil Sharma) through a website and fall in love. In the meantime Sam tries hitting on Jenny - who is almost foot taller than him! The story is about the dilemma each character is caught in.
Brokeback Mountain it most certainly is not. DYNJK is not handled with such maturity as the Hollywood Oscar winner. Here you don't feel empathy for the character by pity for yourself. At least I did, as I tried catching the earliest show of the film! The only thing you will enjoy is Helen's dance number and Zeenat Aman's grace.
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