My Rating : 7/10
This is a delightful movie about a different kind of Bollywood - the everyday, in the trenches kind where the struggle is actually real and failures and rejections are a part and parcel no matter your previous successes!
Sanjay Mishra, a veteran Hindi actor with over 170 credits to his name, is perfect for the protagonist's role. While there are other actors such as Shakti Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal there's something magical about Sanjay Mishra which makes for a unique kind of melancholy - Mishra is a master of his craft and his presence on screen always leaves us rolling on the floor laughing even in the saddest parts without diluting the character's true sorrow.
'Kaamyaab' is an honest portrait of a waning side-actor as they are called in Bollywood and how no matter how hard or prolific your career may have been you will always be a nobody to the masses and remembered for 'Bas enjoying life, aur option kya hai?'-type line from some old 80's film from your cannon of 499.
A deeply affecting film - Hindi cinema needs more of this and less SOTYs and Love Aaj Kals.
This is a delightful movie about a different kind of Bollywood - the everyday, in the trenches kind where the struggle is actually real and failures and rejections are a part and parcel no matter your previous successes!
Sanjay Mishra, a veteran Hindi actor with over 170 credits to his name, is perfect for the protagonist's role. While there are other actors such as Shakti Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal there's something magical about Sanjay Mishra which makes for a unique kind of melancholy - Mishra is a master of his craft and his presence on screen always leaves us rolling on the floor laughing even in the saddest parts without diluting the character's true sorrow.
'Kaamyaab' is an honest portrait of a waning side-actor as they are called in Bollywood and how no matter how hard or prolific your career may have been you will always be a nobody to the masses and remembered for 'Bas enjoying life, aur option kya hai?'-type line from some old 80's film from your cannon of 499.
A deeply affecting film - Hindi cinema needs more of this and less SOTYs and Love Aaj Kals.