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Story 9 – Gubbare (Anita, Nana Patekar, Rohit Roy)
Husband and wife, travelling on a bus, have a argument. An irritated Anita sits next to a interesting man holding 11 red colored balloons in his hand. He is carrying them for his wife… The story behind the balloons carries a very important lesson in ones life.

Must watch! A very emotional and touching tale, written by Gulzar. The execution is perfect and the story leaves an impact. A brilliant Nana Patekar is in form. Anita and Rohit are good.

Rating 4 / 5

Audience Reaction: They loved this one too.

IndiaGlitz.com
****
“…Gubbare is actually maudlin and has an element of triteness again. Nana Patekar is sincere but gives away the game. The predictable story is only mildly touching, largely because of Anita Hasnandani’s effective performance and Raju Singh’s evocative background score…
To sum up, Dus Kahaniyaan is a surprise package from Gupta, whose last two films (Zinda, Shootout At Lokhandwala) have also shown a decided upward graph after his earlier tepid work. It will be a pity if its unconventional content and format does not reap box-office rewards. To me, this is the most riveting watch since Jab We Met.”

Bollywood Mantra
“‘Gubbare’- This short story has been directed by Sanjay Gupta and stars Nana Patekar, Anita Hasnandani and Rohit Roy. It revolves around Anita who has a fight with her husband on the bus; she then sits besides a strange man on the bus who is holding 11 red balloons. This intrigues her and she wants to find out why he is holding these 11 red balloons. She then goes on a journey into the man’s past which teaches a valuable lesson at the end. An average story with a fairly average screenplay. Fine performances by Nana and Anita.”

IndiaFm
“‘Gubbare’
Cast: Nana Patekar, Anita and Rohit Roy.
After an argument with her husband in the bus, Anita sits next to an intriguing man holding 11 red balloons. This story unfolds a journey within a journey into this man’s past, uncovering the key to one of the most important lessons in life. Fantastic performance by Nana. Anita is effective. Sanjay Gupta is in form yet again! ”

ScreenIndia
“One also liked the stylised though predictable Rise And Fall(Gupta again) and High On The Highway(Hansal Mehta’s broodingly dark contribution). Not quite making the same grade is Gupta’s predictable Gubbare, saved by Anita Hasnandani’s sincere acting and Nana’s charisma and director Rohit Roy’s in-your-face Rice Plate (despite the outstanding turns by Shabana and Naseer).”

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Ok, so maybe I am a bit frustrated. We know this is a 2 month cameo but it was hyped as an important role, so where is it?

The quality of K serials are seriously getting worse by the day. See the TRP list for last week, Zee overtook Star shows on several occasions. Not that TRPs have anything to do with the quality of a show of course. Yet we still keep an eye on Kyunki to get a glimpse of our favorite actor. If it was a good show, I wouldn’t mind watching it (i.e. KZK has been rocking this week), but how many of us want to see Tripti having an affair, Ganga crying for Sahil, Manthan trying to kill Nandani again, oops, wait, I have a headache, just to see Anita standing with an umbrella in the man-made rain.

I don’t want to say anything more. It’s a serious waste of my time to even review the crap we are being fed via Kyunki. I can tolerate Anita in bad movies (i.e. Thotti Gang), at least she is in a considerable number of frames, but I certainly cannot continue watching Kyunki without her.

Ok, I shall stop groaning and whining and thank my lucky stars that I at least get to see her for 2.5 minutes every week. Seems like a rare and special cookie. Savor it while you can

Here we will only update mostly on the Sanchi-Nakul (Naman) track till Anita is in the show. Nakul was shown in Kyunki today drowning himself in misery (literally) and later saying that he is Nakul Virani and does not want to live in love but in reality. Absolutely brilliant acting by Naman Shaw. They showed some flashbacks of Anita with her pink dupatta, and recycled KA’s background music on Naman.

To sum up the whole week, on Monday a 3 minute music video was waved in our face, abruptly introducing Anita and Jai without making any real introductions in the credits, thoroughly confusing a lot of people into wondering what happened to the girl who played Sanchi.

And then the creatives proceeded to thoroughly bore us the entire week with yet another nonsense fake Karan-Nandani dying track. By the way, what were Karan and Nandani doing in Panchmeshwar? That place is holy (read:consummating before marriage) territory for Anurag, Prerna and their whole paltan. Not that I am shocked about the mixing of storylines; that happens all the time.

What was the point of all those needless celebrations? Sure it fetched TRPs, but the quality of the show stinks. There is absolutely nothing “creative” about it (what are the creatives being paid for), we are fed the same old recycled trash week by week in Kyunki and made to watch in the name of our favorite actor be it Hiten, Gauri, Akashdeep Saigal, Pulkit Samrat, Ronit Roy and now Anita.

I am sorry if I seem too harsh. You are all open to give your opinions of course.

Did anyone see the Anita (Sanchi) flashbacks that Nakul kept having? Were they not strikingly similar to the Anjum promos, with the dupatta flying in the wind? Does Balaji not have anything new left to offer the audience? This isn’t about Anita; I am glad to see her, she looked amazing, no one could do it better than her etc. But please, stop recycling the same music, stories, and expressions and wasting the talent of such good actors.

@ Anita: Please try and get a new lead role in something drastically different or a reality show soon. Your talent is not limited to looking sexy and glamorous, dancing in the rain and letting your hair fly in the wind (Not that we don’t like all that…)

Director: R.Ravishanker
Cast: Manoj, Kunal, Anita, Sanghavi, M.N.Nambiar, Mayilsamy.

It is the director’s first work and he shows promise. Setting his ambience well, moving his narration fairly engagingly, handling effectively the scenes of one-upmanship between siblings who fall in love with the same girl. But the narration tends to drag at times, and it is the comedy track that keeps it going then.

Raja (Manoj) is a school drop-out, the black sheep of the family, and a sore in the eyes of his grandpa, the much respected village elder. In contrast is Raja’s younger sibling Ramesh (Kunal), city educated, suave, manipulative and the apple to his grandpa’s eyes. Ramesh’s trip to the ancestral home is celebration time for Grandpa, but triggers unpleasant childhood memories for Raja. The siblings continue with their one-upmanship, this time the bone of contention being their pretty cousin Lata, on a trip to the village How the matter is resolved, and how Raja finally earns his grandpa’s approval forms the rest of the story.

The much misunderstood simpleton Raja is played with spontaneous feeling by Manoj. Kunal strikes a discordant note, not fitting in, while the charming Anita makes a promising debut, using her eyes and smiles to good effect. Veteran Nambiar is a delight to watch. Mimic artiste Mayilsamy gets a solo comedy track for the first time and he makes the most of it. His take-off on T. Rajender is sure to send the audience in splits.

Malini Mannath
published on 12th May 2002