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Mahesh Bhatt's Showbiz is flopbiz

It does not always work out for Mahesh Bhatt, especially if the script is copied and cannot stand on its feet. This is what has happened to Showbiz, sitting through which for three hours is a pain.

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Tue, Jan 01, 2008 15:07:30 IST

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NOW THERE is a film that shows the bad side of the paparazzi hounding celebrities, which have become common, the world over. Remember Princess Diana. Showbiz has that touch and is laced with reality, but the script is too weak for a three-hour-long film. The script is just unable to carry the content over that prolonged period.

The plot is sketchy. It hovers somewhere between a hatred for the media and love for well - politicians. Every celebrity is a politician. The film desperately tries to say that the media has ruined many a good life of famous people by ruining their otherwise decent celebrity status. Good point, but yes, also a bad point, because the story doesn’t tell that – it only tries.

Perhaps the only relief is in watching this film with Mahesh Bhatt in mind. The reasons are: the subject is new, director Raju Khan is a debutant, and debutant casts Tushar Jalota and Mrinalini Sharma may offer some interest.

The protagonist Rohan Arya is a sort of a celebrity who has the mullah and influence and things like that. But he’s also chased by the paparazzi everywhere he puts his feet, which annoys him no end.

One night this guy takes a prostitute in his car, and to his bad luck, the paparazzi follows him, in what looked like a Need for Speed Underground car chase. Then his car meets with an accident and the prostitute finds herself in hospital. Rohan tries to explain things to the public, but in vain, because the media twisted his story like his mangled car.

So the car crash was just a decoy by Mahesh Bhatt; the script boils down to how the media hounds the life out of Rohan for better circulation, revenue and TRPs. But even reality is doubtful here (Bhatt should have double checked): paparazzi are not the media; they are freelance folks who sell for money to the media.

The bottomline is anybody can watch this film, but it’s not worth sitting for three hours. The same material can be had from Wikipedia’s entry of Princess Diana. Also, if one is bad and five is excellent, Showbiz gets two, including songs, direction and the technicalities.

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