Hollywood's Devdas!

Rating: 8/10 (21 April 2006)

Gosh! I loved that Ewan and Niccy did their own singing and dancing in this. I just love reality and musicals! Especially reality in musicals. Anywho, for those of your not familiar with the tale of Devdas that I mentioned in my summary, well, Devdas is a sort of Bengali Indian story of Romeo and Juliet but it's completely original because it draws from true life. Boy and girl love each other but are driven apart by forces within their surroundings. Moulin Rouge is sort of like it as well, with the all star cast to boot. I mean, we're talking stellar director Baz Luhrman, actors Nicole Kidman, Ewan Mcgregor, Jim Broadbent, John Leguiziamo, singer Kylie Minogue among others. The film, about two star crossed lovers is as lush and as lavish as any epic Bollywood piece. Don't miss the stirring ballad 'Come what may' sung by Kidman and Mcgregor, and that infectious Lady Marmalade end credits/Grammy winning soundtrack song that caused the likes of Christina Aguilera, Mya, Little Kim, and Pink to come together for that party! Kidman is the most famous Moulin Rouge performer and Mcgregor is the writer who falls for her, too bad the theatre funder who Kidman is being forced to pretend she is interested in also has plans for her. Match that with tuberculosis in a day and age where it was untreatable and you know this can't end well. One of my sister's actually thought that all that coughing from Kidman's character was a result of her corset being too tight. LOL! Nice movie though, one of my favourites.