Truly a piece of art!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (29 February 2012)

Well silent films they said, it was a thing of the past.. but this film truly proved otherwise... the film which is actually a romantic comedy drama was packed with powerful performances from Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo who played the characters George valentin and Peppy Miller. Well one cannot forget the adorable dog Uggie as well...
The film revolves around George Valentin and Peppy miller. Peppy accidentally bumps into him while he was posing for pictures after release of his film outside the theatre.. George reacts kindly and poses with her for the camera... She is then the talk of the town everyone wanting to know the mystery girl...Peppy full of fun as she is, manages to get a role for a dance scene in George's movie.. but when the director comes to know that this was the same girl whose pics were all over the papers with George, reacts rather angrily and asks her to leave immediately.. However George once again comes to the rescue and keeps her back for the shoot..
Peppy slowly gains fame in the industry and is loved by everyone for her her bubbly and sweet personality..
Things take an ugly turn suddenly when The studio announces the end of silent films which does not go very well with George.. He decides to produce and direct his own silent film.. the film is completed with george financing the entire movie himself and the release date is fixed.. Coincidentally Peppy's sound film also is set for release the same day...things go even worse for George when the stock market crashes and George is headed for Bankruptcy..Now only the film can save him from his financial crisis. But the audience is not interested in silent films anymore and with the new flame Peppy all rush to watch the premier of her film.
But Peppy who had always a liking for George and grateful for him attends his premier and is saddened on seeing the very low turnout for the premier..
Dejected George heads home from the theatre only to find a note from his wife.. she had left him and informed him to clear his belongings from the house...
George moves into an apartment with his valet.. Out of money, George has all his personal belongings auctioned off.. . He bumps into Peppy at a restaurant one day who was being interviewed. She mentions that people are looking for a change now and that silent films was a thing of the past.. On hearing this George who was seated next to her does not take it well and leaves after congratulating her.
George then forces his valet clifton to leave and find another job as george had not paid him for a year.
Dejected and drunk he burns all his collections of films but holds onto one of the films...the fire spreads and he is trapped inside.. his dog uggie runs out and manages to get help from a policeman nearby.
Peppy on hearing the news of the accident rushes to the hospital to see him .. she notices the film which george had held on to tight during the accident.. it was the take's of the scenes he had with her in the movie..She then takes him to her house and looks after him...George wakes up and is happy to see Peppy and also finds his valet who now works with Peppy.. She then proceeds to the studio for her shoot.. over there she manages to convince her director to cast George in her movie.. Meanwhile George enters one of her rooms in the house and finds all his personal belongings that were auctioned off.. he is upset and leaves her house to his apartment... Peppy panics when she finds out about this when she reaches home and she rushes to his apartment.. George attempts to commit suicide by shooting himself but stops when he see's Peppy. They then embrace and Peppy mentions that they could try one thing together..
Both manage to put up a musical dance act together to persuade the director to put a film for them together.. The film ends with the sound finally coming in...
Credit to Jean Dujardin for his excellent silent performance.. Berenice also put up a splendid performance and was quite bubbly and peppy in her way...
Overall the movie was not a classic but definitely a worth watch movie for this year... A definite score of 8 from me!!!!