Blue: Hindi Movie Review

What is the USP of Bollywood’s latest offering “Blue“? The prompt answer to that would be underwater shots, great action sequences and Kylie Minogue. The international “Showgirl” makes her debut [as a musical guest] in to the Bollywood scene with the underwater action caper, which is the bigest novelty of the film.

Apart from that, “Blue” most certainly has an international feel to it, as it has promised throughout. It includes some of the best shot underwater sequences that has ever graced the screen. Even pre-release, a lot of hype had been created about the venture because of its claim of being India’s first underwater action flick.

The ensemble cast boasts of a list of biggies from the Bollywood industry like Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Zayed Khan and Lara Dutta. The present flavor of the industry, Katrina Kaif also makes an appearance in the film, in a small cameo and manages to scorch the screen considerably. Going by the looks of it, this Diwali release is certainly set to hit the jackpot, as it makes for a wholesome package of entertainment.

“Blue” is the story of an expedition that is led to unearth the treasure that lies in the deep end of the sea and is guarded by deadly sharks. The adventurous journey is initiated by a super rich Aarav Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) and includes his friend Sagar (Sanjay Dutt). Also accompanying them are Sagar’s brother Sam (Zayed Khan) and girlfriend Mona (Lara Dutta). As they go about their expedition, the audience is thrown in to a world of breathtaking underwater scenic beauty and adrenalin pumping action.

Sanjay Dutt and Lara Dutta on a date with Dolphins

An underwater action thriller, “BLUE’ captures the fast paced action, above and below the ocean as never seen before on Indian Cinema

And when you talk of a film based on underwater sequences, how can you miss out on the most adorable sea animals– the dolphins?

In Shree Ashtavinayak ’s “BLUE’ directed by debutant director Anthony D’Souza, you can see Sanjay Dutt and Lara Dutta frolicking with the dolphins The audiences will get to see Sanjay and Lara cavorting delightfully with the sea creatures in a romantic song ‘Aaj Dil Gustak Hai’ in the film.

Says director Anthony, “It was very difficult to shoot with the wild spotted dolphins and we had to travel overnight to Bimini to shoot with them. It was well worth all the efforts, as the outcome was spectacular! We were extremely lucky to find a cluster of them and the delightful tricks, which the dolphins learnt especially for the song, make for a visual treat.”

The song has been picturised on the actors playing with wild dolphins in all their majestic glory in Bimini Islands. There were also scenes, which required them to shoot at close range for which they had specially trained dolphins at the dolphin encounters These mammals were specially taught tricks, which are shown in the film. Not just the actors even the dolphins were trained for their roles

Even after the required shots, Sanjay and Lara would stay back in the dolphin encounters and play with the dolphins And being very intelligent creatures, the mammals picked up the tricks very fast and were loved and petted by the entire team

Slated to hit the theatres on 16th Oct “09, this oceanic spectacle features Bollywood stars like Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan, Rahul Dev and Katrina Kaif. Dr. A R Rahman has composed the tracks for the film with the winning combination of Resul Pookuty engineering the sound.