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Starring: Jackie Shroff,
Arbaaz Khan, Meera Vasudevan, Sahil Chadha, Parmeet
Sethi, Harsha Bhogle
Director: Anand Rai
Our lives are spent living in set patterns, immersed
in daily routines, compromising ourselves in
relationships, both business and personal, all in the
search of a secure future, unaware that life is passing
us by.
Thodi Life Thoda Magic is a light hearted film that
attempts to understand the reasoning in finding
happiness in life with a story which attempts to
understand the difference between mere existence and
enjoying life with all its ups and downs. We see around
that people’s lives are used up in finding the middle
ground in relationships and in search of money. In these
efforts to get through life, one tends to ignore smaller
things which can influence one’s emotions.
Suddenly it is revealed that MK is suffering from some
kind of health problem and in the past he was in a
mental asylum. The movie is about how people try to
market everything in life and try to earn money out of
it and there is a care-free person like MK doesn’t
realize that he is being misused or he just doesn’t
care?
Likewise, MK changes the lives of other people like
Roshan (Arbaaz Khan), Ashima (Anita Raj) and Aditya (Parmeet
Sethi). It is MK’s charisma and insights of life which
lend a hand to these people to rediscover the magic
behind a person’s sentiments and the importance of
relationships. MK’s philosophy refashions the lives of
the characters he meets, helping them understand
themselves, making them aware that - Life can be
magical. The story is about human bonding and the theme
that love bonds can create magic in peoples’ lives.
CREDITS
MK - Jackie Shroff
Siddharth - Saahil Chadha
Naina Jasraj - Meera Vasudevan
Roshan - Arbaaz Khan
Ashima - Anita Raj
Aditya - Parmeet Sethi
Harsha Bhogle
Director: Anand L Rai
Producer: Sahil Chadda
Story - Barnali Shukla
Original Music by Raju Singh
Cinematography by Raju Kaygee, Amitabha Singh
Film Editing by Ballu Saluja
Editorial Digital Intermediate Colorist - Rajiv
Sundararaju
Lyrics - Sunil Jogi, Aanand L Raj, Irshad Kamil
Music - Vinay Tiwari
Banner - Risaa Entertainment Pvt. Ltd & Fizz
Entertainment
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Based on this foundation, the
film traces the explorations of MK (Jackie Shroff), a man
who lives for the day and moment, and whose personality is
underlined by a kindhearted and caring soul. He lives for
today, for this moment, yet his devil-may-care personality
is underlined by a compassionate and caring attitude.
Siddharth is the creative director in a media company, who
is on the lookout for a simple face to complete his
documentary on Mumbai. Impressed by MK’s simplicity and
modesty, Siddharth selects him after auditioning several
faces. Writer Naina Jasraj (Meera Vasudevan) instantly
connects to MK’s simplicity and befriends him. Very soon,
the documentary turns into a news-based television show,
in an attempt to garner higher TRPs. MK is made to anchor
the show, and he goes through a troubled time. Naina is
also inspired by MK and she learns to believe in herself
and build newer and better relationships. Sometime later,
Siddhartha and Naina feel that MK’s reputation is being
misused.
Except from above average direction and Jackie’s
performance, there is nothing in the movie that is worth a
mention. Vinay Tiwari’s music is average. Jackie Shroff’s
efforts are in vain in this just about average film.
Arbaaz Khan seems to take it for granted. It is the
producer-actor Saahil Chadha who has a noteworthy
performance.
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Shaami M. Irfan
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