ugly ( film )
note: the following article may contain spoilers for the film' ugly' .
“an asphyxiating picture of india, and like its title, its ugly, ugly, ugly! ” wrote the influential french weekly, telerama, discussing director - scriptwriter - producer anurag kashyap’s latest offering ugly, which is in competition in the director’s fortnight section at the cannes film festival .
i think ugly is a commercial film. it’s a thriller. gone girl was also a thriller and it was a commercial film. ugly is a (kind of) thriller which people in india have yet not seen. but it’s a low budget film .
nikita diakur’s short, ugly, is called that for a reason. the experimental animated film, which follows a native american chief and a cat named ugly, was made with deliberately ‘faulty’ dynamics .
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most of the bits of architecture in the film resemble gallows, a running theme of the film .
ugly the cat – unusual angles, incorrect camera projections, along with the deliberately obscure simulations, were part of the film’s production .
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you can find out more about ugly on the official website or its facebook page .
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in the final film, tuco is designated as “the ugly, ” while lee van cleef’s character, angel eyes, is “the bad. ” in the original trailer for the american release, though, angel eyes is “the ugly” and tuco is “the bad. ”
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also, the film has got good reviews from the critics (at various film festivals). when people have seen the film and appreciated it, there is bound to be good word of mouth .
the screenplay and the music go well which only helps the film. ugly is the last release of 2014 but qualifies to be one of the best films of the year .
20 years ago today the doors of the coyote ugly saloon swung open, turning a low - key jerry bruckheimer - produced coming of age film into a beloved cult hit .
he has also served as one of the jury members at many film festivals including the 2009 venice film festival, 2013 sundance film festival, 13th marrakech film festival, and the 20th busan international film festival. in 2016, kashyap was awarded with yash bharti award by the government of uttar pradesh for his contribution in the field of cinema .
the boss. the law. the dreamer. the flame. the heartbreaker. the girls of coyote ugly .
his next film ugly, a thriller starring rahul bhat, ronit roy, tejaswini kolhapure, vineet kumar singh and surveen chawla in pivotal roles was screened in the directors' fortnight section at the 2013 cannes film festival and got standing ovation there. its release was halted for over an year regarding censorship issues over depiction of smoking in the film. the film was released on 26 december 2014 .
thus is the charm of ugly, a film that seems spontaneous (it is), and warrants several viewings for pieces of action you may have missed while its crazy action unfolds .
most people consider black friday as kashyap’s golden ticket. it wasn’t. it was paanch. dark, blood soaked noir is his forte. with ugly, kashyap has returned to his roots, and the result: ugly is kashyap’s best film in years. it’s also his most mature work to date .
' ugly' has been shot partly and kashyap doesn' t see the movie hitting the screens before mid 2013 .
the theatrical trailer of anurag kashyap' s much - delayed drama - thriller' ugly' has been released today .
us release of the ost. probably later re - issue? label incorrectly states film as
the good, the ugly and the bad, correct title is
the good, the bad and the ugly
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hitler ate sugar: inverted. somehow, mahatma gandhi, abraham lincoln and santa claus are locked away in the state home for the ugly. the movie seems to imply that if they are
ugly
(
too bald
,
too tall
and
too fat
, respectively), then any ugly individual is therefore a good person .
the film is an eye opener. it reflects human nature in today' s times. those who are unhappy and entangled in messy relationships have no one else but themselves to blame. all the characters in the film live an ugly life because of negativity in their minds .
in 2011, kashyap directed that girl in yellow boots, a thriller starring kalki koechlin who also co - wrote the film with him. the film was screened at many festivals including 2010 toronto international film festival, 67th venice international film festival, indian film festival of los angeles and the london indian film festival. shot in thirteen days, the film was released on september 2011. roger ebert gave it 3. 5 out of 4 stars, praising the character - driven film and the portrayal of its lead alongside the city compared to most hindi films :
a film like this provides a radically different view of india than you can find in the pleasures and excesses of bollywood
.
that approach to simulation gave ugly its characteristic look, and there were other errors and happy accidents that germany - based diakur took advantage of during production. the film will screen at animafest zagreb this june, after a successful kickstarter campaign in 2015. [ the film was also made with the support of the german federal film board and cartoon brew. ]
a supermodel - turned - actress, tyra had already notched up several film and tv roles (notably as jackie in the fresh prince of bel - air) before playing coyote ugly' s zoe .
it may not be the best film to watch around christmas but it' s one hell of movie that shouldn' t be missed. anurag kashyap is at his best once again. ugly is dark and hard - hitting like his critically acclaimed film black friday (2007) .
film - maker anurag kashyap who had filed a petition in the bombay high court last year, requesting the central board of film certification to set aside the compulsory insert of anti - smoking disclaimers in smoking scenes in films, saying that he would not release his directorial venture ugly till the rule changes, has now agreed to release the film with the disclaimers .
a bona fide hollywood treasure, john goodman was already a household name when he played violet' s dad in coyote ugly .
venue: cannes film festival (directors fortnight), may 17, 2013 .
, was phantom' s fourth release of the year. the film won the
the title character in john carpenter’s 1983 film is a memorably monstrous movie seductress .
it (ugly) fits into things as it positively will affect the audience of bombay velvet. when you see a film and you feel that there is a sense of storytelling, there is interest in the film maker’s work. as you move along, and a film with bigger stars comes along, everything (you have done till then) becomes an added advantage .
mumbai cutting (2010), an anthology film, was his next directorial venture. it consisted of eleven short films made by eleven directors. he directed one of the short film, it premiered at the 2008 indian film festival of los angeles .
leann only arrived in coyote ugly for the feel - good final scene, but her trio of soundtrack contributions are strongly tied to the film, particularly the diane warren - penned' can' t fight the moonlight' .
, india' s first collaborative feature film from twelve directors to make ten - minute short films, with each film being a part of a larger story written by him .
the film, he said, has already won four best director awards at festivals including one in korea and one in france. ugly stars ronit roy, girish kulkarni, tejaswani kolhapure, surveen chawala, siddhanth kapoor and others .
with its complex flashback structure and anti - naturalistic colour scheme, the film forces us to inhabit the ugly' s half - remembered, half - hallucinated world and to share in his shrink' s increasing sense of disorientation .
in 1999, kashyap shared the screen award for best screenplay, along with saurabh shukla for satya. the next year, his short film last train to mahakali won the special jury award at the same awards. his feature film debut black friday won the grand jury prize at the 3rd annual indian film festival of los angeles, and was a nominee for the
golden leopard
( best film) at the 57th locarno international film festival .
real, honest, with no frills, or creative liberties... the indian audience might find' ugly' too real for comfort .
' ugly' also stars siddhanth kapoor and surveen chawla in pivotal roles. the movie has been produced by phantom films and dar motion pictures .
this morning when i saw the short film, kali katha, which is a prelude to the story of ugly, i was highly intrigued to find out what will happen next. i kept wondering as to what kali' s character woul
ugly is a mean, dark and unsettling film that will rip you off in its last scene. this film is for the strong - hearted. it is honest, bare and raw in all its sense. as disgusting as the characters are, you want to watch this film for their diverse personalities and just to see what goes on in warped brains that bring out the worst in them. i loved the film for its brave nature and i am going with a 4 / 5 for its bold content .
anurag kashyap' s' ugly' is a gritty thriller ripe with emotions.' ugly' is about an awful event (child kidnapping), showcasing awful people, who reveal themselves to be more awful than originally thought, which ultimately reaches a conclusion more awful than how it all started .
a star of the west end stage, adam garcia hot - footed from saturday night fever to coyote ugly as violet' s love interest kevin .
ugly lyrics by vineet singh performed by vineet singh, ishq bector, shree. d. composed by g. v. prakash kumar and brian mcomber
polish - born dancer - turned actress izabella made her american film debut playing cammie in coyote ugly. she later put her dance moves to good use in save the last dance 2, step up: all in and make your move 3d .
the guns in the film were supplied by aldo uberti inc. , a company in italy .
the film got censorship clearance in 2007, and was released after two years meeting universal acclaim .
the film' s box office reception was abysmal, earning one and half million dollars while the film cost thirty million to make. it received three razzie nominations the year it was released .
new delhi: one of the first things we noticed while watching the film' ugly' was how real it looked. what the actors wore, how they spoke and how they reacted was only too relatable. it was slightly disturbing, even .
' ugly' has garnered rave reviews in several international film festivals. it was slated to release in 2013, but got delayed due to anurag kashyap’s long battle with the indian censor board over the' smoking is injurious to health' message issue .
i actually first purchased this music collection of the coyote ugly soundtrack back in april 7, 2007 when i was still living in florida (through the united states navy). there are a multiple number of hits on the coyote ugly soundtrack such as all she wants to do is dance by don henley, can’t fight the moonlight by leann rimes, power by snap, unbelievable by emf, devil went down to georgia by charlie daniels band etc. the movie itself is pretty decent as well. nonetheless, the coyote ugly soundtrack is perfect for those who like eclectic music and / or liked the coyote ugly movie .
it is a very emotional film in the garb of a very strong thriller. it is a very edge - of - the - seat thriller and at the same time, an emotional film. i don' t talk much about this film to anyone and i have always wanted to be very quiet about this film ,
the 40 - year - old said here wednesday .
anurag kashyap contended the court, stubborn on releasing his film ‘ugly’ without the obligatory ‘no smoking’ warnings. the director challenged the rules under the cigarettes and other products act, which makes it compulsory for filmmakers to tag scenes where tobacco usage is shown. the film’s release was delayed due to the petition and finally anurag kashyap had to relent and the film was released with the statuary warnings. anurag kashyap’s plea is summarised in his petition as followed. “
his next film was ugly (2014), a thriller about the kidnapping of a struggling actor' s daughter, and the events followed by it. it was screened in the directors' fortnight section at the 2013 cannes film festival, receiving a standing ovation. the film' s theatrical release was halted for over a year regarding censorship issues over depiction of smoking in it. though it was released on 26 december 2014 to generally positive reviews .
ugly, in one simple line, is about how we tend to lose greater things in life because we are too stuck on our own perceptions and insecurities .
moral dissonance: manzini wants to save the kids from the state home for the ugly, but he still plans to imprison them again in the garbage pail .
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in 1999, kashyap shared the star screen award for best screenplay, along with saurabh shukla for ram gopal varma' s satya. the next year, his short film last train to mahakali won the special jury award at the same awards. his feature film debut black friday won the grand jury prize at the 3rd annual indian film festival of los angeles (2005), and was a nominee for the
golden leopard
( best film) at the 57th locarno international film festival (2004) .
the showing is a benefit for the port townsend film festival in september and grew out of the festival' s relationship with stewart stern, the seattle screenwriter who wrote
the ugly american
and was one of the project' s prime movers from the beginning .
ugly does not have over - loaded music, loud background or any of those cliches most bollywood films survive on. and, without the help of any of these formuale, it still manages to put across its message. ugly traces a week into the lives of people around a ten - year - old girl kali (anshika shrivastava) who is kidnapped. unlike kashyap' s movies, ugly does not have too much of political and social innuendos. this one is about human follies and emotions .
yes absolutely! as the name suggests, this movie is about the nature of the human beings. so ugly they are that they actually forgot that the main demand of the situation is to find the girl! instead they are out to fulfill their self purposes as much as they can. this is ugly! ronit roy the inspector beating n alleging the girl' s father of this kidnapping instead of looking for clues on spot. . this is ugly! rahul bhat, the father, chilling with an item girl and plotting a revenge on the inspector instead of helping him finding his girl. . this is ugly! and for these ugly people, the girl had to suffer the consequences... the negligence cost her life. the consequence completes the story. and yeah it is by far the finest kashyap movie! : )
the film in general contains a handful of final speeches of otherwise unimportant soldiers of the american civil war .
' ugly' ’s web of deceit spreads out to include shalini’s brother siddhant (siddhant kapoor), and rahkee (surveen chawla), the plot becomes too busy and intricate for its own good. the plot crosscuts neurotically among the large cast, heightening the sense of crisis, and keeps posing the question what are the characters after? a slew of inserted flashbacks add to the layers of the film and bring out the ugly side of the characters .
he then went on to collaborate with karan johar' s dharma productions to produce the romantic comedy hasee toh phasee (2014). the film starring parineeti chopra and sidharth malhotra was directed by the debutant vinil mathew. kashyap then co - edited and co - produced the comedy drama queen, starring kangana ranaut. the film was a critical and commercial success, it also won the national film award for best feature film in hindi .
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of all the great films of the 1960s, the good, the bad and the ugly is one of a fistful that can be truly appreciated only on the big screen .
in 2016, kashyap co - wrote and directed raman raghav 2. 0, a thriller based on the notorious serial killer raman raghav. it starred nawazuddin siddiqui in the title character. the film premiered at the 2016 sydney film festival and the 2016 cannes film festival, in the director' s fortnight section to positive response .
the ugly side of ‘ugly dynamics’ came about from technical defects – tuned into the software – in the simulation process. cinema 4d was the chosen platform to make that happen. “it helped to get things done without forcing us to deal with unnecessary details, ” said diakur, who was also a beta tester for cinema 4d’s manufacturer maxon, during production .
never trust a trailer: the trailer had a narrator with annoying diction continually blurting out ,
the good... the bad... and the ugly
over footage of the three title characters. unfortunately, because the original italian title (il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) translates literally as' the good, the ugly, the bad', angel eyes and tuco were swapped in the trailer, making poor lee van cleef appear to be the' ugly'. eli wallach must have been flattered .
reviewed at rotterdam film festival (bright future), september 29, 2017. running time: 90 min .
chronic backstabbing disorder: the film is a backstabbing triathlon. tuco in particular changes sides at least four times .
there is a battle fought over a destroyed bridge, as a reference to the buster keaton film the general .
this clearly restraints the rights of filmmakers to freedom of speech and expression. this warning destroys the aesthetic value of a film and distracts audience from the movie thus ruining the experience of watching a film. ” he stated .
with it in cinemas we rank every film version of the great american author’s work, from worst to best .
though ordained from the beginning, the three - way showdown that climaxes the film is tense and thoroughly astonishing .
to find out more about exactly how diakur made the film, we asked him how the ‘ugly’ treatment was arrived at from a technical point of view, what some of the more unusual approaches to animation involved, and how he got the best, er, worst errors and used them .
soundtrack from the august 4th jerry bruckenheimer produced, buena vista motion picture release
coyote ugly .
the film stars john goodman, tyra banks and others. soundtrack features four new songs from leann rimes, all penned by famed songwriter diane warren. (
how do i live
)
“the tone is set in the first 15 minutes of the film — a near suicide, a marital dispute, an illegal iphone trade, a beating at a police station, the kidnapping of a little girl and a bloody death — all this to the soundtrack of screaming metal. welcome to india. the syrupy offerings of bollywood left us unprepared for such an unfurling of violence. but kashyap’s earlier opus, gangs of wasseypur, had already announced what was to come. representative of an independent emerging cinema, kashyap aims to look his country in the face, show it for what it is. ugly, ugly, ugly, the film, so aptly named, lifts the veil on the moral laideur of a society eaten up by vice and corruption. ”
hirani' s pk may be the flavor of the season with a positive social message but even kashyap' s ugly gives you a reality check and hence should not be missed .
when i entered the theatre, people were busy chatting and messaging on their phones, but anurag kashyap’s brilliant execution of the film commanded pin - drop silence. not a single person fidgeted with his phone or got distracted by anything else, so hooking was the film. so without any further delays, here’s my view point on the film…
gave the film a three star out of five rating and mentioned :
it was indeed a difficult film to make, yet the director has managed to grapple with all the loose threads and put them together in a composite whole. so much so, the film moves like a taut thriller, without ideology colouring the sepia frames .
then william lederer and eugene burdick' s 1958 novel about american insensitivity in southeast asia ,
the ugly american ,
became both a huge bestseller and cause celebre (
john kennedy sent a copy to every member of the senate
) and englund went after and acquired its film rights .
either we need more exhibition spaces or some kind of regulation in this regard, like the south. there they have regulation on the p & a; of the film too so that a film is not front loaded too much .
decoy protagonist: blondie. it' s his partner tuco that gets the most focus and development throughout the film .
the film' s theatrical release was halted for over a year regarding censorship issues over depiction of smoking in it .
what’s good: when you get to see noir at its best in a bollywood film. the film true to its name is ugly. it is dark and certainly not for the faint - hearted. anurag kashyap is one of the few directors who knows how to build a plot with multiple characters and yet leave us wanting for more as we meander into their lives and try to find a reasoning to their actions. unraveling the true nature of human greed, this film is a mirror for all of us who have demons inside us .
exclusive: watch' kali katha', a short film by anurag kashyap. discover the circumstances in which kali was born in this heart - wrenching prologue to ugly, releasing in theaters on 26th december. featuring rahul bhat, tejaswini kolhapure and vineet singh.' ugly' starring ronit roy, rahul bhat, tejaswini kolhapuri, surveen chawla, siddhanth kapoor and vineet singh is a dark psychological thriller on the surface and an emotional drama within... dar motion pictures presents a phantom production written and directed by: anurag kashyap music by: gv prakash background score by: brian mcomber follow ugly at: urltoken urltoken follow phantom at: facebook: urltoken twitter: urltoken instagram: urltoken
anurag kashyap is the quintessential rebel. he has had a disturbed childhood and it shows in the choice of his movie subjects which turn out to be disturbing for the aam janta. the patrons of hollywood and european cinema are inherently far detached from the harsh poor realities of life. patrons of indian cinema go through the grind of hardships every single day. movies for them is more of an escape and in many cases the only mode of good entertainment. a film like ugly is not meant for the wide section of indian audience that patronizes fun, entertaining escapist cinema. when the reality is so ugly for them why would they want to spend money on buying a ticket for ugly .
had the plot been just till here, it would have been a different story and wouldn’t have been named ugly. but the plot thickens hereafter as the dark side of the characters surfaces .
the theme from the 1966 sergio leone film
the good, the bad and the ugly
with clint eastwood, lee van cleef & eli wallach. music composed by ennio morricone. i am not making any money off of this channel and all videos / edits are in accordance with copyright / fair use .
if you are lucky enough you will see alia bhatt in the film too, but in a blink and miss appearance .
( 1976) at nair' s place, and the film inspired him to
write something
. the team of
because the film was set during the civil war, leone wanted to preserve a certain sense of accuracy, and went to america to research the film. among his inspirations were library of congress documents and the photographs of legendary photographer mathew brady. the film is not completely historically accurate, though. it features the use of dynamite before that particular explosive was invented .
' ugly' takes steep turns that will leave you confused as to who to root for in the end. the ending is a haunting final shot, which pummels the moral centre of the movie. the film begins and ends with intentional violence which simply accentuates the ugliness instead of serving as a shock - value .
it sure does, well, at least diakur and his team called it something. “the first name that came to mind was ‘ugly dynamics, ’ probably because we didn’t find anything better than the title of our film plus ‘dynamics, ’ which is the definition for simulation in the 3d package, ” diakur said .
sexy, romantic comedy about a girl in her early 20s named violet sanford going to nyc to pursue a dream of becoming a songwriter. violet gets a
day
job as a bar maid at a nightclub called coyote ugly. coyote ugly is the city' s newest hot spot where the employees are a team of sexy, resourceful women that provoke the clientele and press with their mischief .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans. it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
marlon brando' s understated performance in
the ugly american
ranks among his best. he' s mesmerizing as a smart, stubborn american who gradually realizes that his arrogance has devastating consequences. less
violet is forced to leave behind her best pal gloria to pursue her dreams of stardom, but melanie lynskey has seen her career go from strength - to - strength in the years since coyote ugly .
the project was for people across india to film a snapshot of their day and upload it on google' s official website .
the same year he teamed up with dibakar banerjee, zoya akhtar and karan johar to direct
murabba
, one of the four segments of anthology film bombay talkies. it was made to celebrate the 100 years of indian cinema, and was screened at the 2013 cannes film festival. the film did not perform well at the box office, but was well received by critics .
careful viewers of the “dollars trilogy” will note that, though it’s the final film, the good, the bad and the ugly actually takes place prior to the other two films. among the clues: eastwood acquires his iconic poncho, worn in both a fistful of dollars and for a few dollars more, in the final minutes .
ironically, ugly looks beautiful. it’s all dark, dank and disgusting, and yet impossible to look away from, courtesy of cinematographer nikos andretsakis, who earlier worked on dibakar bannerjee’s films. this isn’t another dev d, but a film that is its own beast, filled with black and blue, and the color of grime. the second thing you’ll notice about ugly is the spine - chilling rock music - inspired background score by brian mcomber. this sort of sound design hasn’t been heard in bollywood and it really is quite refreshing .
mumbai: filmmaker anurag kashyap, who is directing the thriller' ugly', does not want to give out too much about its narrative. however, he says it has its emotional quotient in place .
marlon brando' s understated performance in
the ugly american
ranks among his best. he' s mesmerizing as a smart, stubborn american who gradually realizes that his arrogance has devastating... more
since playing aspiring singer violet sanford in coyote ugly, piper perabo' s career has veered from the sublime (2005' s the prestige) to the ridiculous (2008' s beverly hills chihuahua) .
what happened to the mouse? : what happened to the other garbage pail kids? it is implied that they were euthanized by the state home for the ugly, but the details are not very clear .
this morning when i saw the short film, kali katha, which is a prelude to the story of ugly, i was highly intrigued to find out what will happen next. i kept wondering as to what kali’s character would be like? how does she get kidnapped? who would have done it? well, in the evening when i saw the film, i not only had the answers to these questions but was also left with a brilliant cinematic experience .
after a failed attempt to make allwyn kalicharan in 2003, kashyap started working on black friday (2007), a film based on the book by hussain zaidi about the 1993 bombay bombings. the bombay high court put a stay on the release of the film, until the judgement in the bomb blasts case was delivered. it was decided after a petition filed by a group of 1993 bomb blasts accused, challenging the release of the film based on their case. the film got censorship clearance in 2007, and was released after two years meeting universal acclaim. nikhat kazmi gave the film a three star out of five rating and mentioned :
it was indeed a difficult film to make, yet the director has managed to grapple with all the loose threads and put them together in a composite whole. so much so, the film moves like a taut thriller, without ideology colouring the sepia frames .
also, the beginning and the end have the three main characters being labeled by onscreen text as
the ugly
,
the bad
,
and the good ,
both times in that order .
the third in the clint eastwood series of italo westerns, the good, the bad and the ugly is exactly that - - a curious amalgam of the visually striking, the dramatically feeble and the offensively sadistic .
ugly, for example, cost rs 4. 5 crore and we worked on the costing like i mentioned. the p & a; is very minimal because like i mentioned, we did not want to spend a crazy amount on the p & a; of a film that did not cost so much to make in the first place .
the end is a bit abrupt. however, it works in favour of the film as the audience is left wanting for more .
clothes make the legend: we see the man with no name pick up his trademark poncho amongst other identifying traits throughout the film .
leitmotif: the main theme is turned into one for each protagonist (the good' s has a whistle, the bad' s an ocarina, and the ugly' s screamed —
aaaaaaaah !
) .
as dodger gets to know the kids, he finds out they know how to sew clothes and uses their talents to impress tangerine, one of the female bullies. unfortunately, before dodger can really hit it off with her, the kids are captured by the state home for the ugly, an institution that incarcerates anybody considered too ugly for society. dodger and manzini decide to infiltrate the prison and save the kids from being euthanized .
in 2009, kashyap had two releases. dev. d, a contemporary take on sarat chandra chattopadhyay' s novel devdas. it was the twelfth film adaptation of the bengali novel. starring abhay deol who actually pitched the original idea of the film to kashyap, with mahie gill and newcomer kalki koechlin portraying the characters of
paro
and chandramukhi respectively. the film met with generally positive reviews and strong box office results. gulaal, a political drama, was his final release of that year. kashyap started working on the film in 2005, and had finished 70 - 80 per cent of the film in 2006, when its producer fell ill. later on, zee motion pictures took over the project and was finally finished in 2008 and released on 13 march 2009. anupama chopra gave the film three stars and referred to kashyap as
the anti - yash chopra
. despite positive reviews, the film underperformed at the box office .
three outlaws pursue a cache of gold hidden in a grave. while canonical, this film is oddly structured with its inciting incident pushed to an hour and fifteen minutes into its three - hour run time. what the film is saying about goodness (or ugliness or badness) is unclear as the
good
is just as bad as the
ugly ,
but i can imagine that it' s attempting to show that morality is more contextual than absolute, creating, as it does, an environment in which everybody is immoral even the union and confederate troops, who seem to be passing through this film on their way to another. beautifully shot and operatic in scope, the filmmaking is remarkable even if the story - telling is perplexing. overall, this classic western isn' t bad or good or ugly, just moderately interesting .
graced with a velvet voice, 21 - year - old violet sanford heads to new york to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her
day
job as a barmaid at coyote ugly. the
coyotes
as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making coyote ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl .
what’s bad: well, not all would want to sit through a grim film that stretches for over two hours. the film is not a regular drama and if you are one of those who want cinema to be an enjoyable experience, this is certainly not for you .
whats not: the first half of the film is longer than the second half. the movie also seems to have been chopped a lot at the censor board tables. so the flashback scenes which were shot extensively were removed and kept to a bare minimum. it doesn’t spoil the flavour of the film, but had those scenes had still been part of the film, it would have been much more interesting .
with bombay velvet, you will turn into a' commercial' film - maker. how does that fit into the scheme of things ?
but over the past 40 years, the film has stayed alive on television and video, it has gathered a cult of admirers, and a number of movie critics have come forward to argue that it' s the most intelligent and prescient hollywood film of the vietnam genre .
the bombay high court put a stay on the release of the film, until the judgement in the bomb blasts case was delivered. it was decided after a petition filed by a group of 1993 bomb blasts accused, challenging the release of the film based on their case .
dashing hispanic: tuco. ironically, despite being branded
the ugly
, he' s more of an unkempt beauty and very charismatic .
when you have to shoot, shoot, don' t talk .
though it has to forever compete with the searchers and high noon, few western films will ever have the impact of the good, the bad and the ugly, the final film in sergio leone’s “dollars trilogy” and the most famous spaghetti western (that is, films in the american western style made by italian directors) of all time. it catapulted clint eastwood to super - stardom, changed the way countless directors thought about the genre, and continues to influence film to this day. so, in celebration of the film' s 50th anniversary, here are a dozen facts about the legendary tale of gunslingers on the hunt for treasure .
as a 19 - year - old student of zoology at delhi' s hansraj college, i had no desire to be a filmmaker. till i watched bicycle thieves, a 1948 italian film directed by vittorio de sica, at a film festival in delhi in 1993. after the film got over, i decided to chuck it all and leave bag - and - baggage for bombay to be a filmmaker .
with half the runtime of kashyap’s previous efforts, ugly comes with a packed narrative. every frame has a dark undertone and ugly does not conclude until every possible avenue of audience empathy is explored. with a run time of two hours and eight minutes,' ugly' will end up leaving you gasping for more. while certain scenes could have been cut, the added elements are welcome diversions that throw the thriller pleasantly off - balance. an unending police interrogation with rahul that turns into a argument about smart phone features and a police officer singing a few lines of a song to understand its relevance to the case provides the necessary comic relief to the otherwise grim storyline .
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silence is golden: the film runs ten minutes before anybody speaks. also, in the final climactic three way duel, there is no dialogue at all for over five minutes, and the film relies entirely on the score, and closeups of the three main character' s faces, each trying decide whether to move first. it is widely considered to be one of the most dramatic and tense moments in film history .
sits there thinking vietnam looks like a party. indeed, the only film i can think of that makes war look like
fun
is
ugly won' t make your christmas merry: it is a simple, hard - hitting and dark movie. it shows you how we mess up our own lives because of ego, jealousy and misunderstood notions of people around us .
according to anurag it’s the health ministry that should take the responsibility of curbing use of tobacco and work towards measures to control it and that films should not be a medium to advertise non - smoking. while some may agree with the director, some might certainly weigh in to differ on the matter. when we think about it, ‘ugly’ is a dark film with a sinister theme. therefore the scenes showing tobacco usage is mere depiction, inevitable in reflecting the creative vision of setting up a dark atmosphere in the film world .
gave it 3. 5 out of 4 stars, praising the character - driven film and the portrayal of its lead alongside the city compared to most hindi films :
a film like this provides a radically different view of india than you can find in the pleasures and excesses of bollywood
.
he was first married to film editor aarti bajaj with whom he had a daughter (born january 9, 2001). they divorced in 2009 .
while the pace does dip in the second half, what makes ugly tick is the searing honesty with which it is told. it’s not for the faint - hearted, but for those who are willing to let the morally decrepit live .
tuco: is eating in a bar. a group of gunmen come in to kill him and he shoots them all before crashing out of a window, still eating his dinner .
il brutto ,
or
the ugly .
rahul bhat delivers an extraordinary performance as his character transitions from loser actor to helpless father.' ugly' is a comeback film for bhat and he does full justice to the role. ronit roy adeptly potrays a autocratic police chief who seems right at home in a corrupt bureaucratic system. tejaswini kolhapure enlivens the grim thriller with shrill theatrics and vineet singh slips in perfectly into the shoes of a money - grubbing agent. the performances are all strong, with a touch of manic - intensity that blends smoothly with the dark mood of the film .
there are two kinds of people, my friend. those who love sergio leone' s the good, the bad and the ugly (1966) and those who resist the machismo and gallows humor of what is arguably the definitive spaghetti western .
bollywood has always stayed away from dark dramas and among the very few filmmakers, anurag kashyap is one who dares to bare it all in his films. ugly is raw, grim and a in - the - face film which deals with multiple characters who falter prey to their own greed as they are caught up in a strange situation. the script is bang - on and probably kashyap’s best .
produced by dar motion pictures and phantom films, ugly, was first slated to release last year, but the film was moved forward as kashyap was not willing to carry the anti - smoking disclaimers in the smoking scenes in the film saying that they were a distraction for the audience. now, that he has agreed to release the film, kashyap says, “the high court has said that since the case is in the supreme court a decision cannot be taken because it cannot supersede the supreme court. so if we want the rule to change, we have to wait for the supreme court verdict or apply in the ministry, that the new government has yet to set up. the film’s financiers have given us enough time and can no longer hold on, as any further delay will add to the costs. i know that the procedure can take time as we only had four court dates in eight months! though the release date is yet to be locked, ugly will be released with the disclaimers. however, it does not mean that we stop fighting against this issue, ” said kashyap .
in 2012, kashyap came up with his ambitious directorial venture gangs of wasseypur, which screened at the 2012 cannes directors' fortnight, london indian film festival, toronto film festival and the sundance film festival in 2013. the film with an ensemble cast, was a two - part crime saga centred on the coal mafia of dhanbad with the story spanning from the early 1940s to 2009. the first part was released on 22 june, and the second on 8 august 2012, both receiving appreciation from indian and international critics alike. the combined budget of the two films allowed it to be a box - office success .
a master makes their own tools: tuco (the ugly) built his own revolver by taking bit and pieces from a bunch of different guns in a gun store. none of that gun store' s best ones was good enough for him .
the locations are used to heighten the mood of the action rather than function as an exotic foreground. kashyap’s film is anti - establishment and it highlights the faulty setup that exists in the country. but the deftness with which kashyap weaves these issues into the plot makes ugly relatable. kashyap uses themes of social corruption with extraordinary subtlety. the scenes are filled with uncompromising vitality while he tries to weave in systemic problem in the film. surveillance - obsessed procedural detail, emotional meltdowns, and swindling schemes are pieced together without cutting down the pace of the piquant thriller .
on the whole, technically brilliant with some wonderful performances, ugly strictly caters to a niche audience. moreover the choice of releasing it during a festive period isn’t a great idea either. watch it if you are an anurag kashyap fan, else avoid !
lost in translation: the finnish title is hyvät, pahat ja rumat (implying that the movie isn' t so much about three persons, one of whom is considered good, the second bad and the last ugly, but several of each. )
gun porn: the film has some very loving close - up shots of revolvers being disassembled, cleaned, reassembled, with some chill - inducingly satisfying foley .
earlier in the film, tuco warns blondie that if his bullet doesn' t hit the rope, it should at least hit the former' s head .
deconstructor fleet: the film deconstructs not only the morality of westerns, but the dramatic structure they' re built on, stripping it down to the bare minimum .
ironic echo: blondie' s use of tuco' s
there are two kinds of people in the world
catch phrase at the end of the film.
ugly is a 2014 indian neo-noir psychological thriller film written and directed by anurag kashyap . the film was screened in the directors ' fortnight section at the 2013 cannes film festival . it also opened in the 2014 new york indian film festival . the film stars girish kulkarni , ronit roy , tejaswini kolhapure , vineet kumar singh and surveen chawla in pivotal roles . it also features model turned tv actor rahul bhat in an important role and tv actor abir goswami in his last film appearance before his death in 2013 . the circumstances that led to the birth of kali , the little girl , was separately made as ' kali katha ' : the prologue , and was released on youtube . the digital poster of the film was released on 8 may 2013 . produced by dar motion pictures and phantom films , the film was theatrically released on december 26 , 2014 after a delay about the inclusion of a warning about smoking . upon release , the film received critical acclaim and has grossed over ₹ 138 million worldwide . 
ugly is a 2014 indian neo-noir psychological thriller film written and directed by anurag kashyap. the film was screened in the directors' fortnight section at the 2013 cannes film festival. it also opened in the 2014 new york indian film festival. the film stars girish kulkarni, ronit roy, tejaswini kolhapure, vineet kumar singh and surveen chawla in pivotal roles. it also features model turned tv actor rahul bhat in an important role and tv actor abir goswami in his last film appearance before his death in 2013. the circumstances that led to the birth of kali, the little girl, was separately made as' kali katha': the prologue, and was released on youtube. the digital poster of the film was released on 8 may 2013. produced by dar motion pictures and phantom films, the film was theatrically released on december 26, 2014 after a delay about the inclusion of a warning about smoking. upon release, the film received critical acclaim and has grossed over ₹ 138 million worldwide.
ugly is a 2014 indian neo-noir psychological thriller film written and directed by anurag kashyap. the film was screened in the directors' fortnight section at the 2013 cannes film festival. it also opened in the 2014 new york indian film festival. the film stars girish kulkarni, ronit roy, tejaswini kolhapure, vineet kumar singh and surveen chawla in pivotal roles. it also features model turned tv actor rahul bhat in an important role and tv actor abir goswami in his last film appearance before his death in 2013. the circumstances that led to the birth of kali, the little girl, was separately made as' kali katha': the prologue, and was released on youtube. the digital poster of the film was released on 8 may 2013. produced by dar motion pictures and phantom films, the film was theatrically released on december 26, 2014 after a delay about the inclusion of a warning about smoking. upon release, the film received critical acclaim and has grossed over ₹ 138 million worldwide.