'Dhobi Ghat' or 'Mumbai Diaries' is an Aamir Khan's movie. So the viewing Audience belongs mostly not to just one country but internationally. The result is we have numerous reviews but less rating points. It is a good movie. It is underrated as per my understanding.Tone, Script & Story: Story of four people run parallel, a dhobi (washer man), painter, photographer, a newlywed bride. Direction, Screenplay, Cinematography: Justified. Acting: Everybody has done justice to their roles.Final Verdict: A nicely directed parallel running drama of four lives you must not miss if you are a serious movie lover.

This is a film set in the Muslim quarter of mumbai......Mohammad Ali road , where Arun ( played by Amir Khan ) , a brooding painter , comes to live , and finds old video films left by the former tenant , a Muslim young woman . But before he comes to live there, he has a one-night stand with a rich , vivacious young woman (Monica Dogra ),who has come from US to film Mumbai , and who develops an attraction for him . And as Shai ( Monica Dogra ) takes the help of a young dhobhi ( Played by Prateik Babbar ) to film dhobhi ghat , and practically goes dating with him ,predictibly making him have all sorts of ideas about her ( which guy wouldn't , in such a situation ) , a story of sorts begins to develop.......As Amir begins to view the old films left by the former tenant , a sense of mystery begins to overhang the film........you wonder what explosive revelations are going to be in the films.......but it is all overshadowed by the melancholy of Amir's character , which works against the film And when the revelations come , you are left wondering what connection they had with the main story.......It is left to Shai ( Monica Dogra ) to lift the film.....and she is the one who does it with a demonstration of such spontaneous acting and natural charm that makes you wish to see her in more films in bollywood in the future Prateik Babbar acts well ,in the role of a Muslim boy who allows Shai to take him for a ride , and ends up falling in love with her even though the class differences between them are obviously too much to bridge. All this does not change the fact that its a dull , though not outright boring film..... Amir Khan is simply too intense , and his acting skills could have been better utilised......Verdict--you can safely give it a miss......

Since having been shown the classic sports movie Lagaan in 2006,the main thing that I've always heard when friends have been discussing Bollywood movies,is how different the films lead actor (Aamir Khan) is from other "mainstream" Bollywood actors,due to him having taken a very "method" approach for a number of his most well known roles.Recently deciding to cheek his IMDb page to see if he had any upcoming projects,I was shocked to discover that Khan had done a 2010 film with his wife which seemed to have been completely over looked in the UK.After having read a few interesting bits about this oddly over looked movie,I decided the it was the perfect time to take a look at Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan's snapshots of Mumbai.The plot:Arriving in Mumbai to follow her passion for photography,banker/turned amateur photograph Shia goes to visit a newly opened art gallery.Impressed by the art works on display,Shia gets a happy surprise,when she bumps into the struggling artist (Arun) who has created the beautiful works.Being taken by each others good looks and charms,Shia and Arun leave the event so that they can spent the rest of the night alone together.Inital acting in a flirty manner,Shia's hopes of a relationship developing with Arun are left in ruins,when Arun "politely" decides to ask Shia if she is OK with their romance being "A one night thing!".Slamming the door behind her,Arun soon has his washing delivered from a man called Munna. (who also gets the chance later, to cross paths with Shia.)Wanting to go deeper into the art world,Arun moves into a much more classy,upmarket flat.Unpacking the handful of belongings that he has taken,Arun discovers a hand made bag hidden in a corner of the flat,filled with a number of home video tapes filmed by the previous resident of the flat.View on the film:Showing a strongly individual directing style for her debut film,writer/director Kiran Rao shoots the movie in a half docu- drama/half "indie" lo-fi fuzz style,with the scenes featuring the four interconnected characters mostly focusing on their attempts to slowly move "up a level" and reach their long-distance goals.For the "docu- drama" moments of this interesting movie,Rao shows an impressive attention to detail,as the Mumbai skyline is shown in a gloriously over exposed light,and the great on-location out door scenes taking place around the real activates of the residents in the city.Whilst Rao's dialogue rings with a wonderful frankness,where the discussion on love and sex from Shia (played charmingly by debut actress Monica Dogra) and Arun, (played by a quiet and focused Aamir Khan) impressively stays away from feeling sweet and "loved-up",to instead being much more realistically open and genuine.Although the dialogue allows for a good out line to be created for the characters,Rao seems to be overwhelmed by the size of Mumbai,with all of the characters feeling a bit of a distance from being fully formed,as Rao struggles to do a deep,intimate portrait of the characters,as the huge city casts its shadow over the proceedings.

Aamir Khan is my favorite Hindi Actor so I decided to catch this film, what a mistake. I don't know why half things happened in this movie, and personally I don't want to know (like Aamir speaking in English to Monica-huh?!?). The story line is good, not great, and has no real plot. Aamir did a great job but besides that nothing to rave about. The ending is horrendous, I understand the director wanted to be artsy and different but please at least take time to finish your movie. I'm not sure this is worth 1.5 hrs of anybody's time. The interwoven plot was a good idea, but the director lacks skill and experience to polish this off (Sorry Aamir).