Synopsis:
Well Done Abba is the story of Armaan Ali, a driver working for a Senior Executive in Mumbai, who goes on leave. He wants to find a match for his teenage daughter, who stays with his brother Rehman Ali and his wife Salma. When Armaan returns to work after 3 months his young employer wants to sack him. But Armaan Ali has a story to tell. The story he tells is a humorous and often hilarious account of the events and happenings that delayed him from returning after a month. He avails a government scheme to dig a well in his agricultural patch. Things spiral out of control so much so that the Government is about to collapse! The question remains, how true is this compelling story!
Review:
WELL DONE Abba is a story of a driver in Mumbai, Armaan Ali (Boman Irani), who takes a month’s leave from work in order to seek a matrimonial alliance for his daughter Muskaan (Minissha Lamba). Armaan heads towards his village near Hyderabad and gets embroiled in the problems faced by this weary village struck by water scarcity. It is a narration by a driver to his boss on how his turning into an activist delayed his return to work.
Once again the pioneer of hindi parallel cinema Shyam Benegal has dished out a film full of irony, satire and rebuked the dynamics on which the government machinery moves. It seems to have unmasked the reality of the campaigns launched by political bygones like ‘Aam Admi’ and ‘India shinning’.
The film tells us how, Armaan, who is courageous enough to quench the thirst of a village after reading a government scheme about getting a loan to dig a well. But in a bid to quench the thirst of the government bureaucrats he is left with little to offer to his fellow villagers.
This piece of parallel cinema is a sheer delight with lot of substance in its script. The plot and narration is forceful enough to hit a chord with the audience. The music has been composed keeping in mind the theme by Shantanu Moitra which has a tone of folk music. A double act by Boman Irani needs a special mention and is something to watch for in the film. While Ila Arun , Minissha and others are an icing on the cake to make this film a total entertain package, which also has a strong message .
So, it is bundle of satire, ridicule and irony wrapped up intelligently with loads of humour only to make the audience say WELL DONE BENEGAL!
Information about the Movie:
imdb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1397492
Director: Shyam Benegal.
Country: India.
Also Known As: Well Done Abba.
Year: 2009.
Genre: Comedy | ARTHOUSE.
Language: Hindi.
Subtitle: English | .idx & .sub.
Run time: 134 min [2h. 14min.]
Principal Cast: Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba, Sammir Dattani, Ila Arun, Ravi Kishan,
Sonali Kulkarni
Technical Information about the Movie:
General
Complete name : Well Done Abba AKA Well Done Dad.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 1.46 GiB
Duration : 2h 14mn
Overall bit rate : 1 551 Kbps
Video
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Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
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Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 2h 14mn
Bit rate : 1 096 Kbps
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 304 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
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Stream size : 1.03 GiB (71%)
Audio
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Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 2h 14mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 432 MiB (29%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 96 ms (2.30 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 96 ms
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