Choosing Between Ishqiya and Rann

I want to see both Ishqiya and Rann (released this week). And I don't want to read what the critics have to say about them. I am mighty sure that these will be films (from the production houses of two master directors) worth watching on the screen (in other words, paisa vasool).

But to shoot off without seeing the films, here is my take: I will choose Ishqiya first. There will be more cinema (in terms of narrative), unpredictability and surprises in Ishqiya, which is set in the badlands of eastern UP. Rann will tell us about (what some of us know) breaking news business in Ram Gopal Varma's patented style. After disasters like Ram Gopal Varma ki Aag and Phoonk, RGV will redeem his lost status with Rann.

I am also itching to see Ishqiya since I am dying to hear the gaalis (expletives) in full blast from the speakers in the theatre. I also love watching the audience reaction to such gaalis. I remember watching Omkaara in the theatre. A large family had booked almost the half the row where me and Lals sat. And within 10 minutes of the film, the elders in the group looked stupefied..I almost fell off the seat when one of the the older guys told his wife: 'Ghar chalte hain. Yeh gaali waali film lag rahi hain' And he and several others actually got up and left. I wanted to tell him, asli zindagi mein jo hum sunte hain use parde mein dikha diya to kya aafat aa gayi. Hoping to have a lot of fun watching Ishqiya on the screen next week.