No Smoking is the much talked about movie by Anurag Kashyap starring John Abraham, Ranvir Shorey, Ayesha Takia, Joy Fernandes, Paresh Rawal, Bipasha Basu, and Saif Ali Khan. This film is supposedly meant to demote smoking by showing how horrible it is, and the kind of things it can result in. I think it would've been better if they named it something like 'No Drugs' or 'No Cocaine'. Even better 'Addiction Kills'. The film is more about addiction of any kind than it smoking in particular. And the kind of side-effects depicted seem more look those of other hardcore drugs. There's nothing about the ACTUAL harms of smoking in the film. The kind of things that any smoker could look at and say 'that could happen to me'. I don't think any smoker would think they will go as far as John Abraham with smoking. It's rare and extreme. HOWEVER, the intention is to be applauded, and I hope it succeeds in what it aims to do. That's my 2 cents on the movie itself. Please do tell me if you think otherwise. AND after watching the movie, tell us if it convinced you to quit smoking.
Now let's talk about the music. It's composed by Vishal Bharadwaj. with vocals from Adnan Sami, Sukwinder Singh, and Sunidhi Chauhan to name a few. It's not really extraordinary, but still pretty good. I hope you enjoy it.
