Self-indulgence and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Sigh. Great to watch, but almost impossible to engage with nowadays. The central theme is super-solemn. The sets are from abstract nowhere-land, merging the Grimm Brothers' tales with Victorian England. The acting and the mannerisms are theatrical. The songs are unhurried verse set to equally languorous-sounding tunes. Overall, it looks like a package that ought to belong to Broadway.
And yet somehow, the man forgets he has an audience. In flesh and blood.
Guzaarish is just that - the work of an artist who talks to himself....