Short Fim : Ouch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deMCcGkJsjc


The Plot is like this. 2 people, Manoj Bajpayee  & Pooja Chopra, are colleagues & are having an extra marital affair. Both are married with kids & all is not that bad in their marriage, but probably a bit of fun & excitement is what they were looking at. Cut to the present, where we see an excited Manoj  waiting in a Hotel room waiting for her partner. The paln is set, they had to inform their partners about this affair & then divorce them, Game set

While Manoj informs his wife about the same, Pooja chopra on the other hand, does not inform her spouse & all of a sudden, her moral compass (as Manoj Bajpayee calls it ion the film) gets activated & she decides to end this relationship. She feels that this relationship will have no future & respect

Bajpayees facial expression & his handling of the situation will keep you in spits through out, A smart & funny short film'

Watch it on You Tube

Short Film :Adheen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwkjDk2wQ9w


Adheen, is a 21 minute Gem of a shor film about a dysfunctional family of 4
The film captures the pains & poignancy of a family that cant be together due to circumstances, due to friction in relationships

Sanjay Mishra live with his critically ailing wife who is bed ridden for years together & is running out of money to meet her financial condition. The couple have 2 children who don't stay with them & are struggling with issues of their own in life

The Daughter played by the beautiful Anupriya Goenka, is in a same gender relationship & her mother throws her out of the house many years ago. She is still nursing a grudge against her family for the stand they took

The son is living an all messed up life with betting & gambling being his only source of income & profession & is running in debts

Its a story of how the relationship in the family is so complexed & complicated for want of financial success. The father eventually decides that he has had enough of staying alone with a critically sick patient day in & day out. One might feel that the Husband is being selfish in giving up on the wife, but there is a scene in the movie where Sanjay Mishra breaks down to say that he has had enough & goes on to detail how the room where he has to sleep everyday is filled with Stench of urine, stool & how the bed sheets are also littered with the same as they cant afford a medical attendant or nurse to help them with hygiene

Sanjay Mishra stands out yet again in depicting the angst & pathos of a partner who after having religiously served her better half has given up & now wants to live a life in the beautiful memories than living with the pain of a partner dying everyday

It also depicts that how the children are not ready to take care of their mother owing to the mess & struggle that they are going through in their life

The movie makes one wonder & ponder that financial stability is a key factor to maintain harmony in family

Movie review: OMG

From my FB Post 16th November 2014

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153289828972004&id=682637003

Watched the Paresh rawal starrer Movie OMG, last night for the umpteenth time..Cant get enough of the movie...the views and thoughts resonate...."where there is truth you dont need religion "how correct ...If we as responsible ans mature adults, cant decide for ourselves what is morally correct and right for us, families, society at large, then we need empathy not relogious discourse..The issue is Use of religion and God as a fear mechanism...99% when asked about their connection with the supreme authority are found to respond , even matrimonial alliances adverts..for prospective grooms/ brides starts with a "god fearing religious person , 5 figure salary"..Why God fearing ? Is god to be feared ? Why does religion have to work on fear? We are human beings , we will keep making mistakes ..idea is to be aware of thosw shortcomings & vices and try and keep overcoming  them bit by bit ...realisation if vices is the key..we are here to become better than what we were and not clones of sociwty defined righteousness, which the society at large doesn't follow or cant become ...

Be truthful,use reason, use rational , be fair, develop a fine judgement and then use that....a better human being evedyday will lead to God one day .....

"Things that make you believe absurdities can also make you commit attrocities" so let reason and rational be the guiding force

Movie Review : Gali Gali Chor hai

From Facebook post Dated 10th November 2014


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Just watched "Gali Gali Chor Hai"..generally such movies die a quite death in the movie halls...with Akshay Khanna as the lead this is expwcted . However go beyobd the surface of insanity of superstardom and give such movies a chance..story about common man and his brush with law on the wrong side..perfect example of a situational comedy and the fear which common ppl experience ..the fear of rebuke, fear of authority, fear of insult, fear of livelihood .....with an ensemble and supremely talented cast ...satish kaushik, Annu Kapoor, Murli sharma, Jagdeep...great entertainment

Movie : Madaari : A slap on the system

Facebook post Dates 24th July 2016

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Just watched the movie "Madaari"....wondering how do I even start describing the movie..That Irrfan khan is an actor par excellence, needs no debate, atleast in the minds of fans , critics and his contemporaries alike..But everytime one walks into the theater expecting brilliant stuff from Irrfan, to the point , that the expectation benchmark Is brilliant and anything else is never expected...With Madaari, Irrfan takes his brilliance to the next level...The pain, anguish , frustration and despair of losing a loved one to a fucked up system is the most disgraceful manner to lose a human live ..whether its an act of cowardly terrorism, or unnatural acts , calamities...especially when, We the People , have elected a Democratically functional machinery to help us...Irrfan just shines in the movie and his potrayal of a loving father and the Father son Bond is sure to tug every single string and chord in ones heart...The hurt and dejection is a constant theme in the movie and keeps highlighting the common man's plight against this machinery....

The finale scene is the highlight of the movie where the perpetrators and guilty people actually own up to the crime and expose the deep nexus of corruption which is so much part of the system.....

The star cast is ably supported by Jimmy shergill in amother sharp performance ...Tushar Dalvi is a seasoned TV actor who does great justice to the role...But Irrfan just steals the show....His act is simply outstanding and just raised the bar for raw emoting....Irrfan khan never acts ..The character comes out of the screen and talks to you....And keeps asking questions....are we as citizens not responsible for the govt. We chose...Why do we chose to vote on basis of caste, religion, gender, gotra.....UP, BIHAR, T.N, West Bengal....why are voting only on basis of caste, perception, favours etc ??

Is our basis of voting so flimsy that it gets affected on change in prices of onions,tomatoes and petrol..or on basis of certain privileges to a cetrain sect....I heard that the Babus in Delhi decided to vote against a party cause it had made working hours longer for them....or trader cimmunity in a city voting for a set of people and party only because it did some favours to the trader lobby......or as a corporate salaried person I vote for a give which promises me a lighter tax ....A mere 2000 rs additional money on account of better tax rules and my vote goes away......

If as voters we dont merit performance and delivery and continue to vote only for favours, caste and persibal benefits ...We will be solely responsible for our plight....We only vote for our castes....

Remember Bullets, train accidents, poor medical facilitiesand corruption  affects everybody irrespective of caste and religion.....

 A broken bridge will take lives Irrespective.....Stop corruption....Vote o performance and not caste and small favours

RIP Om puri sahab

From my FB post Dated 8th Jan 2017

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155585835222004&id=682637003


RIP# Om prakash Puri...Still can't believe that an actor of your calibre is no more..You were the actor who gave hopes to millions and millions of strugglong actors that if you believe in your talent, you will make your way.In a visual medium like cinema, where the prime qualification used to be purely good looks, you thrashed the stereotype..A face full of pockmarks, a childhood spend in penury , the rawness of village, lack of understanding of English language, ridicule for your looks...you overcame all of that to establish your self as one of the most respected  names of Hindi cinema in its more than 100 years of existence.....The current breed of "the unconventional looking actors" owe their existence to names like you and Naseerudin shah...I am talking about actors like manoj bajpayee, Irfan khan, Kay Kay menon, Rajkumar rao, Nawazudin...I am sure all of these actors, at some point in their journey, would have taken huge inspiration from you...not necessarily your work, but the sheer fact that ,all it takes is that belief in your self.....You cracked the template for parallel cinema, which in today's time has so seamlessly blended with commercial cinema...If a Ranbir kapoor  today, can do a Yeh jawaani hai deewani and a Barfi ,seamlessly blending Masala and art movies..somewhere, actors like you would have given him the confidence to do that....Directors like Dibakar Banerjee, Anurag Kashyap, Imitiaz Ali, who are all pushing the envelope , when t comes to experimenting with their cinema...all of them at some point in their journey would have referred to the kind of work that you and naseer have done....

What I have also adored about you, is your humility.....For someone whose supreme talent is not just an opinion or perception, but an almost universally accepted fact, the ability to remain so disenchanted and humble about your talent is what is truly amazing......I pray to the universe, to give me the kind of humility that you had, when I am able to achieve even 10% of your talent....

Thank you for making us laugh ( jaane bhi do Yaaron, Hera Pheri,Mandi, Chachi 420) for making us cry ( Aakrosh, ardh satya, mirch masala,) for inspiring us ( maachis, China gate)....and many many more memorable movies.......

You are an icon....RIP Puri Saab

Movie Review : Dangal (Everything right except Aamirs character Nuances)

From my FB Post Dated 15th Jan 2017

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155611466337004&id=682637003

Aamir khan gets everything right except his own character nuances


Watched Aamir Khans Dangal...The good things 1st....A truly inspirational story about fighting against all odds to back your dream..An able man with an unfulfilled dream and passion..His journey to achieve that dream..Fighting so many stereotypes along the way...Girls from a rural village in Haryana or perhaps any other part of North India(being a hard core patriarchal society)would be subject to several of such gender bias in their daily lives...Where dangal is special in a way is that it very beautifully touches upon the bond between a father and his children...Parent children relation0ships in bollywood have made a ritual out of mother children relationships, and almost ignoring the role that fathers play in our lives...It's a story which inspires you on so many counts...A girl beating the shit out of guys, almost replays the classic David vs goliath story..A father without much resources at his disposal, manages to get the best for his children, struggle of an athlete who dips after a  huge success and rebuilds herself bit by bit, or at a slightly different level, it is also about how children, at times, on achieving much deserved success after years of labor, tend to completely think of it as their own self made success and forget the role that their parents played....

Super impressed by some of the performances ...The young girls who played Geeta and babita, just nailed it with such mature and nuanced performance....They looked and lived the part perfectly on screen...Even the elder Versions of Geeta and Babita, was played to perfection..The complexities, the insecurities, the frustration ..All of it was brilliantly captured...

I expected much more depth from Aamirs role....To begin with, he didn't get the accent right..For a man known to be Mr perfectionist, his accent, just didn't sound convincing....Dangal has the kind of story , screenplay and direction, that even with average to good performances, one can create a huge impact ...Aamirs character lacked nuances, emotional layers and the pathos of a highly passionate man...Obviously with his calibre, he was good, but a biopic, needs much more than accent and putting on and losing weight..

For me, Aamir felt short of living the character...He was definitley good...but such a role and screenplay, deserve great and not just good

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