From my FB Post dated 30th July 2017
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Watched the movie "Anaarkali from Aarah"...
Positives
It takes immense guts to make a film like this. Set against the backdrop of modern day Rural Bihar, the film tries to portray the life of the thousands of singers/ dancers who have graced numerous of stage shows, marriages in the hinterlands of the state. These girls, who dressed in the most raunchy, colorful dresses dancing to songs filled to the brim with such a strong sexual innenundo, and gyrating their pelvis muscles to intensity that would have muscled Elvis Presley out of retirement, had he attempted to dance in a raunchy wedding in our Bihar..
And mind you, its not considered to be a cheap entertainment, infact till some years back, these dances were part of even stage shows where some really powerful men of the state would be patrons..all in the name of "Promoting Bihar folklore"..
The film touches upon a very important quetsion, are these women so easily available for people just because they are dancer and singers...They dance and entertain to run families...Much like the dnace bar culture of Mumbai, a lot of these women are married with families to run..Being in the entertainment business they are subject to much more of lecherous glare. But does that make them easy targets ? And when a woman fights back. How her life is made hell,and how she redeems herself forms the backdrop of the movie...
Performances
Pankaj tripathi, to me is the star highlight of the movie.He has a small but very relevant role in the movie. Tripathi just nails the role with his effortless portrayal as Rangeela who runs the dance troop.....He is the icing on this movie...He has managed to capture the folklore like nobodys business..
Sanjay mishra , in probably the 1st big negative role of his life as Vice Chacellor has done full justice to his part and his immense talent
Ishtiyaak khan, was one surprise package of the film..for people scratching their head to figure out this guy, he has played the quentessential bihari boy in many movies...last seen in jolly LLB Part 2...He has got a fine role and displays his range and versatility as an actor...
Swara bhaskar: she is one of the actresses whose strengths are somewhat coming in the way of her playing the roles that she does...I have great respect for Swara and her craft as an actor, she puts her heart and soul into every character that she portrays, however Swara Bhaskar has "Classy, intelligence" stamped and ingrained all over her....and that comes across even when she plays a role like Anaarkali....I am not sure who in the current bollywood heroines could have played this part flawlessly...but none could have been more honest than swara...Her sincerity shows, but she needs to do something about her onscreen personsa of being "so damn classy"...
She was great in her emoting and sincerity but to me she didnt crack the character intrinsically
PS; written from mobile so pardon some typos
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156367015202004&id=682637003
Watched the movie "Anaarkali from Aarah"...
Positives
It takes immense guts to make a film like this. Set against the backdrop of modern day Rural Bihar, the film tries to portray the life of the thousands of singers/ dancers who have graced numerous of stage shows, marriages in the hinterlands of the state. These girls, who dressed in the most raunchy, colorful dresses dancing to songs filled to the brim with such a strong sexual innenundo, and gyrating their pelvis muscles to intensity that would have muscled Elvis Presley out of retirement, had he attempted to dance in a raunchy wedding in our Bihar..
And mind you, its not considered to be a cheap entertainment, infact till some years back, these dances were part of even stage shows where some really powerful men of the state would be patrons..all in the name of "Promoting Bihar folklore"..
The film touches upon a very important quetsion, are these women so easily available for people just because they are dancer and singers...They dance and entertain to run families...Much like the dnace bar culture of Mumbai, a lot of these women are married with families to run..Being in the entertainment business they are subject to much more of lecherous glare. But does that make them easy targets ? And when a woman fights back. How her life is made hell,and how she redeems herself forms the backdrop of the movie...
Performances
Pankaj tripathi, to me is the star highlight of the movie.He has a small but very relevant role in the movie. Tripathi just nails the role with his effortless portrayal as Rangeela who runs the dance troop.....He is the icing on this movie...He has managed to capture the folklore like nobodys business..
Sanjay mishra , in probably the 1st big negative role of his life as Vice Chacellor has done full justice to his part and his immense talent
Ishtiyaak khan, was one surprise package of the film..for people scratching their head to figure out this guy, he has played the quentessential bihari boy in many movies...last seen in jolly LLB Part 2...He has got a fine role and displays his range and versatility as an actor...
Swara bhaskar: she is one of the actresses whose strengths are somewhat coming in the way of her playing the roles that she does...I have great respect for Swara and her craft as an actor, she puts her heart and soul into every character that she portrays, however Swara Bhaskar has "Classy, intelligence" stamped and ingrained all over her....and that comes across even when she plays a role like Anaarkali....I am not sure who in the current bollywood heroines could have played this part flawlessly...but none could have been more honest than swara...Her sincerity shows, but she needs to do something about her onscreen personsa of being "so damn classy"...
She was great in her emoting and sincerity but to me she didnt crack the character intrinsically
PS; written from mobile so pardon some typos
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