It was fresh. I've never seen a Hindi movie stick to simplicity as it has. There is only as much sensation for it to just about distinguish itself from what happens in a village everyday. But yes. For the ability to fully appreciate this one, one has to understand the countryside dialect used.
Nevertheless, the essence of the movie is conveyed even to people who know average Hindi.
The movie deals with the struggle that rural India continues to grind through. While trying this edgy theme, the producers have decided to keep the tone light, perhaps to not attract the kind of criticism Adiga's White Tiger or Lapierre's City of Joy have. But that was definitely a compromise. In some places, the humour is a tad misplaced. Where the movie could have scored on emotional points and hit a deep string with the audience, this route was chosen. The background score is sprinkled very appropriately with Indian Ocean tracks.
The ever sensationalising media gets what it deserves: A spanking of a lifetime. The movie also scores from an artistic point of view. It is heartening to see Bollywood finally venturing outside its zone of comfort. Besides, any movie where one hasn't to sit through song and dance sequences is most welcome.
3 comments:
Full support for the last sentence. I still don't understand the rationale behind these song and dance sequences in all our Indian movies. Even the otherwise watchable movies simply get excessively long, and 2 hours of enjoyment gets transformed into 3 to 3.5 hours of torment. Should try this movie out when I get the time.
Yeah, last sentence takes the cake! Fucking if only these fucking Bollywood wankers realize that the essence of movies lies in the acting or more precisely playing out emotions and thoughts, and not in fucking dance/song crap. Bloody sucks dingy! The worst part is most Indians seems to enjoy that crap! OK I agree that most of us would not have been exposed to good stuff from childhood. We'd have probably seen only stupid Bollywood movies, but what I don't get is how they can continue to appreciate ridicule so blatantly. Pitiful I say. People need to grow the fuck up! :|
Bazi!
Welcome. Thank you for introducing this blog to the colourful world of profanity. (and how!) Its been four years. It definitely needed some growing up.
Bollywood is growing too... slowly.
"...can continue to appreciate ridicule so blatantly"
Those are precious words indeed.
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