Trust Pritish Nandy and team to showcase emotions in their truest sense. And showcase they did. "Just Married". A beautiful and poignant story about two souls and their relationship, from complete strangers to sudden bonding by the system of arranged marriage, to the intial apprehensions to the new life, the getting to know and understand each other, the slow build up of trust, despite the one off tiff. A tiff, that is short lived and yet is natural when two people come closer and try to get on. But all this kaleidoscope of emotions, was portrayed in a way no other movie i know has done. Simple, yet touching.
The story. The boy and the girl meet at a common wedding, but no interactions. The girl is surprised her freind has become a bride without even knowing who the man is. The boy is equally astounded his freind has come from the US to become the groom without knowing who his bride his. Ironically, the boy and the girl find themselves in the same situation, wherein they are engaged after a while, without knowing each other at all. They voice their apprehensions and yet finally bow to their parents wishes and get married.
The movie explores the relationship as it develops between the newly wed over their honeymoon weekend. The intial formality, the girls inhibitions, the boy trying to understand her, the final breaking of the ice between the two, a small misunderstanding, a little bit of pain, as the two want to make-up but find it hard to do so, and yet the finale when they do start believeing they are made for each other. All this, beautifully woven into a poignant story. and interspersed by the romance between the 60 something couple out to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary, and that of three more couples. All in relationships of a different variety. yet bonded by that common thing, love and respect for each other.
And yeah they show the mellowness of age. when the protagonist, in a moment of frustrating at having had a tiff with his better half, asks why do people get close enough, if it only has to become a habit......why do people love if it just ends up becoming a silly habit. And the old man replies " If it had not become a habit, i would not fear for her when she gets sick, i would not get scared at the thought of age creeping on her".
A must see, sweet and wonderful movie this one.
Chaos
Showing posts with label Reveiws. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
Dark Side of The Moon
I must admit at first, that i am quite new to the Pink Floyd scene, and i should have let Neeraj write this first, as the numero uno Pink Fan here from our batch, and one of the lucky few attendees to have witnessed Roger Waters live at mumbai ( of course, we were there too). But as luck would have it, i am here on my computer while he is right now lounging at the Nirmal Lifestyle mall, so i get to write about it first.
So here goes. This Sunday, was the performance by Roger Waters. It was billed only Dark Side of the Moon, however he played a number of other songs too, most notably his own solo ones. Anyways, beginning from the beginning of the euphoric end, we as in myself and my roommate reached Bandra MMRDA grounds here and met up with Neeraj and his school freind who also had come for the show. having got in quite early we settled down to watch the show. There was no seating, but then seeing the no of speakers around and also the two large screens that would afford the veiw of the stage, we thought it would not be that bad. The show began band at 7 in the evening, with the band initially playing some jazz, and some retro and well as new-age indi pop. Simultaneously, ( and this we only realised a little later), the main screen on the stage showed a very old classic radio in a small room, complete with a bottle of whiskey and some cigarettes and an ash tray. ever so often, a hand would come and tune the radio, in sync with the change in the songs being played initially. and then it started, as in Roger Waters came on stage and started hi part. He had with him, one person on the drums, one on guitar and one on the saxophone alongwith three ladies who served as the chorus.
The performance began with some songs from "The wall-final cut". I had not heard most of these so could not connect with the lyrics though the music was awesome. of course the sound system featured the trademark sounds of planes and bombing and all. Then came the ever so longing " Shine on you crazy diamond", with pictures of Syd Barrett on the main screen. This screen served to really connect the songs with photos and shoots kinda portraying the mood of the song being played. So with every song you could literally feel it happening. "wish you were here" was good and so were the other songs. Another notable feature was the Pink Pig Baloon, which was kinda indianised, with graffiti mentioning stuff like " Do away with the cast system" as well as the usual " Bush must be impeached". Was good that one.
After about an hour and a half the group took a break for 15 minutes before coming back to playing what i had come for " Dark Side of the Moon". And were they good? Breathe simply took my breath away. So did the others "on the run", "time", " money" "Us and them" " Eclipse" etc. Their were some changes in the music, changes and enhancements that simply made the expereince a "wow". All the songs had the audience swaying from head to toe. and so did we. Having listened to this album, more than any other i really enjoyed each one of them. When the final words " theres no dark side of the moon, in fact its all dark" rang out, we thought it was over. But then as one of my seniors wo saw the same concert in the US had said, Roger Waters came back again to play " Another Brick in the Wall" and one more song before finally closing it out with " Comfortably Numb".
Was just amazing the show was. The only Disappointment? they should have allowed us to carry cameras, simple ones that is. I wanted to click so many snaps. Guess its time i got a mobile phone camera. Neeraj had one but due to lack of battery we could only take a couple of shots. Still all in all, a memorable expereince.
So here goes. This Sunday, was the performance by Roger Waters. It was billed only Dark Side of the Moon, however he played a number of other songs too, most notably his own solo ones. Anyways, beginning from the beginning of the euphoric end, we as in myself and my roommate reached Bandra MMRDA grounds here and met up with Neeraj and his school freind who also had come for the show. having got in quite early we settled down to watch the show. There was no seating, but then seeing the no of speakers around and also the two large screens that would afford the veiw of the stage, we thought it would not be that bad. The show began band at 7 in the evening, with the band initially playing some jazz, and some retro and well as new-age indi pop. Simultaneously, ( and this we only realised a little later), the main screen on the stage showed a very old classic radio in a small room, complete with a bottle of whiskey and some cigarettes and an ash tray. ever so often, a hand would come and tune the radio, in sync with the change in the songs being played initially. and then it started, as in Roger Waters came on stage and started hi part. He had with him, one person on the drums, one on guitar and one on the saxophone alongwith three ladies who served as the chorus.
The performance began with some songs from "The wall-final cut". I had not heard most of these so could not connect with the lyrics though the music was awesome. of course the sound system featured the trademark sounds of planes and bombing and all. Then came the ever so longing " Shine on you crazy diamond", with pictures of Syd Barrett on the main screen. This screen served to really connect the songs with photos and shoots kinda portraying the mood of the song being played. So with every song you could literally feel it happening. "wish you were here" was good and so were the other songs. Another notable feature was the Pink Pig Baloon, which was kinda indianised, with graffiti mentioning stuff like " Do away with the cast system" as well as the usual " Bush must be impeached". Was good that one.
After about an hour and a half the group took a break for 15 minutes before coming back to playing what i had come for " Dark Side of the Moon". And were they good? Breathe simply took my breath away. So did the others "on the run", "time", " money" "Us and them" " Eclipse" etc. Their were some changes in the music, changes and enhancements that simply made the expereince a "wow". All the songs had the audience swaying from head to toe. and so did we. Having listened to this album, more than any other i really enjoyed each one of them. When the final words " theres no dark side of the moon, in fact its all dark" rang out, we thought it was over. But then as one of my seniors wo saw the same concert in the US had said, Roger Waters came back again to play " Another Brick in the Wall" and one more song before finally closing it out with " Comfortably Numb".
Was just amazing the show was. The only Disappointment? they should have allowed us to carry cameras, simple ones that is. I wanted to click so many snaps. Guess its time i got a mobile phone camera. Neeraj had one but due to lack of battery we could only take a couple of shots. Still all in all, a memorable expereince.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Rang De Basanti!!!!!!!!!!!! - Thumbs Up!!
It has been a while since i have posted something out here. and i decided to start my regular posting ( yes this time i promise to be regular), with my own reveiw of a movie that i saw recently.
Rang De Basanti, is in one word a Good movie. A novel plot, beautifully sketched out, comprehensively acted out, amazingly scored in music and what have you.
Sue, an english filmmaker comes to India with a dream to make a documentary on the Indian Revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru etc. Shes inspired by her grandfather who served in the Indian prison where these revolutionaries were lodged, and wrote a diary on his daily interactions with them. She chooses for her cast a group of collegians from Delhi, comprising DJ, Sukhi, Aslam,Karan,Sonia and Lakshman Pandey.
Its a group that any youngster would connect with. Wild, fun loving, with ideas of their own that are yet still in the making even if they appear permanent. A group that tends to live for the day and then wait only for the next. Of course you have Pandey as a fanatical Hindu nationalist but he has a change of mindset as the story progresses. So do all the others as the movie within the movie completes. The mood changes with the death of Sonia's Fiancee Flt Leiutenant Ajay in a Mig 21 Crash. The events that unfold thereafter are poignant and tragic leading to a an emotional climax.
What i liked about the movie as i said before was the portrayal of the idea. The way the flashback of the Indian Freedom movement is gelled with the story of the current is simply great. In fact i did not realise in the beginning why it happened but when the end approaches you know why it was done.
All the performances are strong, and you can beleive it when i say even Aamir Khan cannot overshadown his co-actors here. Of course credit goes to him too for his own portrayal of a Punjabi brat ( DJ), but the others are equally strong characters. The music is one more point. AR Rehman shows once again his genius.
Its a beautifully made movie, and as commented by one of my freinds, one hell of a movie after Dil Chahta Hai.
Of course just as anything cannot be perfect and i do have a couple of points. I thought Anupam Kher as the industrialist father and Om Puri as Aslam's father were wasted. i mean you cant give such measely roles to such great actors. but then thats just a point. Then i also thought maybe the part about the crash and the subsequent actions should have been given 15 more minutes. it was kinda abrupt.
But as i said before, nothings perfect, and hell i am also not a perfectionist. I really enjoyed watching the movie, and i plan to watch it once more with my family when i go back hom in Feb end.
till then
Kudos
Rang De Basanti, is in one word a Good movie. A novel plot, beautifully sketched out, comprehensively acted out, amazingly scored in music and what have you.
Sue, an english filmmaker comes to India with a dream to make a documentary on the Indian Revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru etc. Shes inspired by her grandfather who served in the Indian prison where these revolutionaries were lodged, and wrote a diary on his daily interactions with them. She chooses for her cast a group of collegians from Delhi, comprising DJ, Sukhi, Aslam,Karan,Sonia and Lakshman Pandey.
Its a group that any youngster would connect with. Wild, fun loving, with ideas of their own that are yet still in the making even if they appear permanent. A group that tends to live for the day and then wait only for the next. Of course you have Pandey as a fanatical Hindu nationalist but he has a change of mindset as the story progresses. So do all the others as the movie within the movie completes. The mood changes with the death of Sonia's Fiancee Flt Leiutenant Ajay in a Mig 21 Crash. The events that unfold thereafter are poignant and tragic leading to a an emotional climax.
What i liked about the movie as i said before was the portrayal of the idea. The way the flashback of the Indian Freedom movement is gelled with the story of the current is simply great. In fact i did not realise in the beginning why it happened but when the end approaches you know why it was done.
All the performances are strong, and you can beleive it when i say even Aamir Khan cannot overshadown his co-actors here. Of course credit goes to him too for his own portrayal of a Punjabi brat ( DJ), but the others are equally strong characters. The music is one more point. AR Rehman shows once again his genius.
Its a beautifully made movie, and as commented by one of my freinds, one hell of a movie after Dil Chahta Hai.
Of course just as anything cannot be perfect and i do have a couple of points. I thought Anupam Kher as the industrialist father and Om Puri as Aslam's father were wasted. i mean you cant give such measely roles to such great actors. but then thats just a point. Then i also thought maybe the part about the crash and the subsequent actions should have been given 15 more minutes. it was kinda abrupt.
But as i said before, nothings perfect, and hell i am also not a perfectionist. I really enjoyed watching the movie, and i plan to watch it once more with my family when i go back hom in Feb end.
till then
Kudos
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