Shonali Bose weaves a narrative that is neither overdramatic or overtly subtle with Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar in The Sky Is Pink Zaira Wasim's Alshe adds life even in death. Rohit Saraf stands out amid stars.
A terminally ill 14-year old girl, fleshed out with charm and conviction by Zaira Wasim is at the heart of Shonali Bose's The Sky Is Pork. But when the film opens, the character is already dead. Zaira isn't, therefore, the principal star of the show. Priyanka Chopra, making a comeback to Bollywood in the role of the wint's stressed but always-in-control mom, is.
The posthumous narration device (a from-beyond the grave voiceover is always tricky but the director keeps a tight grip on it) makes it abundantly dear from the word go that the focus is going to be more on the bereaved couple than the deceased girl. Just as well. Aisha's story is too well-documented to bear repetition in a two-and-a-half-hour film
Comparatively less is known about how Aisha's slow withering away affected her mom and dad, Moose and Panda to her. Of the 25-odd years that the two have been married, 18 have been consumed by their single-minded mission to extend the life of their ailing daughter and make her final years as happy and fulfilling as possible
Niren and Aditi's story of falling in love, their courtship, Aditi giving up her South Delhi life for an East Delhi chhajja, Niren surrendering himself to an untameable tigress.
A terminally ill 14-year old girl, fleshed out with charm and conviction by Zaira Wasim is at the heart of Shonali Bose's The Sky Is Pork. But when the film opens, the character is already dead. Zaira isn't, therefore, the principal star of the show. Priyanka Chopra, making a comeback to Bollywood in the role of the wint's stressed but always-in-control mom, is.
The posthumous narration device (a from-beyond the grave voiceover is always tricky but the director keeps a tight grip on it) makes it abundantly dear from the word go that the focus is going to be more on the bereaved couple than the deceased girl. Just as well. Aisha's story is too well-documented to bear repetition in a two-and-a-half-hour film
Comparatively less is known about how Aisha's slow withering away affected her mom and dad, Moose and Panda to her. Of the 25-odd years that the two have been married, 18 have been consumed by their single-minded mission to extend the life of their ailing daughter and make her final years as happy and fulfilling as possible
Niren and Aditi's story of falling in love, their courtship, Aditi giving up her South Delhi life for an East Delhi chhajja, Niren surrendering himself to an untameable tigress.