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Aashram (2020)
Biased storytelling and Weak direction
1. In Episode 2 at 34 minutes a military man which is supporting the local police is security is speaking Hariyanvi and the Police who stops him is speaking Hindi. The agency in reality which supports security is CRPF and the jawans usually are from all over India.
2. Prakash Jha is redundant on his topic of violent discrimination against lower caste since Arakshan. Its either because he cannot see the whole spectrum or he is planning to assuage people of his probable constituency.
The topic is overdone, I hope he does something else in his new work and also a piece of advice would to be work/train on his craft to not undermine the intricate details.
3. Bobby Deol on the other hand has worked par excellence. The way he uses his hands for 'Sada hi jay', shows his hard work and research apart from his better than others acting skills.
All in all its ok. Could have been better if a little more effort in direction was given.
Anesthesia (2015)
An outstanding display of shades of life with interwoven stories of despair, loneliness, desires and happiness: A masterpiece by Tim Blake nelson
Although, it may seem to many about loneliness and melancholy... its much much more than that.
The movie shows a mature examination of the effects of technology, industrialization and almost everything which describes the 20th century human life, narrated by the central character Prof. Walter Zarrow.
Some of the scenes are written and directed wonderfully by Tim, especially the one where Kristen Stewart shouts out loud how lonely her life is and Prof. Walter is probably just mesmerized at the young raw intelligence in so much grief.
The movie also shows how inconvenient and difficult it can be to even call a friend in need, and how easily a stranger can buzz in a stranger in a tragic situation.
The writing is so philosophical and intelligent that not a single sentence should be missed without digesting it.
Surely its all bagel platter for philosophy and psychology students, but so it may be for others as well.
The drug addict cites Augustine and Walter cites Montaigne before death and as a compliment, this movie can be and I am sure will be cited (at least by me) in many practical situations.
Mukkabaaz (2017)
A passion killing climax of a passionate sportsman in a caste infected real society
Where Cinderella Man was about a boxer in poverty, played like a very shy, mature and not very angry character by Russel Crowe, and South Paw on the other hand was a very angry boxer; The Brawler is about a boxer who somehow develops a passion for Boxing in all wrong situation.
Anuraag Kashyap with all his raw and modern film-making talent, often suffers from the problem of showing a large story in small time frame. It took two movies for him to show Gangs of Wasseypur and in The Brawler also he has tried stuffing too many aspects of not only the realities required for the story but also the things Mr. Kahsyap was touched upon by, for instance the incident of Dadri.
The main plot where the director could have elevated the hostility between two strong and opposite characters, while adding to the characters of two, he looks distracted towards other frames of life.
There are movies where a huge amount of background stories are added to the characters not by showing all of it but by adding some features or a one liner to the character, for instance the role by joaquin phoenix in The Master, or 15-20 mins performance of Leonardo in Django Unchained.
Ravi Kishan and Jimmi Shergil have outdone themselves again; also the Boxer and his wife are played upto the mark, but the character who probably took all the attention without saying too much was the friend of the Boxer, Mr. Gopal played by a very talented actor Shree Dhar Dubey. Mr. Dubey also left is remarkable presence in Masaan but in this film he was given more frames and he has not left a single one without defining to the audience as well as to the other actors also, "what's ACTING is".
All in all the movie should be credited with its bold and beautiful story telling. There are always flaws in a product and hence the scope of betterment for the next one. The trauma going around the lead character shown in the movie makes it indigestible to accept that anyone can perform positively while his wife is kidnapped, kidney is broken and the skull is open owing to an iron rod. Also the scene where Bhagwan D Mishra breakes Duhshashan's Janghas seems week due to improper reaction from the wife of Gopal Mishra.
The weakest part probably was the climax, but its a practical and most real climax so it is accepted as a story.
Apart from Mr. Dubey's performance, the other best performance was from Mr. Ravi Kishan who from his attire (kudos to costume designer), his way of talking without much coming from the screenplay showed how a surviver and struggler from a low caste would behave and advise others.
Mom (2017)
Loose thriller, Nawaz hit, Sridevi disappointing
The movie is a loose thriller, due to the fact that every thrill of the screen play is easily predictable. Also astonishing is the fact that Sridevi after working in numerous Hindi movies, is not able to use a neutral accent but sounds like a south Indian, when the character played by her is a Sabharwal. Neither the girl sounds like a Punjabi (Sabhrwal). Only one character gives his best and that's Nawazuddin. Although, the director probably has tried comic dialogues from the character even when its not required. Nevertheless Nawaz has pulled that off too. Sridevi in a scene cries holding her tummy, is not appreciable. The problem is an actor with such a body of work credited to her resume should have made more efforts to do her job, when only one or two of her movies are on the deck. All in all, the movie is OK and deserves not more than a 4/10. Nawaz however gets an 8/10. 2 less due to the unwanted dialogues forced on him. Akshay Khanna was a rare ingredient to the recipe and he gets 7/10. He is a good and underrated actor and he should not keep the audience deprived of his real talent.