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Sairat (2016)
Art at its finest
I'm always drawn to honesty. Rawness speaks volumes, and this movie did just that. Almost every actor we see on screen is a new face, picked randomly from among busy crowds. What they have done on screen can barely be called "acting" because they were living it. None of the dialogues and their deliverance seemed manufactured or exaggerated.
There is no hero-worship, unnecessary dance numbers or unrealistic plots within the film. Director Nagraj has kept everything real. Archi, Parshya, Pradeep, their parents, all of these are real people, set up in a rural backdrop and the film shows us just that. Nothing has been altered to make it "seemingly tempting" or "attractive".
India needs such films today more than it has ever did. We are a young country with an unrivaled youth demographic: 65% of its population is 35 or under, and half the country's population of 1.25 billion people is under 25 years of age. I can safely say that 90% of the commercial movies produced by Bollywood, Tollywood or any other state are love stories. We watch them, enjoy them and come back home to our daughters and sons being denied the freedom to find love in their own lives. This movie asserts how inhumane it is to snatch a person's right to love who they want. India is changing definitely and this movie is going to help a big deal.
The lead actors Akash and Rinku have stunned me with their performing skills. This has got to be one of my favorite films hands down.
Arjun Reddy (2017)
Telugu cinema will never be the same after this
Brilliant direction with organically written dialogues and an excellent cast. What stands out most in this film when compared to other Telugu films is the lack of hero worship, a story that lies close to reality and the portrayal of love in its pure form. Vijay uplifted the film to an entirely different level, giving it the kind of craze that it has. Radhan's music has done wonderfully with the frames and the scenes. Films like this would directly affect the Indian youth. The dialogues and the direction has made it clear that it is against the idea of objectifying women like most Telugu movies do with their item songs and unrealistic love stories which barely involve interaction on-screen. The protagonist has admirable qualities despite the fact that he has anger management issues and is, for a particular period, addicted to drinking.
True love is timeless and tireless. No reason is strong enough for it to break, and this film showed us just that.