jadoo wrote:
Wasn’t sure if I like or hate this film, in the end, many parts were thought provoking about religion and politics which left impression so I can’t say it was terribly rotten film. Lots of dragging, flashbacks yet story has good mystery and satire. Don’t want to spoil story but the religion killing scene didn’t seem reality in this generation is this far out or what? The Valentines Day comedy was funny, (lol) when that fat baldy politician called Americans naughty for celebrating Valentines he buys a Valentine card for mistress and gets dumped. Shemaroo picture looked nice and clear.
Jha's film is the only Hindi film this year I can think of that really delves deep and dares to actually challenge its audience in any way. Its challenge is two-fold--both to their expectations going in and to their personal sense of morality. Yet--contrary to what some right-wing pundits would have you believe--it's not an Issue Film; it's just a poetically spare account of lonely souls trying to find some invaluable comfort in a relationship. Jha's last two films are pessimistic on love, I'd say - sort of a contemporary Antonioni, as his work supports the notion of the 'impossibility of love'. While both filmmakers have shown love as something that can exist and has its beautiful moments - both also show it as fleeting, or only permanent as memory, in Jha's case. This is a great love story sans any sort of romance.
Also, unlike Matrabhoomi, which relied more on metaphysics, and very much abstracted - Anwar has it's share of minimalist style, and relied on emotions to drive it's metaphysics.
I personally love his minimalism; it gives his films a texture, look and feel that you can't find anywhere else.