Applauds…
A wonderful concept, great visuals and a great movie.
A dream thief, an idea implantation, dream within a dream, locked memories and thus all combined its INCEPTION.
I had entered the cinema with a lil expectation of extraordinary. But I fell in love with the movie, the concept and the experience.
My hubby, a man who least understands movies and lacks interest in the whole terminology called cinema, was too glued to INCEPTION….miracle simply!
Suspense, romance, bit humor and great visuals as any other best running commercial movie, but the whole stealing did the ultra fresh concept and great screen play.
The parallel story of the dead wife of Cobb and her occupancy of maximum of Cobb’s subconscious is just adds to the beauty and thrill of the story beautifully.
The revelations are also well timed and make the audience glued so much that there was a pin drop silence in the auditorium.
A bit complicated movie for a part of audience especially in India, but once a man starts understanding it cannot leave the seat till the end.
A movie worth watching twice…
My Rating: * * * * *
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Byomkesh Bakshi..!!
Saw a movie!!
Nah…seeing a movie is not the news!
But the specialty was it being a BENGALI MOVIE…
Yes…I saw a Bengali movie in a jam packed multiplex for the first time and I found that I quite understand the language now a days being so much non familiar to it.(thanks to my Kolkata stay).
Accompanied by hubby whose understanding of the language is as remote as a bengali’s understanding of Tamil or Arabic. (had to give him a brief about the happenings every quarter).
Still we opted for it becoz the name was magnetic….BYOMKESH BAKSHI!!
Remember the DD 1 block buster in nineties ….protagonist being played by Rajit Kapoor!! Was no it your favorite too…!!
Kolkata has decent number of multiplexes and theaters and its quite enough for Bengali movie goers….but surprisingly every time I tried to book the tickets for this particular movie I was offered the front row seats which prolonged my wait to watch the movie. Movie was a HIT.
Finally…on Monday I got the tickets in the last moment and watched.
The movie starts with a scene of riots betwn Hindus and Muslims in Kolkata city in early sixties.
Post independence after-shocks.
A lady approaches Byomkesh with apprehensions about his adopted son’s safety and later a murder mystery, cool revelations throughout and finally a solved case. (Won’t reveal much…pls watch the movie to experience the mystery)
A new Byomkesh (Abir) handsome and cool enough to match the character, Ajit (Saswata) was good too as a companion and narrator.
Other characters did decent jobs and most important part of the movie is the ability to make the audience glued till the end. The look of the movie was matching the look of sixties. The riot angle was rightly put to give the movie a serious and thought provoking base.
Not too many fussy characters, unnecessary songs, drama or non-effective suspense makes the movie clean, simple and effective.
At the end the movie seemed a bit predictable (may be just that I guessed the end rightly), Nonibala’s sleeveless blouses were a bit out of place, Satyabati’s ( Byomkesh’s wife) character could have been used in a better way in the movie, with all these little drawbacks it was quite a treat for the audience.
The movie has a balanced story line, proper proportion of suspense, damp of humour, good acting, and an overall FRESHNESS!
After Santosh Sivan’s “Before the Rains” I was for the first time felt satisfied with a movie…..the movies in between were simply chaos!!
Good Work Anjan Dutta Ji…..We don’t mind expecting a Byomkesh Bakshi-Dwitiya!!
Nah…seeing a movie is not the news!
But the specialty was it being a BENGALI MOVIE…
Yes…I saw a Bengali movie in a jam packed multiplex for the first time and I found that I quite understand the language now a days being so much non familiar to it.(thanks to my Kolkata stay).
Accompanied by hubby whose understanding of the language is as remote as a bengali’s understanding of Tamil or Arabic. (had to give him a brief about the happenings every quarter).
Still we opted for it becoz the name was magnetic….BYOMKESH BAKSHI!!
Remember the DD 1 block buster in nineties ….protagonist being played by Rajit Kapoor!! Was no it your favorite too…!!
Kolkata has decent number of multiplexes and theaters and its quite enough for Bengali movie goers….but surprisingly every time I tried to book the tickets for this particular movie I was offered the front row seats which prolonged my wait to watch the movie. Movie was a HIT.
Finally…on Monday I got the tickets in the last moment and watched.
The movie starts with a scene of riots betwn Hindus and Muslims in Kolkata city in early sixties.
Post independence after-shocks.
A lady approaches Byomkesh with apprehensions about his adopted son’s safety and later a murder mystery, cool revelations throughout and finally a solved case. (Won’t reveal much…pls watch the movie to experience the mystery)
A new Byomkesh (Abir) handsome and cool enough to match the character, Ajit (Saswata) was good too as a companion and narrator.
Other characters did decent jobs and most important part of the movie is the ability to make the audience glued till the end. The look of the movie was matching the look of sixties. The riot angle was rightly put to give the movie a serious and thought provoking base.
Not too many fussy characters, unnecessary songs, drama or non-effective suspense makes the movie clean, simple and effective.
At the end the movie seemed a bit predictable (may be just that I guessed the end rightly), Nonibala’s sleeveless blouses were a bit out of place, Satyabati’s ( Byomkesh’s wife) character could have been used in a better way in the movie, with all these little drawbacks it was quite a treat for the audience.
The movie has a balanced story line, proper proportion of suspense, damp of humour, good acting, and an overall FRESHNESS!
After Santosh Sivan’s “Before the Rains” I was for the first time felt satisfied with a movie…..the movies in between were simply chaos!!
Good Work Anjan Dutta Ji…..We don’t mind expecting a Byomkesh Bakshi-Dwitiya!!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
The Bliss...!!
Huh..!!
Crazy days…..
Yes, I am talking about my post marriage days...
They say it turns you to be more responsible and mature becoz u start a family altogether being the heart and soul of it. May be its true. But responsibility brings chaotic schedules too. Days begin at 6AM with a healthy morning walk and goes on with so many activities. Breakfast, office, lunch box, subzi mandi, cooking a bit, maid management and of course adapting new people in the day to day activities. New people includes people, of course other than the husband ;-)
Marriage brings change….lots of them!!
A late riser like me wakes up at 6, a hardcore non veggie like me munches on veggies almost four days a week, a tomboy like me who hates ornaments, now a days wears bangles (may be slick single ones) and mangalsutra and like wise so many….
No, I am not writing about my own changes in life style, but trying to look at it from a wider prospect.
Marriage, especially in India changes a girl’s life so much. May be for me its just about little things but in many cases it’s a complete transformation. A girl who leaves the very known and well adapted environment of 23-24 years has to adapt to a completely new environment where she has least amount of comfort level.
May be few are lucky like me to have a supporting husband and not too demanding in laws, and thanks to my never say die attitude and adaptive nature I am now not too alien to the environment only after 2 and half months of marriage. But there are many girls who are not as lucky as the few.
Here, I remember few instances where one of my cousins died in mysterious circumstances only after few months of marriage at her in law’s house (it was a love marriage and courtship period was of 2 years), a girl in neighbourhood was thrown away by her in laws after 6 months of marriage just becoz they did not like her (though the engagement period was of 1 year), the girl complained attempt of murders in disguises many a times by her in laws. Another girl got divorced by her IT engg husband just becoz he caught her talking over phone at 11.30 in night (he did not even enquire who she was talking to).
It takes few hours to get married with a day of social celebration. But It changes the lives of the girls for ever. What will happen to the girls I have cited above?? Can they ever lead a normal life?? Can they ever face the world outside, stand and say ‘IAM JUST ME, I HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS TO LOOK UP AND WALK”. May be never….
For what?? Just becoz someone else decided about their lives and said u r of no use so u should be treated like a garbage…..u can never have self esteem, self confidence and u can never be a part of this normal society….
I understand it more when I myself went through the transformation…
What about the mental trauma, the disghust, the fear??
When I bump into such shocking instances specially about near and known ones, I am forced to think that “Aisa mere sath hota toh kya hota”, I look at my husband and think “yeh mere sath aisa karte toh kya hota” . Being married in a different state and different culture I think even more….
Marriage is a bond, a beautifully crafted social institution to make life more meaningful. Why people relate it with dowry, honour, ego and what they get by ending up in doing such nasty deeds?
Wake up girls….
Bbefore landing up into the most precious and important decision of your life, think a thousand times and enter into the married life to live life more beautifully, not to end it brutally.
I am happy that I am back to my most favorite activity i.e. books and blogging almost after 4 months. (Thanks to my husband, who understands the need of these mental foods to keep me going, thus makes space and supports for it). Its such a stressbuster……..
It feels great being the self even after so many changes around!!
I wish life to be as beautiful as it is today and to be more beautiful for the girls who are not blessed enough with this bliss!!
I wish the souls to rest in peace whose life has brutally been ended up with this beautiful transition of life…
I wish, not a single girl should miss the bliss and not a single soul should fall prey of this.
Be happiness prevail EVERYWHERE!!
AMEN….!!
Crazy days…..
Yes, I am talking about my post marriage days...
They say it turns you to be more responsible and mature becoz u start a family altogether being the heart and soul of it. May be its true. But responsibility brings chaotic schedules too. Days begin at 6AM with a healthy morning walk and goes on with so many activities. Breakfast, office, lunch box, subzi mandi, cooking a bit, maid management and of course adapting new people in the day to day activities. New people includes people, of course other than the husband ;-)
Marriage brings change….lots of them!!
A late riser like me wakes up at 6, a hardcore non veggie like me munches on veggies almost four days a week, a tomboy like me who hates ornaments, now a days wears bangles (may be slick single ones) and mangalsutra and like wise so many….
No, I am not writing about my own changes in life style, but trying to look at it from a wider prospect.
Marriage, especially in India changes a girl’s life so much. May be for me its just about little things but in many cases it’s a complete transformation. A girl who leaves the very known and well adapted environment of 23-24 years has to adapt to a completely new environment where she has least amount of comfort level.
May be few are lucky like me to have a supporting husband and not too demanding in laws, and thanks to my never say die attitude and adaptive nature I am now not too alien to the environment only after 2 and half months of marriage. But there are many girls who are not as lucky as the few.
Here, I remember few instances where one of my cousins died in mysterious circumstances only after few months of marriage at her in law’s house (it was a love marriage and courtship period was of 2 years), a girl in neighbourhood was thrown away by her in laws after 6 months of marriage just becoz they did not like her (though the engagement period was of 1 year), the girl complained attempt of murders in disguises many a times by her in laws. Another girl got divorced by her IT engg husband just becoz he caught her talking over phone at 11.30 in night (he did not even enquire who she was talking to).
It takes few hours to get married with a day of social celebration. But It changes the lives of the girls for ever. What will happen to the girls I have cited above?? Can they ever lead a normal life?? Can they ever face the world outside, stand and say ‘IAM JUST ME, I HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS TO LOOK UP AND WALK”. May be never….
For what?? Just becoz someone else decided about their lives and said u r of no use so u should be treated like a garbage…..u can never have self esteem, self confidence and u can never be a part of this normal society….
I understand it more when I myself went through the transformation…
What about the mental trauma, the disghust, the fear??
When I bump into such shocking instances specially about near and known ones, I am forced to think that “Aisa mere sath hota toh kya hota”, I look at my husband and think “yeh mere sath aisa karte toh kya hota” . Being married in a different state and different culture I think even more….
Marriage is a bond, a beautifully crafted social institution to make life more meaningful. Why people relate it with dowry, honour, ego and what they get by ending up in doing such nasty deeds?
Wake up girls….
Bbefore landing up into the most precious and important decision of your life, think a thousand times and enter into the married life to live life more beautifully, not to end it brutally.
I am happy that I am back to my most favorite activity i.e. books and blogging almost after 4 months. (Thanks to my husband, who understands the need of these mental foods to keep me going, thus makes space and supports for it). Its such a stressbuster……..
It feels great being the self even after so many changes around!!
I wish life to be as beautiful as it is today and to be more beautiful for the girls who are not blessed enough with this bliss!!
I wish the souls to rest in peace whose life has brutally been ended up with this beautiful transition of life…
I wish, not a single girl should miss the bliss and not a single soul should fall prey of this.
Be happiness prevail EVERYWHERE!!
AMEN….!!
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