Pushpaka Vimana

Pushpak (a.k.a Pushpaka Vimana in Kannada) is a must see film. Director Singeetham has done a superb job. Even though there are no dialogues in the movie, you don't feel like you are watching a silent movie. Camera work and direction are so clever that the scenes itself convey everything. And, Kamal Hassan is simply brilliant! He deserves all the greatest awards out there (be it Academy Awards or anything else). The film focuses on the life of an unemployed youth. The comedy, or I should say dark comedy, is superb! Pushpak is the real thing, you have to see it to believe it.

I think that Pushpak has gone unnoticed by international movie aficionados. It is a pity that Pushpak does not feature in IMDb's top 250 lists. And, I am disappointed to see many flaky Japanese horror movies being over-hyped!!!!

There can and will never be a film like Pushpak. Pushpak is a cult film from day one.

You just have to LISTEN TO YOUR EYES to belive it.

Yes you got it correct listen to your EYES. This movie has no verbal dailouges at all (except for some seconds background chattering). And surprise surprise its a full length feature film with Romance,Crime,Thrills and a social message. Just amazing how it has been directed and excellent acting by all and sundry.

Will recommend to one and all. (****1/2)

rare movie that too in the mainstream Indian cinema. a movie with out words, but conveys much more than words can convey. good direction , good screen play , good background score, good acting. the movie has mixed emotions , comedy, sentiment , love. funny way of handling the scenes of unemployed poor guy. how he tastes fortune in impersonation. the craziest scene is how the guy poses that he has more money than the beggar and get insulted as the beggar has more money than him. later after stealing money he goes near the beggar to show of his money and feels sorry to see the beggar dead and people running after beggar's money. even the romance scenes are handled well.

First of all, if you did not know that this is a silent movie, you will never realize it unless somebody tell you. Such is the brilliant direction, background music and acting. This movie was shot in Bangalore (mostly in Windsor Manor Hotel).

Brief Story: An unemployed young man who lives frugally bumps into a rich unconscious drunkard. He takes the drunkard to his house and gags him and ties him to his cot. He than assumes the drunkard's identity and lives in the drunkard's suite in a luxurious hotel.

Most memorable moments: 1) The way he feeds the drunkard and takes care of his morning chores. 2) The ending

This is pure cinema at its best. For a popular mainstream director to do a silent project as recently as the 80s is in itself staggering, but to pull it off with elan as Singeetham Sreenivasa Rao has done in Pushpak is commendable.

"Pushpak" is the name of the aircraft upon which all human dreams come true in Indian mythology. ("Pushpaka Vimaana"), and we get to see in these two hours how one's dreams can indeed come true, and makes us wonder if this life is in itself a dream.

To go into this theme so fluidly and to still entertain us wholeheartedly, there is something at work here that may not be quite easily understood, but Pushpak is here to entertain, and I would highly encourage you to delve right in!