Titli

I wanted to watch Titli for awhile and managed to get hold of a VCD eventually.

This is a very dark story, not for those who are looking for a 'time- pass' watch.

It is also brutally real. The settings are so real. Apart from the smells of the surroundings that obviously do not come through, this is perhaps too real for comfort.

Whoever did the casting did a brilliant job. Shashank Arora is the perfect Titli, Shivani - Neelu as is the rest of the cast.

It is an unusual plot, very well executed. While I enjoyed the film as a film, this is not for those who seek entertainment in a movie.

The abusive language and some of the violent scenes are not recommended for children.

That said, Titli is worth a watch for those who like serious cinema.

Ever been punched in the gut so hard that you feel you will die. Thats what TITLI does to you. It is hands down the best movie that have came from the Indian Film Industry in the last 30 years. What a trump for the independent movie makers. Crappy superstars like salman, amir, hrithik should have learn something from this movie.

Strong base of raw and creative story. This movie had unfold another picture of the Indian suburbs which lies in the family situated in there. If one talks about the screenplay, they have done full justice by keeping it slight gritty. The music dwells in situation, defining every bit of the movie. The movie maintains a normal pace, the storytelling not fast but holds the content in its pace. From assisting LSD and Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, Kanu Behl made a promising debut in the line of direction. If you are familiar with the dark, noxious underbelly of Delhi, then Titli hits you in the guts right from the first frame. Because it is about a world which co-exists right in our midst, a world so lowly that we ignore but never forget while driving back home in the still of the night. Even if you haven't been to any such place in the capital, or encountered the people who inhabit these crowded bylanes, the fact is that Titli could be about any city, and its people.

Titli (Shashank Arora) is the youngest in a family of poor car-jackers who live in the outskirts of Delhi. These bylanes are occupied by people who're oscillating between the idea of a better life and their ruined present. Titli's elder brothers, Vikram (Ranvir Shorey) and Bawla (Amit Sial) are emotionally traumatised, drifting from one day to the other, without any concrete plan for their future. It's this oppressed section of the society which is untouchable for the growing 'corporate' India. Writers Sharat Katariya and Kanu Behl don't keep you at an objective distance. They challenge you to stop ignoring the so-called social blots, and once you're sucked in, they make you believe that the injustice behind the rough exterior is systematic. It could be anything from the patriarchal mindset to the hurried urbanisation, or maybe it's a mixture of both and many more twisted theories. The language, lifestyle and aspirations of these people living beside a gutter prompt a lot of Dilliwaallaahs to deny their existence despite knowing that it's actually the 'civilised' world which is contributing to pushing them over the edge. No, Titli doesn't frighten you. It doesn't make you privy to some private conversations either. Instead, it pushes you out of slumber and makes you see the after-effects of a waywardly classic liberal economy. Kanu Behl's Titli is the most impressive film of this year so far. Its tryst with reality will keep you hooked till the end, to say the least. Titli is the latest gem from evolving Indian cinema. Don't even think of missing it.

All I can say is it is one of the serious kind of movies. It is sad to see the number of Audience it has gathered. It is serious drama which one should definitely watch. It highlights how one desperately tries to walk his way out of a turbulent atmosphere.

What I want to highlight is the nature of such criminals. They commit crime, despite that they fear God; they worship him in one of his forms. I guess if that's not that they are branded as psychopaths. For me accepting them, worshipping makes me uncomfortable. They belong to hell and nothing should come between that.

Final Verdict: If you like serious cinema unfolding into something good, don't skip this one. It needs to go to most of the audience.

'Titli' for me is a movie which makes an impact because of the unique storyline, the plots and themes it covers at ground level is new and honest. The movie shows that how the circumstances in which a poor and ambitious person gets into causes him to take shortcuts and involve in evil means. How the rich and powerful and the so called 'friends' try to take advantage of your situation.

The story is about a poor family, comprising of people who won't blink before doing any harm to others. The members are working as a watchman, or at petrol pump as shown in some scenes, but to earn money they con people and steal their cars. To improve the chances of them to con people they know that they need a girl in their gang , and they get the younger son married to Neelu, and hence her story also comes in the picture where it is shown how ambitious she is but is also fooled because of blindly trusting strangers.

The director did a great work at showing the tension between the characters and the way he showed the brutal hammer scenes is praiseworthy. But he is swayed away with those long "ART MOVIE" shots, the shots were unpolished and the meaning he wanted to come out of them was also not effective.

The writing for some characters was really deep and sensitive. Like the father - a selfish person who just cares for his food and TV, and don't object to the wrong his sons are into. Rarely a character like this to be seen in bollywood.

The casting is done perfectly. Shivani as Neelu is a perfect fit and same goes for Ranvir Shorey as the elder brother.

Watch this movie for an enriching experience and the surprising solutions provided to the problem of ambitiousness or desperation of a poor immoral family.