hotmilky
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12 years since its release, this movie still remains to be one of my favorites. I happen to see a few reviews questioning the substance and how it ended up in the Top 250 greatest movies. Let me tell you why:
In the 2000s (even now), Bollywood had run out of substance, it has been recycling mediocre, abysmal movies in new packages for the masses. An "occasional" gem standout and this movie offers a fresh take in the Indian cinema.
Story: This is a fictional story based based on the aftermath of the Mumbai train bombings in 2006 or 07. It encapsulates the frustration that everyone felt - and how India was helpless (more on that later). You felt anger and sadness for having to witness and experience that event.
The underlying mood in this movie is anger and frustrations of the common man. During the early 2000s, India was prone to terrorist attacks and it just happened over and over. We (India) knew who the perpetrators were but we couldn't or wouldn't retaliate due to political and diplomatic pressure. The last 20 minutes just sums that up. It wasn't about morality for the people anymore because a certain boundary was crossed.
12 years later, a lot has changed.. thankfully (watch Uri: The Surgical Strike).
I will admit that there were a few shortcomings in the movie. VFX was sub-par, some of the actors weren't up to the mark. The sound effects sounded like was taken from a video game. The editing was shoddy. Well, if you consider the fact that this was Neeraj Pandey's solo attempt to write and direct a low-budget movie without being backed by any major production house, I think we ought to give credit for that.
In closing, I just want to say that if you are watching this movie, you might want to watch it with an open-mind and ignore these niggles and you have a great movie.
In the 2000s (even now), Bollywood had run out of substance, it has been recycling mediocre, abysmal movies in new packages for the masses. An "occasional" gem standout and this movie offers a fresh take in the Indian cinema.
Story: This is a fictional story based based on the aftermath of the Mumbai train bombings in 2006 or 07. It encapsulates the frustration that everyone felt - and how India was helpless (more on that later). You felt anger and sadness for having to witness and experience that event.
The underlying mood in this movie is anger and frustrations of the common man. During the early 2000s, India was prone to terrorist attacks and it just happened over and over. We (India) knew who the perpetrators were but we couldn't or wouldn't retaliate due to political and diplomatic pressure. The last 20 minutes just sums that up. It wasn't about morality for the people anymore because a certain boundary was crossed.
12 years later, a lot has changed.. thankfully (watch Uri: The Surgical Strike).
I will admit that there were a few shortcomings in the movie. VFX was sub-par, some of the actors weren't up to the mark. The sound effects sounded like was taken from a video game. The editing was shoddy. Well, if you consider the fact that this was Neeraj Pandey's solo attempt to write and direct a low-budget movie without being backed by any major production house, I think we ought to give credit for that.
In closing, I just want to say that if you are watching this movie, you might want to watch it with an open-mind and ignore these niggles and you have a great movie.