Cast : Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang, Amitabh Bachchan, Angad Bedi, Raashul Tandon, Vijay Varma, Tushar Pandey, Piyush Mishra, Dhritimaan Chatterjee, Vinod Nagpal, Dibang.
Directed by : Anirudha Roy Chowdhary.
It won't be wrong to say that today we are all surrounded by the concept of "Feminism" or that of empowerment of women but I was just wondering how many of us really know what it is. If you are a regular media consumer, it's quite possible that you're aware of all mumbo jumbo about a modern girl wearing denims , friendly speaking to guys and drinking in someone's company in this INDIAN society is. It is not the first art film that has spoken about this, but certainly I can say it has hit the right string, the best.
The plot isn't really complicated or new, for that matter. Three young independent women living in a posh area in Delhi casually go for a rock concert where they befriends with other three guys whom with they go for a dinner. Asusual , the rich and POLITICALLY strong guy tries to molest Minal (Tapsee), who in return slams a beer bottle into his head causing him severe head injury. Scared, these women just run away from the resort. The beauty of the plot is that none of this is visually presented on screen, and just narrated by the girls in the court scene which follows. This actually makes you think ,"Are these guys innocent? Are they right about the trio being Raa*d?"
Court sequences, oh boy,as Indian audience, we just love court sequences in our films. Let it be Sunny Deol yelling "Tareekh pe Taarekh", Govinda burning his hands to prove his point or Akshay in his Navy uniform. This flick, too, utilized court in the best way possible. Amitabh Sir, as a lawyer, was just marvellous along with Tapsee,Kirti and Andrea who acted quite realistically. The quirky dialogues and questions by lawyers or the rulebook by Amitabh about "How women in India can be safe" will make you think about your own line of thought.[The best one being the closing of case by Amitabh, I won't spoil it ;)] What was different in this court scene than others is that the opposition was very strong, and he was smart enough to manipulate the evidences for his benifit. At somepoint it made me think that is the movie about "FemiNAZism"? Will the climax be about the girls being found guilty?
Direction by Anirudha was the best in class. A lot of new-age directors try something new for their shots, but this guy had got his basics right. He showed same old ghise-pite scenes in an all new and intresting way.For an instance, Bedi threatening the landlord or Andrea in the cafe.And those little ironical hints he left throughout the movie like naming girls Minal(Hindu) , Falak ali (Muslim) and Andrea(Possibly Christian).[Hi-Fi if you got it.] and about hypocrisy of "Men drinking".Cinematography again was just elegant. Jerkiness in tensed scenes ,steadiness in sad scenes and all those were just mastered and it really gave you the feel it intended to.
Overall, I'd say it's one of the best art film I've seen so far and the only women-empowering movie which can make one ashamed of his orthodox thinking about a modern girl.
I rate it 4.5/5.
Do let us know, what you specifically liked in the film in the comment box below.
Directed by : Anirudha Roy Chowdhary.
It won't be wrong to say that today we are all surrounded by the concept of "Feminism" or that of empowerment of women but I was just wondering how many of us really know what it is. If you are a regular media consumer, it's quite possible that you're aware of all mumbo jumbo about a modern girl wearing denims , friendly speaking to guys and drinking in someone's company in this INDIAN society is. It is not the first art film that has spoken about this, but certainly I can say it has hit the right string, the best.
The plot isn't really complicated or new, for that matter. Three young independent women living in a posh area in Delhi casually go for a rock concert where they befriends with other three guys whom with they go for a dinner. Asusual , the rich and POLITICALLY strong guy tries to molest Minal (Tapsee), who in return slams a beer bottle into his head causing him severe head injury. Scared, these women just run away from the resort. The beauty of the plot is that none of this is visually presented on screen, and just narrated by the girls in the court scene which follows. This actually makes you think ,"Are these guys innocent? Are they right about the trio being Raa*d?"
Court sequences, oh boy,as Indian audience, we just love court sequences in our films. Let it be Sunny Deol yelling "Tareekh pe Taarekh", Govinda burning his hands to prove his point or Akshay in his Navy uniform. This flick, too, utilized court in the best way possible. Amitabh Sir, as a lawyer, was just marvellous along with Tapsee,Kirti and Andrea who acted quite realistically. The quirky dialogues and questions by lawyers or the rulebook by Amitabh about "How women in India can be safe" will make you think about your own line of thought.[The best one being the closing of case by Amitabh, I won't spoil it ;)] What was different in this court scene than others is that the opposition was very strong, and he was smart enough to manipulate the evidences for his benifit. At somepoint it made me think that is the movie about "FemiNAZism"? Will the climax be about the girls being found guilty?
Direction by Anirudha was the best in class. A lot of new-age directors try something new for their shots, but this guy had got his basics right. He showed same old ghise-pite scenes in an all new and intresting way.For an instance, Bedi threatening the landlord or Andrea in the cafe.And those little ironical hints he left throughout the movie like naming girls Minal(Hindu) , Falak ali (Muslim) and Andrea(Possibly Christian).[Hi-Fi if you got it.] and about hypocrisy of "Men drinking".Cinematography again was just elegant. Jerkiness in tensed scenes ,steadiness in sad scenes and all those were just mastered and it really gave you the feel it intended to.
Overall, I'd say it's one of the best art film I've seen so far and the only women-empowering movie which can make one ashamed of his orthodox thinking about a modern girl.
I rate it 4.5/5.
Do let us know, what you specifically liked in the film in the comment box below.
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