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Midnights Children (2012)
Today I saw this movie “Midnight’s Children” by Deepa Mehta in Escape cinemas. I had high expectations for the movie due to Deepa Mehta’s direction, story being based on Salman Rushdie’s novel of same name and for seeing lovely Shriya Saran. Sadly on all 3 accounts I was disappointed. I haven’t read the original novel by Salman Rusdie to comment on the movie adaptation of it. My comments are purely as a film audience. First thing that struck me is the length of the movie, over 2:30 Hours. After the first one hour I had to force myself seated and not to walk out. The story starts off finely in…
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Vishwaroopam (2013)
After all the controversies, this movie finally got released in Tamil Nadu last week. Considering the hype for the movie I thought tickets will be difficult to get, but a casual check online in the afternoon got me tickets to today’s evening show at Inox, Chennai. I read somewhere that the difference in the Tamil Nadu release was of few dialogues being muted and nothing substantial was lost other than a title card saying the story is entirely fiction. Vishwaroopam (விஸ்வரூபம்) is a spy thriller written, directed, co-produced & lead role by Kamal Haasan. The story is about an Indian RAW agent who infiltrates into Afghan training camps before escaping…
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The Japanese Wife (2010)
Today I watched the movie The Japanese Wife” by acclaimed director Ms Aparna Sen. The plot couldn’t have been more captivating – 635 Letters, 3 Phone Calls, and 15 years of marriage, but they have not met; a husband in remote Bengal as a School Teacher and a wife in Japan. Having seen her previous work “Mrs & Mr Iyer”, I was sure I will see a phenomenal movie in The Japanese Wife and I was proved correct. Aparna Sen has told the story brilliantly well, we are transported for 90 minutes to the remote Bengali village. The initial scene was very enjoyable where a big package from Japan comes…
