Graham - 2021
There have been so many unwanted incidents in India and the world and just imagine how many lives did those incidents affected negatively. Many people lost their lives and their loved ones. Grahan is also a story of a real-life incident that took place in 1984, doesn't talk about the core of riots, but the effect of the riots on and about the life of few people.
Grahan is made out of Satya Vyas' popular novel - Chaurasi, based on 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India, and mainly focuses on the dirty politics behind the riots and to punish the people behind the riots. In the parallel story, we see a love story from the last time and both present and past are connected so well which sets the example of good storytelling. Period dramas are never too easy to express and make and that too with such a controversial topic. Characters are well established, especially Manu (played by wamiqa Gabbi), seen as such avatar first time other than the Punjabi cinema. Pavan Malhotra is as good as always playing his key character and also a great job by Ayushman Pushkar and Zoya Hussain, both of them had their character throughout the show and did an excellent job. Talking about the music, it includes few songs as well according to the situations. Sets are very well made keeping the time period in mind and I still remember that one scene where "unity is our strength" is written on the board" and people fighting in the same frame, yes! In some places, it shows amazing camera work and makes the frame simple but attractive.
This has to be made very early, but "der aaye durust aaye".
There have been so many unwanted incidents in India and the world and just imagine how many lives did those incidents affected negatively. Many people lost their lives and their loved ones. Grahan is also a story of a real-life incident that took place in 1984, doesn't talk about the core of riots, but the effect of the riots on and about the life of few people.
Grahan is made out of Satya Vyas' popular novel - Chaurasi, based on 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India, and mainly focuses on the dirty politics behind the riots and to punish the people behind the riots. In the parallel story, we see a love story from the last time and both present and past are connected so well which sets the example of good storytelling. Period dramas are never too easy to express and make and that too with such a controversial topic. Characters are well established, especially Manu (played by wamiqa Gabbi), seen as such avatar first time other than the Punjabi cinema. Pavan Malhotra is as good as always playing his key character and also a great job by Ayushman Pushkar and Zoya Hussain, both of them had their character throughout the show and did an excellent job. Talking about the music, it includes few songs as well according to the situations. Sets are very well made keeping the time period in mind and I still remember that one scene where "unity is our strength" is written on the board" and people fighting in the same frame, yes! In some places, it shows amazing camera work and makes the frame simple but attractive.
This has to be made very early, but "der aaye durust aaye".