mehulmepani
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Watched GaliGuleiyan absolutely by accident because saw Manoj Bajpayee poster - star power working here! I had no idea what I was getting into.
Soon I realised that I was in for a treat and this was not some ordinary bollywood flick. It compelled me to pause and search for the credentials. It seems young turk Dipesh Jain (seems to be an American Indian with promising work he has already churned out) is director/producer. And what a star-cast that greeted me - Ranvir Shorey, Neeraj Kabi, Shahana Goswami to name a few. There are foreign contributions in the other departments of the film too - Music, Editing and Cinematography to name a few.
It is a story of a loner, disturbed and s suffering individual who is clearly disoriented and lives in a dingy solitude. Throughout the movie the Lighting, Cinematography and Direction creates cringeworthy atmosphere making you feel as if you should just get-up and clean Khuddoos (Manoj) and his place - power of creativity and conveying exactly what is intended. Movie slows down to a halt - resonating with life that Khuddoos lives. At time you want to hit the FF button but, the detailing stops you. You are sure to miss out on the detail because the Direction and the whole package is so brilliant.
And of course the wait pays. The flip in the last five minutes is so unexpected, unassuming and deeply moving. Then you recollect the whole movie backwards and the things fit so well, so flawless and so seamless that it keeps you in awe and wonder.
Not the for the people with short attention-span and habituated of the usual masala - this ones for the patient ones who love the blandness to enjoy the last morsel!
Thanks for the treat Gali Guleiyan team.
Soon I realised that I was in for a treat and this was not some ordinary bollywood flick. It compelled me to pause and search for the credentials. It seems young turk Dipesh Jain (seems to be an American Indian with promising work he has already churned out) is director/producer. And what a star-cast that greeted me - Ranvir Shorey, Neeraj Kabi, Shahana Goswami to name a few. There are foreign contributions in the other departments of the film too - Music, Editing and Cinematography to name a few.
It is a story of a loner, disturbed and s suffering individual who is clearly disoriented and lives in a dingy solitude. Throughout the movie the Lighting, Cinematography and Direction creates cringeworthy atmosphere making you feel as if you should just get-up and clean Khuddoos (Manoj) and his place - power of creativity and conveying exactly what is intended. Movie slows down to a halt - resonating with life that Khuddoos lives. At time you want to hit the FF button but, the detailing stops you. You are sure to miss out on the detail because the Direction and the whole package is so brilliant.
And of course the wait pays. The flip in the last five minutes is so unexpected, unassuming and deeply moving. Then you recollect the whole movie backwards and the things fit so well, so flawless and so seamless that it keeps you in awe and wonder.
Not the for the people with short attention-span and habituated of the usual masala - this ones for the patient ones who love the blandness to enjoy the last morsel!
Thanks for the treat Gali Guleiyan team.
All Quiet on the Western Front (available on Netflix) is unarguably one of the best war movie ever seen by me. For a change it is not WWII movie but a WWI movie.
For the best part, it sees war from the eyes of a soldier who has no choice of seeing what is right and wrong, but has only one choice but to fight. Even the director/story writer doesn't get into the politics of value judgement here. So you see no Allied forces justifying the war against the Axis just like in most of the WWII movies - winner drafts the history you see... On the other hand you see the human helplessness, apathy and tragedy with ever more pinch, thrust, bite and burn here. Anyone sitting in living rooms and debating and hitting conch shells with their weak limbs asking for war on the enemies with blood-thirst should be tied to the seats and shown this movie - they'll feel the sharp, blunt and all sort of pains to never ask for one!
The disconnect of the upper echelons of the military with the realities and brutalities is so well-depicted.
Not for the faint-hearted ones. There is more gore than the violence here. It is so realistic that you wouldn't sleep after this movie unless you are not human! But it is worth seeing, as it has message, meaning and learning.
Very similar to Platoon, Hamburger Hill etc where a young lad full of hopes is sent to war without knowing what horrors he is getting into - but with the difference of backdrop, scale and verve. Thins one's definitely going to haunt you for long.
For the best part, it sees war from the eyes of a soldier who has no choice of seeing what is right and wrong, but has only one choice but to fight. Even the director/story writer doesn't get into the politics of value judgement here. So you see no Allied forces justifying the war against the Axis just like in most of the WWII movies - winner drafts the history you see... On the other hand you see the human helplessness, apathy and tragedy with ever more pinch, thrust, bite and burn here. Anyone sitting in living rooms and debating and hitting conch shells with their weak limbs asking for war on the enemies with blood-thirst should be tied to the seats and shown this movie - they'll feel the sharp, blunt and all sort of pains to never ask for one!
The disconnect of the upper echelons of the military with the realities and brutalities is so well-depicted.
Not for the faint-hearted ones. There is more gore than the violence here. It is so realistic that you wouldn't sleep after this movie unless you are not human! But it is worth seeing, as it has message, meaning and learning.
Very similar to Platoon, Hamburger Hill etc where a young lad full of hopes is sent to war without knowing what horrors he is getting into - but with the difference of backdrop, scale and verve. Thins one's definitely going to haunt you for long.