Dabba aka Lunchbox

This is one of the highly rated Indian movie of this year. And it so deserves to be! extremely simple, with moving performances and an ensemble of all noteworthy, the movie has it all. The movie explores the urban loneliness, the loneliness after losing a partner, the loneliness of spouse of a cheating partner. A bored housewife, a not-seen-on-screen but heavily present neighbor, an about to be retired old man, a new man with a new bride and a scooter,

The movie begins when the lunchbox is wrongly delivered to Irfan khan-a man who has worked in boring claims department throughout his life and has boredom written all over his face. The only delight in his life is the afternoon lunchbox and the letters that come along with it. while she writes in Hindi, he replies in a stern English. While she musters the courage to come to meet him, he plans to leave for Nasik.

The movie is a daastan-as I have recently learned, has no end but it indeed leaves you with a smile

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Well, for so long, I had waited to watch this movie. Audrey hepburn in LBD holding a cigarette is perhaps one of the most famous image of this movie. Yes, she is elegant and poised. She is what everyone fashionable woman would want to be and she carries herself with much elan throughout the movie.

But somehow, the movie does not make sense at most of the places. She is a happy-go-lucky person and Fred is a madly-in-love-does-not-care-about-anything guy, but for me, it was difficult to establish the love. To feel that Holly Golightly who is ready tot hop onto a flight to Brazil will suddenly realise she is in love with this man.

It must have worked wonders for Tiffany's for sure. The blue boxes, the helpful attitude of staff must have done some strong brand building for them. classic!

Watch it if you want to watch Audrey hepburn is her elegant dresses. watch it for a classic. Watch it for moonlight!

Bridges of Madison County

So, I am a sucker for romantic movies. And movies set in country background, with longing for lover really excites me. So, when I finally decided to watch ‘Bridges of Madison County’ I knew I would love it, but I did not know, to this extent.

It is a beautiful movie, will be an understatement. It is a heart touching movie, will not be a lie. But it is a movie, which certainly lets you believe the simplicity of relationships. Yes, there are times when you feel trapped, yes, there are times when you have choices to make, but then, there are times when you are freed of all these and you live for yourself and decide for yourself.

Francesca(Meryl Streep) left Italy and settled in Iowa. She has what a woman should have- Beauty, doting husband and two children. Not that she is unhappy, but she definitely longs for more. And comes Robert(Client Eastwood) with his charm of a traveler, musings of a photographer and touch of a gentle lover. And Francesca is moved, to an extent, that her bags are packed and she is ready to leave the world for him, but she just can’t.

The story is narrated by her to her children after her death and makes them realize the love that she shared with a man unknown to both of them.

Meryl Streep is brilliant and Client Eastwood is handsomely livid. ‘ you are anything but a simple woman’ , ‘this kind of certainty come once in a lifetime’. What I really liked that it did not show that the man took advantage of a lonely woman, but it showed that woman wanted this. He does not look at her in a way that she looks at him from the first instance and it is she who takes the stand of being with her family. Yes, she is confused and in a state of pain, she fiddles with the car door, her dress and everything. You realize her confusion and the tough choice and you understand her final decision.

A beautiful movie for all the romantics out there

Jhankaar Beats

well, it is not a world cinema movie with high accolades or high rating, but for me this movie was definitely coming of age and remains as one of my favorite movie ever.

This was director Sujoy Ghosh(the famous Kahaani director)'s directorial venture and it defined a totally new culture. Yes, Juhi chawala was your traditional wife or 'bhabhi' to all, with sanjay suri as doting husband, yes Rahul bose was over the top and probably Shayan Munshi is more famous for Jessica lal case, but the movie gave new dimension to love and friendship. A tribute to RD burman, each song of the movie is well sung and strikes a chord. with a condom client, sexually active neigbour, hot competitor, divorce seeking couple, the beauty of the movie is that it does not lose the track and does not go to the vulgar territory even once. It is a beautiful story about Boss(Burman sahab), and two friends. And everytime, they sing the song- Tu Aashiqui hai, it brings a smile to my face:)

In the mood for love:

Considered as one of the greatest romantic movie, In the Mood for love is a saga of heartache, longings and separation. Set in 1960s Hongkong, the movie is a story of two people who meet and fell in love when their partners cheat on them. While in her silk-gossamer dresses Maggie is Audrey Hepburn-like Diva, Tony with his sympathetic face plays the role of a smitten lad really well. The conservative society of Hongkong is established when Maggie throughout the movie is addressed as Mrs. Chan, Interfering neighbours, morality lectures and constant attempts by both of them to meet at a distance away from home.

The highlight of the movie is cinematography. Each frame is beautiful. The flowery dresses, the green lunchbox, the use of mirrors for portrayal of different angles, the beautifully shot Wangkor wat makes the movie a delight to watch. The haunting music gives the movie its soul.

Beautiful story weaved in with cinematographic craftsmanship definitely sets the mood for love!

Turtles can fly- Bahman Ghobadi

Iranian cinema’s new wave is so talked about, yet this was just second of the Iranian films that I got to watch and I must say, it intrigued me to explore this genre of cinema much more.

The movie- Turtles can Fly is widely acclaimed for political reasons of bringing Kurdish misery to the world. However, the pain of young Agrin who was raped and loathes the child she brought into world at such an early age, the helpless armless brother whose popularising factor is that he can predict, or the need of creating a leader even among 30 families in form of young satellite are universal characters.

The film is set in Kurdistan, border of Iraq and Turkey and has some light moments- like the one where everyone is trying to put an antennae to get TV signal. The shot of a Dish being bought and placed is equally amusing. However the movie haunts you from the first scene where you see footsteps of beautiful Agrin going towards the cliff till the end, where you discover why. The need to know English, saddam’s leg. Red fish, the open market of weapons and a teacher’s attempt to teach science and maths are some of my take aways from the movie.

What will really make you wonder is the excellent acting by the children as the entire movie is based on them. For me the title of turtles can fly is for the Young Agrin who bears the weight of a child clinging to her, a child who was brought into the world after the heinous rape, a child who she hates and tries to kill multiple times. She is the turtle, and she attempts to fly away from all her miseries by going down the cliff.
 

  Bahman Ghobadi is the young acclaimed director for this one.