I haven't seen much of Rituparno Ghosh's work but now I label him as a talented filmmaker after seeing The Last Lear.He should be applauded by all as he is one of the best directors in the country at the moment. The last lear was simply exceptional.I would never had thought that such a movie would ever be made after the days of Satyajit Ray.I have a taste for movies of every genre and I can separate quality from crap but when it comes to making of a movie as The Last Lear and watching Amitabh Bachchan give a performance of a lifetime, I just didn't know how to separate quality from quality. Amitabh Bachchan as we all know is a versatile actor and is a mark of greatness in the Indian Film Industry.When we talk of acting, we generally think of delivering or presenting the role of a character of a story in front of the audience and playing the character in the most skillful manner possible so that more than anything else the viewers gets to know the character and the character sells the movie to all.But nowadays,it's the actor who consumes the character and not the other way round and sells himself and not the character. Almost everyone does that.In the last lear,after a long long time I see the character of the movie Harish and not Amitabh Bacchan because what Amitabh did was he became Harish and was not seen anywhere as the personality that he is.Amitabh Bachchan was at his best. The direction and plot was outstanding and the movie has been very well conceived and it just grabs you like anything.
Review of The Last Lear
