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LSD: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha (2010)
LSD - Lyrics+Screenplay+Direction by an ensemble called Dibakar
We bid adieu to a friend at airport in Mumbai by 11.25 pm and rushed in an auto-rickshaw to catch hold of the 11.45 pm show of LSD at Malad. Alas ! We were told that the box office is closed and we weren't allowed entry after 12.05 am. Such is the impact of missing a schedule for a Dibakar Banerjee film that we decided to watch the very next show at 8.30 am at PVR Juhu the very next day. This entire fiasco revolves around the fact that our homes are at 3 hr journey from Western Mumbai and boy the entire trouble was worth the movie.
Its difficult to be lucky thrice. You got to have an innovative vision which translates perfectly into the celluloid without being a skirmish of lopsided thoughts - which is where Dibakar fairs seamlessly.
The(L)yrics are zany than a Gulzar coupled with a tinge of music composed by Dibakar himself.
The (S)creenplay is quirky and unfolds a series of intertwined incidents making the viewer recall fragments of each of the three sub plots in a linear sequence. It boasts of witty situations in the most ethereal cacophony of life and natural orientation of hand held cameras operated by the characters, pedantically placed in shops or deliberately camouflaged in sting operations. It completely blew my myth of brandishing hand held cameras as a means of creating blurred art which looses nuances of acting.
The (D)irection is marvelous. I can sing laurels of how a director can squeeze out talent from newbies and yet make them look so familiar and adorable in the context of the characters they play. Dibakar has mentioned the need of the script to acknowledge unknown faces of voyeurism.
Namrata Rao has done an amazing job of editing this movie. It would have been a nightmare of a project for her to align the screenplay with the bits of camera reels.
Kudos to entire team of Dibakar for producing a movie with finesse in every department of film. I am a big fan of award events which acknowledges cinema in its true spirit. A bit of glitter to keep my evening going !
Wish to see LSD and Dibakar in its prime focus there :)
Dev.D (2009)
A riveting DevD(as) with a quench for more than his morbid soul
Let me helm AK as the new czar of motion picture extravaganza ...
With a conforming applaud to the concept visualization by Abhay Deol himself , AK and co-writer Vikramaditya Motwane concoct a tale foretold adding the backdrop and zing of contemporary Ludhiana , Delhi !
The beauty of narrative is that it doesn't speak in dialogs but rather gratifies on the senses of the viewer . The editing is brisk and is noteworthy of its nuances to help add the necessary twists in the plot.Fresh music with loads of it helps to contemplate the emotions of the protagonist.
It isn't banal or prudish ..the dialogs are witty and minimalist !
For those who have watched the archaic DevDas , it's overwhelming to match "loosely based original characters " to our new era real life DevD( trying to empower his childhood love or trying to understand what love really is ), Paro ( Very Indian but yet liberating and sexually charged and also at par with the ultimate Indian "aadarsh" Bahu agnostics ) , Chandramukhi ( A thumbs up to the Sex industry which preaches what the whole world tries to echo in darkness and unlike the world which then raises fingers of indignation and loathe - CMon India did preach Kamasutra long back )not to forget Chunni( an amiable friend but a pimp of the sorts ).
The ensemble has done a worthy job . Newcomer : Mahie Gill easily transitions from a vulnerable lover girl to a mature responsible lady , Kalki Koechlin epitomizes the naiveness of a teenage girl whose social stigmata con-volutes her essence of life into an awry ordeal which she readily accepts and moralizes as a state of "Trying to move on .." And Abhay ( I read him being at someplace learning Wood Carving during the release of this movie ) - ( is purely a treat to watch ..the way he triumphs in being a sole loser who worships Vodka and doesn't chastise himself rather acclimatizes himself to the corner of the world called "SELF" -- the virility shown by his hairy bod -- a pungent antonym to chest waxed embellishments -- 10 kg's lost for this role -- shows the kind of efforts put on screen )
All of this with a maverick Director's surreal vision ( trademarks being his liking for water and snow .. he uses them as props and landscaper's to unearth the beauty of the far .. No Smoking had loads of it) is a cinematic milestone in itself ...
If your above 18 then go with a heart of redemption, lust , despair striving to the ultimate nemesis with oneself --- you shall be a winner !!!
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)
A tacit slapstick with a niche in almost every department of film making
Dibakar and Urmi have jotted down a fantastic view of the ethnic Delhi metropolis. This view embeds within itself the spasms of human emotions.
The actors have emoted well doing justice to the characters. The characters have been etched minutely and the casting is also brilliant. Some scenes make you realize the ease with which Dibakar portrays the nonchalant credence which humans display in day to day life.
The editing is crisp and matures with its unique photo marquee scene's which eventually help understand a motion in detail.
The music is earthy and peppy .... It stands apart with its Punjabi RAP :P
The finer details of are also taken care of keeping no room for factual errors or continuity deliberations which seem missing in regular Hindi movies. I should NOT AT ALL be comparing this movie's worth to the Bollywood business agenda's and lack luster of basic identity.
I think the crux of the movie lies in identifying that the White collar sociopath's are as much the thieves of the society as would be a normal thief.
Go and watch a treat for yourselves !!!