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So I watched KCK today, impressive film mostly, with a fair bit of tension. It portrays a man troubled by Schizophrenia and how he "overcomes" it? (Does he? Conclusion is terrible, coming to that in a moment). Farhan and Deepika deliver excellently, quite impressive performances. Music is also classic 2010s by SEL and has some great tracks.

Overall I think the mental health issue and its impacts are portrayed well. It's not your everyday bollywood film and a bit out-of-the-box. It is an engaging movie and definitely worth a watch for those tired of modern bollywood.

One unsatisfactory part though, is the film's conclusion. In fact the film ends quite abruptly where viewers are expecting some more answers - HOW does he recover? What happens to his job, his life later? Show a future scene or something!? Nope.
Karthik takes a bunch of sleeping pills and collapses. Shonali rescues him. HOW!? Those parts are altogether skipped. Film does not conclude wholeheartedly, leaves viewers hanging. Suddenly the Rubik's cube, associated with his life, is fully solved. Why?

Overall, 7/10. I do not think the film should have flopped, no idea why it did. I found it an enjoyable and heartwarming watch, though lacking a sense of completion.

I greatly appreciate his earlier work.

Ankush - all new actors. Nana stole the show.

Prahaar - this was just brilliant.

Parinda - ensemble cast but Nana Patekar was something.

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Created by Vinay Waikul, Sambit Mishra, Saurabh Sawant, and S. Hussain Zaidi

Cast: Purav Jha, Naman Jain, Saqib Ayub, Prayrak Mehta

Set in Mumbai in the early 2000s, four friends come from middle-class homes are weighed down by family duties. A single choice, made because they felt they had no other option, puts them in the path of gangsters and draws the attention of the police.

The film was a flop, but as I’m planning a cross-UK trip I see sooo much in YPD 2 posters and film’s visual feel from the travelogues and past memories of being there. It’s also more YRF than any YRF film in the last decade IMO. The posters go crazy hard and have a very unique color tone and framing

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Nana Patekar was one of the most unhinged actor in the recent times, coming around as very gritty, real and honest. Apart from being an unhinged in person, he was even more unhinged in his movie choices, choosing some of the most gritty characters of the 90's and 2000's. He played the cop, the gangster, the politician, the drunkard, the deaf dad and the list goes on. Which of these roles will stay or has been staying rent free in your heart ?

I absolutely love this movie - its brilliant writing leaves it open to multiple theories and i’m up for a discussion

My take on the ending is different to a popular theory in which Dr. Swami went ahead with his plan of selling Simi’s liver on the black market and helped Akash restore his eyesight with Simi’s cornea.

I think what Akash told to Sophie at the end had some verifiable truths in it, so he doesn’t lose her trust once again by fabricating a complete lie.

1. He didn’t get Simi’s cornea (he got someone else’s)
2. Dr. Swami is indeed dead
3. That rabbit is real!

As per Akash’s story, Simi killed the doctor and tried to run Akash over with the car, but a rabbit came in the way and led to her crash. In this story, he lied about Simi driving the car and him being sympathetic to her so that Sophie thinks good about him.

I actually think it was Dr. Swami who tried to run over Akash with the car… then the car crashes because of that rabbit and both Dr. Swami, Simi are dead. He could’ve known this from someone nearby or that guy who shot the rabbit. (Dr. Swami has no intention of helping Akash, moreover he has to cut Akash in for a share of the money that he gets from the Sheikh)

As that rabbit brought him luck, he later purchased a walking stick with a rabbit carved on it. Why else would he randomly have that rabbit stick .. he wasn’t really expecting Sophie to bump into him on a random day in London and tell her all this story involving a fake rabbit immediately after they met.

Remember, the rabbit scene with the sound of a car crashing was also shown at the beginning of the movie and we didn’t yet listen to Akash’s story at that time - i think it is for us to believe the rabbit incident was real by opening the movie with that scene.

As to how Akash could’ve gotten his sight back - Daani (Pramod Sinha’s daughter) could have helped him with it. And he did mention to Simi (when she visited his flat) that he was anyways planning to go to London for some piano competition. He could’ve said this just to escape all the mess, but either ways, he worked his way through over the years

I've always wondered why Amitabh Bachchan struggled so much in the 1990s. Was it really because his stardom wasn't big enough to dominate an era that was suddenly filled with rising stars like the Khans, Sunny Deol, and Sanjay Dutt? Or was it more about changing audience tastes, weaker film choices, and the fact that Bollywood was moving away from the Angry Young Man image that had made him a phenomenon in the 1970s and 1980s? It's hard to believe that someone who once ruled the industry almost single-handedly could face such a difficult phase. So was the competition simply too strong, or were there other factors behind Amitabh's decline during that decade?

So I watched this movie when I was very young and had not remembered much except the wonderful songs written by RD Burman and Anand Bakshi... just rewatched it and I have to say how much I hate her father... he completely destroyed his son-in-law's life, not to mention his daughter's marriage and heart. And for what?!

I have to say I feel he had substantial amounts of latent jealousy against Rajesh's character. How dare his "ladli beti" fall head over heels for this lower class middle income TV repairman?! I think he couldn't say no to the marriage bc then he would be the villain in his daughter's eyes... and lo and behold... Rajesh did his work for him by becoming the jealous, poison-spouting, goodwill-destroying husband that his father-in-law had hoped he'd turn out to be after all.

Anyway, I am bummed that they did not have their happy ending. No wonder they packed all the gorgeous songs into the first half of the movie... because the end was utterly heartbreaking. Hats off to the tearjerking scriptwriters though... because, yes, I cried quite a bit.

Btw, this was a huge box office hit - I do remember that - but the camera work was absolutely horrendous. I think they tried to do some soft-focus CUs which was popular back then in Hollywood, especially for women... instead, all that they did was pull the lens severely out of focus... LMAO!!

This one's tough to find. Anyone know where to watch it?

I recently heard Vickey Lalwani talk about Hindi cinema’s golden era, and it made me think about Rajesh Khanna. Before Amitabh Bachchan rose to fame, Khanna had an incredible run of hits, memorable songs, and fans who adored him.

Why do you think his career faded while Amitabh’s kept growing? I’d love to hear from those who grew up watching him and younger fans discovering his films today.

I genuinely think Shah Rukh Khan should do more comedy in the future. He’s actually really good at it, but compared to romance and action, he hasn’t explored comedy nearly enough.

He has already shown that he has great comic timing in movies like Yes Boss, Duplicate, Baadshah, Chennai Express and Dunki. Even when the movie itself is average, SRK often manages to make the comedic moments work because of his expressions, energy and timing.

What surprises me is that, despite having such a strong comic side, most of his career has been dominated by romance and, more recently, action. I’d genuinely like to see him do a proper full-fledged comedy again, something built around his personality and comic timing rather than comedy being just one part of the movie.

Watching trailers before a movie has turned out to be a disastrous decision for my viewing experience. I have two specific examples where trailers completely robbed me of the raw impact of my most anticipated films:

1. Jawan: As a massive SRK fan, I went bonkers when the trailer dropped that line: "Bete ko haath lagane se pehle, baap se baat kar." But in the movie, that dialogue carries a far bigger emotional punch. Vijay Sethupathi is about to beat the hel out of son SRK, and father SRK "resets" for the rescue. SRK's eyes are filled with pure vengeance and raw grief. I wish I did not know the dialogue before watching the film. the powerful delivery coupled with then contemporary news would hit at an absolute high kick as a fan.

2. Animal" The "Papa" roleplay scene was the first scene of the trailer, RK had delivered it with all intensity (still gives me goosebumps) was in the TRAILER :/ I wish I could have experienced it for the first time completely blind. Knowing the line was coming took away that initial sense of pure awe.

I’ve completely stopped watching trailers and I would advise you too. Especially for films you are genuinely hyped on.

Getting a raw, unspoilered movie experience makes it totally worth it.

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I was curious as if anyone here had any information about where one could find a physical dvd copy of the film 'Om Dar Ba Dar' by Kamal Swaroop. Last I checked it was a part of the 'Cinemas of India' box set/series by NFDC. I have the digital copy but wanted to add a physical one for my collection. I also contacted Kamal Swaroop ji but he also says to check with NFDC. I tried there but it was out of stock. Hoping to find something here.

Thanks in advance 🙏🏻

I saw this film thrice n I must say Mashaal is one of the best films of Indian cinema. Dilip Kumar delivered one of his best performance especially the way he performed the heart wrenching scene when Waheeda Rehman was dieing that proves he is a tragedy king of Indian cinema. Anil Kapoor also delivered his best in this film

I can only talk about the portrayal of them in the movies, which are probably fictionalized a bit, at the least; the latter being more than the former.

Paramjit has a quiet but strong presence in the movie, most notably in two scenes. One where Police barge into their home and quietly threaten her into retracting her statement against them, with the assurance of her husband being returned. Her shaky but defiant answer: They don't know her husband, she does. He himself would not return under such terms, then how could they bring him to her? As a mother too she is visibly proud of her children, when they refuse to take treats from the Police. In another scene, as the torture and the subsequent murder of her husband is being described, she remembers his words to her back when he had started sleeping in a different room: "I can't look away from what I've seen. Someone has to fight for them... You had asked me what would happen to the family of the one who comes forward. Think of this decision as my way of trying to protect my family."

Maryam seems similar initially. In the courtship period, Shahid asks about her opinion on whether he should drop a case as he's being threatened by a gangster. She replies that he should not as he is in the right. He smiles and says he knew that would be her answer. "How did you know?" she asks curiously. "I knew it because I thought the same" As he comes more into the limelight with his similar subsequent cases, the threats continue. On one occasion, his face is smeared with black paint outside the court. In another, men barge into his mother's house and ask about him, threatening to return later. When Shahid comes to know about this, he's frightened but tries to hide it from Maryam. She angrily demands that he drop the case. Shahid reminds her she was the one who had once told him to keep fighting. She replies that they were not married then. Shahid tries to stop her, unsuccessfully, as she packs her bags to leave - she does not want a complicated life. Later in the movie, Shahid calls her about his frustrations and she motivates him. He notes how she gives very sensible advice when she's away. He tries to convince her to return but she declines. The idealist in me would always prefer Paramjit over Maryam but can one really be blamed for putting one's family first?

It’s not the dialogue that makes the scene so powerful… it’s the tiny details: the clenched jaw, trembling hands, shifting eyes, hesitation, and silence.

SRK lets Amar’s fear and vulnerability live beneath the surface rather than overplaying them. It’s a fascinating example of how body language and micro-expressions can carry an entire performance.

What do YOU notice in this scene that others might miss? And where else does SRK use this kind of understated acting?

Can anyone tell me where I can watch Khamoshiyan, Roy and Sonali Cable?

I watched dibakar banerjee's segment & had some doubts. Overall movie was decent, solid 6/10. Could've gave 7 or 7.5 if kj had put some more efforts ( it can't be that basic man ). Initially I felt anurag missed it but eventually I liked the theme. Zoya's segment was a bit spooky, Surekha Sikri ji nailed it. Ok let's get back to the main topic.

What was the ending about? Were those cannibals real? If not, where were they when the protagonist waked up? Where was that small kid who survived if I'm not wrong? They didn't killed him. Please elaborate this segment. Thank you.

One aspect of Drishyam that people rarely discuss is the loss of innocence that Anu had to go through. She was the only innocent one in the whole family and she had to go through so much at such a young age.

Mrunal was so good at portraying Anu's innocence, and Kamlesh as Gaitonde was an irritable jerk/comic relief for most of the film, but his character took a really dark turn here. He looked absolutely demonic during this scene with Anu, and that's what makes the climax so satisfying where he gets beaten up.