Thursday, July 7, 2011

Anurag Kashyap's Gulaal (2009).

Gulaal is an archetypal movie. As per Anurag Kashyap's own confession, Gulaal is a movie very close to his heart, and it is not difficult to see why. Made with deft art, intricate cinematography, crisp editing and wonderful analogues, which contrastingly give an idea of what the director wants to portray, Gulaal's pace keeps you gripped. Like the way funny character of Bana is played by Piyush Mishra. An eccentric poet who worships John Lennon and keeps questioning the society for its hollow laws and subjugation of the meek. It is this magnificent knack that the director has which makes you believe in the renditions of this eccentric poet. You can't help but love Piyush Mishra.


The movie starts with a dedication note to the pre-freedom poets who had this vision of free India which somehow was lost without ever its realization. Moving all along superbly giving a
true insight of ghastly students politics and nepotism.A young woman played by the hot Jesse Randhawa is sexually abused and left all alone. No order of any sorts. No one seeks justice.
It's a Godforsaken term in post-independent India. Gullible law student played by Raj Singh Chaudhary is slicked by dirty political mud. 'Ransa' played by Abhimanyu Singh as the blue blooded
Rajput brat, who detests aristocracy and his fathers lineage. You have posters of democracy and capitalism all over Ransa's home: in a satirical fashion mocked. Whiskey and wines are named
after democracy, capitalism and constitution.

And Kay Kay Menon as Duki Bana the lead actor is just impeccable. No praise is enough for his acting. Angry with the system which took all his privileges he is bent upon bringing a revolution by crook and not by hook. Just what perhaps modern India is all about.

Don't miss this if you are a Anurag Kashyap cinema man.

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