The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Yes, it really is. I discovered this the hard way on saturday. The means of discovery? A full two hours forty nine minutes of pure crap.
Had been to watch Krrazy 4 (or however else the makers of the movie want you to spell the name). The movie, predictably enough, is about four 'crazy' people. There is a man who believes he is living in Gandhi's time (or something like that, it wasn't very clear). Another one whose diagnosis is unclear, but the only thing obvious is that he doesn't talk atleast until the end of the movie (not that I'm complaining). Yet another who's vaguely a Mr. Goody-Two Shoes. And then there's this guy with the mercurial temper.
I'm not about to review the film here. The movie seems to have a message that the makers are not quite sure how to communicate to their audience. And so we are left with a not very convincing speech about the age-old 'abnormality vs normality'issue, and some painfully unfunny (is that a word? well, it is, after this movie!) sequences. It hurts to watch people play through cliched ideas of giving some one electroconvulsive therapy to 'turn them mad'. Or portray it in such a crass, insensitive way. Even if it is the villian who is being *rendered insane*. To watch someone play someone with a psychological infliction in Hindi Movies is quite literally painful, because they all seem to believe that such people are always regressed, aggressive, climbing trees, doing meaningless things, and basically imbecile. Very few movies dare to try and understand the method in the madness...What makes people 'tic', if you will. Like 15 Park Avenue. Or Maine Gandhi ko Nahi Mara. Or Taare Zameen Par.
There was just one scene in the movie, where Irfan Khan's daughter teaches him how to draw a star...There's something very poignant about a child having to play an adult's parent.
Indian Cinema has a long long way to go before it comes of age. Atleast in matters of the mind...
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Child having to become an adult's parent :) The other day I read a quote etched on a crude stone figure of a mother holding a child near Bandra Reclamation . It said "a child gives birth to a mother" :)
I like!
You are funny in this post, and also sound like a movie reviewer, one who has some reviews to her credit!
:) was also feeling angry when I posted this but that emotion probably didnt come through effectively. Just as it doesnt for me in real life...:)
kkrazy four too left me confused. i was trying to find meaning in the movie, but i have always wondered about bollywood's obsession with potrayal of mental illness as 'krazzy', 'pagal' 'mad', 'stupid', or a 'joke'. there is also a possiblity that being a mental health professional, I am very sensitive about this, and it sure triggers anger, frustration or confusion.
It made me feel soo aaarghhh, Anasua...I havent felt aaarghhh in a long time now...this movie did it for me....and why aren't you posting regularly? (yeah, yeah I know, coal calling kettle black and all that!!!)
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