31 August, 2007

Kaafila - Hindi Film Review

Kaafila
- Dangerous journey of illegal immigrants
Genre: Adventure Recommended:Parental Guidance Released: 2007
Director: Amitoj MannStarring: Sunny Deol, Amitoj Mann, Sana Nawaz, Sudesh Beri, Monalisa and Polina.
‘Kaafila’ is the story of the troubles of a bunch of illegal immigrants headed to the greener pastures of the developed world. A journey which is fraught with danger, constant struggle and pain. The story travels and unravels through half of the world – India, Russia, Eastern Europe, Afghanistan and Pakistan.


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Sunny Deol plays a man with clear conscience and a generous heart... And he is a devout Pakistani – a robust agent of ISI.
All throughout the movie, events remind us constantly about the film’s theme which is about illegal immigration and human trafficking. The real-life incident of Malta Boat Tragedy is shown in which more than 300 illegal immigrants perished.
The story also has other interesting angles like Russian mafia, a scientist with plutonium, Taliban, and much more...
The movie has also some romantic sequences where Sunny Deol is in love with Bulgarian model Polina, and Amitoj romances Monalisa. And a customary song-and-dance.
Sunny Deol is himself being strict and macho self. He has shown some efforts in his performance. Amitoj Mann, makes his debut in Hindi film industry in a big way. The Pakistani actress Sana Nawaz is brilliant. Monalisa and Polina have nothing to emote but provide some glamour in this adventure story.

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‘Kaafila’ has an interesting subject. The writers and director have tried best to make it into an engrossing story.
The dialogues are predictable. However if continuity was maintained in this ordeal of the illegal immigrants without some unwanted songs and romantic scenes, maybe to woo the masses?.... it would have been an excellent film.
- Aniz Filmvala

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Hindi Film - Blue Umbrella - worth watching.


Blue Umbrella
- A Charming film
Genre: Fantasy/Fable Recommended:General Audience Released: 2007
Director: Vishal BharadwajStarring: Pankaj Kapur, Shreya Sharma (Child artiste)Cinematographer: Sachin K Krishan


There is an ideal scenic, lush-green small mountain village somewhere in Himachal Pradesh, where everyone knows everyone else. Having plenty of time around, Nandkishor (Pankaj Kapur), a shabby shopkeeper in this village - is lying on a charpoy, headphones plugged into his ears, listening to his fortune. The mechanical voice assures him that one day he would be richer than the richest man on earth. He enjoys it...

Biniya (Shreya Sharma), an eleven-year-old girl who finds a beautiful, blue umbrella, and everyone is enchanted by its form and beauty including the small shopkeeper Nandkishore Khatri.

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While the girl goes on flaunting her blue umbrella all around this small town, to her friends and everyone, Nandkishore has his plans to swindle the umbrella from her. Biniya, though ready to share her possession with friends, steadfastly counteracts any offers attempting to part the umbrella from her possession. As she merrily goes bouncing around the village, quite a few village people would want to wrest the umbrella from her grip.
Next, the umbrella is stolen. The heartbroken girl suspects this crafty shopkeeper –Nandkishore, and she gets the policemen to ransack his shop which fails to lead to the missing blue umbrella. Well what now?

This leaves Nandkishor being hurt and annoyed, and his pride stung. He proclaims one day he too will own such an extraordinary and colourful umbrella. A few weeks later, the whole village is shaken when a bright red umbrella arrives at his door.
Now Nandu's umbrella is the talk of these villagers who once suspected him in the first place. Parading merrily around like he owns the town, letting eager villagers “touch the umbrella” he even poses grandly with tourists who want to have their picture taken with this umbrella man. Ironically, now the same village even wants him to preside over the annual wrestling match, supposedly a status symbol in this tiny town.

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Here the inventive child Biniya carries out her own investigations to uncover her umbrella thief. The film is simple in its narrative and the proceedings become interesting after the umbrella goes missing. The story not just captivating, but heart touching too.
Child actor Shreya Sharma is remarkable and is very natural throughout the movie. Credit ought to go to the director who could manage such an unusual performance from the debutante.
The movie unfolds masterfully, though at a slow pace with the story beautifully describing issues of loss, longing, exclusion and loneliness brilliantly on the whole.
Its an engrossing film which has a well-balanced blend of fable and realism.

- Aniz Filmvala

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