The story of three young friends and their journey through life as they wade through love, heartbreak and relationships, ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ remains ground-breaking in the way it celebrates riches, the high-life and luxury so unapologetically. For a generation of Indian cinegoers who were treated with stories of the heroism of the young working class fighting the injustices of the rich and corrupt, ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ reflected a tectonic shift in the socio-cultural landscape.
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The movie that redefined “cool” for the Indian millennials, ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ is a landmark cinematic achievement. Let’s just say that it is one of boldest films made in Bollywood and leave it at that. The chemistry between a liberal sperm donor and his sperm-crazed doctor-cum-mentor leaves the audience in splits. But, it was yet again proved that novel content and smart execution doesn’t necessarily need big stars and humungous budget to strike a chord with the audience. A film which had two newcomers, a veteran actor, a one film old director and a debutant writer – not many would have placed their bets on this one. ‘Vicky Donor’ was a sleeper hit and a very welcome surprise. ‘Wake up Sid’ is his best film till date and I won’t be surprised if it will remain so even at the end of his career. There’s so much to love about this simple yet beautiful film that it is hard to believe that Mukherjee now only wants to make big-budgeted commercial potboilers. But that risk pays off in a big way because coming-of-age dramas don’t come in better form or shape than this. By going against the conventional norms of what a Bollywood romance should look like, Ayan Mukherjee took a big risk. The fact that ‘Wake up Sid’ got made in Bollywood is in itself path-breaking. There are gut wrenching moments as well as wonderfully relatable, humorous moments. What is special about ‘Masaan’ is its lyrical quality everything is understated, yet the film is replete with memorable moments.
The film draws the audience in and compels us to care about its characters as they experience love, loss, grief and hope. ‘Masaan’, which recently won two prestigious awards at Cannes, is a bold debut from Neeraj Ghaywan - he assisted Anurag Kashyap on ‘Gangs of Wasseypur.’ Ghaywan takes a narrative that could have turned out trite and infuses it with freshness and originality. The title ‘Barfi!’ itself is a metaphor symbolizing sweetness of the lead character - sweetness that percolates through hearts of others giving them unrelenting joy. ‘Barfi!’ in a way tells us all basic, universal truth of life that happiness doesn’t reside in materialistic desires but can found in the tiniest little moments, and even amongst cluster of adversities. Anurag Basu, in the form of ‘Barfi!’, gives us a movie which is as much a pearl of wisdom as it’s source of joy. There are only a few films made in Bollywood that invoke simultaneous feelings of pleasure, love, pain & above all an overwhelming desire to seek happiness in the smallest of things.
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