I watched this film in Bergen, NJ about a week ago with some friends. As we stepped out of the theatre, the mood was very sullen due to the very graphic portrayal of tragedy in the protagonist Omkara's life, however after a few minutes when a discussion ensued about the movie and some of its scenes and dialogues, the first thing that came to my mind was the line "Light your stove with the heat of my bosom!" from the song 'Beedi'. Apart from some spectacular acting by Saif Ali Khan,
the movie seemed to stand out for its absolutely ridiculous subtitles; makes one wonder how a film which is being screened internationally doesn't go under the microscope for the accuracy of its subtitles. Are the people actually translating this stuff just going by what they hear and not contributing an ounce of imagination to the task at hand? How can you be so blatantly literal to actually put words like these in place of the lyrics of a song?Apart from these annoyances, I did find the film to be very well made with some great acting, although halfway through the film, I started feeling the length of the film and definitely felt it could have been shortened had some of the songs been “backgrounded” or simply dropped from the film and retained in just the soundtrack.
However, considering the film had been single handedly written, directed, produced I think this was a great effort. Of course, Vishal Bharadwaj also directed the music and he and his wife have even lent their voices to one song each. That is some talent!
Overall I would highly recommend the film and of course watch it without any bias in case you happen to be reading this piece before actually watching the film.
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A very well made film indeed, what also stood out was the frequency with which they dropped the c-bomb!
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