Just over a year ago, I had heard about this movie and that it was being released. But then nothing happened. Then finally it has been released and it was worth it. Ritupatrna Ghosh has done what no other director has done since Aparna Sen released "36 Chowringhee Lane" in the early 1980's a movie with Bollywood stars in English, mixed in with some Hindi and Bengali.
An ageing Shakespearean stage actor, Harish Mishra, quits acting a week before he is to due to give a performance of his life in William Shakespeare's "King Lear." But then a movie director persuades him to work in his film and once the filming starts, the ageing stage actor, trains his co star in pitching her voice.
Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Shefali Shah, Divya Dutta and Jishu Sengupta, this is one movie that can be considered to a speciality one. Aparna Sen's style of direction has been applied here in the most effective manner for a movie. It gives one the feeling that they are watching a Shakespeare drama on a screen and I am saying this from my own experience in not just studying some of the bard's dramas, but also having acted in one many years back. The director has taken all the efforts in portraying the characters in the rightful manner related to a Shakespeare drama that unfolds and does not have a dull moment ever.
It can be said that this is Amitabh Bachchan's best performance not that it needs to be mentioned. He truly shows what acting is all about and his versatility as an actor can clearly be seen.
What made this movie so interesting besides the Shakespeare side of it, is that its starts off from an intriguing and inquisitive point and then through the back flashes everything unfolds. This is not a typical Bollywood style movie with songs and a dance troupe or with all sorts of glitz and glamour but it is a simple story, which is enjoyable for those who enjoy Shakespearean style acting.
Conclusion: A movie that is most definitely worth watching but not so if one does not fancy watching something that does not have songs, etc and more so if one doesn't like Shakespeare.
An ageing Shakespearean stage actor, Harish Mishra, quits acting a week before he is to due to give a performance of his life in William Shakespeare's "King Lear." But then a movie director persuades him to work in his film and once the filming starts, the ageing stage actor, trains his co star in pitching her voice.
Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Shefali Shah, Divya Dutta and Jishu Sengupta, this is one movie that can be considered to a speciality one. Aparna Sen's style of direction has been applied here in the most effective manner for a movie. It gives one the feeling that they are watching a Shakespeare drama on a screen and I am saying this from my own experience in not just studying some of the bard's dramas, but also having acted in one many years back. The director has taken all the efforts in portraying the characters in the rightful manner related to a Shakespeare drama that unfolds and does not have a dull moment ever.
It can be said that this is Amitabh Bachchan's best performance not that it needs to be mentioned. He truly shows what acting is all about and his versatility as an actor can clearly be seen.
What made this movie so interesting besides the Shakespeare side of it, is that its starts off from an intriguing and inquisitive point and then through the back flashes everything unfolds. This is not a typical Bollywood style movie with songs and a dance troupe or with all sorts of glitz and glamour but it is a simple story, which is enjoyable for those who enjoy Shakespearean style acting.
Conclusion: A movie that is most definitely worth watching but not so if one does not fancy watching something that does not have songs, etc and more so if one doesn't like Shakespeare.