I got the opportunity of watching "Ship Of Theseus" at a special screening at the Jagran Film Festival in Lucknow. To be very honest, I've seen almost close to a thousand films so far and I could swear that this film stands out in every sense of film making and viewing. Accompanied by my mother, I was sitting in this multiplex theater hoping for something worth absorbing by the novice mind of mine as I was rather worried that I may not grasp much of this already world acclaimed film that has been called a "gem" and a "masterpiece" by the honourable names of the cinema community.
Nevertheless as the film began the "Theseus' paradox" was highlighted in plain language on the screen, which as mentioned in Wikipedia, "... raises the question of whether an object which has had all its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object." Though, I already did a bit of reading on the film's title I couldn't help but feel all excited by this idea which somewhat illuminated the simultaneous existence of universal allusion about "replaceability" and "irreplaceability" during the course of the film.
The film was divided into 3 segments about 3 characters who in turn eventually highlight the aforementioned concept while dealing with their own personal dilemmas regarding being the recipients of organ donation, which in turn brings their indisposed lives to normal but changes them and their perceptions forever. The first two had been portrayed by Aida El-Kashef (an Egyptian film maker/actress) and Neeraj Kabi (with whom I had the pleasure of shaking hands). I must mention quite frankly this has been one of the finest films ever made in a long time, in India and abroad.
The producers – Sohum Shah(who was also a cast in the 3rd segment), Mukesh Shah, Amita Shah – please take a bow, in a series of many. A more incredible work had been done by the writer-director of the film – Anand Gandhi (earlier been nominated for this year's Best Screenplay at the Asian Film Awards for the same), by making a simple-yet-complex theme come alive in such a grand light on-screen. The most exceptional characteristics of the film have been the cinematography (Pankaj Kumar) and sound design(Hungarian-based Gabor Erdelyi), the former being of the symbolic magnitude of, "The Tree of Life". Last but not the least, the film's editing work - Adesh Prasad, Sanyukta Kaza, Satchit Puranik - had been equally meticulous and give the film a gem-cut look, and a lot more in a narrative flwo.
To summarise, even though being full of one's philosophical and personal predicaments and deeper meanings than presumed (like – "Life of Pi") the film will serve everyone who view it because it will have a subjective meaning for each, no matter how big or small it may seem, and will allow them to appreciate the lives of men and women around and above all, of their own.
Verdict - Must-watch, at every cost!
Rating - 9/10
Nevertheless as the film began the "Theseus' paradox" was highlighted in plain language on the screen, which as mentioned in Wikipedia, "... raises the question of whether an object which has had all its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object." Though, I already did a bit of reading on the film's title I couldn't help but feel all excited by this idea which somewhat illuminated the simultaneous existence of universal allusion about "replaceability" and "irreplaceability" during the course of the film.
The film was divided into 3 segments about 3 characters who in turn eventually highlight the aforementioned concept while dealing with their own personal dilemmas regarding being the recipients of organ donation, which in turn brings their indisposed lives to normal but changes them and their perceptions forever. The first two had been portrayed by Aida El-Kashef (an Egyptian film maker/actress) and Neeraj Kabi (with whom I had the pleasure of shaking hands). I must mention quite frankly this has been one of the finest films ever made in a long time, in India and abroad.
The producers – Sohum Shah(who was also a cast in the 3rd segment), Mukesh Shah, Amita Shah – please take a bow, in a series of many. A more incredible work had been done by the writer-director of the film – Anand Gandhi (earlier been nominated for this year's Best Screenplay at the Asian Film Awards for the same), by making a simple-yet-complex theme come alive in such a grand light on-screen. The most exceptional characteristics of the film have been the cinematography (Pankaj Kumar) and sound design(Hungarian-based Gabor Erdelyi), the former being of the symbolic magnitude of, "The Tree of Life". Last but not the least, the film's editing work - Adesh Prasad, Sanyukta Kaza, Satchit Puranik - had been equally meticulous and give the film a gem-cut look, and a lot more in a narrative flwo.
To summarise, even though being full of one's philosophical and personal predicaments and deeper meanings than presumed (like – "Life of Pi") the film will serve everyone who view it because it will have a subjective meaning for each, no matter how big or small it may seem, and will allow them to appreciate the lives of men and women around and above all, of their own.
Verdict - Must-watch, at every cost!
Rating - 9/10