"Nainsukh" is a visually intoxicating film about the life of Nainsukh of Guler all weaving into a culturally specific tapestry. Amit Dutta created a beautiful film that invaluably rewards viewers by referring to the culture, its tradition, and its images. He takes note of the sound mix of the time to interweave a collage of iconographies in which the most counterpoint delicate and expressive / conceptual juxtaposition inflames the viewer's intellect to disarticulate his comfort zone and trigger the imagination.
Like living tableaux, the film's plans ingeniously blend angles, movement of the actors, colors and tradition, making dialogues unnecessary, rarely surprised by a monologue with its fragmented narrative, where visual elements gain preponderance over spoken speech. Each image is placed in the space perfectly, symmetrically, each actor moves according to commands, each scene shines in its austerity. Narrated in the form of small sketches. The montage is another element that plays a fundamental role, since the plans are filmed with the static camera (there are no camera movements throughout the film) and later juxtaposed, without necessarily greater links between the anterior and the posterior. The result, largely dreamlike, although it parallels many filmmakers like Mani Kaul , Sergei Parajanov, Georgiy Daneliya, Aleksandr Sokurov, Dodo Abashidze, Peter Greenaway, Andrei Tarkovsky and Tian Zhuangzhuang.
Imbued with a great mysticism, "Nainsukh" is a gem endowed with a great energy. The definition of epic is elevated, and this will remain as of the best arthouse productions ever made and it will continue to be a contemplative high-voltage experience and a marvel of fascination for the future generation.
