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Life Goes On

  • 20092009
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
79
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Life Goes On (2009)
  • Drama
A doctor faces challenges in life as well as from his daughters after the sudden passing of his wife.A doctor faces challenges in life as well as from his daughters after the sudden passing of his wife.A doctor faces challenges in life as well as from his daughters after the sudden passing of his wife.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
79
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Sangeeta Datta
  • Writers
    • Javed Akhtar(lyrics)
    • Sangeeta Datta
    • Rabindranath Tagore(lyrics)
  • Stars
    • Sharmila Tagore
    • Girish Karnad
    • Om Puri
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  • Director
    • Sangeeta Datta
  • Writers
    • Javed Akhtar(lyrics)
    • Sangeeta Datta
    • Rabindranath Tagore(lyrics)
  • Stars
    • Sharmila Tagore
    • Girish Karnad
    • Om Puri
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    • 1User review
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Sharmila Tagore
    Sharmila Tagore
    • Manju S. Banerjeeas Manju S. Banerjee
    Girish Karnad
    Girish Karnad
    • Dr. Sanjay Banerjeeas Dr. Sanjay Banerjee
    Om Puri
    Om Puri
    • Alokas Alok
    Soha Ali Khan
    Soha Ali Khan
    • Dia S. Banerjeeas Dia S. Banerjee
    Rez Kempton
    Rez Kempton
    • Imtiazas Imtiaz
    Neerja Naik
    Neerja Naik
    • Tuli S. Banerjeeas Tuli S. Banerjee
    Mukulika Banerjee
    • Lolitaas Lolita
    Christopher Hatherall
    Christopher Hatherall
    • Johnas John
    Fiona Bera
    Misha Crosby
    Misha Crosby
    • Abbasas Abbas
    Meghnad Desai
      Aria Banerjee-Watts
      • Ariaas Aria
      Sophie Alderson
      • Reganas Regan
      Shomita Basak
      • Danceras Dancer
      Yuvraj Basra
      • Lolita's sonas Lolita's son
      Tanay Basu
      • Young Sanjay Banerjeeas Young Sanjay Banerjee
      Anustup Bhattacharya
      • Young Imtiazas Young Imtiaz
      Debasish Bose
      • Sanjay's Fatheras Sanjay's Father
      • (as Debashis Bose)
      • Director
        • Sangeeta Datta
      • Writers
        • Javed Akhtar(lyrics)
        • Sangeeta Datta
        • Rabindranath Tagore(lyrics)
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      1/10
      A relentless stream of stupefyingly simplistic pathos
      I was lured into watching this movie by the presence of some of my favorite stars - Girish Karnad and Om Puri. I started regretting my decision within the first 20 minutes. The plot had potential - a grieving family struggles to cope with the sudden death of the mother who was the glue that held the family together. But the script was painfully puerile. It threw in every cliché in the book and then some. There was a Hindu-Muslim angle, a rebellious lesbian daughter, immigrant angst, a cross-cultural marriage on the rocks, and an utterly predictable revelation of infidelity that was thrown in to humanize the otherwise goddess-like persona of the deceased mother and wife. And each cliché was executed in deadly earnest without an iota of subtlety or irony. There were repeated and ponderous musings on life and death. The dead woman kept appearing bathed in radiant hues as she sang and played the sitar, or strolled through flower filled meadows. Until the very end when her transgression was revealed and just to make sure the audience was hammered over the head with the idea - a picture frame with her photo was smashed to pieces. Although I had written off the movie by the half hour mark, I still cringed physically when there was a romantic duet in a meadow to showcase the youthful Hindu-Muslim romance threatened by rigid tradition. No, it was not done in a campy over- the-top Bollywood style, instead it was despairingly wooden and earnest. Bloody awful.
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      • Mar 13, 2011

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      • Release date
        • March 11, 2011 (United Kingdom)
      • Country of origin
        • United Kingdom
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      • Languages
        • English
        • Hindi
        • Bengali
      • Production companies
        • SD Films
        • Storm glass Productions
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        • £350,000 (estimated)
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        2 hours
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital

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