Udaan - Flying High With A Great Soul

When i first saw the theatrical promo of this movie, i felt so intrigued to watch this movie. The promo showed a teenager running as his father chases him, but as his father closes on to him, he accumulates all his energy and runs hard and beats father by a long distance. The promo also had a poem in the background which, for me, described the soul of the movie.

Then, as the promotion of the movie started, i saw one of the interview where the producer/writer - Anurag Kashyap and director/writer - Vikramaditya Motwane were talking about the story. At that time, the movie had already made quite a buzz in the critic domain of the industry as it bagged some of the prestigious award in various international movie festivals and also it was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival.

This movie was a must watch for me because Anurag Kashyap is one of my favorite directors currently and Vikramaditya Motwane was the writer of the best movie of last year - Dev D.


Cast

Well, to be true, if you have Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane duo directing and writing, the cast doesn't even matter that much because you can take it for granted that they will bring the best out of even the worst of actors in the industry.

Rohan/Rajat Barmecha

This movie bring two of the TV's most famous actors on to the big screen for the first time. Ronit Roy - who didn't had much of luck in the movies when he started his careen in the early 90's but made it really big with his characters on Television. I hadn't seen much of Ronit Roy on television and being in the industry for close to two decades now, i had good expectations from him.

Rajat Barmecha who makes debut with this movie is an unknown face to me. I haven't heard much of him before this movie but the director and producer said so many good thing about him that i was convinced.

Ram Kapoor another actor who started with the small screen, gave great performances and now is making big at the big screen. Ram kapoor also resembles a lot to Alec Baldwin. Both a really good actors. Well, i hadn't seen much of Ram Kapoor before this movie. I obvisouly knew him because he is a really famous small screen actor and have been awarded for it.

Plot

The movie focuses on the troubled childhood of Rohan. Rohan, who lives in a boarding school away from home. His father has abandoned him and haven't came to see him for once for last eight years. The movie starts with the day when Rohan is expelled from the school, along with his 3 friends. Rohan leaves the school to go back to his home after eight years. His father - Bhairav - is a cold hearted person.At home, Rohan finds that his father got remarried after he left for hostel but the wife died after while giving birth to their son. His father is furious about him being expelled from the school and instructs him to work in their steel factory as a labour in the morning and to study engineering in the afternoon.

Bhairav/Ronit Roy

Rohan first retaliates but got beaten up by his father. Rohan wants to be a writer and is pretty good at it. But, his father forces him to be a engineer. With no other option in hand, he does the same as instructed. His father also instructs him to not call him as "Dad" or "Papa" but as "Sir". As, the days past by, Rohan comes close to his step-brother Arjun.

When day when he returns from his college and finds his father rushing to hospital with younger brother in hand. Father, explains that his brother tumbled on the stairs but later, rohan finds out that his father had beaten the young kid with a leather belt.

Rohan ends up with a huge fight with his father at the end of the day but could do much because he is dependent on his father financially also because of his younger brother. He talks to his uncle Jimmy (Ram Kapoor) to take care of Arjun and he'll runaway from home. But, his uncle doesn't support the decision.

One day, after a lot of thinking, Bhairav, comes up to the kids and asks them to forgive him. He also comes up with a solution to their problem. He decides to send Arjun to a boarding school away from home, instructs Rohan to give up engineering and to get remarried.

What does Rohan do ? Will he ever stand up against his father? Till what extent he bears the pain? All the questions are answered at the climax which is the best climaxes i have seen in recent years.


Good Things

The performances by the cast is amazing. I loved the background score throughout the movie. The writing and the script. The direction and the lyrics of the different poems and stories which rohan wrote. This is THE BEST movie of 2010. It's a must watch. Watch it for all the actors giving great performances. Watch it for Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane's amazing write up.


P.S. :- I'm not keeping the BAD THINGS part this time simply because there isn't any bad things about the movie. If you find one, you are stupid please post it here, so that i'll know something too.


10/10 from me

Pankh - Expectations

Hey All,

I don't know how many of you know about Pankh .....but this is a movie to see in the near future. It is releasing on April 4th. I have huge expectations from the movie. It is one of those rare bold movie which tries to challenge the society and their hypocrisy.
Also, it tries to explore the human mind. Human mind is as vast as a sea or the universe. There are countless emotions .......emotions you may haven't experienced yet. Emotions, feeling you may not be even get to feel in your lifetime.

Pankh - Theatrical Promo

What's new in this movie??

Well, same was the question i was asking but when i started searching information about the storyline, i was sadly amazed by the fact that these things has happened in this world earlier.

The Movie is about a young boy, who works in movies as a child actor. But his looks are bit girly and that's why he is mostly casted to play the Girl child in the movies. His mother also promotes this and pushes him cause of the family is poor.The pressure from family and status of the family makes it a sad situtation. This affects the boy's mind, creating gender confusion in his mind. Now, he gets confused about his likings......he thinks is what he does or likes is feminine.

Then, the young boy becomes a teen and wants to be a movie star now. He also has a Imaginary love of his life played by Bipasha Basu, who fights with him, argues with him.

The movie carries on with same confusion......cause i haven't seen the movie.....i don't know any more about the movie.

Cast

The cast of the movies is fairly unknown .......unknown as in they may not be known by many people ......but who so ever knows them.....remembers them because of there brilliant work. The cast boasts of Lilette Dubey, Ronit Roy, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Maradona Rebello and Bipasha Basu. Bipasha, is the most known actor i believe in the list, plays the imaginary love of Maradona and also will be seen portraying 9 different characters. Lilette Dubey is a renowned theater actor across India. She has also worked in movies like Kal Ho Naa Ho, Aap Ke Khatir etc. Ronit Roy and Sanjeeda Sheikh are two television personalities....and well known for there respective work.



Real Life Exmaple

This practice is quite common in Indian Movie Industry. Ahsaas Channa is one living example. She is a girl....but have been portraying a boy character in the movies. One of the recent movie she did where she played a boy was "My Friend Ganesha" and "My Friend Ganesha 2". Though about the confusion and all...may not be true here. But, that is an imagination of the director's or writer's mind.

Bold and New Face Of Indian Movies

Though, these kind of movies are less in number, but surely the movie makers are now trying to present something new to the audiences. It not like everyone wants to make romantic movies or action or comedies. The best thing is that.....now a day the audience is also accepting these kind of movies. Though those people may not be large in number but they are there. These kind of movies need to be support more than than ...these kind of director should be supported. So that people .....atleast people like me......can see the something new on the screen and don't have to switch to Hollywood or any other countries movies for a different range of movies.




I really hope this will be a good movie with good narration and everything. I want these movies to work cause this promotes the new age of cinema.