Winner of this year’s Palme D’Or at Cannes, Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Color, is a like a wonderful poetry on the big screen. The film is based on the French graphic novel, Blue Angel and talks about the lives of Adele and Emma. The film starts off with Adele, a high school junior and extremely popular girl in school who ends up meeting Emma, a student of Fine Arts and an aspiring artist. Throwing caution to the wind both Adele and Emma embark on a path less trodden, but a decision taken out of choice. What does life have in store for them? How do they deal with love, relationship, heartbreak, commitment and more is what the film takes us through. With brilliant performances from the cast, especially Adele Exarchopoulos (who plays Adele), the film has a simple subject but handles it in admirable fashion. Though the film has a lot of sex on screen, credit to the director for making it look artistic and not vulgar. As the story progresses you forget that the film is all about 2 women as what unfolds can happen between a boy & a girl or even between two boys. That’s how powerful the storytelling is as it literally sucks the viewers in. Easily among the best films i have seen in this festival, this one is a recommended watch.
Sunday, 5 January 2014
Blue Is The Warmest Colour - French - Social
Winner of this year’s Palme D’Or at Cannes, Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Color, is a like a wonderful poetry on the big screen. The film is based on the French graphic novel, Blue Angel and talks about the lives of Adele and Emma. The film starts off with Adele, a high school junior and extremely popular girl in school who ends up meeting Emma, a student of Fine Arts and an aspiring artist. Throwing caution to the wind both Adele and Emma embark on a path less trodden, but a decision taken out of choice. What does life have in store for them? How do they deal with love, relationship, heartbreak, commitment and more is what the film takes us through. With brilliant performances from the cast, especially Adele Exarchopoulos (who plays Adele), the film has a simple subject but handles it in admirable fashion. Though the film has a lot of sex on screen, credit to the director for making it look artistic and not vulgar. As the story progresses you forget that the film is all about 2 women as what unfolds can happen between a boy & a girl or even between two boys. That’s how powerful the storytelling is as it literally sucks the viewers in. Easily among the best films i have seen in this festival, this one is a recommended watch.
So be it ! - Asthu - Marathi - Family
One of the best movie that i have watched,because of its cinematographic s and visual impacts deserves a lot.the theme behind the film was a retired teacher who is suffering from memory loss.it shows that how much educated we are,its all in vain.It also shows how common people value there relation with elder one's.it shows a message to the present generation.each characters were sate with the characters that they played.the relationship of the lead actor with a stranger,who tries to show him the meaning of life.
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'101'Questions - Malayalam Movie - Family Drama
One of the best attempt for the debutante Director Siddarth Siva.The lead role was done by the child who won awards in national level.The character name was played in the movie was Anil Kumar Bokkaro. The teacher is giving an assignment to anil and told him to come up with best-est 101 questions,thorough his day by day life with nature he finds 101 questions and rewarded one rupee for each questions.the entry of the teacher role makes the movie colorful.The natural acting attitude of mother and the father roles was simple and touchy.
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Picture Courtesy : IMDB
The Rocket - Australia - Family drama
The rocket narrates about a child Alho who is living in a village called Laos, a place in South East Asia. Alho's family moves away from his village to make way for new dam.On the way by an accident he looses his mother.After that Alho's family reaches a new village and that village was famous for rocket festival.Through this small boy's innocence and courage shows the effects of industrialization and determination of equality among poor people.The character of Purple was a memorable one. The war and it's determination ,impacts child's courage and directional attitude in a simple manner.
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Picture Courtesy : IMDB
Saturday, 4 January 2014
The Story Teller - Turkey - Family drama
One of the best movie that i have watched in 18th IFFK. The script and content of the film was appreciative.As the name story teller says about an old man,a former actor,who is leading his life through telling stories.He is repenting the past and is travelling to see his daughter,who left him years ago.The lead actor,has done his role in an heart touchable manner.The director shows how humans re think about their past and how they approach towards their own present.
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Picture Courtesy : IMDB
The Hunt - Denmark - Thriller
One of the best movies that i have watched because of its making and its editing work.The story narrates about negative impacts of a lie that has happened in the life of a retired school teacher.He is also a care taker of a play school.The movie highlights the day to day life of an individual symbolic things that happens in daily life.The main theme of the movie ,as the name itself suggests,it's an 'Hunting'.It narrates about how a lie can become true,how it affects an individual's life.When the lie is from child how the society believes it.The character done by child is identical.The climax is about how the teacher overcomes the situation and how is is again betrayed by his own son.
Picture Courtesy : IMDB
Picture Courtesy : IMDB
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Rohit Sharma: The Rising Star
Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30
April 1987) is an Indian International cricketer.
He is right- handed batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler
(has hat-trick in Indian Premier League) who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket. He is the
captain of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. Having started International
career at the age of 20, in 2013, he started playing as an opening batsman for
Indian ODI team, and performed well
consistently. He is currently the second highest scorer in an ODI innings,
scoring 209. On his Test debut,
he scored a century against the West Indies in November 2013. Sharma
made his First-class debut for India A against New Zealand A, at Darwin in
July 2006.
Sharma was one of the
debutant Indian who scored a century in his first Test match against West
Indies at Kolkata on 7 November 2013. Sharma was first selected for
the limited-over matches on India's tour to
Ireland in 2007.
He made his One Day International debut against Ireland at Belfast.
Although he did not bat in the match in 2013, he was experimented as
a new opening batsman for India along with the Shikhar Dhawan for
the Champions Trophy. The successful
starts given by this opening pair helped India win the Champions Trophy
and Tri-nation series in the West Indies. His good
form continued in the home series against Australia when
he scored a 141 not out in Jaipur and 209
runs off 158 balls, In Bangalore with
this innings, he became the third player to score a double hundred in an
ODI and with 16 sixes, He broke the world record for most sixes hit
in an ODI innings. His innings of 209 is the second highest score by
a batsman in an ODI, behind Virender Sehwag's
219.
Before 2013 his level of
performance was a bit dull. In November 2013 during Sachin
Tendulkar's farewell Test series, he made his debut at Eden Gardens
in Kolkota against the West Indies. He scored a 177 which was the 2nd best
score on debut by an Indian after Shikhar Dhawan. So he is a rising
star of Indian cricket.
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