Reader - when words fail to say it all......

There are films you love and films you loathe! And there are some which leave an indelible mark in your memory. You are left shaken by the immense power of an idea. My recent watch Reader is one such film. No wonder Kate Winslet won an Oscar for her role of a Nazi prison guard in the film. Based on a German novel of the same name, the film is a journey of love. A teenage boy falls in love with a women twice his age. He is too naive to understand the implications of this emotion and is unaware of the impact it will have on his life forever. We are suddenly made to feel that love is purely an abstract emotion. A force which has the power to completely change the way we live or act. There are these physical strings which pulls two people together. But, how do we let go of the invisible (read emotional) currents, which have the potential to make / break you? Micheal Berg's feelings for Hanna breaks him. He is unable to have a stable relationship with any one else. And Hanna's ultimate act of suicide, only adds to the emotional blizzard that Michael experiences. Kudos to the Director for making me a part of the lead character's turmoil. I almost experienced the tragedy first hand!

Emotional Atyachar worth taking!

Let me talk about Anurag Kashyap's Dev.D which i watched recently. It was a pleasant surprise to watch a realistic film, inspired and adapted from a pretty nihilistic story. The tale of lost love and the protagonist's fall from normalcy to becoming an alchoholic and his untimely demise is given a new twist. Here Dev Das ( played convincingly by Abhay Deol) is a man who makes his own choices. It is he who decides to let go of Paro. External forces are downplayed. I think today when the urban youth has all the freedom to take his / her decision, it is but natural to let go of the society-is-the-biggest-villain kind of a mindset. The lead actresses were a refreshing break and played their parts amazingly well. A must watch for all. I guess we are all amazzed at Kashyap's versatality. Who can expect that a man who does a Black Friday for his first full length feature film, will throw all caution to the wind and come up with a Dev.D! Kashyap your "emotional atyachar" is worth taking!