15 PARK AVENUE.
Yes thats the name of the latest Aparna Sen directorial venture. The cast well mostly repeat of Mr n Mrs Iyer team, with addition of few big bollywood biggies like Shabana Azmi and Waheeda Rahman.
The film deals with the dilemmas of a Schezophenic patient , the trauma that she and her familiy goes and also very delicately address the various strands of human relations.
These days when big productions houses are spending crores of rupees for shooting in Australia, Switzerland or Malaysia, Aparna has very cleverly choosen the unventured frontiers of Bhutan. Nothing unusual from a trend setting director like her.
The camera work has been done aesthetically even during some of the intimate scenes between a married couple. I wonder if films like Neal N Nikki should take a leaf out of Aparna's style of film making.
On the performance front, Rahul Bose is his usual best, KonKona sen Sharma gives another powerful performance after Mr n Mrs Iyer. Same goes for Shabana Azmi.Waheeda Rehman is a big let off, probably the script didn't have much for her.
For pessimists the film may seem to be a take off from the Oscar winner Beautiful Mind. I would say the film is at best inspired from the theme of Beautiful Mind. Beautiful Mind is based on a true story and also made larger than life on the screen whereas 15 Park Avenue is an attempt by the director to catch the imagination of the audience with lot of food for thought.
The climax of the movie has been made an anticlimax intentionally by the director in an attempt to make shake the mind of the viewers.
In all a movie for the classes. On top of my recomendations. Must watch.
Yes thats the name of the latest Aparna Sen directorial venture. The cast well mostly repeat of Mr n Mrs Iyer team, with addition of few big bollywood biggies like Shabana Azmi and Waheeda Rahman.
The film deals with the dilemmas of a Schezophenic patient , the trauma that she and her familiy goes and also very delicately address the various strands of human relations.
These days when big productions houses are spending crores of rupees for shooting in Australia, Switzerland or Malaysia, Aparna has very cleverly choosen the unventured frontiers of Bhutan. Nothing unusual from a trend setting director like her.
The camera work has been done aesthetically even during some of the intimate scenes between a married couple. I wonder if films like Neal N Nikki should take a leaf out of Aparna's style of film making.
On the performance front, Rahul Bose is his usual best, KonKona sen Sharma gives another powerful performance after Mr n Mrs Iyer. Same goes for Shabana Azmi.Waheeda Rehman is a big let off, probably the script didn't have much for her.
For pessimists the film may seem to be a take off from the Oscar winner Beautiful Mind. I would say the film is at best inspired from the theme of Beautiful Mind. Beautiful Mind is based on a true story and also made larger than life on the screen whereas 15 Park Avenue is an attempt by the director to catch the imagination of the audience with lot of food for thought.
The climax of the movie has been made an anticlimax intentionally by the director in an attempt to make shake the mind of the viewers.
In all a movie for the classes. On top of my recomendations. Must watch.
posted by Arindam at 8:12 PM
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