Realm of Thoughts

I find it particularly sad when a movie that starts off really well turns into somewhat of a bore later on. You can neither hate that movie completely, nor love it absolutely. “Tanu Weds Manu”, starring Kangna Ranaut and R Madhavan, is a unique movie: in a lot of ways. TWM starts off with very life-like characters, be it from the thin alleys of Kanpur, or posh localities of Delhi. What makes these characters even better is the strong performance that the actors put into them. The movie begins really well, with a series of unpredictable and hilarious situations that these characters fall into. The comedy is really genuine, unique, and rare, and thus establishes TWM as an out-of-the-box, fun-filled romantic comedy. That moment onwards, the expectations are set, and the audience is intrigued by the characters and their amusing interactions. You realize that this isn’t a movie with a unique script, but a unique representation of things. Be it Kangana Ranaut as the abusive, rebellious and

  One of my favorite movies of all times is “Requiem for a Dream”, which is an extremely dark and disturbing movie to say the least. But what makes the movie so impressive is that it connects to the viewer emotionally, and you and I can feel the emotions that the characters feel. The problem with Vishal Bharadwaj’s “Saat Khoon Maaf” is that while it focuses too much on its darkness, very little attention is paid to the emotions that the tale was supposed to convey. Vishal Bharadwaj is one of the finest filmmakers in India, and there is no denying that you do get glimpses of his finesse in “Saat Khoon Maaf”. The locations, tone, cinematography, dialogues, and background score do impress, but it is the script that fails to do so. While I personally haven’t read Ruskin Bond’s “Susanna’s Seven Husbands”, but from what I have been told by other readers, the story tells of the emotions of Susanna, how complex those emotions are, and how they lead her into killing all of her husbands, one b