Bollywood fur alle

[Plavi Skaut]

Sinoc sam gledala prvi put u zivotu jedan indiski sci-fi film Body i nije uopste los. Pa vas filmofile pitam postoje li horor, fantasy, sf Indiski filmovi, mene je ovaj od sinoc iznenadio?

Nadam se da je Ghoul dovoljno isprovociran  

[Boban]

Cim si ti pogledala film i izasla svojim nogama iz bioskopa, nije dovoljno strasan.
Sumnjam da ce ghoul biti zainteresovan.

Treba da kazes otprilike ovako: "Dvaput sam istrcavala da povracam, a deset minuta pre kraja me je odvezla hitna pomoc. Posle uspesne ranimacije i ne zelim da saznam sta se desilo do kraja filma..."

[David]

Para, ti si stariji momak, pripadas generaciji koja nije obilno koristila kechap pri zacinjavanju jela... Onih 's noga'.

Freia, ich nicht... Ih!

[Ghoul]

indijci imaju ogromnu produkciju filmova uopste, pa u okviru nje ima i mnogo horora.

vecina njih ipak nije vredna pomena, a po pravilu su razvodnjeni srcedrapajucom melodramom i mnostvom muzickih numera i plesa [cak i usred 'ozbiljnih' horora].

takodje, nemaju bas jake produkcijske uslove i maske su im pretezno lose.

ukratko, od istocnjackih horora indijski su mi najmanje zanimljivi.

body nisam gledao niti mi naslov zvuci poznato = daj neke detalje.

od indijskih horora najvise me zanima nesto sto se zove THE MOUTH, iskljucivo zato sto mi ga je preporucio najveci zivi srpski poznavalac azijske kinematografije, miki stojanovic [iz instituta za film u bg]

[Plavi Skaut]

Originalni naslov filma je - Deham, a evo sta sam nasla o filmu.


Based on the brilliantly written play , 'Harvest' by Manjula Padmanabhan, Deham takes a gory look at what the future of developing countries like India could have down the line. Set in the futursitic year-2022, Deham deals with a jobless youth Om Prakash and his tryst with destiny when he is forced to sell his organs to a multinational compay named Interplanta to survive with his family dependant on him. It not only deals with the urban frustation that he faces, but also throws light on the scary and real possibility of how technology could make transfer of human organs easy in the near future. Deham could be a scary possibility that could turn into reality if third world or developing countries are used by global giants for their selfish motives.

The movie is intense and the subject is maturely dealt by veteran film maker Govind Nihilani. As I had read the book before, I was more excited to see the movie taking the screenplay on to a higher ground. The relationship between the wife played by Kitu Gidwani and her brother in law , who works as a male prostitute played by Aly Khan hasn't been given much leverage as in the original form. However, the stress is much on the concept of organ sale, and the effective mechanism in which a person in the US could easily buy the body of an Indian donor, and take away his kidney, eyes , or whatsoever he may need. The movie has some high as well as low points. The dailogues are good as the writer of the play has been also incorporated on various levels in the film making. Joy Sengupta does full justice to his role as the husband desperate to go to any extent to keep his family life running. Surekha Sikri-Rege plays his old mother who throws tantrums throughout without much concern about the well being of her sons. The film revolves around these four characters. However, towards the end Jaya the wife is the protagonist when she faces the choice of giving up her body as a field for growing a strangers child. How she deals with that and makes a decision that will protect her individualism is what the climax deals with.

The special effects which are an important part of the screenplay, inorder to give a feel of that time, are tacky and sometimes fall short of expectation in places.Nihilani has touted the film as India's first "futuristic" film, in a way I agree with it. But then Deham is not a big budget movie, its made on a shoe string budget, and does give you a feel that it definitely is not aimed at pleasign the masses. See it if you want to get a feel of something different.I would rate the book more real and scary than the movie. Overall Deham should make way for more movies dealing with such alternative themes and directors wanting to experiment with such bold scripts. If you are tired of watching mainstream commercial films with the usual melodrama, and want to try something different that may surprise you and keep you hooked, then definitely watch Deham.