March 14, 2021
The personal but mercurial style, which indicates expanse and ambition, is intelligent enough to invite us to experience the bitterness and joys of being alive
Reading the title of the film, one feels that Prateek Vats’s
Eeb Allay Ooo! couldn’t have found a better slogan for itself. This spectacle is the fruit of
avant-garde cinema – the same vision as the poets behind
Nagarik and
Vats is neither following in the vein of de Sica’s
Bicycle Thieves nor emulating the romantic, fantastical situations of
Pather Panchali. Instead, a slightly bizarre but mostly unassuming individual is put in situations where he is pitted against himself – he is looking for what interests him; he is struggling to get a job that he likes. The general tone is a conversation in metaphors on different issues in society, class and religious politics and the plight of migrant workers. But the starting point of this conversation is a monologue of the main character. The openi
Eeb Allay Ooo! Movie Review: Prateek Vats Becomes The Voice Of The Marginalised In The Gem Of A Satire That Runs High On Metaphors
There is a commentary about the haves, and the have nots, the class divide and the increasing gap between the two worlds.
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What’s Good: Every single thing. On the surface, what looks like a social comedy is a satire that will speak to you on the level you understand and empathise with the society/surrounding.
What’s Bad: Only if you have adapted yourself to the spoon-feeding cinema, Pratik Vats is serving food, not feeding you.
2020 and the pandemic has taught us that digital is here to stay, writes MAMI Artistic Director Smriti Kiran This period has taught us that even though the theatre and on-ground experience is unmatchable, our digital arm is here to stay. Smriti Kiran January 01, 2021 08:00:44 IST Smriti Kiran
2020 has been a watershed year in history, and that has also trickled down to the realm of entertainment. In this series,
2020 Unwind, stakeholders from the Indian entertainment scene weigh in on how they view entertainment now, how their skills had to evolve and adapt to changing patterns and whether the year has altered them as artists.
South Asian Feminist Fim Festival Spotlights Success and Tragedy SAFFF 2020
The South Asian Feminist Film Festival (SAFFF 2020), curated and organised by Kriti Film Club in collaboration with Sangat held virtually from November 27 to November 29, screened 29 short and long films, fiction and documentary, focussing on issues related to women across India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Israel, Nepal and Afghanistan.
However, the selection was not confined to women filmmakers alone and a few films directed by men also featured at the festival. Over 20000 hits and almost 4000 people are reported by the organizers who watched the film spread out over the entire day peppered with panel discussions on varied areas of women’s cinema.