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Post by dancelover on Mar 12, 2015 16:54:46 GMT
Upcoming Film thread at bollywhat.boards.net/thread/723
www.koimoi.com/reviews/nh10-review by Surabhi Redkar 3.5/5 Stars "The greatness of how a woman can take on [femicidal] men." "Watch NH-10 for its bare truths and gruesome elements."
Neil Bhoopalem plays Arjun, Meera (Anushka)'s husband. "... does his job quite perfectly."
"Darshan Kumaar ... last seen in "Mary Kom" ... will scare you to death ..."
"Deepti Naval as ... a matriarch is excellent."
"NH-10 is a need of the hour. Watch it ..."
Dancelover
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Post by MrB on Mar 14, 2015 18:25:22 GMT
Not sure what's happened to this film abroad. In spite of it being mentioned as a forthcoming film at the Cineworld chain in the UK, it's not actually on show anywhere.
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Post by Prem Rogue on Mar 15, 2015 1:08:43 GMT
Baradwaj Rangan's reviewThe point isn’t that a film shouldn’t aim to transcend its genre. The point isn’t that a film shouldn’t preach. But when there’s all this other stuff and it isn’t integrated organically into the genre framework, it begins to stick out. It begins to feel didactic, like in the scene where a cop gives Meera a mini-lecture about the caste system and Manu and Ambedkar. Suddenly, we feel we’re in one of those movies where the bitter pill of socially relevant messages is wrapped in the sugar shell of a story. Manorama: 6 Feet Under, too, stepped out of its ambit. We didn’t just see a noir mystery unfold in parched land; we also saw, through the characters played by Abhay Deol and Gul Panag, a social class that we rarely see in Hindi cinema, people resigned to their circumstances and yet constantly seeking to make things better. But all this was folded neatly into the overarching narrative. NH10 feels like several issues and themes hastily tossed into a pot and set to boil.
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Post by dancelover on Mar 16, 2015 22:26:09 GMT
Times of India's Srijana M Das gives it four stars.
D.
PS It made about 13 crore over the weekend per BOI.
Baradwaj Rangan's reviewThe point isn’t that a film shouldn’t aim to transcend its genre. The point isn’t that a film shouldn’t preach. But when there’s all this other stuff and it isn’t integrated organically into the genre framework, it begins to stick out. It begins to feel didactic, like in the scene where a cop gives Meera a mini-lecture about the caste system and Manu and Ambedkar. Suddenly, we feel we’re in one of those movies where the bitter pill of socially relevant messages is wrapped in the sugar shell of a story. Manorama: 6 Feet Under, too, stepped out of its ambit. We didn’t just see a noir mystery unfold in parched land; we also saw, through the characters played by Abhay Deol and Gul Panag, a social class that we rarely see in Hindi cinema, people resigned to their circumstances and yet constantly seeking to make things better. But all this was folded neatly into the overarching narrative. NH10 feels like several issues and themes hastily tossed into a pot and set to boil.
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Post by carla on Mar 17, 2015 16:35:58 GMT
I admire Baradwaj Rangan greatly but I don't agree with him on this one. I found NH10 incredibly rich and thought-provoking, with so much to say about the deep cultural divides of modern India, the nature of revenge, what drives people to do terrible things, and more. It is a terrific piece of art. If you don't mind I will direct you to my review for the details, but I'll reproduce here the postscript I wrote, about how much is going on in the movie and how difficult it was to watch. I still cannot stop thinking about it, days later.
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Post by dancelover on Mar 17, 2015 17:30:51 GMT
**Very** powerful review, Carla! If this is what "detached" is, then I daren't look at "connected." Howard "Dancelover" Wilkins
I admire Baradwaj Rangan greatly but I don't agree with him on this one. I found NH10 incredibly rich and thought-provoking, with so much to say about the deep cultural divides of modern India, the nature of revenge, what drives people to do terrible things, and more. It is a terrific piece of art. If you don't mind I will direct you to my review for the details, but I'll reproduce here the postscript I wrote, about how much is going on in the movie and how difficult it was to watch. I still cannot stop thinking about it, days later.
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Post by corbie on Mar 18, 2015 14:54:00 GMT
It didn't come here. I have no desire to see it. I know all this stuff happens. I grew up with abusive men. I don't need to watch it. I am slowly having more and more problems with thinking men are evil with the news going on etc. Thank goodness my husband is different and there are some nice men I know here and around or I might be sliding into having serious problems. I keep wanting to scream, what is wrong with all you men? Why do you hate women so much? And no clue how to change it, so watching abuse just upsets me more and brings up crap from the past.
We also need some films on how the hell to change it rather than just showing all the violence. How do we change it? I suppose films like this can show people it happens and raise awareness, and maybe some men will see it and realize it is wrong to be controlling and abusive but so many think it is their right to abuse and subjugate women and children.
Anyway, rambling and probably not making sense. Just glad it didn't come here and I didn't have to even think about the possibly of seeing it.
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Post by carla on Mar 18, 2015 22:18:37 GMT
It didn't come here. I have no desire to see it. I know all this stuff happens. I grew up with abusive men. I don't need to watch it. I am slowly having more and more problems with thinking men are evil with the news going on etc. Thank goodness my husband is different and there are some nice men I know here and around or I might be sliding into having serious problems. I keep wanting to scream, what is wrong with all you men? Why do you hate women so much? And no clue how to change it, so watching abuse just upsets me more and brings up crap from the past. We also need some films on how the hell to change it rather than just showing all the violence. How do we change it? I suppose films like this can show people it happens and raise awareness, and maybe some men will see it and realize it is wrong to be controlling and abusive but so many think it is their right to abuse and subjugate women and children. Anyway, rambling and probably not making sense. Just glad it didn't come here and I didn't have to even think about the possibly of seeing it. I'm so sorry that you have abusive men in your past, and that so much of the popular discourse brings those experiences back for you. Hugs. I don't think anyone should see this movie who has any doubts about stomaching what it contains. (It's not about spousal abuse, but there is plenty of violence against women in it. Violence against everyone, really.) Someone asked me if it was worth watching. I had to give it a long think before answering. I have about the lowest tolerance for movie violence of anyone I know - and I survived NH10 well enough to think it is a really excellent film. But, in my case, the low tolerance comes only from squeamishness and disgust, not any kind of trigger or trauma-related issue with depictions violence. I think anyone who does have such triggers should give NH10 a wide, wide berth. It has a whole lot to say about a lot of very provocative and important topics - modern values vs. traditional ones, city vs. country and what that means for Indian society, what it is like to live as a woman in India, what revenge is about and what drives people to their lowest depths. In that sense it is all very good substantive art. But it is so hard to watch that it's not a movie that I can in good conscience recommend - not without lots and lots of caveats.
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Post by corbie on Mar 18, 2015 23:04:19 GMT
Thank you. I knew I shouldn't see it. It is getting good reviews. I once got Bandit Queen and it is still sitting here unopened.
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Post by odadune on Apr 27, 2015 13:04:13 GMT
From the "movies recently viewed" thread: It was a well-made movie (far better than Badlapur which ended up being non-sensical IMO). Anushka was great in it. The movie dealt with various themes (gang rape, honor killing, the blatant differences between urbans and rurals,...).
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