Nandita Das has done a brilliant job with Firaaq.
The film is set during the Gujarat riots and everything about it is as real as it gets.
This is about people and relationships in the circumstances, rather than just another non documentary depiction of that abominable period.
The sets, the people, the attitudes, the mannerisms, the well chosen cast, everything held the interest.
Deepti Naval's scene where she puts a drop of hot oil on her forearm to atone for not saving a riot victim who came to her doorstep. Likewise when she befriends and tries to nurture the little boy who ran away from the camps to look for his missing father.
Dilip Joshi as the unrepentant rapist - rioter was most believable. It was a bit of a shock seeing Jethalal of Taarak Mehta in this serious and horrifying role.
Paresh Rawal was the superb actor that he always is. The smirk on his face after managing to extract money from the car owner even when he was in the wrong, and other scenes are excellent.
Naseeruddin Shah, Nawazuddin, Tisca, all of them were excellent.
This is a film well worth watching though perhaps not just before bedtime as it is grim viewing.
Children should also be allowed to watch so that they may hopefully ensure that pogroms such as the Gujarat riots do not occur again.
The film is set during the Gujarat riots and everything about it is as real as it gets.
This is about people and relationships in the circumstances, rather than just another non documentary depiction of that abominable period.
The sets, the people, the attitudes, the mannerisms, the well chosen cast, everything held the interest.
Deepti Naval's scene where she puts a drop of hot oil on her forearm to atone for not saving a riot victim who came to her doorstep. Likewise when she befriends and tries to nurture the little boy who ran away from the camps to look for his missing father.
Dilip Joshi as the unrepentant rapist - rioter was most believable. It was a bit of a shock seeing Jethalal of Taarak Mehta in this serious and horrifying role.
Paresh Rawal was the superb actor that he always is. The smirk on his face after managing to extract money from the car owner even when he was in the wrong, and other scenes are excellent.
Naseeruddin Shah, Nawazuddin, Tisca, all of them were excellent.
This is a film well worth watching though perhaps not just before bedtime as it is grim viewing.
Children should also be allowed to watch so that they may hopefully ensure that pogroms such as the Gujarat riots do not occur again.