Idle musings

I was one of the privileged bastards who witnessed The Revenant today, in an air-conditioned theatre with refreshments, while Leonardo Dicaprio fought tooth and nail to survive all odds after being pummeled by a bear in the woods. The year is 1832 and the movie is based loosely on the novel of the same name by Michael Punke,on the fur trapper cum survivalist Hugh Glass, whose drive for revenge miraculously brings him back from the dead. Watching The Revenant is a spectacular experience in itself, I tell you. Each frame is so beautiful, perfectly capturing nature's beauty and wrath, in all its purity..it is nothing short of breathtaking. The entire film(156 minutes)has been shot in natural light and in the silence of the theatre I could truly appreciate the impact of every movement onscreen. Leonardo Dicaprio has shown us his best yet, with a character he himself admits has been the most difficult to film in his career, what with director Alejandro G.Inaritu daringly ven...

Films come and go,but a few are immortalised in our hearts for the sincerity the filmmaker has shown to the art,for the facts they have uncovered,for the untarnished ordinariness or just for the temporary purgation they offer.'Neerja',the biopic featuring Sonam Kapoor as the 22-year old braveheart who saved 359 souls onboard the hijacked Pan Am flight 73 in Karachi back in 1986,is a must-watch.Frankly,Sonam blew me to bits with her power-packed performance,shuttling between being 'Ladoo' to her Punjabi family,and her first day as head purser for Pan Am.As I read on reviews online,"She makes us believe that she is,was Neerja. Truly,"This is the Sonam we've been waiting for."As for Shabana Azmi,no one could convince me that she isn't Rama Bhanot.She delivers a heart-rendering performance,and her words a year after Neerja's murder would move anyone to tears.I am no mother,but I too felt her loss."Jeete Hain Chal" is a beautiful song wh...