The film has the feel of a carnival. Even violence in the film seems celebratory, a kind of mix of Holi and Diwali (read guns and bloodbath). It’s a film that bursts out into a song much too often, though rarely disrupting the narrative.
Vasan has got a distict style that has the stylized rawness of a gangster film, replete with chase sequences, and the power of an emotional heart wrencher.
The film captures in all its intensity the eternal conflict between art and commerce. Uday Shankar’s Kalpana is highly individualistic expression of an artist’s angst that has a timeless quality.
Dance maestro Uday Shankar’s Kalpana and its leading lady Amala Shankar received a standing ovation at the 65th Cannes Film Festival.
Diving as usual into the great depths of a society that he observes frankly, Jacques Audiard this time orchestrates an astounding love story with echos of the Beauty and the Beast
What is important is to see all the films with the same attention and same respect. And to meet often so as not to forget films that we might have seen too many days before.
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