In an era where mediocrity has come to rule the roost and where half baked potboilers like " Ek tha Tiger" are being touted as examples of exemplary cinematic excellence; Anurag Basu's "Barfii" certainly comes as a breath of fresh air and manna from heaven for afficionados of good cinema like yours truly........
Set in the idyllic Darjeeling and gritty Kolkata of the early to late seventies, Barfii floors you with it's old worldly charm, languid pace, eye catching cinematography and above all scintillating and mellifluous music that adds an additional dimension to an already multi-layered portrait of excellence....
Barfii is an unabashed triumph of the indomitable human spirit and language of love that has an ethos, vocabulary and rhythm of it's very own; narrating a tale of the trials and tribulations of a deaf mute, married woman who fails to listen and react to the urges of her heart time and again and last but not the least an autistic young lady who lives in her own world, this labour of love will certainly go down as a path breaking and epochal venture in the annals of Indian cinema.....
Ranbir Kapoor is first rate and once again reinforces his credentials as the finest actor of his generation, Southern Superstar Ileana D'Cruz exudes sincerity, charm, elfin grace and tonnes of self-confidence in her first Hindi movie appearance, but the surprise package is certainly one of the reigning queens of the Hindi film industry Priyanka Chopra who shines in a difficult and awkward role of an autistic child woman that could have easily gone wrong if she had not got her timing and body language right and boy has she got it right indeed.......
Barfii above all is Anurag Basu's ultimate triumph as a director and film maker extraordinaire, coming in the wake of the disastrous "Kites", this poem on screen embellishes Basu's credentials as one of India's finest film makers and a director who has mastered the art of narrating a labour of love down pat........
So do yourself and your loved one's a favour by going and seeing Barfii at your friendly neighbourhood multiplex, get inspired and do go out and spread the universal language of selfless love that this highly self centred and increasingly materialistic world has conveniently bypassed and forgotten to speak.........
Rating:4.5/5 with the half mark being deducted on account of some highly self indulgent editing that increased the length of an already languid film by a good twenty odd minutes........
Set in the idyllic Darjeeling and gritty Kolkata of the early to late seventies, Barfii floors you with it's old worldly charm, languid pace, eye catching cinematography and above all scintillating and mellifluous music that adds an additional dimension to an already multi-layered portrait of excellence....
Barfii is an unabashed triumph of the indomitable human spirit and language of love that has an ethos, vocabulary and rhythm of it's very own; narrating a tale of the trials and tribulations of a deaf mute, married woman who fails to listen and react to the urges of her heart time and again and last but not the least an autistic young lady who lives in her own world, this labour of love will certainly go down as a path breaking and epochal venture in the annals of Indian cinema.....
Ranbir Kapoor is first rate and once again reinforces his credentials as the finest actor of his generation, Southern Superstar Ileana D'Cruz exudes sincerity, charm, elfin grace and tonnes of self-confidence in her first Hindi movie appearance, but the surprise package is certainly one of the reigning queens of the Hindi film industry Priyanka Chopra who shines in a difficult and awkward role of an autistic child woman that could have easily gone wrong if she had not got her timing and body language right and boy has she got it right indeed.......
Barfii above all is Anurag Basu's ultimate triumph as a director and film maker extraordinaire, coming in the wake of the disastrous "Kites", this poem on screen embellishes Basu's credentials as one of India's finest film makers and a director who has mastered the art of narrating a labour of love down pat........
So do yourself and your loved one's a favour by going and seeing Barfii at your friendly neighbourhood multiplex, get inspired and do go out and spread the universal language of selfless love that this highly self centred and increasingly materialistic world has conveniently bypassed and forgotten to speak.........
Rating:4.5/5 with the half mark being deducted on account of some highly self indulgent editing that increased the length of an already languid film by a good twenty odd minutes........
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