While big ticket releases like the mundane and nondescript Two States hog all the entertainment media space and considerable eyeballs, rare gems like Feroz Abbas Khan's political satire "Dekh Tamasha Dekh" rarely get the accolades and encomiums that they so richly deserve...........
Khan who has such thought provoking films like Gandhi Ka Beta and numerous or then should I say thousands of noteworthy theatre productions once again only enhances or embellishes his credentials as a writer and director of considerable standing with this hard hitting tale that blows the lid off many an Indian political idiosyncracy...............
A timely, topical and much needed realise in these times of political mud slinging and incessant wrangling, Dekh Tamasha Dekh is an irreverent, hard hitting, unsparing, insightful and soul searching exploration of our self obsessed and self serving socio-political system...........
What is even more gratifying and illuminating is the fact that Khan and his motley bunch of spirited performers (Satish Kaushik, Vinay Jain and Tanvi Azmi) not only poke fun at archetypal politicos but also point fingers at self styled god men whose constant and incessant cacophony has all but become present day folklore.............
A humble and obsequious dead body or then should I say rotting corpse serve as the tipping or starting point of a stereotypical media debate that for once is sometimes serious, mostly slapstick but also provides you with a lot of food for thought...........
What makes proceeding even more eye catching and rivetting are the on screen antics of a roving newspaper editor and somewhat conscientious (???) cop who play no small role in taking the on screen proceedings towards their logical conclusion............
Crackling and smart writing that leaves you to do a lot of reading between the lines of your own, Khan's balanced and didactic views that highlight all sides of the political conundrum without preaching as well as pontificating and sterling performances from Messrs Kaushik and Azmi raise this film head and shoulders above many of it's present day counterparts...........
However, this noteworthy and splendid effort is not without it's glitches and snafus as one ardently wishes that the screenplay had been a little more razor sharp and the editing far more sharper and focussed as a few situations in the film do seem to be contrived and a little too long drawn out for a reasonably intelligent persons comfort.........
The underlying humour though more than potent and cogent does show a marked propensity towards being a little too high flown and parts of it does fly over the heads of not so discerning as well as suitably informed audiences............
All in all, Dekh Tamasha Dekh is an intelligent and sparkling film that is a must watch for every discerning viewer who believes in patronising intelligent and thought provoking cinema; Queen, Ankhon Dekhi and now Dekh Tamasha Dekh; the much maligned Hindi film industry certainly seems to have got it's act right during the first four months of 2014............
RATING:4/5 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.............
Khan who has such thought provoking films like Gandhi Ka Beta and numerous or then should I say thousands of noteworthy theatre productions once again only enhances or embellishes his credentials as a writer and director of considerable standing with this hard hitting tale that blows the lid off many an Indian political idiosyncracy...............
A timely, topical and much needed realise in these times of political mud slinging and incessant wrangling, Dekh Tamasha Dekh is an irreverent, hard hitting, unsparing, insightful and soul searching exploration of our self obsessed and self serving socio-political system...........
What is even more gratifying and illuminating is the fact that Khan and his motley bunch of spirited performers (Satish Kaushik, Vinay Jain and Tanvi Azmi) not only poke fun at archetypal politicos but also point fingers at self styled god men whose constant and incessant cacophony has all but become present day folklore.............
A humble and obsequious dead body or then should I say rotting corpse serve as the tipping or starting point of a stereotypical media debate that for once is sometimes serious, mostly slapstick but also provides you with a lot of food for thought...........
What makes proceeding even more eye catching and rivetting are the on screen antics of a roving newspaper editor and somewhat conscientious (???) cop who play no small role in taking the on screen proceedings towards their logical conclusion............
Crackling and smart writing that leaves you to do a lot of reading between the lines of your own, Khan's balanced and didactic views that highlight all sides of the political conundrum without preaching as well as pontificating and sterling performances from Messrs Kaushik and Azmi raise this film head and shoulders above many of it's present day counterparts...........
However, this noteworthy and splendid effort is not without it's glitches and snafus as one ardently wishes that the screenplay had been a little more razor sharp and the editing far more sharper and focussed as a few situations in the film do seem to be contrived and a little too long drawn out for a reasonably intelligent persons comfort.........
The underlying humour though more than potent and cogent does show a marked propensity towards being a little too high flown and parts of it does fly over the heads of not so discerning as well as suitably informed audiences............
All in all, Dekh Tamasha Dekh is an intelligent and sparkling film that is a must watch for every discerning viewer who believes in patronising intelligent and thought provoking cinema; Queen, Ankhon Dekhi and now Dekh Tamasha Dekh; the much maligned Hindi film industry certainly seems to have got it's act right during the first four months of 2014............
RATING:4/5 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.............
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