Same Same But Different
Posted by Srikanth Srinivasan as All Posts, Bollywood, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na review, Nasseeruddin Shah, Review, a r rahman, aamir khan, aamir khan productions, abbas tyrewala, aditi, genelia d'souza, imran khan, jaane tu ya jaane na, jai, paresh rawal
No, this is not a review of Nagesh Kukunoor’s box office bomb Bombay To Bangkok (2007) but of debutant director Abbas Tyrewala’s Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Even before the film had got completed, the director had called it a typical Bollywood love story complete with its own quota of songs, fights and even […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 20/20)
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CHAPTER 20: EPILOGUE
Not a single scene, line or character is wasted in the film. In fact each character is used to the maximum by employing the fitting metaphors and allegories. Each line carries so much weight that the film packs more than thrice the film’s length in it. The screen time is so judiciously used […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 19/20)
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CHAPTER 19: INTO THE FUTURE
Cut to the present. The video becomes full fledged colour, suggesting that all that has been hidden is now revealed. The walls are decorated with the photographs that were taken during the entire journey of Saket’s madness. Saket Ram describes the photographs to Tushar. Tushar then asks if he could take […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 18/20)
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CHAPTER 18: THE SHOWDOWN
We cut back to the past even after Saket Ram is dead. The rest of the story is revealed to Tushar by Saket Ram’s grandson. We return again to colour. Saket is ready to renounce the animal inside once and for all. He looks at the animal for one last time in […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 17/20)
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CHAPTER 17: THE LAST BREATH
Cut to the present. Back to black and white. Saket and the rest of them are still in the trench. Saket’s eyes are lit alone by the light from above, once again indicating his recollection of the past. The nurse informs the doctor Munawar that the oxygen supply, on which Saket […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 16/20)
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CHAPTER 16: RENDEZVOUS WITH RAVANA
Cut to Birla House. Gandhiji is holding a talk with Premier Suhrawardy as the other Gandhians watch, suggestive of Gandhiji’s transparency in his affairs. Saket is watching too. Suddenly Gandhi turns back and calls the photographer who is behind him.
“What is going on behind my back? Don’t shoot me from behind… […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 15/20)
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CHAPTER 15: LOSS OF A BELOVED - 2
Amjad struggles for life as Saket lifts him up. He also ties a cloth around his head to stop the wound. Saket is searching for the hospital. He is not able find his way out. Amjad asks Saket to take him to the soda factory as Saket obeys. […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 14/20)
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CHAPTER 14: A YOUNGER BROTHER
Saket is desperate to get the gun back. Just then he gets a brainwave. He remembers Govardhan telling him that he knows the place in and out. He digs through the trashcan and retrieves the visiting card Govardhan had given him. As the curfew nears, Saket goes into Chandni Chowk with […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 13/20)
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CHAPTER 13: PREPARING FOR THE HUNT
Cut to Delhi. Saket arrives with a suitcase. He looks the same as he did in Calcutta a few months ago, but with dark glasses for anonymity (like Pandey did in Bombay). He enters a certain Hotel Marina and registers under the name K. Bhairav (Kaal Bhairav, perhaps - An […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 12/20)
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CHAPTER 12: SANYASA
Cut to Tanjore. Saket’s house. Saket is sleeping on his bed as Mythili wakes up. She has evidently moved closer to Saket as she kisses him as he sleeps. However, Saket is just pretending to be asleep as he does not want to reciprocate (after his definite venturing into Vanaprastha) nor does he […]
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