tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post8792111331542400749..comments2024-03-27T13:58:06.458+05:30Comments on Suvro Chatterjee bemused: Lust StoriesSuvro Chatterjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01027202980259279420noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post-14538960860175208972024-03-08T12:49:28.368+05:302024-03-08T12:49:28.368+05:30Why are so many people visiting this particular po...Why are so many people visiting this particular post again recently? Merely because it has the word 'lust' in the title?Suvro Chatterjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027202980259279420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post-86912279034507929072018-07-03T01:56:08.039+05:302018-07-03T01:56:08.039+05:30Dear Sir,
Speaking from the point of view of the ...Dear Sir,<br /><br />Speaking from the point of view of the film itself (an anthology following a theme), if you liked this one, there are a few others I would highly recommend. I can't say if you'd like them all, but they are definitely well made and provoke thoughts.<br /><br />The Mexican director, Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu made a trilogy: Amores Perros (about love), 21 Grams (about death), and Babel (about communication). Each film portrays three independent stories with some sort of random connection between them. Crash was Hollywood's answer to Innaritu. Neeraj Ghaywan directed a really poignant film called Masaan. I was pleasantly surprised to see an Indian director take on such socially relevant topics in such a bold manner. I found the film deeply unsettling, perhaps because it depicted deep-seated truth about India.<br /><br />The one thing I couldn't figure about this film was the name. It didn't really seem as much about lust as it did about humans and relationships, in general: messy, complicated, and sometimes hopeless!<br /><br />Sincerely<br />Nishant.Nishanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04476670168055492486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post-74706249488379839942018-07-01T13:47:30.641+05:302018-07-01T13:47:30.641+05:30Finally, a matured anthology film from Bollywood t...Finally, a matured anthology film from Bollywood that breaks the uncanny silence regarding sexual attraction, a brave experiment of using familiar, yet refreshing stories that explores people from different generations, socio-economic status, caste and daily lifestyle with a common link of human desire.<br /><br />Anurag Kashyap's segment illustrating the physical attraction between a student and his teacher is honest and bold depiction of long distance open relationships, rather than glorifying extra-martial affairs he tried to expose the roots of it. Zoya Akhtar's piece is raw and an atmospheric tale of desire between a domestic worker and her boss, the silence and the suffocating apartment room was a perfect background to capture the difference in class and social status. Dibakar Banerjee's part was my favourite from the film, a terrific and unsettling display of a middle-aged woman's crisis and one of the bravest portrayal of the invisible boundary between friendship and attraction. Karan Johar tried his best to deliver a hilarious take on the subject of lust and society's loopholes but ended up being too dramatic and quirky. This was aided by good performance from Vicky Kaushal, Radhika Apte, Neha Dhupia and Manisha Koirala.<br /><br />Though the idea of Lust Stories can be somehow compared with Parched, Lipstick under my Burkha or American Beauty, this film carves its niche with its frisky but profound storytelling.<br /><br />Aveek.Aveek Mukherjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11212657213297729825noreply@blogger.com