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iView Author: JEHAN HANDA (Delhi/India)

Email: jehanhanda580@yahoo.co.in

In times of Ghajini, we have a Memento….

After downloading as many abstract movies as I could, I realised I needed subtitles for most of them. The first on my download list was Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries, as recommended by Ratnakar sir. After being totally frustrated by the fact that I couldn’t find any bloody way to add subtitles to that movie, I decided on picking out a random movie from my DVD shelf. Mohabbatien, KANK, Taxi Driver, Forrest Gump and ah the most tempting of em all, Memento. And thus I decided to watch Memento, considering its Ghajini fever all over, buzz haircuts et al, what better than to watch the original masterpiece-Memento. And trust me, as I shut my laptop( …

Vaaranam Aayiram Movie Review

There is a sequence in Gautham Vasudev Menon’s mostly autobiographical Vaaranam Aayiram, where Krishnan(Suriya) goes to meet his son, Surya(Suriya) in the engineering college hostel. The son looks up to the father, ‘my dad, my hero’ are the almost recurring emotions through the film. In this particular scene, Krishnan comforts his son, pats him on the back, gives him some money, and walks off saying, “we are both grown-ups now, son”. And Surya can’t hold his tears as the daily rush of hostel life surrounds him in the face…

One of the many poignant sequences in the film which underlines the joie de vivre or ‘life goes on’ theme emotion that Gautham has chosen to structure this film around.

Vaaranam Aayiram, one of the most anticipated films this year, for more reasons than one (big …