The last goodbye
Shashant’s Shah’s Dasvidaniya draws at your heart strings. The story is simple and it is by no means an extraordinary film. It is a simple film, with a simple story line, with simple characters. No out of the world melodrama, no larger than life characters.
And that’s the beauty of it.
Vinay Pathak is as usual brilliant. The more you watch this man, the more you are amazed at his versatility. Thankfully Hindi cinema is growing up enough to give actors like Pathak a chance. Earlier you’s probably have him play the hero’s sidekick – but now he’s carrying an entire film on his shoulders and wonderfully at that!
Other than Vinay, if there is someone who stood out in the film, it is Sarita Joshi, playing the mother. Her smallest moves, expressions, were just so very right. No over the top comedy, no playing up the tragic instances of losing her husband nad then on the verge of losing her son. She is this woman who has had to fight to bring up her two sons after her husband’s death – and now that she knows that her son is dying – she is not leaving the fight. She will save him – with the hope that every mother has.
Ranvir Shorey is wasted in teh small part – but he is nonetheless a delight to watch even in the smallest of scenes. Same with Rajat Kapoor. Nothing much for him to do either.
The film did remind me of Jack Nicholson and Samuel L Jackson’s The Bucket List. But we’ll give the writer that much of a leeway. It’s a good take.
The film doesn’t unnecessarily stretch. You are not left waiting for the guy to pop off. You are not waiting for the wailing to begin. You are getting a glimpse into the last days of someone’s life. And the glimpses are at times sad, poignant, happy, funny.
The film is Vinay Pathak’s alone. And he does full justice to it. A must watch. Again – definitely not a great film – but a simple one – that would touch you.
Tags: Dasvidaniya
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The Bucket list stars Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, not Samuel Jackson. Otherwise a nice writeup.
Nice writeup.. couldn’t agree with you more..i just loved the film..hope to see plenty more of such gems coming out of bollywood..
the scriptwriting of dasvidaniya began way before bucket list was made
or some such thing
@Sougata
Thanks 4 correctin
Yep – Morgan Freeman – my mistake
@Vivek,
Maybe the scriptin began long back, but The Bucket List released quite some time back, n so naturally Dasvidaniya looked like a take on it – won’t call it a rip off – that would demean d beautiful film
Yet to watch and this review compels me to watch it as soon as possible…
Vinay Pathak is a superb performer..