Raincoat

Yesterday for the first time, me and wife went to watch a Hindi movie, it's called Raincoat. It was...er..er....different. I am not a huge bollywood fan, but I am fan of Aishwarya Rai and I have watched my share of hindi movies to give my review here........ let me warn you, this is soooo unlike other hindi movies.

If you decided to watch this movie, first of all, forget all the streotyping you had on Hindi movies...forget.........forget.......forget !!!!

Fist of all I don't think it as a 'movie', it is more appropriate to be called a 'stage theatre' on celluloid. Even in the opening credit, the actors are introduced as 'players' instead of 'actor/actress'.

The movie... I mean the 'play' consist of basically only 2 sets, one in Niroo's house, the other one in Mannu's freiend house, the rest are a bit of flash back here and there about their life in village.

The entire movie is basically converstion between Niroo and Mannu, confessing their feelings and emotion to each other in just an afternoon. Imagine that!!! I was sitting there in the theatre and only scene watch is Niroo's dark and somewhat lavish looking house ( the fact is the house is a wreck!!!)

But interestingly, even they lied to each other on their entire conversation, the care the have for each other is obvious, both didn't want to admit their failure in life due to thier ego (or is it just because they dont't want to dissapoint each other). It is very ironic...really.

Since this is shot in stage play aura, there is a lot of non-human characters, the one I liked the most and also played major role in the movies are:-

1) The Raincoat
Obviously....from the movie title, the raincoat is one of the main character, it act as almost bridge of honest communication between Niroo and Mannu since every one of thier verbal communication is based on lies.

2) Niroo's neck chain
From the beginning of the movie, the chain Niroo was wearing stands out prominently, it is impossible not to notice it. At the the end it is the symbol of love Niroo had for Mannu.

Conclusion:
This is kind of movie that even long after you watched it, you still think about it. It really make you think. The movie ended so suddenly that you will be saying "What the ......." But after that you can't stop thinking about the character's emotion and what will become of them.


Verdict:
If you are a huge Bollywood fan, I DON'T recommend this movie to you at all. You will be dissapointed.
If you are looking for movie that will make you ponders the meaning of life and seeking something different to watch, then I dare recommend you this movie!!!