Sunday, June 12, 2011

Shaitan

I had thought Indian cinema was really going places with movies like Ishqiya and Dev D, but those pale in comparison to this. Anurag Kashyap may well be the Quentin Tarantino of Bollywood. Mind you, he's not Tarantino, but he's the torch bearer which is taking the industry forward. This one is WAY ahead of its time.
Immense attention is given to detail, the soundtrack was something I instantly downloaded, and each scene - EACH friggin scene - is so visually appealing. Never has a Hindi movie come so close to portraying today's youth so accurately and so shamelessly. The first part which shows the habits and lifestyle of the five youngsters living in Mumbai, each scene of that was something I could relate to. It dishes out the dirt that lingers among a particular portion of twenty-somethings living in India's metropolises today and their deviations from the straight path of life they are taught to keep on. And the camera work and stylistic concepts can truly be said to be art.

But it really doesn't matter what I say, does it? You WILL go watch it. =P