Kamis, 19 Juni 2014

A simple but heart warming film on Bollywood "Filmistaan"

By Ishrat Chowdhury

There are many films we have seen comming out of bollywood  about Indo-Pak relationship. Some are melodramatic , some are patriotic and some are bad. But this time , satellite pictures pvt. ltd. , shrinagar films pvt ltd. and utv motion pictures brought us a simple well made film  "Filmistaan"


Though the film has no established actors, is made on a shoe string budget and tries to spread a message of a universal brotherhood without the usual melodrama. It should find favour with all Bollywood buffs and some of whom live and breathe Bollywood.

In bollywood , lead actor sunny want to be a actor and heart throb star who works as an assistant director . He is kidnapped mistakenly  by pakistani terrorists while on one of his assignments as AD shooting a documentary with a foreign crew at the Indo-Pak border. The story has some hilarious moments as Sunny intimates different heroes and sings popular songs. The chemistry between sunny and the villagers as well as terrorists develop slowly and beautifully as people realize that we all have the same DNA and even man made borders cannot change the fact.

A great effort by first time director Nitin Kakkar on a shoe string budget. A fun and interesting story , brilliantly written dialogues and moments . The film relies too much on actor rather than the script but they luckily matched up. A long drawn final act takes away from letting it be a masterpiece .


After all the pros and cons , the film worked so well because it is not a melodramatic film. The lead actors are new and rest of the villegers seem to be non actors which make the film more realistic.  A definite watch and a film of worth.

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