November 21, 2008

Dasvidaniya bitter-sweet goodbye


















Sure Dasvidaniya (Goodbye in Russian) is nothing but another version of a "bucket list" film. But it is an endearing Indian version.

Amar (fantastic Vinay Pathak) finds out that he has 3 months to live. Problem is that you cannot call what he did with his live up to that moment as "living". So after a pep talk from his alter-ego he starts to write and work down a "10 points to do before I die" list. It contains not really spectacular things. No skydiving or dancing on the terasse of Eiffel tower. It is real stuff like buying a car or meeting old friends that give him a chance to finally live before dying.

Dasvidaniya is a small film with an excellent cast. It´s quiet and sweet and funny and it made me tear up add the oddest scenes. I loved it for being unspectacular. And for small but shining moments like Amar explaining to his guitar teacher why he started wearing all those threads and rings. Or the first scene on the brigde. Or the love declaration. Or... There are so many wonderful moments in it.

Yes, it is a niche film. But if you, as I do, have a weak spot for off the beaten track films and are as happy as I am to see Rajat Kapoor, Neha Dupia or Saraubh Shukhla on the big screen then you have to go and watch this.

4 comments:

Ramesh Srivats said...

Nice review.

4837464 said...

Hey thanks for the review. Being a russian I was pretty amazed reading about a hindi movie titled like that :-))) I like Vinay Pathak but it wasn't him but your review that did it, so I'll definitely watch it now. Thanks again.

babasko said...

@Ramesh and SP: Thank you. Glad I could be of service :-D

sultan said...

very nice.
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