Dhobi Ghat

You might think it’s a bit too late to cite this article or an opinion on it, which I’d agreed to some extent, but having said that I also believe that it’s never too late to appreciate a well done job.

So here let me talk to you of a movie that smeared my thinking about the curve Indian cinema could breed on.

Dhobi Ghat / Mumbai Dairies

Every year literally hundreds of thousands throng to the city of dreams – Mumbai. Predominantly in the hope of making it big someday, only to realize the struggle brings the best or worst of them all.

Over the years, this facade of Mumbai has been depicted by quite a number talented directors or screenplay writers in their respective movies, but very few of them have sketched the city with such tender love, care and affection, and I staunchly believe that Kiran Rao has done complete justice in her debutant venture Dhobi Ghat.

The movie displays life and its complexities with such ease. The intertwining relationships & emotional strings that are imperceptible attached to each one of us, is depicted with immense variance. To the extent, that at some point you can relate to either or each of these characters.

The metaphor is simple but powerful that - Mumbai is a dying & decaying city, but yet the one that is definitely alive and watches over all.

The movie is symbolic and vibrant cinematic portrait; expecting it to be a stream commercial Bollywood masala flick would be nothing but prejudice.

On the whole, Dhobi Ghat is an imposing and vivacious movie, appending itself to the new wave of independent Indian cinema which I am extremely pleased to applaud.

It is art house cinema with crisp sensibilities, embellished with a well thought out story that's devoid of cliches. This ingenious motion picture caters more to the intelligentsia and connoisseurs of world cinema.

Overall Review:

Dhobi Ghat is an acquired taste. Either the film will sink into your skin like a slow ache or it will be bewildering and downright boring.


Love, N.