| The Last Lear Movie
Review |
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Music :
Raja
Narayan Deb, Sanjoy Das |
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Lyrics :
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Direction :
Rituparno Ghosh |
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Producer :
Planman
Motion Pictures |
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Leading Cast :
Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun
Rampal, Shefali Shah, |
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Jishu Sengupta, Divya Dutta |
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The finest filmmaker of Bengal and even on Hindi
film front, Rituparno Ghosh comes up with his latest
offering, ‘The Last Lear’ based on Utpal Dutt’s play
‘Aajker Shahjahan’. The story, which revolves around
an aging actor of theater and the subject are not
enticing for all types of viewers. The film
certainly is for a particular section of audience
who loves literature and theatrical works. You find
Shakespeare aplenty in the movie. Does it attract to
the young enthusiastic generation. Ofcourse not….!
It’s not everyone’s cup of tea. The fact is a fact
that the best things in the film, one cannot forget
to mention i.e. the execution is splendid and the
characterization is brilliant. Nonetheless, this
enterprise should be targeted to the film festivals
but not for cinemas because no one would come out to
watch it on screen. Had it been made a theater play,
it would have been praised hugely. |
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Harry (Amitabh Bachchan) is a theater actor who
lives on vodka and memories of past glories. He
adores Shakespeare hugely and detests cinema.
Siddhart (Arjun Rampal) is a film director. Harry
finds him smart and loves to have conversation with
him. Slowly, the vodka, coffees and conversations
build up a strong relationship between the two. So
when Siddharth offers him a role in his film, Harry
says okay to that. But there comes an incident that
changes everything. |
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Rituparno Ghosh’s direction is top notch. But on the writing
side, this subject is not digestive for the common viewers.
It’s no doubt different, as Ritu comes up usually with, but
he leaves some points remain unexplained in the film. As
Shefali’s hatred for Preity Zinta has not been explained.
Why does Arjun Rampal want Amitabh to perform the
death-defying jump all over again? |
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Amitabh Bachchan does fantastic job. Arjun Rampal is
brilliant. Preiy Zinta allures. Shefali Shah is a class to
watch. Divya Dutta does well also. Others too impress. So
the performances wise, the film is great. But the story and
the subject make it a complete lackluster.
The Last Lear is not for the cinema going audiences rather
it’s for the people who love literature and theatrical
works. |
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Rating: 1.5/5 |
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