Dec 23, 2005 01:54 PM
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(Updated Dec 23, 2005 01:54 PM)
The opening romance between a simple orphaned Kashmiri girl newcomer Smilie) and a street-wise yet innocent survivor in Mumbai is done in gentle whispered tones enhanced by the sound of Rahet Fateh Ali Khan singing Jiya dhadak dhadak jaye…The arcadian innocence of the opening interlude serves as a telling preamble to the ightmare that follows…Ripping reams of headlines out of their sensational habitat, KALYUG delineates the humiliation and trauma of a young man whose love-making during his honeymoon is captured for the multi-million porn market.
In true heroic fashion Kunal sets out in search of the perpetrators of the perversity. The sequences in Zurich depicting a sweaty anxious and lucrative debauchery are slightly amateurish but nonetheless effective.
The film must be strongly recommended for its intense and topical content. Not only does the film take on prickly subject of the international porn market it also brings in other screaming headlines. The young hero is shown as a homeless Kashmiri Pandit in Mumbai, while the porn queen (a variation of a favourite celloid archetype – The Fallen Woman – Redeemed, played soberly by Deepal Shaw) is a victim of the Gujarat communal riots.
