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Thrissur India
Masterclass in Direction
Apr 10, 2014 02:25 PM 5841 Views (via Mobile)
(Updated Apr 10, 2014 02:50 PM)

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Vikramaditya Motwane's much awaited second coming "Lootera" is a masterclass in direction.


In a bastardized industry where many are chucking aside contrived formulae time after time, here's a guy trained under rigorous hours of an old school dramatist - SLB - whose very aesthetics seems to have casually transferred to this ersatz, nay superior disciple.


Superior? Well in many areas, Vikram isn't as solemn and somber as his Guru Sanjay Leela Bhansali was back in his heyday and even though the latter is a visual genius himself, the former should take the cake in rending exquisite melodrama now, especially post Lootera.


Inspired partially from an English Novel "The Last Leaf" written originally by O. Henry in the Merchant Navy period, Lootera is a text book love story of 'Pakhi' played by Sonakshi Sinha and 'Varun' played by Ranveer Singh.


The heiress of an Ameer landlord 'Zamindar Babu' lives amid 20th century aristocracy of a yet to be republic India, where the government have passed new amendments on forced democracy & liberation.


Meanwhile our hero pops up as an archeologist and starts to dig up the Land amiably following Zamindar's permission, and gradually excavates into the heiress' heart and  plunges tendrils and seeds of passion & love in her as well.


Both love each other and crave to get married soon but some unforeseen circumstance split them apart painstakingly only to be doubled back subsequently in the third quarter, all submerged under the weight of a taught Hitchcockian noir plot thread.


Who are these characters and what are their agendas?


Everything is shrouded in nifty little twists and turns in this film; the kind of twists that I can't even think of revealing here not because they're hard to predict but because those are the archetypes based on which Motwani adroitly fixates his delightfully mounted drama, the narrative which constitutes the entire material.


The second half is full of unanswered questions and simplistic plot holes but its Motwani's sure footed direction and the stunning performance from its two upcoming stars that leaves you in a gasp in Lootera.


Watch how he uses moments of prolonged silence and picturesque landscapes to a heightened effect without ever being pretentious one bit and without ever losing the grip on the classic, hold your ribs tight drama.


Off course Amit Trivedi's music is full of Lyrical gems but its Motwani's eclectic vision that enabled him to poise those songs in the film's most  tantalizing moments.


He skillfully extracts wrenching moods and emotions from his two naturally gifted stars and couples them with visually stunning artistry and bittersweet nonchalance.


DOP Mahendra J. Shetty captures some of the most abiding images to have hit the screens in 2013 and Motwani keeps them in sync with the mood and behaviour.


Of course these are camouflaging perks only quibbled by many critics in this forum as evolved out of an otherwise silly & simplistic tale but sometimes the craft is as such you can't help but be seduced by it.


Ranveer and Sonakshi fights and chides at each other resembling a Stanley Kubrick bedroom foreplay in the film's penultimate of moments and even though it all ends up in a contrived film noir climax the dramatic prowess might have sunk in your systems gradually & tingle your bones.


This is the kind of movie where in you forget some minute plot points post intermission and they doubles backs to the material to haunt you, pamper you, make you smile & cry almost simultaneously.


I haven't read The Last Leaf but I've no doubt this is a lasting feather in Motwani's cap. Kudos!


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