Raincoat (2004)
10/10
The Best Indian Film I Have ever Been Forced To Watch
9 February 2006
Before I start I would like to state that I loathe conventional Bollywood cinema. I hate the fact that any tension or drama that has(in some very exceptional circumstances) been built up over the course of a scene, can be destroyed by wholly unnecessary dance number. I hate the fact that Indian cinema uses the same formula for all its films and plagiarizes western cinema when it wants to try something new, because its writers are so inherently lacking any form of creativity or originality.

My wife begged me to take her to this movie, and I have to say that it's the best Indian film that I have ever had to watch. I liked the colour (subtle green hues), I liked the background music (classical understated), I liked the mood (subdued),I liked the dialogue (believable) and I loved the ending. Its good that a film can just end and leave you to reflect about what you have seen and draw you own conclusions, rather than spoon feed you at the end.

So I say, watch this film if you want to see something a little more involving than the usual mix of singing, dancing, violence and overacting.
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