I admire Sudhir Mishra. He is a huge talent and there is no denying that
he also needs to be thanked for inspiring a generation of filmmakers like Anurag Kashyap who clearly benefited from his mentorship during AK's earlier films like Black Friday!
But where I find Mr. Mishra falling short of true glory is due to his execution. His stories are usually intriguing but fail to cause an impact due to a general tepid visual style. I felt that with Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi and even more with this one. After watching IRKSN last night again (I had watched it originally when it first came out), I believe it may have to do with funding of his films (or lack thereof).
The story itself is not novel in this day and age when every other film today that calls itself "offbeat" appear to have characters with "shades of gray" in them. The overall pace of the film is good and does justice to the story but the production values and the economy of the shots are where the film falls short. In some scenes you almost can't help but wonder if the scene could have been a lot better with a retake or placing the camera a little differently! It can't be the actors since you have some of the finest talent here - Ashish Vidyarthi, Saurabh Shukla and the late Nirmal Pandey! Some scenes that are supposed to convey a sense of wealth and high society seem tacky that you would think you are watching a B-grade flick!
I would watch this for the ensemble cast and acting (if you can ignore the tacky wigs and costumes that they don!).
But where I find Mr. Mishra falling short of true glory is due to his execution. His stories are usually intriguing but fail to cause an impact due to a general tepid visual style. I felt that with Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi and even more with this one. After watching IRKSN last night again (I had watched it originally when it first came out), I believe it may have to do with funding of his films (or lack thereof).
The story itself is not novel in this day and age when every other film today that calls itself "offbeat" appear to have characters with "shades of gray" in them. The overall pace of the film is good and does justice to the story but the production values and the economy of the shots are where the film falls short. In some scenes you almost can't help but wonder if the scene could have been a lot better with a retake or placing the camera a little differently! It can't be the actors since you have some of the finest talent here - Ashish Vidyarthi, Saurabh Shukla and the late Nirmal Pandey! Some scenes that are supposed to convey a sense of wealth and high society seem tacky that you would think you are watching a B-grade flick!
I would watch this for the ensemble cast and acting (if you can ignore the tacky wigs and costumes that they don!).