Laal Kaptaan
Starring Saif Ali Khan,Manav Vij, Zoya Hussain, Deepak Dobriyal
Directed by Navdeep Singh
Laal Kaptaan is an extraordinary film, powerful brutal visceral and very very tragic. The enormity of its grief is felt in the palpable treatment of the theme of patricide and other family crimes common to Mughal history. The blood-soaked script takes a swipe at the cruelty of history but converts some of the barbarism into a state of perdition and atonement that do not add up to a climactic catharsis. No such closure in this film, thank you.
At the vortex of the film’s implosive violence is the mysterious frighteningly forlorn figure of the Naga bandit played with virulent intensity by Saif Ali Khan. Khan, in a performance that will define his career, moves like a bloodthirsty spirit in the quest for revenge from an entitled wealthy but strangely unfulfilled ruler Rehmat Khan...
Starring Saif Ali Khan,Manav Vij, Zoya Hussain, Deepak Dobriyal
Directed by Navdeep Singh
Laal Kaptaan is an extraordinary film, powerful brutal visceral and very very tragic. The enormity of its grief is felt in the palpable treatment of the theme of patricide and other family crimes common to Mughal history. The blood-soaked script takes a swipe at the cruelty of history but converts some of the barbarism into a state of perdition and atonement that do not add up to a climactic catharsis. No such closure in this film, thank you.
At the vortex of the film’s implosive violence is the mysterious frighteningly forlorn figure of the Naga bandit played with virulent intensity by Saif Ali Khan. Khan, in a performance that will define his career, moves like a bloodthirsty spirit in the quest for revenge from an entitled wealthy but strangely unfulfilled ruler Rehmat Khan...
- 10/18/2019
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
The 30th April marked the birth of “Father of Indian Cinema”, the man who gave us brilliantly impressive movies, like Raja Harishchandra, Satyavan and Savitri, Lanka Dahanand many more films, each of which is still a masterpiece in itself. As an aid of respect and remembrance the cinema association has named many awards and film festivals after him which are the most respected and prestigious awards in the film industry. Many maverick film-makers, actors, actress, films, have received Dadasaheb Phalke award. The list is endless and to add to it, critically acclaimed director Nila Madhab Panda’s second directorial film Jalpari- The Desert Mermaid has won three awards at Dada Saheb Film Festival, 2013 on his birth anniversary. After his first ovation to I Am Kalam, Nila came with a film Jalpari- The Desert Mermaid, which dealt with various predicaments that a girl child encounters in rural India. He dared to...
- 5/5/2013
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
30th April marks the birth of the "Father of Indian Cinema", the man who gave us brilliantly impressive movies, like Raja Harishchandra, Satyavan and Savitri, Lanka Dahanand many more films, each of which is still a masterpiece in itself. As a mark of respect and remembrance the cinema association has named many awards and film festivals after him which are the most respected and prestigious awards in the film industry. Many maverick filmmakers, actors, actresses, films, have received Dadasaheb Phalke award. The list is endless and to add to it, critically acclaimed director Nila Madhab Panda's second directorial film Jalpari- The Desert Mermaid has won three awards at Dadasaheb Film Festival 2013 on his birth anniversary. After his first ovation to I Am Kalam, Nila came with a film Jalpari- The Desert Mermaid, which dealt with various predicaments that a girl child encounters in rural India. He dared to be...
- 5/3/2013
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Director: Nila Madhab Panda, Writer: Deepak Venkateshan, Actors: Lehar Khan, Krishang Trivedi, Harsh Mayar, Parvin Dabas etc.
Nila Madhab Panda deserves accolades for presenting an issue-based film in an entertaining and gripping manner. Jalpari, based on the issue of female foeticide, maintains a fine balance and never goes overboard preaching the cause. In fact, it weaves it cleverly into an adventure thriller which successfully drives the message home and is palatable to children and adults alike.
Shreya Singh is the tomboyish protagonist of the film who is brave, imaginative and adventurous. She goes on a holiday to her ancestral village with her father, grandmother and younger brother. Shreya, after performing a mermaid dance in school, is on a quest for a pond in the village where she can swim like a mermaid. But her ancestral village is one marred with severe scarcity: of water and women. Sources of water have...
Nila Madhab Panda deserves accolades for presenting an issue-based film in an entertaining and gripping manner. Jalpari, based on the issue of female foeticide, maintains a fine balance and never goes overboard preaching the cause. In fact, it weaves it cleverly into an adventure thriller which successfully drives the message home and is palatable to children and adults alike.
Shreya Singh is the tomboyish protagonist of the film who is brave, imaginative and adventurous. She goes on a holiday to her ancestral village with her father, grandmother and younger brother. Shreya, after performing a mermaid dance in school, is on a quest for a pond in the village where she can swim like a mermaid. But her ancestral village is one marred with severe scarcity: of water and women. Sources of water have...
- 9/2/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Film: "Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid"; Cast: Parvin Dabas, Suhasini Mulay, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Harsh Mayar, Lehar Khan and Krishang Trivedi; Director: Nila Madhab Panda; Rating: ***
In spite of its flaws, of which there are many, "Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid" wins your heart with its simple fluid storytelling and characters who seem to have taken birth in the deserted village in Haryana, long before the camera was switched on.
There is a fascinating play of light and shade in Deepak Venkateshan's screenplay. It.
In spite of its flaws, of which there are many, "Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid" wins your heart with its simple fluid storytelling and characters who seem to have taken birth in the deserted village in Haryana, long before the camera was switched on.
There is a fascinating play of light and shade in Deepak Venkateshan's screenplay. It.
- 8/31/2012
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
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