Storyline- 9/10
This grips from the first scene. Strong story line- I like the definitive turn at 20 minutes- love the way the tension was built up.
Cinematography- 9/10 Nice attention to detail here. Everything looks authentic and nicely in place- the surroundings, the characters, and the backgrounds- all work nicely with each other
Music- 7/10 Being a musician myself, it is natural that I listen for music everywhere :) In the movie about Indians in America, it would have been great to use some fusion pieces, some very melancholy pieces to really assist the filmmaker in showing emotions. Not that the actors needed a lot of help with their terrific acting but music with some Indian touch would have given such a different feel to this whole story and enhanced it even more.
Pace- 7/10 I felt like the pace could've been picked up somewhat after the first 30 minutes. Definitely understand that the filmmaker wanted to underline the anguish of the central character (Dad) by repeatedly showing some examples of how lost he was in the real world after his son passed but you did that really well in the first few examples and really the audience knows already how much the central character misses his son.
Poems and Hindi lyrical transitions- 8/10 Very Nice- Ek Ajnabi was so poignant, so touching- as a mother my eyes welled up during that piece. I had read somewhere that your child is a little piece of your heart walking around. And its true and you realize that after becoming a parent. A few more of the "Ek Ajnabi' type lyrics would be welcome (in musical form even more!)
Cinematography- 9/10 Nice attention to detail here. Everything looks authentic and nicely in place- the surroundings, the characters, and the backgrounds- all work nicely with each other
Music- 7/10 Being a musician myself, it is natural that I listen for music everywhere :) In the movie about Indians in America, it would have been great to use some fusion pieces, some very melancholy pieces to really assist the filmmaker in showing emotions. Not that the actors needed a lot of help with their terrific acting but music with some Indian touch would have given such a different feel to this whole story and enhanced it even more.
Pace- 7/10 I felt like the pace could've been picked up somewhat after the first 30 minutes. Definitely understand that the filmmaker wanted to underline the anguish of the central character (Dad) by repeatedly showing some examples of how lost he was in the real world after his son passed but you did that really well in the first few examples and really the audience knows already how much the central character misses his son.
Poems and Hindi lyrical transitions- 8/10 Very Nice- Ek Ajnabi was so poignant, so touching- as a mother my eyes welled up during that piece. I had read somewhere that your child is a little piece of your heart walking around. And its true and you realize that after becoming a parent. A few more of the "Ek Ajnabi' type lyrics would be welcome (in musical form even more!)
