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TRUE REFLECTION OF AAM ADMI
By Eye TV India Bureau
Critic's I-view
Bollywood is on strike as far as its big producers and the actors areconcerned. Their big movies are at war with the distributors. So,there is no big movie release this Friday. So, this is a boon forsmall producers as they can screen their movies easily in the absenceof A class films. Otherwise these small movies would have remainedcanned. The lucky guys are Suresh Seth on the one hand who is hittingthe screens with his ‘Ek Se Bure Do ’, and Mahim Sahi, Sandeep Marwahand Krishan Kumar on the other with their ‘Coffee House’.Consequently, these two small movies are being screened both inmultiplexes and single screen theaters. Seth of “B4U Entertainment”readily agreed to make a movie with Tariq Khan as scriptwriter as wellas director and Arshad Arsi as actor. Tariq signed Rajpal Yadav andcompleted the first schedule in Kamalistan Studio followed by threeother shooting schedules.
Let’s us talk about ‘Coffee House’. This is an old concept of meetingand sharing of views on any subject under the sun. This is a kind ofaddiction for the middle class people, especially elite belonging todifferent professions. You may recall the Coffee House of ConnaughtPlace in New Delhi that catered to all irrespective of the professionthey pursued. Journalists, lawyers, teachers, activists and of coursepoliticians got together daily to discuss topical matters. The resultwas that coffee house created a public opinion among the middle classintellectuals on a certain issue. That’s why the Indira Gandhi in herinfamous Emergency regime in 1975-76 uprooted the coffee house incentral Delhi on the plea that it was occupied in spreading what theyconsidered “rumors”. The regulars of the coffee house includebureaucrats as well as the senior citizens who are victims of theiroffspring.
The movie is very much relevant at the present juncture when thecountry is going to elect its 15th Lok Sabha. This institutionreflects the opinion of the common man (Aam Admi in today’s parlance).As a critic reminds us of a well known theater personality of NewDelhi who died a brutal death in the 1990s. He was Safdar Azmi. Themovie focuses on the valiant attempts of Ashutosh Rana and his streettheatre group to change the system and make it more accountable. LikeSafdar Azmi’s corner meetings, Ashutosh Rana also runs his wife'snewspaper. However, he withdraws from writing such editorials in thenewspaper that conflict with his business interests. Incidentally,Rana and his wife played by Sakshi Tanwar come into conflict with eachother. Thus, the coffee house becomes a platform for showcasingcontemporary India's major problems. According to the movie’s story,the theatre group includes a live-in couple that breaks apart when theambitious young girl is seduced by corporate honcho, Harsh Chhaya intoa richer, more glamorous world of television.
Though the movie’s cast lacks big stars, but the smaller ones haveperformed their roles much better than expected from them. Theyinclude Ashutosh Rana who plays a consummate activist and Harsh Chhayawho perfects the art of genteel exploitation. Vinod Nagpal isn’t farbehind and leaves an impact. Sakshi Tanwar justifies her shift fromsmall to the big screen by successfully performing her in her newavatar of Parvati in “Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki” serial to a woman ofsubstance! Thus, one doesn’t mind losing big films.
By Eye TV India Bureau
Critic's I-view
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