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Feb 8, 2021 · The age-old shackles of caste still hold the people to perform what are believed to be duties even if it means spending one's life amidst death and discomfort. However, digging deeper reveals the loneliness and societal binding that lurk beneath, that the seemingly innocent and straightforward people are not spared from the cruelties of existence.
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Jul 24, 2015 · Masaan review: At the heart of the film is the tussle between what has always been, and what can be. Souls are said to be liberated in Kashi; and ‘masaan’ (the colloquial local word for ‘shamshaan’) perfectly captures the unique character of a town which has been wrestling with life and death for centuries.
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Vicky Kaushal makes debut of the year in Masaan. A young, spirited woman, Devi (played by Richa Chadha), grapples with tragedy and blackmail. A young boy, Deepak (played by Vicky Kaushal), falls ...
Set against the visually powerful backdrop of funeral pyres and the burning ghats in Varanasi, Masaan is a poetic narrative of pathos and love. The film takes on the tragedy of life,...
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On the contrary, the film opens with Richa Chadha’s character watching pornography in her room, which paradoxically eliminates any essence of ‘holiness’ which the viewers might have come to expect. The middle-class setting of her place is further highlighted in the next scene. As Devi leaves her house, a man in his undershirt brushing his teeth fro...
Their pangs of first love are explored in a montage like sequence in the film. The song “Tu Kisi Rail Si Guzarti Hai” (Grover’s spin-off of Dushyant Kumar’s poem) plays, as Deepak and Shaalu steal glances during the Durga-Pooja fair. Suddenly, the scene cuts to Deepak taking a printout of Shaalu’s Facebook profile and admiring it in the solitude of...
As discussed above, the film establishes Shaalu as a starry-eyed romantic individual, who is soon about to be exhumed in the harsh flames of life. Further, the brilliant casting and performance of Shweta Tripathi, who the viewers might have best remembered from the Disney show Kya ‘Mast’ Hai Life(How Cool Is Life), add a meta-textual presence to th...
Traditionally in films (especially romance dramas), bonfires or fireplace usually anticipate a scene of sexual lovemaking (remember the campfire scene in Brokeback Mountain (2005), the brilliant exchange between the leads in the recent A Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), the iconic romantic sequence in the song “Roop Tera Mastana” from Aradhna (19...
May 17, 2024 · The Cannes Awardee Masaan And Its Intricately Woven Threads Of Societal Injustice: Here’s Why You Must Watch It. Immerse yourself in the vibrant colours of life, love, and death with ‘Masaan’ and its raw story revolving around the lives of four people living in Varanasi.
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Masaan (transl. 'Crematorium'; also known as Fly Away Solo in English) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language independent drama film starring Richa Chadda and Vicky Kaushal in lead roles. It is Kaushal's debut Hindi film, and also the directorial debut of Neeraj Ghaywan .
