In the era of bitterness and discord, love is the biggest need today. Normal discord now comes out in the form of violence. If my choice and your choice are not the same, then you stay away from me, otherwise the results will not be good. Anger, malice, displeasure is no longer limited to sulking, but it is now coming out in a color which we call the color of blood. In such an environment, it is necessary that the plant of love should be watered, it should be allowed to flourish by giving it water and manure, so that in the coming times, we can give such an environment to the next generation, where the color of blood keeps losing to the color of love everyday. In this episode, Amazon Prime Video has brought together talented writers and directors for an anthology ‘Modern Love Mumbai; has been presented. The stories are settled in Mumbai, but today they can be settled in any city, everyone understands the language of love. There are many beautiful stories, there are many beautiful films. Maybe seeing them, that soft corner of the mind will once again push us on the path of love.
This anthology has been created by being influenced by the stories published in a column ‘Modern Love’ of New York Times and an attempt has been made to re-plant humanity with the global language of love. In fact, there are many types of stench spread in Mumbai. Of the ocean, of the dried fish, of the garbage, of the pus filled in the wounds caused by terrorist attacks and of the dreams of thousands of people who come to Mumbai every day. Mumbai is Mayanagari but Mumbai is also a graveyard where desires, aspirations, wishes and ambitions die, but passing through the struggle of the place, this city still takes shelter from small clouds of love. The proof of this is hidden in these stories.
night queen
The story, written by Nilesh Maniyar and John Belanger and directed by Shonali Bose, was supposed to be titled “Not Allowed” but Raat Rani Ki Mehak was in the role of Fatima Sana Shaikh. A girl from a Kashmiri family who can’t study much, can’t go to college, can’t love, much less love a lower caste boy, can’t ride a bicycle on the sea-link in Mumbai, can’t do her own work but When trouble comes, Fatima does all the work that was “not allowed”, from her husband who left her to running her own bicycle shop. There is a beautiful example of seeing the dreams of every person coming from other states and settling in Mumbai, breaking and then moving towards a new dream. Fatima learned the Kashmiri accent to become a Kashmiri girl. Fatima will have to keep doing such roles so that she can appear in front of Khil like a flower. In the film he is shown riding a gents cycle and such a beautiful symbol has not been seen in any story. The freedom hidden in the words of Gini Diwan, i.e. the song ‘Raat Rani’ got the musical cycle of Ram Sampat and Nikita Gandhi’s soulful voice has pedaled it to the hearts. The Kashmiri song Jeem Keem written by Sanjeev Kaul has also been beautifully fitted in the screenplay.
Maid
Written by Kashyap Kapoor and Raghav Raj Kapoor, this story is directed by Hansal Mehta and stars his favorite actor Prateek Gandhi and debutant chef Ranveer Brar. Prateek’s talent betrays Prateek this time and tells the audience that he is not just an artist of Gujarati theatre, but he is a very sensitive, resolved and well understood artist of Natyashastra. His father despises him because Prateek is gay, so Prateek also keeps taunting him. Ranveer is attracted to see Brar but is also scared. The scenes of their first meeting show the fear of a hurt heart. In one scene, he wants to run away from Ranveer, but also wants to lose in front of love and then breaks down in Ranveer’s arms. Prateik leaves his contemporary actors behind with Fast Local. In the last meeting of Prateek with Tanuja, it is understood on seeing his face that Tanuja and Prateek are fighting for acting and both are winners. In the film, a dish of love is made between music and food. Jeet Ganguly has made wonderful use of blues music in Sonu Nigam’s “Kaisi Baatein Karte Ho”. This song by budding poet Sameer Rahat is an example of excellent poetry. Chandni Raat, the song of Pakistan’s best singer Ali Sethi, has also been included in this film and it seems to be related to the soul of the film.
Mumbai Dragon
It is written by Jyotsna Hariharan and Vishal Bhardwaj and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. Is Mumbai a dragon that burns everything or Mumbai dragon means Mumbaikarisation of every person who comes to Mumbai? Seeing Naseeruddin Shah’s getup and acting, every actor who plays Sardar in films should work hard on his acting again. Mumbai merges everyone into itself and it doesn’t even take time for many people to get colored by Mumbai. Despite all this, after coming to Mumbai, people find their existence sooner or later. Chinese actress Yeo Yan Yan is wonderful. Even if there is pain of being cut from its roots, it does not let it be revealed. Meiyang Chang works less but suits a lot in this film. It is a delight to watch Vamika Gabi on screen. Every time his performance gets a little better. Vamika is Miyang’s girlfriend, but if she doesn’t ask for meat or garlic, Miyang’s mother’s hand-made food boxes end up in her fridge instead of her stomach. Vishal does not want to give any message from his film, just wants to explain that Mumbai is everyone’s favorite, as it was explained in Maqbool.
my beautiful wrinkles
Alankrita Srivastava (Lipstick Under My Burkha/ Bombay Begums/ Made in Heaven) has written the screenplay and directed the film. Kitty party culture is rarely seen in Mumbai because everyone is busy working. Alankrita has cast Danesh Rizvi of A Suitable Boy along with Sarika to explain that older women also have the right to be loved. There is a strange relationship between the two. Both know the truth and both keep trying to understand each other. Is attraction only love or is attraction necessary in love, this is a question which is difficult to answer. Like Mumbai. Mumbai is the city of dreams or it is necessary to come to Mumbai to fulfill dreams. The dialogue is a bit bold but the environment in which the characters are found seems correct but obscenity has been avoided in the story and it has been shown to be fighting for its existence just like the old buildings of South Bombay of Mumbai.
I Love Thane
Writer Nupur Pai and director Dhruv Sehgal probably met each other during another Netflix series “Little Things”. Dhruv is also an actor and Little Things was also liked a lot. Despite this, this film is a bit weak. Finding love on dating apps is a big deal in Mumbai because no one has time to make friends. All the people found on dating apps create such a profile of themselves which is far from reality and is only in their mind. Cool, Liberal, Woke and don’t know what. A series named Masaba Masaba on Masaba Gupta’s own life has come on Netflix. It was made like a reality show and this one is complete fiction. Masaba looks quite natural. Ritwik Bhowmik, appreciated for his work in Bandish Bandit and The Whistle Blower, plays a man much older than his age. His acting is a bit typecast. People living and doing jobs in Mumbai will have little agreement with this story because although Thane is considered another suburb of Mumbai, it is a complete city in itself. away from Mumbai. Like this story. It is a part of the whole series but is very different from the series.
cutting tea
Story by Devika Bhagat and Directed by Nupur Asthana, expect to see a fun and light hearted story as Nupur directed one of the most successful TV serials “Hip Hip Hurray” and Devika directed Bachna Ae Haseeno, Ladies Has written films like Versus Ricky Behl or web series like 4 More Shots Please. Cutting Tea does not disappoint at all. Mumbai’s local trains and the cutting tea available on their platform. They have their own journey. In the course of this tea, people even discuss the philosophy of life. The pair of Chitrangada Singh and Arshad Warsi is very unique. beyond expectation. Both of them act very amazingly with each other. Arshad doesn’t act for the camera after so many years and this is his victory. Many people have this feeling that Mumbai doesn’t care about me, but the real thing is that you don’t love Mumbai at all. The same thing is about the relationship between Chitrangada and Arshad. The song Shuru Se Shuru, sung by Sasha Trivedi and Shankar Mahadevan, perfectly connects with the theme of the film. Music is by Shankar Ehsaan Loy.
Most of the stories in the web series are very good. Along with acting and direction, Mumbai’s pulse has also been beautifully captured. It should be seen because the stories are universal, but according to the mood of Mumbai, their beauty seems to be different. Like Mumbai washed away after rain.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : May 21, 2022, 14:30 IST