Rathore (Sarika), the wife of the local irrigation minister and former Maharaja P. Things change overnight when he gets a strange visitor at home-a middle-aged woman who identifies herself as Mrs. Having been implicated and suspended on bribery charges, the desolate engineer is living a dull life in dry Lakhot in Rajasthan with his wife Nimmi (Gul Panag) and a young son. Satyaveer Singh Randhawa (Abhay Deol) is an aspiring writer whose debut novel Manorama has failed miserably.
Released in 2007 when Bollywood was testing the waters for realistic films that broke industry stereotypes (“Swami,” “Khoya Khoya Chand”, “Dharm”), Manorama falls squarely in the list of experimental Bollywood productions that were ahead of their time and served to create benchmarks for the future. Not a commercial success back then, the film turns out to have a cult following, with most critics giving it positive reviews. Inspired by the controversial Roman Polanski 1974 neo-noir classic “Chinatown”, Manorama Six Feet Under is an Indian thriller co-written and directed by Navdeep Singh.
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But when I finally did go through the film that had been on ‘my list’ for a few weeks “ Manorama Six Feet Under” turned out to be the exact kind of movie for which I have Netflix installed.
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Also, I’m beginning to doubt the legitimacy of its ‘Trending now’ list which throws in random movies and series to get the audience to watch something they’d probably skip otherwise.Īnyway, Netflix recently threw a 2007 Indian film in my profile, a film I knew about but never watched as the name didn’t appeal to me. Its emotionally gratifying to see just like true-to-life, the movie also depicts shades of grey.Netflix’s algorithm works rather strangely, its ‘new releases’ section sometimes featuring films that have been released almost a year ago on the OTT. Finally I must add that gone are the days where Bollywood used to paint the perfect world. The two henchmen have portrayed their parts well (apologies for not knowing their names). Khulbhushan Kharbanda is as usual dependable. Its goes to show that acting is akin to ride a bicycle. Minor hitch here: why does he carry a strong accent while her sister doesn't? Convent studies maybe? Raima Sen character staunchly believes "Men and coffee are good rich" and the tension which prevails between Abhay and Raima over the game of snake and ladders is truly amazing, especially the come-hither passes. Vinay Pathak goes to shows that he is good at everything and not just comedy. Gul Panag uses the usual sarcastic house-wife lines to portrays a convincing character. As Satyaveer he puts on a convincing get-up coupled with a restrained performance. MSFU is the story of Satyaveer who stumbles upon a mystery and the (failed!) writer in him itches to seek the truth redemption or quest? Abhay Deol apparently is focusing on building his competency in the "new-age cinema" genre (there is too much competition in the mainstream anyway). A few places you can see the shades of Tarantino style of movie-making. Screenplay and cinematography is commendable, you can almost feel the heat of the desert and sand on your face. It takes a while to build the atmosphere, characters gets established, suspense builds up and races ahead to a grand finale. Viewers who are not fond of reading might judge the pace of the movie to be slow. rAjOo Six Feet Under is akin to reading a novel. Anil Poddar, compounded all the more by the sudden death of Manorama and the disappearance of an orphan named Deepti. Satyaveer accepts this offer little knowing that he will soon be thrust into a web of lies and deceit, which will not only get him in the bad books of Rathore, assaulted by his goons, but also implicate him in the murder of two lovers, Sameera, and Dr. Now out of a job, he is approached by Manorama Rathore, the wife of the Irrigation Minister, to collect evidence that her husband is having an extra-marital affair for a fee of Twenty thousand rupees. To make matters worse he accepts a motorbike from Seema Constructions as a bribe, is apprehended, and suspended pending an inquiry. So dismayed was he with this that he decided to not even keep a copy for his private library. Satyeveer also authored a fictional novel 'Manorama' that sold only about 200 copies. Rathore, making tall promises of diverting water from Haryana and Punjab via a canal that is being constructed on a controversial site. The region faces drought and extreme temperatures, with the local Irrigation Minister, P.P. Rajasthan-based Satyaveer Singh Randhawa works as a Junior Engineer with Lahkot Municipality's Public Works Department and lives a middle-class lifestyle with his wife, Nimmi, and son, Raju.
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