Chicago – HollywoodChicago.com proudly presents “Patang” (The Kite) at Facets Cinematheque! In this extra-special edition of the HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 5 pairs of movie passes plus signed posters up for grabs to “Patang” from Chicago director Prashant Bhargava!
Facets and HollywoodChicago.com are proud to show “Patang” with Chicago’s Prashant Bhargava in person for an encore, one-week-only special engagement from Aug. 24 through Aug. 30, 2012.
The 7 p.m. showing on Aug. 24 is followed by a Q&A with “Patang” director Prashant Bhargava, which will be moderated by HollywoodChicago.com’s Patrick McDonald. The 7 p.m. showings on Aug. 25 and Aug. 26 will feature a Q&A with Bhargava moderated by HollywoodChicago.com’s Matt Fagerholm. All “Patang” showings will take place at Facets Cinematheque at 1517 W. Fullerton Ave. in Chicago. The “Patang” showtimes for the week are:
Friday, Aug. 24 at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday,...
Facets and HollywoodChicago.com are proud to show “Patang” with Chicago’s Prashant Bhargava in person for an encore, one-week-only special engagement from Aug. 24 through Aug. 30, 2012.
The 7 p.m. showing on Aug. 24 is followed by a Q&A with “Patang” director Prashant Bhargava, which will be moderated by HollywoodChicago.com’s Patrick McDonald. The 7 p.m. showings on Aug. 25 and Aug. 26 will feature a Q&A with Bhargava moderated by HollywoodChicago.com’s Matt Fagerholm. All “Patang” showings will take place at Facets Cinematheque at 1517 W. Fullerton Ave. in Chicago. The “Patang” showtimes for the week are:
Friday, Aug. 24 at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday,...
- 8/17/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The rhythms of Prashant Bhargava's Patang (The Kite) mirror the simple pleasures of kite flying in many ways. The story flows here and there as it pleases, following its own whims, bound only by the tether of reality that keeps the it from crashing to the ground in an angry heap. Like life itself, this Patang is not bound to follow strict laws of structure, rather it darts to and fro as the characters continually make the decisions that affect their own lives and experiences. The danger of collapse is always there, but Bhargava keeps a firm grip on the basics, while still allowing the film to catch its own breeze as necessary.Mukkund Shukla is Jayesh, a Delhi-based businessman heading back to his Ahmedabad...
- 6/16/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Chicago – There are few things more difficult to pull off than elegant visual poetry. The line between pretension and artful provocation is a thin one indeed, and any director that attempts to construct a metaphorical mosaic runs the risk of looking foolish. Yet cinema would sure be a dull medium without artists that aimed for the stars, and that is precisely what Prashant Bhargava does in his debut feature, “Patang” (“The Kite”).
Rating: 4.5/5.0
After garnering favorable festival buzz at Berlin, Tribeca, Chicago and Ebertfest, “Patang” is the latest indie treasure to have a screen reserved at the AMC River East 21. This is the sort of gorgeously photographed picture that practically begs to be seen on the biggest screen possible. It stands as a reminder of what truly absorbs a viewer into a film. Arresting visuals and vivid characterizations will always be more entrancing than distracting 3D effects viewed through dim lenses.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
After garnering favorable festival buzz at Berlin, Tribeca, Chicago and Ebertfest, “Patang” is the latest indie treasure to have a screen reserved at the AMC River East 21. This is the sort of gorgeously photographed picture that practically begs to be seen on the biggest screen possible. It stands as a reminder of what truly absorbs a viewer into a film. Arresting visuals and vivid characterizations will always be more entrancing than distracting 3D effects viewed through dim lenses.
- 6/15/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
I love the film Patang, which you probably know if you have read my interviews with the director Prashant Bhargava, and actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Seema Biswas. In fact, in my intro to Prashant’s interview I said, “Prashant Bhargava’s Patang is an art film in the highest definition that is filled with exciting scenes, beautiful pictures and quiet moments, where a look or an action literally takes your breathe away.” Now I wish I had saved that line for this review because it really does describe the film perfectly. First, let’s set the scene.
The Place: The roofs and streets of Ahmedabad and the family home
The Time: During the kite flying festival Uttarayan
The Story: Patang weaves together the stories of six people transformed by the energy of India’s largest kite festival. A successful Delhi businessman Jayesh (Mukkund Shukla) takes his daughter Priya (Sugandha Garg...
The Place: The roofs and streets of Ahmedabad and the family home
The Time: During the kite flying festival Uttarayan
The Story: Patang weaves together the stories of six people transformed by the energy of India’s largest kite festival. A successful Delhi businessman Jayesh (Mukkund Shukla) takes his daughter Priya (Sugandha Garg...
- 6/15/2012
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Chicago – The exhilarating spectacle of kite flying holds a universal appeal. It allows mere mortals to experience the sensation of scraping the surface of the heavens. During the Uttarayan festivities in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a billowing canopy of color and movement hovers over the rooftops as citizens come together to participate in the country’s largest kite festival.
This annual event provides the backdrop for Chicago native Prashant Bhargava’s visually arresting, marvelously vibrant debut feature, “Patang” (“The Kite”). Effortlessly blending non-actors with some of India’s most renowned performers, “Patang” tells the story of Jayesh (Mukkund Shukla), a businessman whose trip to reconnect with his estranged family turns out to be both nostalgic and bittersweet. He’s welcomed with open arms by his sister-in-law, Sudha (Seema Biswas of “Water”), but is unable to escape the deep-seated resentments of his nephew, Chakku (Nawazuddin Siddiqui).
Meanwhile, Jayesh’s daughter,...
This annual event provides the backdrop for Chicago native Prashant Bhargava’s visually arresting, marvelously vibrant debut feature, “Patang” (“The Kite”). Effortlessly blending non-actors with some of India’s most renowned performers, “Patang” tells the story of Jayesh (Mukkund Shukla), a businessman whose trip to reconnect with his estranged family turns out to be both nostalgic and bittersweet. He’s welcomed with open arms by his sister-in-law, Sudha (Seema Biswas of “Water”), but is unable to escape the deep-seated resentments of his nephew, Chakku (Nawazuddin Siddiqui).
Meanwhile, Jayesh’s daughter,...
- 6/12/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
For Chicago-born Indian-American Prashant Bhargava, his debut feature film Patang [The Kite] is a seven-year labor of love. Rooted in the memory of his own uncles fighting kites in the sky, the writer/director decided to fashion his tale of familial bonds around the northern Indian festival, Uttarayana. By utilizing the dueling of magnificent beauty and fierce warfare the thin paper fliers portray, Bhargava gives us a metaphorical entity to mimic the battle between brothers Umesh and Jayresh. Two boys with differing ambitions, their kinship in youth rooted in their love of cutting down as many kites as possible. Teammates in the endeavor, age soon made way for their opposing aspirations in business, a contentious point they would finally part ways on.
The eldest saw the true heart of Old Ahmedabad and looked to continue the family’s work in his homeland while the other dreamed of progress. So as Jayesh (Mukkund Shukla...
The eldest saw the true heart of Old Ahmedabad and looked to continue the family’s work in his homeland while the other dreamed of progress. So as Jayesh (Mukkund Shukla...
- 10/5/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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