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10/10
Spreading much needed awareness via Star power.
30 October 2016
Many people rightly guessed that Leonardo DiCaprio would win this year's Academy Award for Best Actor. Many also surmised that his acceptance speech will reference the cause he's been championing for sometime now: reducing climate change. DiCaprio, himself one of this Planet's most visible public personality, ropes in the who's who of cultural figures to undergird this 'very inconvenient truth' we are facing (didn't use that phrase accidentally by the way).

However, to say that Leo has used his influence to spread a personal propaganda would be doing the whole point of the movie an injustice.The documentary shows us on location evidence of the partial ruin of our planet. These claims are reinforced by experts in various related fields throughout the World.

The cinematography is occasionally hypnotic, the message is visceral and the results are deeply thought provoking. While the implications of the matter being discussed are Universal, one gets the feeling that the team behind the film is consistently telling us that change begins from within. This must be the message everybody who watches and believes in this film must take away. When we do our part, the World changes.

I sincerely ask those who have watched this or are planning watch not to get distracted by accusations of political or other biases on part of the filmmakers. The topic of this documentary is something which affects you, me and the generations that will follow us. It's time to come together, introspect and act.
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Psycho Raman (2016)
9/10
Wonderfully Sinister
24 June 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Raman Raghav 2.0 begins with a disclaimer saying this movie is NOT about the 1960s era killer who operated in Mumbai. This is evident from the trailer, and the seizure inducing opening scene, which could only be set in today's EDM themed clubs. This film is Anurag Kashyap delving into the mind of a serial killer who is running loose in a populous metropolis.

The movie is, for the most part, a cop-criminal chase. But unlike most Bollywood fare, the cop is as bent as a sickle and by the end of the film the audience is left wondering who is the more diabolical of the two - the psychologically disturbed Ramanna or the chain smoking, coke-snorting Assistant Commissioner of Police Raghavan. Nawazuddin Siddiqui IS Ramanna, and continues his prolific character interpretations under Anurag Kashyap. Vicky Kaushal makes a convincing turn as the corrupt cop, and Sobhita Dhulipala is a revelation as the emotionally battered 'girlfriend'.

The movie is split into Tarantinoesque chapters. This paces the movie perfectly, with each scene never getting ahead of another. The second chapter named 'The Sister' is the most affecting of all, showing a frightening glimpse of Ramanna's past and psyche. The final chapter which brings together the three main characters of the movie is reminiscent of the confrontation between Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow ( at least a part of her) and Kevin Spacey in David Fincher's Se7en.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's extended monologues ooze class and are as disturbing as the scar over the right side of his forehead. The gore and bloodshed in the film aid in the shock of the events unfolding before one's eyes without being gratuitous. Ram Sampath's music complements the intrigue and tension running through the film.

This movie is not for the faint of heart but must be experienced as it is an indication of how far Indian thrillers have come over the past decade or so.
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