UDAAN Film review
Udaan a film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and produced by Sanjay Singh, Anurag Kashyap and Ronnie Screwvala is a revolutionary masterpiece in the era of harsh corporatisation. With splendid light and cinematography it provides a visual treat to it’s spectators. The jovial mood depicted in the first phase of the film intimidates anyone to recall their high school days.
The protagonist Rohan presented a part of his sheer genius potential although rightly complemented by his fellows Benoy, Muninder and Vikram. Apart from all techinal aspects of the film all that really attracts the attention is it’s smart content and a decent presentation of the fact. Its a spirited protest against so called careeristic approach towards life. It right;y reminds me of Christopher Mc Andles to whom career is the greatest invention of 21st century. It’s useless to elucidate upon the underbellies of so called corporate perspective and tampering of human mindset in lieu of it rather the film relevantly depicts the significance of art and culture to prosper and nourish human civilization.
The symbolisms used by the maker legitimately emphasize on the enormity faced by people having subversive opinions towards this so called career obsessed society. Verses used by Rohan addressed to his dad says..” Zeed ka tumhare jo parda sadakta... khidkiyon se age bhi tum dekh paate....ankhon se adaton ki jo palkein hatate....To tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon....” Its the anthem of youth of India appealing to their over concerned parents. Its not a protest against them neither a warning rather its a benign request mingled with enigmatic culture and traditions of India. Rebukes and occasional teachings of Bhairav Singh exposes outworn principles of a frustrated father inclined to lead his children to his obsequiousness, this also elucidates on his dilemma between career and humanity which is an obvious conclusion drawn by ideological emptiness resulting in deterioration of human resource (read as mind which allocates other form of resources).
Udaan is such a film that would surely make an itchy feelings in your mind while watching it cause it is a nude portrayal of harsh reality unlike other films. It feels great to see that the viewers of Indian cinema have underwent a drastic change which was literally unexpected a decade ago. Udaan can be tagged as a masterpiece creation as it has been created to showcase hardcore reality and has dared to say “films are not mere means of entertainment anymore”, definitely it provides entertainment but the contents of films have started dominating viewer minds which we get to see in films by Ghatak and Bimal Roy. While it is not a visual extravaganza with scenic landscapes and item numbers rather visuals of Jamshedpur with steel plants and noises from those plants significantly shows the emptiness in human psychology. The small but significant poem named “Chandu ki cycle” depicts the exceptional and minute perception of Rohan as he establishes that things which hardly matters to this grown up world ,has the potential to make a child smile. Even their dream of having a lingerie shop depicts the obsession of children for opposite sex which is quite common in an era ,marked by phenomenal changes in the name of modernisation resulting in decisive degradation of human morale and psychology. There is a scene where Rohan narrates a story to his sibling Arjun while the latter was lying on hospital bed facilitates to have a glimpse of a greater vision. In this very scene Rohan unfolds how he with his friends ends up being robots in the name of education. Recently I came across a hoarding of a school with state-of-art facilities and urging parents to enroll their children while alluring to turn their kids to Bill Gates – its really unfortunate as well as funny on its part when our future Bill Gates are not being evaluated rather they are forced to share those dreams which their parents had in store for them ignorant of their own dreambusiness. The symbolic story by Rohan regarding the castle and its evil minister is an intelligent satire of modern education system where a child is not nurtured to create something rather they are forced to draw lines perpendicular to the planes of paper from various angles of the object giving an image on the paper. It surely reminds me of the wit presented by Kalidas in Abhigyan Shakuntalam as he used to write in an era when anyone couldn’t dare to voice against The King hence he had to rely upon smart mechanisms to convey his message and in the fifth act of Abhigyan Shakuntalam when the ashram boys entered the court with Shakuntala, one amongst them named Sharadvata remarked on the impureness of the court. Hence it is through Sharadvata, Kalidasa conveyed his message amongst the mass and that is also right in front of the majesty. Thus I can’t resist myself from regarding Rohan as Sharadvata as his verses regarding the castle and its evil minister is a deliberate as well as a graceful mockery of modern education system which is being sold as a commodity, which ensure sand are inclined to create business tycoons worth millions of dollars rather than creating visionaries of future who can lead mankind from servility to freedom.
At the end as an ardent film lover I would like to congratulate Vikramaditya Motwane for his wonderful creation and I would also like to thank Mr. Sanjay Singh, Mr. Anurag Kashyap and Mr. Ronnie Screwvala for presenting us with such a great film and hope to see more films like this till we get to quench our entire thirst for “good” filums.
Pawchaa
Udaan a film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and produced by Sanjay Singh, Anurag Kashyap and Ronnie Screwvala is a revolutionary masterpiece in the era of harsh corporatisation. With splendid light and cinematography it provides a visual treat to it’s spectators. The jovial mood depicted in the first phase of the film intimidates anyone to recall their high school days.
The symbolisms used by the maker legitimately emphasize on the enormity faced by people having subversive opinions towards this so called career obsessed society. Verses used by Rohan addressed to his dad says..” Zeed ka tumhare jo parda sadakta... khidkiyon se age bhi tum dekh paate....ankhon se adaton ki jo palkein hatate....To tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon....” Its the anthem of youth of India appealing to their over concerned parents. Its not a protest against them neither a warning rather its a benign request mingled with enigmatic culture and traditions of India. Rebukes and occasional teachings of Bhairav Singh exposes outworn principles of a frustrated father inclined to lead his children to his obsequiousness, this also elucidates on his dilemma between career and humanity which is an obvious conclusion drawn by ideological emptiness resulting in deterioration of human resource (read as mind which allocates other form of resources).
Udaan is such a film that would surely make an itchy feelings in your mind while watching it cause it is a nude portrayal of harsh reality unlike other films. It feels great to see that the viewers of Indian cinema have underwent a drastic change which was literally unexpected a decade ago. Udaan can be tagged as a masterpiece creation as it has been created to showcase hardcore reality and has dared to say “films are not mere means of entertainment anymore”, definitely it provides entertainment but the contents of films have started dominating viewer minds which we get to see in films by Ghatak and Bimal Roy. While it is not a visual extravaganza with scenic landscapes and item numbers rather visuals of Jamshedpur with steel plants and noises from those plants significantly shows the emptiness in human psychology. The small but significant poem named “Chandu ki cycle” depicts the exceptional and minute perception of Rohan as he establishes that things which hardly matters to this grown up world ,has the potential to make a child smile. Even their dream of having a lingerie shop depicts the obsession of children for opposite sex which is quite common in an era ,marked by phenomenal changes in the name of modernisation resulting in decisive degradation of human morale and psychology. There is a scene where Rohan narrates a story to his sibling Arjun while the latter was lying on hospital bed facilitates to have a glimpse of a greater vision. In this very scene Rohan unfolds how he with his friends ends up being robots in the name of education. Recently I came across a hoarding of a school with state-of-art facilities and urging parents to enroll their children while alluring to turn their kids to Bill Gates – its really unfortunate as well as funny on its part when our future Bill Gates are not being evaluated rather they are forced to share those dreams which their parents had in store for them ignorant of their own dreambusiness. The symbolic story by Rohan regarding the castle and its evil minister is an intelligent satire of modern education system where a child is not nurtured to create something rather they are forced to draw lines perpendicular to the planes of paper from various angles of the object giving an image on the paper. It surely reminds me of the wit presented by Kalidas in Abhigyan Shakuntalam as he used to write in an era when anyone couldn’t dare to voice against The King hence he had to rely upon smart mechanisms to convey his message and in the fifth act of Abhigyan Shakuntalam when the ashram boys entered the court with Shakuntala, one amongst them named Sharadvata remarked on the impureness of the court. Hence it is through Sharadvata, Kalidasa conveyed his message amongst the mass and that is also right in front of the majesty. Thus I can’t resist myself from regarding Rohan as Sharadvata as his verses regarding the castle and its evil minister is a deliberate as well as a graceful mockery of modern education system which is being sold as a commodity, which ensure sand are inclined to create business tycoons worth millions of dollars rather than creating visionaries of future who can lead mankind from servility to freedom.
At the end as an ardent film lover I would like to congratulate Vikramaditya Motwane for his wonderful creation and I would also like to thank Mr. Sanjay Singh, Mr. Anurag Kashyap and Mr. Ronnie Screwvala for presenting us with such a great film and hope to see more films like this till we get to quench our entire thirst for “good” filums.
Pawchaa
