Die Wut des Albert Pinto

Albert Pinto(Naseeruddin Shah) is a man with anger issues. He gets angry on almost every other issue. Reason for albert's anger is not shown exactly but we can easily guess why he is so angry at every other issue. It's because of the social issue, hardship from which a middle class man's family has to go through. The economic inequalities, the fight for survival, the difference between privileged and underprivileged. The film is basically a portyal of a man who is just angry from everything happening around him.

This movie does not aim for the reason or the solution or raises any question with its narrative, its rather the sketch of a person named Albert Pinto and his family which seems so real and you really get an sketch of middle class life in Mumbai around the 80's.

This movie is like showcase of talents. You see Nasseruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Dilip Dhawan, Smita Patil, Satish Shah, all the actors in their early days and its so good to see how natural were they even back then.

Naseruddin Shah was no where in the movie, all we can see was Albert Pinto. He was so much convincing. Other than him, I really liked Dilip Dhawan, altough in a limited role. His earlier movies were so much promising and he delivered strong performances in almost every movie.

The movie points out many social, economic and moral issues in the story line up. Somewhere it will make you think.

You can list this movie as one of the important movie in Indian cinema. A rare gem.

This is a slow movie depicting life style of average christian in commercial Indian society of early 80s. The time set of the movie is that of the great strike in the city of Bombay. Apart from an insight into the life style and the nature of the city itself, there is very little for a viewer to find out of the exact life of the christians in India.

Directed by the creator of the rags to riches story "raju ban gaya gentleman" and the excellent tongue-in-cheek comedy "Yes Boss" this is a superlative movie about the life of the Indian lower middle class of the late 70s. The angst, the issues are portrayed in a poignant manner. The acting is memorable with Naseerudin Shah as the titular character overshadowing everybody else. There are also other great actors like Om Puri in a two bit role, Satish Shah in a small but effective role as a local ruffian, Smita Patil as the handicapped sister of Albert(absolutely intense performance) and above them, Shabana Azmi as the girlfriend of Albert who has to bear his tantrums and face his insecurities regarding her. The movie plays on the backdrop of the Mumbai Cloth Mill strike. It perfectly captures the zeitgeist of the 70s like Dev D. did for the the first decade of the millennium. A must watch for every lover of good cinema. This is one movie which Indians should be proud of. The technical details could have been better but it has its heart in the right place. 4 out of 5 for this. A shame that no channel carries such socially relevant movies any more.

This is a Hindi language film starring Naseeruddin Shah with the title role.

The film has a good premise, trying to pick up a man on the street and portray the conditions around him that frusThis is a Hindi language film starring Naseeruddin Shah with the title role.\n \nThe film has a good premise, trying to pick up a man on the street and portray the conditions around him that frustrate and anger him. Such a film can be made as applicable for a given time and place, as in this case done for Mumbai in 1980. No wonder, the film has been remade recently, and it can and should be, globally by film makers everywhere, as a reflection of society at that slice of time and place.\n \nThe star cast is brilliant and talented and all have shone in whatever scenes they got. It is also clear that the story writer did have some messages to give. How the anger of the protagonist was towards more trivial issues earlier, and more impulsive. To how it grew into well moulded and towards bigger issues, in a sense more liberating.\n \nBut the way it has been executed is really very poor. The movie moves at a very boring pace.. And even at less than 2 hours, which is far shorter than an average film length in those times, could still have been either better executed via creativity or better screenplay. Or better edited..\n \nMany of the scenes had nothing to do with the theme of the film. Nor has a good flow been maintained to keep it entertaining. I wouldn\'t be surprised if many couldn\'t just lost interest in the film and stopped watching it half way..\n \nI rated it 6/10 in IMDB.\n \ntrate and anger him. Such a film can be made as applicable for a given time and place, as in this case done for Mumbai in 1980. No wonder, the film has been remade recently, and it can and should be, globally by film makers everywhere, as a reflection of society at that slice of time and place.

The star cast is brilliant and talented and all have shone in whatever scenes they got. It is also clear that the story writer did have some messages to give. How the anger of the protagonist was towards more trivial issues earlier, and more impulsive. To how it grew into well moulded and towards bigger issues, in a sense more liberating.

But the way it has been executed is really very poor. The movie moves at a very boring pace.. And even at less than 2 hours, which is far shorter than an average film length in those times, could still have been either better executed via creativity or better screenplay. Or better edited..

Many of the scenes had nothing to do with the theme of the film. Nor has a good flow been maintained to keep it entertaining. I wouldn't be surprised if many couldn't just lost interest in the film and stopped watching it half way..

If you watch this movie with the hope that it will unravel some secret aspect of Albert's life to you which will explain all his anger, then you're setting yourself up for disappointment. This movie is not about the person Albert Pinto, but rather its a socio-political statement on middle-class life in Mumbai during the 70s. In some ways, there is no plot. Its a sketch of family ups and downs, mostly downs. But its a very honest and terse sketch. Lots of good actors and realistic acting in the movie give it a very non-filmy feel. I specially liked the characterization of the women - played by Shabana and Smita. Very strong and opinionated and hardy. I suppose that the broad message of the movie is that the average man in those days was generally speaking angry because society holed him into only that slot.