Sauvik

Not too many words can be wasted on this movie. I have already wasted 2 and half hours of my life. To cut the long story short, this movie is all about the high society indulgence and a really lame story. The story lifts off from where it's predecessor left - Munez gets into Real Madrid. He becomes a part of high society, thereby drifting off from his loved ones. He searches for his mother and his step brother plays, It's about how he ... heck, the story is so badly narrated that I am not able to write a summary.

Danny Cannon did a way better job in Goal! The Dream Begins than Jaume Collet-Serra who has absolutely destroyed what could have been a potentially brilliant drama.

That's it. I refuse to write anymore for this piece of garbage. Did I mention that I feel like kicking Jaume Collet-Serra into the goalpost.

This movie has touched me in more ways than one. The beauty of the movie is its simplicity. Although an insight of Buddhism will enrich the experience, but it is not necessary. What is portrayed in the movie is universal.

The movie is essentially about a disciple of a monk and how he learns that life comes full circle just like the four seasons. Through the film we are taken on a subtle, beautiful journey - how the disciple grows, the success, faults and failures, and how he rises again to replace his master. The director did a splendid job. With minimalist dialogue, the movie moves forward on actions, expressions and visuals.

The director did a wonderful job in handpicking the actors. Even he plays a part in the movie. Everyone did a great job as (I believe) it is really hard to carry a movie on pure actions, emotions and expressions. And needless to say - they did it flawlessly.

The movie relies heavily on symbolism and one has to pay attention to minute details and think over and over to really appreciate the movie and the values it portrays.

I am sure that after watching this movie, you will be a different human being.

Director Kanti Shah is a genius. He doesn't belong with the mortals. His methods can be only compared to the likes of Quentin Tarantino. With that said, let me give you a fair idea about the movie.

This movie is more complex than Donnie Darko. Apparently, the entire plot occurs in a parallel universe where via Space-time warps, anyone can commute between shipyard/dock, airport/runway, desert/construction site, etc. in split seconds. The viewer must be aware of the fact that the time progression of the parallel universe is quite different from this universe as suggested by the rapid moving events. It must be also mentioned that the Newtonian laws of physics that holds true in this universe cannot be applied elsewhere. I am no authority over Newtonian physics but I believe Kanti Shah wanted to tell us that there exists no inertial frame of reference.

The acting is superb. In fact superb will be the understatement of the century. It is essentially the caliber of Mithunda that he's brilliantly able to take this movie from being an average to being a good movie and it is the sheer effort by the villains that takes this movie from being good to being great.

This review will remain incomplete and unjust if I don't mention the hard work put by Mr. Bashir Babar. He, as a scriptwriter, is at the top of his game. It takes great guts to write a script with every other line rhyming. The last time I found one was by Satyajit Ray - Hirok Rajar Deshe(1980).

The beauty of the movie lies in the fact that director Kanti Shah has not stated anything explicitly but stated things with explicit content. A movie on similar lines would be Loha (1997).

This movie is a must-watch classic piece of art.