By abhijeet kamble, July 2, 2008 - 17:09 IST 2 of 3 people found this review helpful
After Rajat Kapoor's MITHYA, its Arindham Nandy's VIA DARJEELING which perfectly fits in the category of 'intelligent cinema'..!!! This is something which i have never seen before. Its a suspense thriller which makes you guess, makes you use your brain n makes you to draw your conclusion yourself..very interesting! [but i know lot of people are gonna hate it..i have also read somewhere that its similar to the film Rashoman, i don't know, not sure...], it also require patience, it should have had more thriller king of feel. This 2 hrs flick does lack it's pace in the middle but the end is which worth waiting!!
VIA DARJEELING is good from the writing point of view (written by Arindham Nandy n Ranjan Das), Music n background score by Prabuddha Banerjee and Cinematography by Abhik Mukherjee is good. Editing by Arghyakamal Mitra is excellent, very cleverly edited!
Big applauds for the first time director Arindham Nandy who has the courage of choosing this kind of theme. One cannot ignore the fact that he has directed it so cleverly! Arindham is the director to watch for! Really waiting for your next film!!
Performances by everyone are worth praising, Vinay Pathak, Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Prashant Narayan n Rajat Kapoor stand out with their excellent performances!
On the whole, VIA DARJEELING has the ability of stimulating your intelligence..!! Definitely recommended..
My Rating: 3/5
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What I liked about the movie:
The hatke concept!
What I didn't like about the movie:
Nothing.
Would you recommend this movie to your friend: Yes
