What a beautiful and soulful film. It captures the intricate emotions that Bombay stirs in the hearts of those who call it home. A city you are compelled to love, even as it inevitably makes you suffer. It portrays the way so many escape the oppressiveness of their origins, chasing the hope of a better, freer life. The central characters’ struggle for resolution and freedom is both poignant and deeply relatable.
The film’s contemplative pace feels poetic, with its scenes…
It's refreshing to see actual teenagers—complete with the awkwardness of braces and pimples—portrayed in a teenage film, rather than 30-year-olds playing the roles with chiseled bodies and perfect skin. This isn’t to say I believe realism is inherently a better way of making films. I hold no such opinions—every film is a deliberate construction of an image and perspective. The perspective in this film is one of deep honesty. Rather than longing for the golden years of youth we often…
A very poignant portrayal of life as an immigrant. Nora's mother says in the beginning of the film when asked by a friend why she wants to leave everything and go to America, she says "When you leave, you lose some things but also gain some things." That is the essence of the film. It explores with such beautiful complexity the conflict between Nora's ambition and her longing for home. Very relatable.
