Vishal Vakra

Vishal Vakra

Favorite films

  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Harakiri
  • The Sword of Doom
  • Landscape in the Mist

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  • Yodha

  • The Shop Around the Corner

    ★★★★

  • Lonely Planet

  • Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

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  • Atonement

    Atonement

    ★★★★

    Too heartbreaking.

  • Burden of Dreams

    Burden of Dreams

    ★★★★½

    Articulate your dreams.

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  • love in the time of other times

    love in the time of other times

    ★★★★½

    I'm almost envious to these guys for figuring out an ingenious solution to the constraints of working as an indie filmmaker. God, I wish I had the idea.

    Our generation is crippled with over-thinking, overconsumption, and all of this happening rapidly. This is a remedy for that. A medicine. To engross yourself in a story and experience the relationships, struggles and insecurities of the character while also having that reflective element is brilliant.

    Krishang is just there and he's authentic.…

  • Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal

    Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal

    ★★★½

    I imagine the writer/director – Aditya Kriplani's – state of mind or his conscience as to Mahendra Pratap being locked inside that cupboard. They aren't similar in any way but it must have been extremely painful and terrifying for him and for anyone who understands and essentially feels for the problem of rape. And it isn't a small one, from any perspective – morally or psychologically. And I feel the film is a honest attempt. All the bottled feelings, questions…