Firaaq

Imagine a graveyard where there are only 2 people working in the middle of an afternoon where there are more than 100 Riot affected dead bodies lying to be buried. And suddenly a Dumper truck comes to this place and drops 100 more dead bodies to be buried just like a Cement truck dumps cement on a construction site. This is the first scene of this movie which really shook me to the core. I had so many expectations from this start.... but but but all my thrills were short lived as the movie took off.
The Gujrat riots is the back drop of this movie where how the life of the people especially the muslim community was affected due to the gruesome events. There are many characters in the movie and BOY all of them are HUGE heavy weights of the Film Industry. Paresh Raval and Dipti naval play a Gujrati couple where the house is dominated by a husband and the wife is a traumatized lady after seeing the riots. Paresh has absolutely no sympathy for the Musilim community and shows signs of a fanatic as well. One thing is for sure that if you are not familiar with Gujrati then the impact of these scenes would not hit you as much as if you understand the language. Sanjay Suri and Tisca Chopra play a Muslim couple who belong to the higher strata of the society but are shit scared after the riots and decide to move out of the city. Sanjay's role was too good and so was his performance which actually stood out in the movie.
The most boring scenes in the movie are whenever naseerudin shah comes on the 70 mm. His dialog delivery makes you feel sick and wonder when will he ever disappear from the screen. The role played by a 5 year old boy is unbelievable. His expressions were so natural and i give the credit for this to the cinematographer for capturing them so correctly. Especially the scene where he interacts with Dipti Naval in the Kitchen. The script was very strong and Nandita Das you surely have loads of talent but execution of the same is also extremely critical or else the end product would be as disappointing as FIRAQUE. Not to mention i also loved the performance of Shahana goswami who plays a downtrodden muslim lady who faces the aftermath of the Riots. She maintains the kind of sincerity which makes me believe that this lady has very bright future. I would not recommend this movie unless you are an ART movie magnet.
My Ratings: *1/2

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