My Rating : 8/10
Se7en is a phenomena in the genre of psychological crime thrillers. India, predominantly Bollywood, shuns from making such movies due to the high level of violence depicted on screen. 'Chup' challenges and changes (hopefully!) the status quo. 'Masterpiece', 'Classic' - the notion of using these words is too vacuous to have any meaning anymore. I'm going to term this film as a 'movement of transcendence'. Writing critical comments is not a worthwhile process.
Is 'Chup' purely existentialist in nature? An existential death of the main character? Or his notion of life is rather a composite of the existential conception of being-towards-death and the traditional metaphysical conception of an artistic death? Limitations of cinematic space have thus raised the question of where to put the line of demarcation regarding the content of the artist's art and his place in the world. I prefer a close reading of the text - both sympathetic and critical.
'Chup' is a perfect marriage of concept, logic and metanarrative cinema. The overwhelming plurality of perceived items can be daunting whoever a desirable goal has been accomplished thus and I hope all audiences find the right entrance into it - that's what matters the most, not the circular process of criticism. Unconcealment is the essence of truth and 'Chup' asserts, it points out, it 'lets' what is 'be seen' in its uncoveredness.
'Chup' is infinitely illuminating - Jalaa do ise Jalaa do jalaa do - Sitaaro se jalaa do - go watch it right away.
Se7en is a phenomena in the genre of psychological crime thrillers. India, predominantly Bollywood, shuns from making such movies due to the high level of violence depicted on screen. 'Chup' challenges and changes (hopefully!) the status quo. 'Masterpiece', 'Classic' - the notion of using these words is too vacuous to have any meaning anymore. I'm going to term this film as a 'movement of transcendence'. Writing critical comments is not a worthwhile process.
Is 'Chup' purely existentialist in nature? An existential death of the main character? Or his notion of life is rather a composite of the existential conception of being-towards-death and the traditional metaphysical conception of an artistic death? Limitations of cinematic space have thus raised the question of where to put the line of demarcation regarding the content of the artist's art and his place in the world. I prefer a close reading of the text - both sympathetic and critical.
'Chup' is a perfect marriage of concept, logic and metanarrative cinema. The overwhelming plurality of perceived items can be daunting whoever a desirable goal has been accomplished thus and I hope all audiences find the right entrance into it - that's what matters the most, not the circular process of criticism. Unconcealment is the essence of truth and 'Chup' asserts, it points out, it 'lets' what is 'be seen' in its uncoveredness.
'Chup' is infinitely illuminating - Jalaa do ise Jalaa do jalaa do - Sitaaro se jalaa do - go watch it right away.