Mail from Calcutta at Plaza Cinema
Sep 18, 2003
Film: Calcutta Mail<br>Starring: Anil Kapoor, Manisha, Rani Mukherjee, Om Puri, Saurabh Shukla, Sayaji Shinde<br>Director: Sudhir Mishra<br>Producer: Southern Stars<br>Music: Viju Shah<br>Reviewed by: Sebidde Kiryowa<br>Showing At: Plaza Cinema
Bollywood loves and thrives on western remakes. But once in a while, you get an Indian film that is a remake of another. That is exactly what director Sudhir Mishra does with the “emotional thriller†Calcutta Mail. And for an acclaimed director, like Mishra is in Bollywood, every movie comes with a lot of expectations.
Does he raise to the occasion? “A routine potboiler, this Calcutta Mail has arrived, but with little to offer in terms of novelty or freshness, thereby giving its passengers a bumpy ride,†one critic says. Besides its director, this movie has been hailed for its great music, dialogues and cinematography.
But many Indian flicks revolve around the same subjects. If that was the criterion for judging them, Bollywood would have gone to sleep by now. It remains to be seen what Asian movie goers in Ugandan think.
The film starts off with Anil Kapoor arriving in the Indian city of Calcutta, in search of his son. He finds a temporary residence where he bumps into Rani Mukherji. Rani is a novelist in disguise staying with the chawl tenants to observe closely their mannerisms and behaviour. Anil has to share his room with Rani and, gradually, she finds herself getting attracted to him.
The plot evolves around Anil finding a lead to find his son, but he is eventually betrayed by this clue. This culminates into a fight where Anil is injured. The plot then unfolds into a flashback as Anil narrates his past to Rani.
Anil eventually recovers, the novelist has gained a plot, but the whereabouts of Anil’s son still eludes him. Will he ultimately find his son? Find out at Plaza Cinema.
Does he raise to the occasion? “A routine potboiler, this Calcutta Mail has arrived, but with little to offer in terms of novelty or freshness, thereby giving its passengers a bumpy ride,†one critic says. Besides its director, this movie has been hailed for its great music, dialogues and cinematography.
But many Indian flicks revolve around the same subjects. If that was the criterion for judging them, Bollywood would have gone to sleep by now. It remains to be seen what Asian movie goers in Ugandan think.
The film starts off with Anil Kapoor arriving in the Indian city of Calcutta, in search of his son. He finds a temporary residence where he bumps into Rani Mukherji. Rani is a novelist in disguise staying with the chawl tenants to observe closely their mannerisms and behaviour. Anil has to share his room with Rani and, gradually, she finds herself getting attracted to him.
The plot evolves around Anil finding a lead to find his son, but he is eventually betrayed by this clue. This culminates into a fight where Anil is injured. The plot then unfolds into a flashback as Anil narrates his past to Rani.
Anil eventually recovers, the novelist has gained a plot, but the whereabouts of Anil’s son still eludes him. Will he ultimately find his son? Find out at Plaza Cinema.