The soundtrack of gulaal is awesome. But it has to be discovered.
I enjoyed the character of Piyush Mishra the most. His poetry, rendition etc. When I was growing up, I read a few select books in every summer vacation. One was Bhagat Singh's biography and the other was Chandrashekhar Azad's. And I always picked Azad over Bhagat.
They had different styles. Bhagat Singh wanted to discuss and tell his views to everybody. He wanted discussion, reasoning and a broader understanding, and he chose a courtroom as his platform, albeit at the cost of his life.
Jab Maut ant hai nahin, to maut se bhi kyun daren, yeh ja ke aasman mai dahad do
Azad wasn't the type who cared about reasons. ( I am starting to include my bias at precisely this point). He just wanted to do a few things his way. He did them and left. I guess, since there is so less known and heard about his that the same cannot be rehashed again and again.
Yudh hi to veer ka praman hai
The movie exposes the concept of Rajputana and how IG with one stroke nationalized inherited wealth and planned to redistribute it equitably among other. I have no idea, how god was that execution. I hope it brought on some good.
But needless to say, an action as swift as this would produce resentment.
Movies can fall into genre, like crime, drama, comedy etc. But I like to classify them on the parameter of their objectives. A non exhaustive list on a variety of objectives can be :
1. Show a mirror to the society or a focus group. Delhi 6
2. Articulate an undercurrent and catch the pulse of people. Rang De Basanti
3.Give people 3 hours of break from their existence. The Yash Johar, Chopra kiln, risqué comedys.
4. etc.
Gulaal tries to capture the pulse and also present a mirror. (Now I am being ambitious here, trying to fist manufacture a classification and then putting a movie on a pedestal saying that it is a hybrid one)
Hell, but why does Anurag Kashyap make women in his movies so strong and practical.
Books update.
I liked Gulaal.
