Waiting:
For a Miracle!
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Anu Menon’s film ‘Waiting’
speaks volumes about life and its momentariness. It breathes life into us with
hope and resilience to deal with uncertainties in life. It asks some
philosophical questions about how we perceive love and our relationships. It tells
us that holding on to someone and something that we love may not always be the
right thing to do. It makes us understand that sometimes letting go is a
gesture of expressing your love to one whom you love the most.
The word ‘Waiting’
may mean differently to changing situations – it can be longing when in love;
it can be frustrating when you are impatient; it can be anger after repeatedly failed
assurances; it can be just helplessness when
you loss grip of life’s situations; it can be mere prayers when you just rely
on some miracle to happen. Anu Menon’s ‘Waiting’ takes the viewers through a
string of above mentioned emotions and feelings through her well-developed
characters Shiv and Tara – the lead protagonists.
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Shiv Natraj, a
professor is in waiting since eight months holding on to the hope that his wife
will come out of coma who is hospitalized in an elite hospital in Cochin. He
has mugged up everything written on net, books and research journals about
similar cases, possibilities and treatments for speedy recovery and is not
ready to hear anything negative about the possibility of not getting back his
wife hale and healthy. For him his 40 years of married life with his wife Pankhaja
( Suhasini Maniratnam) a Keralite had been a joy too difficult to let go. On
the contrary, Dr. Nirupam Malhotra (Rajat Kapoor), the doctor in charge of his
ailing wife has a different opinion. Dr. Malhotra believes that Shiv is unnecessarily
and unrealistically holding on to his wife and its high time he should give
consent to remove her from life support system.
Tara is shocked,
shattered and is struggling to come to terms to see her husband in a vegetative
state in the same hospital after he met with a tragic car accident in Cochin.
She is yet to come out from her newly married bliss that this incident struck
her so hard. She feels lonely and frustrated even more when she says she has more
than a five thousand twitter followers and fifteen hundred facebook friends and
yet no one around. She is disillusioned about her friends and friendship when
she finds alone in the hospital corridors waiting for a good news to reach her about
her hubby’s recovery.
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Naseeruddin Shah and
Kalki Koechlin as Shiv and Tara are so natural and strikingly perfect in their
act that the viewers are able to internalize the trauma, pain, and hope they
experience in their life. They both bring on screen quite successfully the mind
set and point of view about life of two schools of thought – the old and the
young Gen Y. According to Shiv the young are in a hurry – everything for them
is ‘Now’ and ‘Oh Shit’ Oh fuck’ may sometimes mean as ‘Oh Wow’ or ‘Oh wonderful’
too!!!
And for Tara, Shiv is
Zen like. Disturbed but yet calm, shattered but still gathered together,
uncertain but certain even in uncertainties, helpless but still helpful to
others.
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The roles played by
Rajat Kapoor, Suhasini Maniratnam, Arjun Mathur, Ratnabali Bhattacharjee as
Tara’s friend and Rajeev Ravindranathan as Girish - office colleague and friend
of Arjun Mathur are noticeable and well performed. Each character is distinct
and has an important role to play in developing the story further. The climax
is the crux of life that leaves the audience to figure out what life actually
is to them!
Apurva Asrani and Nitin Baid’s editing does wonders to this film.
Apurva is already basking in the glory and positive response ‘Aligarh’ received
and ‘Waiting’ is another feather in his cap for his awesome work. Music by
McCleary is noteworthy and songs like Zara Zara sung by Vishal Dadlani and Kavita
Seth; Tu Hai Tho Mai Hoon sung by Anushka Manchanda and Nikhil D’Souza; Got My
Eyes on You sung by Mikey McCleary; and Waiting for You sung by Anushka
Manchanda and Mikey McCleary are too good and melodious. These songs are worth
to be added to your personal collections.
Anu Menon truly
deserves all the credit for offering such a believable, soulful and life
inspiring film. In short, life is a series of bold decisions and some keeps you
‘Waiting’!
Are you waiting to
watch ‘Waiting’, then please don’t… just go and watch this beautiful film without
any further delay and get blown away by its take on life, bonding and love!!!!
Live, Love and Laugh!!!
Life
Connoisseur Movie Rating: 4/5
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah (Prof. Shiv), Kalki Koechlin (Tara), Rajat Kapoor (Dr.
Malhotra), Arjun Mathur (Husband of Tara), Suhasini Maniratnam (Pankhaja)
Genre:
Family Drama
Director:
Anu Menon
Producers:
Priti Gupta, Manish Mundra
Written
by:
Atika Chohan (Dialogues)
Screenplay:
Anu Menon, james Ruzicka, Atika Chohan
Music
by:
Mikey McCleary
Cinematography:
Neha Parti Matiyani
Edited
by:
Apurva Asrani, Nitin Baid
Production:
Ishka Films, Drishyam Films
Release
Date: 27th May, 2016
Duration:
98 Minutes
Language:
Hindi
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