Mar 21, 2010

LSD - Dibakar Continues His Awesome Form



Dibakar Banerjee is known for making movies which are unconventional and yet, have pretty good content. But, with LSD, apart from being unconventional, he goes for something which has been rarely experimented in Bollywood. India's premiere digital film, which means its been shot completely in security cameras, hand-held cameras and hidden cams. The film has 3 stories, and as the title indicates - the first story deals with love, second with sex and last with dhokha. All the 3 stories are different in their own storyline, but the part which I loved was their connection with each other. Most of the cast is new, but the director has chosen them well. All the three stories were brilliantly handled, thanks to the cinematography. Among all the 3 stories, I loved the first one, which is titled 'Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna'. I loved the female lead of this story, she is really pretty, and suited the role perfectly. The last story was pretty common, like the casting couch thing which generally goes on film industries. The second one dealt with MMS scandal and porn industry. Some scenes are disturbing, but the originality of the story and brilliant performances make up to it. Plus, these are some things which actually happen, so hats off to Dibakar for showing the truth behind the scandals. I'd give it a 3.5 stars.

5 comments:

  1. Dibakar said that those who didn't like the film title shouldn't watch the film & I really don't like the title & I am least interested in such flicks.

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  2. Don't judge a book by its cover! Of course, the title says Sex, and yeah, it has depiction of sex, but its not like they've showed it openly or something!
    Whats the point being a hypocrite! We see everything in English and other films, but when it comes to Bollywood, we start being all conservative. Let's not be a hypocrite - we know everything, we do everything, but when comes to our own neighborhood, we start criticizing. Let's face whats happening in reality.

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  3. Whoa! That's something to ponder... But man, I think you didn't get me. When I said that I am least interested in such flicks, I meant that particular genre as a whole; be it Hollywood or Bollywood or whatever. & from the title to trailers, LSD creates just one image in my mind - porn! & I really get disgusted with such material. & yeah, I agree with you that whatever the film showcases is a part of reality but, I am not telling otherwise, am I? & I think I know what is happening in this world enough for owns good (or bad?) & so, this movie would hardly serve as a revelation. Thanks but, I am not interested in watching the disgusting realities of life on reel when I am well aware of it in real.

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  4. Well again, when I was telling you about Hollywood movies, I never said about sex genre, I just said even many other normal movies have many sex scenes in them. Does that prevent you from watching them? No right!
    That's all I wanted to say!

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  5. Well... Yes! I don't watch the sex scenes if I can help it & sometimes, I stop watching the movie itself (e.g., City of God)!

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