Being Cyrus – A Review
Directed by the debutant director Homi Adajania, the story’s written by Kersi Khambatta. This is Saif Ali Khan's first English feature film. The movie seems to be garnering a lot of attention and some very gushing reviews, which, to my mind, demonstrate the fickle nature of the viewer & the reviewer.
Being a catostomidae for creative movies that have a touch of finesse, I jumped at the first opportunity to see this film. Have never been more wrong in my choice & judgment.
This is a "select" film for a "select" crowd. It’s a starkly natural film with extreme close-ups of the pigsty existence of the Sethna family. We have sadly started relating to films synonymous to bare reality as being arty & classy. Being Cyrus is a dark comedy based on the Parsi community in general.
The story revolves round the Sethnas. I admit there are some brilliant performances by Naseeruddin Shah (Dinshaw Sethna), Boman Irani (Farokh Sethna), Dimple Kapadia (Katy Sethna) & Honey Chayya (Fardounjee Sethna). Despite boasting such talents, the development of the storyline is sluggish. Most of the viewers cling on hoping that the next scene would perhaps bring them the much needed redemption from stagnating boredom. But nay…no such luck here!
Being Cyrus has been hyped as a movie at par with others like Iqbal and Mr & Mrs, which were, creatively made films with tight controlled performances and an effortless flow to the story line. Being Cyrus on the other hand has abrupt picturization of certain information that Adjania tries to feed the audience in punctuated but abrupt rushes that leaves one baffled. This movie’s supposedly a thriller that fails to thrill.
Copyright © BuntysBanter 2006
Being a catostomidae for creative movies that have a touch of finesse, I jumped at the first opportunity to see this film. Have never been more wrong in my choice & judgment.
This is a "select" film for a "select" crowd. It’s a starkly natural film with extreme close-ups of the pigsty existence of the Sethna family. We have sadly started relating to films synonymous to bare reality as being arty & classy. Being Cyrus is a dark comedy based on the Parsi community in general.
The story revolves round the Sethnas. I admit there are some brilliant performances by Naseeruddin Shah (Dinshaw Sethna), Boman Irani (Farokh Sethna), Dimple Kapadia (Katy Sethna) & Honey Chayya (Fardounjee Sethna). Despite boasting such talents, the development of the storyline is sluggish. Most of the viewers cling on hoping that the next scene would perhaps bring them the much needed redemption from stagnating boredom. But nay…no such luck here!
Being Cyrus has been hyped as a movie at par with others like Iqbal and Mr & Mrs, which were, creatively made films with tight controlled performances and an effortless flow to the story line. Being Cyrus on the other hand has abrupt picturization of certain information that Adjania tries to feed the audience in punctuated but abrupt rushes that leaves one baffled. This movie’s supposedly a thriller that fails to thrill.
Copyright © BuntysBanter 2006
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