This film is about a naval officer, Rustom Pavri, who is accused of murdering the guy his wife was having an affair with. This is based on the K.M. Nanavasti vs State of Maharashtra. He comes back home from his duties over seas, and comes home to his wife missing from his home. He finds letters that prove that she has been cheating on him while he was gone. He then shoots his wife’s lover and the rest of the film is finding out whether Rustom is guilty or not.
This film was very different from most Bollywood movies. It had technical parts that was very different. This film uses a color palette that really stands out, and uses mostly green and red throughout the film. There is almost a filter that makes bright colors stand out to make nearly neon, giving it a 50’s/60’s vibe (this was set in 1959). I have never seen the wipe transition in any serious movie before, and that was odd to see. Most of the aerial shots when Rustom was out at sea were tilted shots. This movie had a lot of technical aspects that I did not expect. A scene that stood out to me was the scenes in the beginning when the director shows Rustom, thinking about him and Cynthia, his wife, on his way home from sea. This was quite montage-like. Here is where most of the bright colors were, lots of natural light, very Bollywood, and this almost leads you into a different direction of the film. This scene is the only part of the film that appears to be happy, the rest of the film goes downhill from there. This film was okay. Going into this, I thought it would be about a love story of a naval officer and his wifey and the ups and downs of him trying to get back home and while he’s away and all that, but the advertising mislead me. My favorite singer’s song was in here and they threw it away in the first 20 minutes in the romantic montage and I was so disappointed. Overall, the story was cool, a bit slow in the beginning, but the pleading in court was exciting and fun to watch what the jury decides in the end. Lately, I’ve noticed that Bollywood is lacking in making their movies really “Bollywood.” Instead, they have given up on original ideas, and have been using adapted stories.
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