Well, I am a Software engineer, who runs his kitchen, quite handsomely, by selling Science, Maths and at times, Powerpoint presentations. And I am doing it for years; a decade to be precise. While being so indulged in science & process, I do know that there is another side of the brain which functions for art, and it isn't the same. A discussion on history does bring a breath of fresh air for me. It breaks the monotony of science in my life. This film just did it precisely. I don't hold the Ph.D. degree in Arts or Pre - independence history, but every time that INA anthem played in the movie, I had goosebumps. And for that, this movie was worth it. I am not sure, how accurate it was in depicting the era of 1940's - it is something for historians to dissect - but I will have to say, I did understand what its maker wanted to convey. It does talks about an era when a lame Indian, not an indulgent one, had two choices to make, to choose the path of non-violent Gandhi or the military of Bose. We know that eventually Gandhi won and we got a partitioned India. But hypothetically, let's just assume, as it paints in the film, the victory of Bose's INA - hadn't we got a different India than what we have today. It is quite a seducing thought for one weekend. I believe the maker deliberately wanted to leave his audience with this thought. And I will have to say; the maker has been quite successful in that. At least in my case. Once the movie got over, I did check on the internet on the history of that era. So in the end, yes, I did like the movie.
As far as rating is concerned. I will hate to do that. I am a science student, not of art. I would hate to hear an explanation of quantum mechanics from an art student. And so, I assume would an art student protest my rating to the painting of Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci. I already stated the side of the brain which works for art doesn't work for science. So please do not take my rating seriously. I will just say, it isn't Casablanca nor it is La La Land, but for someone with Indian origin, it does have a connect.
Thanks Abhijeet Singh Author of Money Man, 21st century Super hero
As far as rating is concerned. I will hate to do that. I am a science student, not of art. I would hate to hear an explanation of quantum mechanics from an art student. And so, I assume would an art student protest my rating to the painting of Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci. I already stated the side of the brain which works for art doesn't work for science. So please do not take my rating seriously. I will just say, it isn't Casablanca nor it is La La Land, but for someone with Indian origin, it does have a connect.
Thanks Abhijeet Singh Author of Money Man, 21st century Super hero