The story of a 14-year-old boy who finds out his revered older brother is gay, and what happens afterwards, is interesting. There are a LOT of what we would call "gaps" in the plot, so don't expect things to always be logical or realistic
I know that one cannot judge movies about social issues by Western standards
I already know that Indian movie-making is vastly different but having seen other Indian movies I was hoping for more. I know that dialogue, editing, pacing and plot development don't adhere to Hollywood norms
Even given that... I found it hard to grok why the one who seems to react the most strongly to the coming out is the gay kid's 14 year old kid brother. To me that just seemed unfathomable
Adding to the weirdness is that more than half the spoken dialogue is in English. I thought it might just be that the film was dubbed but about the same amount is in Hindi. Even most of the signs that students are waving at one point are all in English.
If the characters have assimilated that much western culture, how have they failed to assimilate this aspect of western culture as well?
It IS odd that the two families arrange a meeting of the parents to deal with the "the problem" but in a culture that still arranges marriages I was surprised by that. I'm chagrined to admit that the weird thought crossed my mind that while I was hoping to avert it happening I'd be curious to know if one of the kids committed suicide would the other commit suttee.
I was curious why the film makers even made a movie on what is such a taboo subject in India. As with many Indian movies they end on a happy musical note and all the ends are tied up with a happy ending that's never really examined too closely.
I know that one cannot judge movies about social issues by Western standards
I already know that Indian movie-making is vastly different but having seen other Indian movies I was hoping for more. I know that dialogue, editing, pacing and plot development don't adhere to Hollywood norms
Even given that... I found it hard to grok why the one who seems to react the most strongly to the coming out is the gay kid's 14 year old kid brother. To me that just seemed unfathomable
Adding to the weirdness is that more than half the spoken dialogue is in English. I thought it might just be that the film was dubbed but about the same amount is in Hindi. Even most of the signs that students are waving at one point are all in English.
If the characters have assimilated that much western culture, how have they failed to assimilate this aspect of western culture as well?
It IS odd that the two families arrange a meeting of the parents to deal with the "the problem" but in a culture that still arranges marriages I was surprised by that. I'm chagrined to admit that the weird thought crossed my mind that while I was hoping to avert it happening I'd be curious to know if one of the kids committed suicide would the other commit suttee.
I was curious why the film makers even made a movie on what is such a taboo subject in India. As with many Indian movies they end on a happy musical note and all the ends are tied up with a happy ending that's never really examined too closely.