I finally watched BOL last night after listening to mixed reviews from friends and family. It is a movie made on many daring topics. The storyline is shocking enough that you will not realize time flying by. It pulls you in and jolts you with twists around every corner. You will actually feel hatred for some characters and pity for the others. The end is a reality but I kept hoping it would be different as this was a movie and anything could happen.
Hakim Sahib is the most deplorable of the characters but we see glimpses of him in many around us. People altering their religion to satisfy their self-made egos, picking and choosing religious elements that suit their lives and using religion to suppress others and feel superior. The story of Saif is heartbreaking and his acting is excellent. Zainab is the only one with some sense in the movie. However in the land of irrational she had to pay a high price for her courage. Atif Aslam character seems to have no emotions in the movie or at least he is unable to express them.
This movie reminded me of A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. The stories are far apart however there are similar underline themes like suppression of women, right of education, preference of sons over daughters, child abuse etc. The most surprising similarity was the opening scene and the ending of the movie. One courageous person sacrifice can make path of better life for the rest of the family.
Anyway this movie is highly recommended. as it is thought provoking and captivating.
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1 comments:
A very good review for a very very good movie. It took me good 10 days to get it over my mind. There was so much in the movie that we read about in news every day but now seeing it all together just makes it more real and tragic.
When a nation loses its basic human values, it moves toward a disaster of epic porportion. While i hope and pray it doesnt happen in PK.
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