Saturday, June 11, 2016

Party (Dir. Govind Nihalani, 1984)

(Reviewed 3.5/5 in October 2015 on letterboxd.com)

Nihalani's adaptation of the marathi play by Mahesh Elkunchwar is a solid second outing from the director after his hugely popular first attempt, Ardh Satya. The film raises pertinent questions regarding the purpose of art and whether there can be two levels of existence for an artist when it comes to dealing with socio-political issues. The film however digresses to show us the insecurity faced by certain other minor characters which somehow weakens its impact. Somewhere the film gave me an impression that it might have benefitted from a Mrinal Sen style exploration instead of a Madhur Bhandarkar one.

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