naheed hafiz

This is one of the best adaptations of Leo Tolstoy’s work. The lead star cast is in top perform and is ably supported by the supporting cast. Direction and Production Values are high class with very good camerawork , sound and background score. Go for it if you haven’t seen it .

I really loved this film. Brilliant Performances and Glen Close stole the show. It was real. A woman in love giving it all up only to be a shadow of the man, her selflessness and support was laudable. Human relations were woven very well and the complexities brought about very intelligently.

This is a must watch. Keeps you totally enthralled. Hugh Grant gives an impeccable performance. Ben was ably cast and was a natural. The supporting cast is very good. The reason I refrain from 5 stars is - that when Norman Scott episode occurred - Mr. Thorpe was supposedly 39 years but Grant instead of a middle age man is made to look like a seniors citizen -old and grandfatherly - whatever for ?!! And a decade and half later when trial starts hez almost same -This apart the entire incident is well captured. Needless to say one gets the creeps about the British Tabloids - monstrous - they were the same then - and worse now.

This is a sure shot intriguing thriller packed with top performances . A must watch.

I liked the movie - it’s very engrossing - but the ending is disastrous - absolutely pathetic - A man cannot choose to be with a psychopath, a murderer , manipulative woman - because she artificially inseminated herself with his sperm. Imagine someone “ spending the whole life with such a woman” The woman needs help and such a woman would cause so much harm to the child and the man would end up dysfunctional and insane himself . Both the couple are soft criminals - please can someone save that child - if ever there was one . 😔

It’s one of the BEST Documentaries that I have seen. Thank you to the writers/ Directors for making such an unbiased and objective series. Being from India - and having been around the Rajneesh era - all that majority did here was shun and ridicule the Guru & his followers me being no different for his permissive thinking and outrageous activities - which tore into a conservative Indian Society. However the series gave an insight into the other side - city of Oregon - built by their efforts single handedly which was awesome - their efforts were brilliant - I also apologise for being judgemental about them - and when the series ended I felt bad for the group - thought they were persecuted by the people there and the country as well. The country never understood them. Had the personal secretary been more humble and gentle in her approach things would have been different. Her intense desire to win at all costs- was finally the undoing. To get it all and then lose it all. Tragedy. Having said that “ she was a remarkable woman - an achiever “ - the negatives are for law to decide . Wish Oregonians hadn’t got intimidated by them -and not been so suspicious and regressive - come on - look what they did in a year - you haven’t been able to do it in 3 decades - Also Osho’s premature death needs to be probed. Keeping the permissive or was it savage sex out of their domain -and few other rumoured activities - they could have done better . Honestly - after the insight by the series - Osho has earned respect - including me! At the end of it - he was a human and no Bhagwan - had to err somewhere - and as always - Out of a score of 10 - Nobody looks at your 9 right things that you have done - what is always highlighted & humiliated is the one wrong ! Always.

I loved the movie though it is flawed . It has its moments of grandeur and gloss just as it leaves you confused about its glitches. But despite all you bring the movie and love story home . This to all those who believe it is better to have loved and lost rather than not loved at all. This movie very simply tells you - pure unadulterated love - has no reason , conditions or explanations - don’t believe then watch KALANK and have Alia Bhatt explain it you beautifully this statement . She alone is reason enough to watch KALANK. Minus from here Sanjay n his shawls n blank expressions - Madhuri’s pretentious presence - she was more Madhuri n less Begum Jehan - Also Manish Malhotra needs to be pulled up for making his stars costumes as a Ramp Show and Amitabh Bhattacharya for writing lyrics “ baki sab first class hai” - for a period film only he could have been singing that in that era and probably got whacked.