This should have been the name for the movie. It was moving with such a low pace, practically just like a car parked at the roadside. No doubt, Konkana acted very well. But the movie fails in two senses. Firstly, I think there is a confusion between schizophrenic and mentally retarded patient. I mean, a schizophrenic lives a normal life (suitable to his age), except he has some extra, fictitious characters around and a private world inter-woven therein (this condition is not applicable, if the patient thinks, himself as a person from a very different age group, which was clearly not the case with this movie). Secondly, the director didn't have control over the scenes and may be to give an artistic touch, sacrificed the reliability in them. Many scenes were frivolous and irrelevant. Sometimes, they came abruptly and before you could catch your breath with them, they were gone!
The last scene was not very much clear, even after hours of thinking to me. May be it is my lack of imagination. Though, it triggered a new concept in my mind. Professionally, I am not supposed to reveal my ideas publicly. But, I am anyways, putting them here. Mainly for (again)two reasons. One, I don't have plans and also, credits to get into this field professionally in near future. Second, I might be creating another crap( I am still to test my caliber). Let's see, here it goes!
Konkona is schizophrenic and Shabana is her sister taking care of her. Most of the scenes occur in flash-back during the conversations of shabana with Dhritiman(the doctor), who is helping shabana get Konkona out of her troubles. (This is a three character script, though the others will keep popping at times). Then there is this hunt for 15 park avenue of Konkona. And the story develops........let's come to the final scene. Shabana is taking Konkona to some lane, which Konkona says is park avenue. Dhritiman is following(observing) them in the car. Meanwhile people around start bullying Shabana and Konkona. Shabana calls Dhritiman for help on her mobile. Dhritiman gets out of the car reaches shabana. Meanwhile Konkona disappears. Shabana starts searching for her very violently, from one door to the other. Dhritiman is trying to control her frustration. Finally, gives up and calls his assistants from the car. They all hold Shabana and take her in the car.
Moral: There was no character called Konkona. Shabana is schizophrenic and Konkona is merely a character in her delusion. Dhritman is treating Shabana and all those sessions were the treatment interrogations of Shabana!
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As usual, i disagree...apart from the scenes between Rahul bose and shefali shetty, i think the rest of the movie was very natural and believable.
as for the ending, i would like to say it is one of the few hindi movies from which an unexplained finale can be tolerated..:)
In fact, i think it was handled very sensitively.
kate
Can you explain the ending? when Konkona has disappeared and Shabana, Joydeep and Kunal keep asking about 15th Park Avenue?
At least I couldn't understand this whole ending!
And one more thing: It is either Shefali Chhaya or Shefai Shah....
Hey Kate,
Shall I say something you will agree upon?
"Kate, you always disagree"
What do you say? agree or disagree?
hehe...that's true....she was shefali chhaya, and she's now shefali shah....shetty is her maiden surname..:)
and of course, there's nothing wrong with agreeing to disagree...:)
as for the ending, while it did leave you without closure to the story, the direction convinced me that it wasn't done simply becase they couldn't think of any other way to end it...
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