Minia's Mundane Musings

1917 Wow! Just wow! It isn't just for no reason that a movie garners 10 Oscar nominations. But wait let me begin at the very beginning. A very good place to start.....😁😁😁 I had sworn after missing the theatre run of Saving Private Ryan, that no war movie would go unwatched in the theatre. Hence Dunkirk was watched and wept over in a theatre and then so was 1917. But the robustness of the preceding 2 movies isn't the undercurrent in 1917. It is it's simplistic approach to war. The grandstanding and the theatre of the war aren't what this one is about, it is vignettes if you will. It is a reminder that the strong and thick rope of wars and war stories is woven from frail strands of simple stories, that make up the larger whole. The premise is a one-liner. Two soldiers are entrusted with the task of racing to the warfront and saving 1600 other soldiers. That's it. The movie chronicles their journey through the ravaged countryside. And it takes one about 10

Chhapak I stand in line at Starbucks and take forever to decide what drink I want, what size it should be, what flavour should go in, what milk is to be used...so on and so forth. So many choices... Imagine if you had no nose, and the doctor treating you asked you to make a choice of the type of nose you wanted? If you sink into it, Chhapak gives you many such moments of introspection. You can't call Chhapak an entertainer and you couldn't label it a documentary. It's a biography in a genre of its own. The last time something invaded my being like this was the documentary on Amy Winehouse. I make no bones about it, this is an extremely tough film to watch and you will carry it with you for days. But watch it you must, for the crafty screenplay which will hold you in thrall as will the strength with which Meghna Gulzar directs this. I have said this before, and I say it again, the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree. It is the story of an Acid Attack Survivor, Laxmi Ag