I have almost missed this movie shown in national TV.. I missed the credits except the last potion "direction by Rituparba Ghosh." I saw his film Chokr Bali and I was not impressed because it looked like a film which confuses even an off beat viewer. .But this film RAINCOAT is very good. Many have commented on this film in Internet Movie Database (there are 5 pages of comments) and consistently everybody praised the movie.
This movie is more like a play. The ambiance was a room in Neeraja's middle class house and couple of scenes in richer friend's house. This story is supposed to be adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" by O'Henry. In the short story of O'Henry it is much more poignant where each really sacrifices something they perceive as precious to them.
RAINCOAT is a simple story of a man from a upcountry town trying to meet his girl friend whom he loved for sometime in his younger days. No great guilty expectations are shown by Manoj in visiting his ex love. Perhaps he was more interested to get some credit form the "rich" husband. But the reality was not rosy and each tried to give a dream like description of their lives. Manoj comes to know of the miserable life Neeru is having . Neeru also comes to know of his poser from the letter in the packet of the raincoat. In a small way each tried to help each other by losing some valuable things.
I always believed Ishwara Rai, in spite of her glamour and beauty, can act very well under an able direction and in this film she fulfilled that promise. She even shed her glamour and designer dresses and of course she still looked middle class attractive woman. Devgan as Manoj underplayed his role to the extent sometimes he mumbles his words.
An interesting film. I felt that I am seeing a good play by Harold Pinter. It is refreshing from the garish overacting commercial Indian films or TV serials. I wonder why TV serial writers do not think of such stories though such serials cannot be mega serials with plots and subplots and inner plots.
This movie is more like a play. The ambiance was a room in Neeraja's middle class house and couple of scenes in richer friend's house. This story is supposed to be adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" by O'Henry. In the short story of O'Henry it is much more poignant where each really sacrifices something they perceive as precious to them.
RAINCOAT is a simple story of a man from a upcountry town trying to meet his girl friend whom he loved for sometime in his younger days. No great guilty expectations are shown by Manoj in visiting his ex love. Perhaps he was more interested to get some credit form the "rich" husband. But the reality was not rosy and each tried to give a dream like description of their lives. Manoj comes to know of the miserable life Neeru is having . Neeru also comes to know of his poser from the letter in the packet of the raincoat. In a small way each tried to help each other by losing some valuable things.
I always believed Ishwara Rai, in spite of her glamour and beauty, can act very well under an able direction and in this film she fulfilled that promise. She even shed her glamour and designer dresses and of course she still looked middle class attractive woman. Devgan as Manoj underplayed his role to the extent sometimes he mumbles his words.
An interesting film. I felt that I am seeing a good play by Harold Pinter. It is refreshing from the garish overacting commercial Indian films or TV serials. I wonder why TV serial writers do not think of such stories though such serials cannot be mega serials with plots and subplots and inner plots.