tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555887833232019435.post8071507115796896450..comments2024-03-23T23:13:14.119+05:30Comments on annavetticadgoes2themovies: REVIEW 134: ISHAQZAADEAnna MM Vetticadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672605004762355462noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555887833232019435.post-24034278101734314112012-08-17T11:45:39.738+05:302012-08-17T11:45:39.738+05:30Dear above anonymous, the man is completely emascu...Dear above anonymous, the man is completely emasculated in this film acc to my reading - he is shown begging for forgiveness through the film, he is slashed and knifed by the woman, he is shown on his knees asking her to forgive him. How much more emasculation do you need? Also the filmmaker gives the woman character the final and crucial decision of ending their lives, not self-annihilation alone. Did you not see that they killed each other? She didn't commit suicide singlehandedly. Films like these, with important messages, need to be watched with more attention and closer reading, not the superficial way in which this reviewer and you seem to have watched it the way you watch your favorite commercial films. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555887833232019435.post-52854681942044003822012-08-03T18:20:42.500+05:302012-08-03T18:20:42.500+05:30I loved your review. I think you are bang on in yo...I loved your review. I think you are bang on in your reading of the film as a co-optive strategy where anti-feminist characters and events have been masqueraded as 'liberal'and 'risque'. The film is a dangerous legitimisation of rape and a systematic disciplining of a girl who is independent and courageous through the trope of heterosexual 'love'. The filmmaker has taken great care to make sure that the man is not emasculated in any way and that the woman in 'feminised' into suitable submission and self anhilation- so its apt that it is her who decides to kill herself. Fabulous work with your analysis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555887833232019435.post-23543163235282088672012-05-19T01:15:08.916+05:302012-05-19T01:15:08.916+05:30I think the reviewer has delved a bit too deep int...I think the reviewer has delved a bit too deep into the nuances and logic of the movie and its story...after all if you compare this critique like that of a dish,...you realize both's success truly is based on whether one's tastebuds approve of it or not, else at best it is appreciated as an acquired taste or just rejected the next time.<br /><br />So, the point is...the movie just depicts a plot based on a situation which isn't very far from reality of it's existence in some corner if not many corners of this country...so let's accept it as it is, and enjoy the movie! The characters have unabashedly, displayed their ideology however radical it was...but the final product, which is after all a work of fiction had turned out convincing and entertaining (if you refrain from being judgemental). Great performance from the whole start cast. Go watch it!Kunnalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02452882081749650676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555887833232019435.post-23041996188717184882012-05-15T20:03:11.351+05:302012-05-15T20:03:11.351+05:30My Review of Ishaqzaade http://cinemathatmatters.w...My Review of Ishaqzaade http://cinemathatmatters.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/movie-review-ishaqzaade/#respondSaurabh Tiwarihttp://cinemathatmatters.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555887833232019435.post-25364510590008067862012-05-14T13:13:38.714+05:302012-05-14T13:13:38.714+05:30I guess you're afraid to publish my comments!!...I guess you're afraid to publish my comments!! Shameful!!Shalini Rahejahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473974153451143407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555887833232019435.post-68642346987396653402012-05-14T12:09:52.487+05:302012-05-14T12:09:52.487+05:30Personally, loved the film. Regarding the female r...Personally, loved the film. Regarding the female roles -the heroine is portrayed as a sensible, bold and sincere lover. The hero considers the heroine equals. The mothers of both are caring mothers. This film is realistic and good. Must watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555887833232019435.post-53051973491357123412012-05-14T12:04:22.668+05:302012-05-14T12:04:22.668+05:30I think you have misread the film and its intentio...I think you have misread the film and its intentions completely. I don't think you understand the difference between what a character says/does in the film and what a filmmaker is trying to say. A filmmaker's job is to tell a story and throw light on reality, not to offer solutions. Ishaqzaade has thrown light on the situation of women in patriarchal India and how women have to deal with oppression. I, as a woman, did not feel that Zoya was wimpish or conformist. I wish you had pointed out instances where you thought she was. If you are referring to her feeding the male character, or washing him because he is hurt, I didn't feel that made her wimpish. It only made her human, since it had been she who had slashed him in retaliation. In the same way then, do you believe that Parma begging for forgiveness on his knees for what he did to her is wimpish?? Please do not look at films from a one-sided view. Ishaqzaade is a rare film that has given Hindi cinema a feisty heroine, different from the stereotypical 'bimbettes' we have had so far in all our films. Please let Zoya be what she is without running her down. She is the closest we have had to a real woman in a long time and she deserves a special place in cinema history.Shalini Rahejahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473974153451143407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555887833232019435.post-51135513004301080262012-05-12T20:55:54.076+05:302012-05-12T20:55:54.076+05:30Never have watched a movie for what a review said ...Never have watched a movie for what a review said about it. But I guess this could be an exception because the reviewer mentions this as being an anti-women film. And that is a view I don't subscribe to- I am totally 'pro'. Maybe I can come back here after I watch the movie and share more.... :)Altruisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685375274194869392noreply@blogger.com