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Sindhustan (2019)
It brought me extreme joy and nostalgia to watch this
I have been looking forward to watching Sindhustan ever since the promos came out maybe a year ago. I missed it when I was last in India so the worldwide release made it super accessible. What stood out was the art direction and storytelling. The journey takes you through Sapna's legs on which she has tattooed the many stories collected about Sindhi collective history.
This bit of history of the partition of India, of memories of those who experienced it is so important for any culture to capture, so its youth may have some sense of grounding of 'a' place in the world -- and how different cultures deal with dislocation so differently. Sapna was looking for her place, and by making this film, in this non-invasive way, we have a chance to find our place and journey with her. The story also weaves in great references of poets and folk singers that are worth to explore as well as a recipe for the famous unique dish, Sindhi Curry! Enjoy!
Raajneeti (2010)
Really bad attempt at a political drama
Rajneeti was one of the most disappointing movies I've seen in a long long time. The star cast was great with Ranbir Kapoor, Nana Paktekar, and Ajay Devgan but their talent was wasted in this pointless drama with no substance. The whole movie centers around an election campaign. The main party splits into two after the party head suffers a stroke. What follows is bloodshed without any real strategy. And a seemingly sensible PhD becoming a ruthless killer. While the term "Rajneeti" is supposed to suggest governance and one would expect maybe a hint of what politics is really about in terms of day to day operations or promises even (of roads and hospitals and food and water and farmland), the only things the politicians in this movie do is wave and kill (and obviously never go to jail for any of their killings).