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blogiary, Calcutta, entertainment, Kahaani, Kolkata, movies, ramblings, Vidya Balan, viewpoint
Traveled to Calcutta and back;
as a first time visitor, I marveled at every single sight.
The traffic lights, the cabs, the buses, the jostling bodies.
I enjoyed all the sounds, all the smells,
the colorfulness, the roadside food stands.
the loudness, the vehicles’ crudeness,
the craziness of the busy roads!
The crowds, the heat, the bustle,
the people, the cultures, the variety,
the deities, the hardships, the poorness!
I’ve seen Calcutta and its beauty
through the eyes of a camera person,
through the roles played by Vidya Balan
and Rana (screen name);
through their movie, Kahani (meaning story).
A worth movie story-wise.
A worth movie acting-wise
A worth movie for its ability to transfer you
someplace else.
Vidya, as usual, played a great character role;
carried it to perfection.
I liked Rana’s role too! 
The subtle infatuation toward Vidya Bagchi;
he performed superbly!
Hats off to the direction too.
It was a good 2 hours of sleeplessness
into the wee hours of the morning.
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On that note, I should share a review of a local movie.
My sisters and I went recently
to the “love story“
It’s a local movie in the local langauge,
fashionably titled an English name.
It was over 3 hours loooooooong;
two of those hours a total waste of time and sleep.
I almost dozed off, and it wasn’t even 10:00pm then!
Dragging scenes, lame dialogues, under rated acting,
and plainly a sob story.
The later part was tolerable.
The ending was horribly melodramatic.
This whole situation was NOT unexpected;
this is a similar experience
for any “theatre time” for a local movie.
You might ask “why do you go there if you can’t appreciate it?”.
Well, I go because I want to appreciate their hard work,
the effort our local film industry puts in,
needs to be appreciated.
It cannot be easy for them, without any acting schools,
without any technical school to train camera people,
directors, actors.
I buy a ticket to the movie,
and make sure I take as many people as possible with me,
just in the hope of showing our film industry that we care about them.
We have a good laugh, if nothing else.
We hang out together, which is rare.
So, all in all it’s not a lost cause!
Eventually, you have seen the movie “Kahani”.
Bidya (Vidya) & Rana, yes, they are perfect.
Exactly, what I also enjoy.
With the Bidya (Vidya) confusion I typed it as Dhivya
have corrected it now
such a beautiful movie wasn’t it.
It is so unlike mainstream bollywood movies which all ends up everthing getting hunky dory and perfect
Kahaani is very realistic
and I cannot get Rana out of my mind
Yes, Rana is unforgettable …
Calcutta… I guess is called Kolkata now..:)
true. it is Kolkata I guess
Waiting to watch that movie. Heard Vidya is awesome there.
totally awesome. and the twist in the story in the climax is just so very surprising
totally cool bollywood movie. Vidya just rocks
You know, I love the way you review films!
I was thinking of what Hindi movie to watch lately, and glad you shared this one! …
There you go. I am your movie angel
kidding aside, thanks for the lovely comment as usual.
and after writing the above, I am thinking “how spam like is that?” 
comments like yours are just so encouraging.
I sometimes wonder why do I bother blogging?
but this interactivity of this space just is awesome
Calcutta (now Kolkota) sure has some unique characteristics
Nice review on ‘Kahani’. Cheers!
thanks Dilipnaidu.
Kolkota sure looks unique. I am sure I will enjoy a personal visit there.
‘Kahani’ is a special movie. I don’t think anybody can give it a non-nice review
I hope you had a wonderful time in Calcutta. And yes, Kahani is a really nice movie.
oh it was wonderful
just too short. 2 hours and also framed on a screen
but it was so so good.