Thread: Gulal-Review

Set in the fictional Rajpur town of modern-day Rajasthan, Gulaal is entangled with stories of student politics, a covertly taking shape local rebellion for an independent Rajputana stare and love taking it forward.

The meek, Dileep Singh (Raj Singh Chaudhary), is an idealistic man who gets caught in the whirlpool of student politics and much more, as he gets sucked into the world of Rananjay (Abhimanyu Singh), Dukkey Bana (Kay Kay), an autocratic local Rajput leader who is leading a planned armed movement to reclaim Rajputana for Rajputs, a brother-sister couple (Aditya and Ayesha), the illegitimate children of an erstwhile Rajput king who are seething at their bastard status (Aditya Srivastava, Ayesha Mohan) and Anuja (Jesse), a young teacher who becomes a social misfit in college after a particular incident inflicted upon her by college hooligans.

Dilip gets used as a pawn by people who matter to him and ends up being an unwilling player in a sinister plot. What it all leads to forms the rest of the film.

Bollywood gets yet another talented actor in Raj Singh Chaudhari who is also the co-writer of the film. In a film packed with great acting talents, Raj stands out with his convincing act. Kay Kay Menon as always is simply superb.

Another show stealer is Deepak Dobriyal who plays his loyal assistant in the film. He speaks volumes just with his expressions without speaking much.

Mahie Gill as the mujra girl cum beauty parlour owner is stunning and has tremendous screen presence. Aditya Srivastava and Ayesha Mohan are good as well. Piyush Mishra is terrific as Kay Kay’s brother and has the film’s best lines.

Gulaal was claimed as Anurag Kashyap’s angriest film and it indeed is. It explores the dynamics of royalty vis-à-vis the democratic system.

Sectionalism today has set everywhere in a big way and the film is the true reflection of where our nation stands today.

Though been in the making for more than four years now, never once the film gives a dated feeling. The credit for which also goes to cinematographer Rajeev Ravi.

Kashyap’s dialogues that are replete with sarcastic one-liners, beautiful poetries and philosophies and also the referential meanings are amongst the finest seen on screen for a long long time in Bollywood.

Piyush Mishra apart from acting superbly also scores full marks for his hard hitting lyrics and beautiful music that is mix of many interesting things such as sarcasm, peppiness, and sensibility. It is the film’s lyrics and music that make the film a completely an extraordinary experience.

Gulaal is something that is extremely relatable, especially for today’s youth. Though at a running time of over two and a half hours, there are times when the film tends to appear dragging, it is worth a watch.

The film though has Anurag’s now trademark abstractness at times, it is not as incomprehensible as it was in No Smoking or in Dev.D. Go watch Gulaal.
From -santabanta.com

amazing movie ... another brilliant movie from anurag kashyap ...

@justcurio.us,It would be nice if you could give your own review about the movie (if you have seen it).

Yes,I have seen this movie.Most of the actors are acting for the first time in this movie and have given brilliant performance.I was particulary impressed with Ayesha Mohan's performance as it was a difficult role but she played it with elan. Songs take you to Rajasthan with all those drum and beats,Mahi Gill plays a small but powerful role.Anurag Kashyap hides no inhibition in flaying college politics.The Rajput pride and college politics are two different things but director assimilates them well in bringing out a bizarre end to this movie.Go watch it if you like hard hitting movies.

I think it is an EXCELLENT movie. What really amazed me was the level of research. Being from Rajasthan, I can personally relate to so many characters. WOW!

Saw this movie last weekend and it amazes me with anurag kashyap's ability... What a wonderful director he is, Every single actor performs in this movie, Just like sholay(I know it's too early to compare).. But this is my personal view, Songs are so meaningful and it make you to listen every time, specially "AARAMBH HAI PRACHAND..."...

Just watch it...