MOVIE REVIEW : PARZANIA

DISCLAIMER - This is purely a personal opinion and may contain spoilers, which you may find objectionable or may thank me later.


Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Sarika
Direction: Rahul Dholakia

After a very long week I decided to watch the movie PARZANIA on Sunday (04.02.07). The movie is based on a true story which depicts how a parzi family gets affected by the Hindu – Muslim riots that took place in Gujarat after the Godra rail Incident. The story goes like this. Naseeruddin shah has done the role of cyrus and sarika is his wife Shernaz Peethawala. They have 2 children parzan and his sister. They live in a small flat in ahmedabad.

Then due to the violence their family is ripped apart. Parzan goes missing and the other 3 are homeless. Naseeruddin shah as cyrus has done justice to his role. Sarika also has performed a good role. Remaining part tells us how they face other challenges then. The film also sheds light on the manner in which everyone from politicians to the police exploited that climate for their own personal benefit.

The movie is sure to make tears rolling down your cheek at least once. I was shocked to see that the screening of this movie was banned in Gujarat where it is supposed to be screened first. The movie clearly points out a black mark in the history of our nation. The way in which the story was narrated, via an foreign student reminds me of RDB.

The next thing that has to be mentioned is about the background score. The music was so good that it could erupt the feelings of the characters in the movie. I would like to mention that it is not a Hindi movie and it is a English movie without songs that has to be watched without fail.

Positive points:
1) Naseerudin shah as cyrus has to be the first choice
2) Sarika as his wife has done a nice job.
3) Background score
4) Story

Negative points:
1) The use of the f*** word every now and then in the movie makes it annoying at times when you consider it to be a Indian movie. They shall not use these words from Hollywood to show their anger. It just turns out to be highly unnatural.