One thing that will never stop in Bollywood is experimentation! And the latest one to experiment is Pankaj Parashar with his new movie Banaras!
The story of the movie: Shwetambari (Urmila Matondkar) lives with her rich Brahmin parents-Mahendranath (Raj Babbar) and Gayatri (Dimple Kapadia) in the city of Banaras. Soham (Ashmit Patel) is a low caste fellow and was guided and supported by Babaji (Naseeruddin Shah). Babaji was a mystical person, who knew all the secrets of life. An enlightened soul himself, he helped Soham find enlightenment. Shwetambari studied science in a local university, and in that same university, Soham taught music. Soon, Soham and Shewtambari falled in love with each other. Now Shewtambari was a Brahmin and Soham was of low caste. So, all the people in Banaras were against their love. But Shwetambari’s parents did not cared about the people and therefore Soham and Shwetambari were engaged. Shwetambari was on cloud nine. But this was the end of happiness for Shwetambari. Soham was murdered! Shwetambari could not bear this sadness and pain. Circumstances force her to leave Banaras, the city where she was born, the city where she lived, the city that she liked the most. 17 years pass. Shwetambari gets news that her father is very ill. His ailing father wanted to see Shwetambari once. So will Shwetambari return to Banaras? And who murdered Soham??
Urmila Matondkar, who was last seen in Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara (another hatke movie!) acts mindblowingly. No one would have done the job perfectly. She was completely normal throughout the movie. And she has done no over-acting.
Ashmit Patel was surprisingly good! He has done total justice to his role. After this movie, he would be treated as an actor! Before Banaras, I used to think that Ashmit could never become successful. But now I think I am completely wrong. I hope that he gets some nice roles in the future. Best of Luck, Ashmit!
Raj Babbar and Dimple Kapadia have very little to do in this movie. But they both give a splendid performance. Naseeruddin Shah was first rate and excellent. Everyone would surely like his acting. Really, a person to watch!
Aakash Khurana, who played the role of USA-based psychatrist, was nice. Arif Zakaria, who played the role of police inspector, was good. Others were perfect and watchable.
Nirav Shah’s cinematography was outstanding. Every scene looked unique because of his cinematography! He has captured the city of Banaras in an excellent manner. In other words, the movie becomes watchable beause of his cinematography! After watching the great city of Banaras in this movie, I have got a strong urge to visit this city!
Himesh Reshammiya’s music was nice and a very different as compared to his previous movie. Songs were around 5 or 6 but they are according the mood of the movie. The most fabulous song of the movie is ‘Om Namah Shivay’. It has a very fine tune and very nice music. Other likeable song is ‘Kitna Pyaar Karte Hai’ sung by Himesh Reshammiya.
Pankaj Parashar, who had earlier made Himalaya Putra, Tumko Naa Bhool Payenge and Inteqam, has directed this movie uniquely! The direction is so simple and perfect that you would not at all get confused throughout the movie! And this movie is not at all like his previous movies!
Some likeable scenes of the movie:
1.The scene where Soham sings and Shwetambari hears her in the beginning
2.The scene where Soham is murdered
3.The climax
On the whole, Banaras is going to become a flop but those who will watch it will certainly like it. It has a unique element of spirituality in it. The plot and the story are totally different as compared to other Bollywood movies. And you will not be able to describe in words the joy you will get after watching this movie!
(PLEASE DO NOT MISS THE BEGGINNING)
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