Bangalore Days (2014)

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A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Bangalore days is full of life. The movie talks about the tale of three cousins who travel to Bangalore in the pursuit of chasing their dreams.

Best malayalam movie of the year so far, and the best of anjali menon. A colorful movie with lots of humor, emotion, and entertainment. Very good performance from Fahad, Nivin, Dulkhar, nasria and Parvathy Menon. The success of the Director is that such a long movie does not make you feel bore even for a second. A movie which can be enjoyed by all generations. The songs and background music are good.Only thing which I didn't like bout the movie is its climax, which is quite ordinary. I wonder how such a beautiful movie ended in such a silly manner. But all other aspects are positive. A must watch for all movie lovers.

First thing I have to say about the movie Bangalore Days is - WOW!!So much can be spoken about this film. It is one of those which whilst you are watching it you are unsure what to think, and when it finishes you feel completely overwhelmed by what you have just seen. All of this and the film isn't really about anything on the surface and doesn't have any major scenes to get you on the edge of your seat. It is simply a film with fantastically written and acted characters that you care about and want to follow on their journey, which is the brilliance with this film. It is very easy to start a film interestingly and convincingly but it is much, much difficult to END it interestingly and convincingly. And this film manages this!!!Bangalore Days moves with an energetic and liquid flow from the first. Scene follows scene with imperceptible grace, never held too long, never cut short. The visual rhythm is perfectly sustained. There aren't any wrong notes. The whole cast are constantly alive and right. Bangalore Days is a stylistic triumph from first moment to last. This is very assured, almost blessèd, filmmaking. It vibrates with such life, love and energy. This film will keep you laughing hysterically while unexpected turns may leave you sad and perplexed. Bangalore Days is yet another example of fine Malayalam cinema that plays like a movie but feels like a novel.I went into this movie knowing all the strong reviews and I expected to be underwhelmed. But I wasn't. The film impressed the hell out of me. By all means - a clever and deep film. Every scene drips with Colour. Bangalore both shines and fades in different lights. The movie gets a big push with Sameer Thahir's superb cinematographic skills and a brilliant composition of music by Gopi Sundar. Coming to the performances, the entire cast has done a terrific job at keeping the flow of conversations very natural or in capturing their characters' dilemma & other emotions with Parvathy Menon impressing the most. The characters certainly seem to jump out - living and breathing at you. And even the lesser characters are well-played and well-defined.Another great aspect of Bangalore days is how the female leads in the movie were not given the ditsy, self-indulgent, shallow personality most female actors in Malayalam films are insulted with. Anjali Menon creates a set of striking women, both internally and externally.On an overall scale, Bangalore days is a firmly crafted movie that wonderfully presents the mastery of Anjali Menon over every filmmaking aspect. She is a great director and deserves to be considered as one of the best working today.How this simple movie manages to be so good, is a mystery. It is not glamorous, but yet it's mystical and beautifully romantic. Not much happens in the story, but that's the absolute charm of this movie. It is the unsaid that is dramatic and emotional. This is a really eye-opening film and one that must be seen several times to appreciate all its subtexts. And it's damn fun to watch, too!Bangalore Days is an exuberant and adventurous work of 'pure cinema', reminiscent of the ambitious, visually candid, highly personal Malayalam films of 1980's when script and performance meant more than spectacle. We can only hope for more unflinching and challenging films from Anjali Menon and her contemporaries. The film industry needs it.Enough people have written about most of the beautiful things in this movie, so I won't repeat all of that. What needs to be said, though, is that Anjali Menon is a Genius. Sometimes a movie comes along that is extra, extra special and this is one of those movies. This is one of those films that makes two hours seem like fifteen minutes. All and all, watching this film is a definite boost to your senses and minds. So there - I said it. Now feel it, believe it and love it. It's there. Just see it, you will not be let down! I wish I could see a dozen more movies each year as fresh, spontaneous and honest as this one. Once again Bravo to all concerned!! You have a made winner!! Two thumbs WAY UP!!! We really need more movies like this!!!! Thanks and CongratulationsMalayalam cinema should be in a Buoyant Mood after this film.Cheers to another Celebration of Life! :):):)

Please read my review at http://moviereviewsbybinduc.blogspot.in/2014/06/bangalore-days.htmlBangalore Days, a very youthful, vibrant, peppy and entertaining movie by director Anjali Menon. She has tried to beautifully capture various individual behaviours / perceptions, lovely camaraderie / friendship among cousins, positive outlook towards life in spite of personal hiccups / challenges, individuals having different outlook towards a situation, passion to fulfill one's dreams etc. She has successfully justified various characters. The beauty of Anjali's work is that she has not tried to be preachy, but makes us believe that every individual has their own frame of reference i.e. perception towards life. Anjali facilitates us to think that it would be unfair to justify a particular outlook towards life / things, rather every individual has a reason / logic behind his or her choices. The title is almost justified with all the three main protagonists landing up in Bangalore and the twists and turns happening in their lives in this city, which is the utopia every Malayali youngster wishes to escape to in search of his dreams (as projected in the movie). The movie begins with the narration of Kuttan aka Krishnan PP (Nivin Pauly), a techie, who is in midst of a job interview and grabs the offer to join at Bangalore after completing his training at Mysore. He is a hard-core Malayali at heart, who loves everything about Kerala. Then he introduces his cousin vivacious and bubbly Kunju aka Divya Prakash (Nazriya Nazim) who aspires to pursue MBA from IIM and then be an entrepreneur. Another cousin carefree Aju aka Arjun (Dulqar Salman) is shown to have the courage to create his own rules of life, who pursues his dreams passionately, whether it is to be a graffiti-artist, or bike- racing or repairing the bikes / vintage cars. Kuttan, Kunju and Aju have great bonding since childhood, who took different paths after school, but yes, their relationships remained intact. If Kuttan is shown as traditional Malayali guy who wants Kerala touch in every aspects of his life, Aju is projected as a rebel who doesn't believe in giving answers to anyone, but he creates his own sets of questions and answers, Kunju is traditional enough to bid adieu to her IIM dreams and get married for parents' sake to Das (Fahadh Faasil), yet assertive enough to get her due share in relationship. A beautiful song 'Mangalyam' is there when Kuttan, Aju and Kunju dance together during Kunju's marriage celebrations. They look so good together. Ultimately, all three of them reach Bangalore: Kuttan for his IT job, Aju for his bike-repairing assignments, and Kunju shifting from Kerala to Das' apartment in Bangalore after marriage. Das is a workaholic, who loves his own privacy and remains confined to himself most of the time. Kunju is just opposite, and extrovert, full of life and adaptive as well. Das seems an odd man out amongst Kunju, Kuttan and Aju. Whenever Das goes for outstation trips, three of them just hang out together and have a blast. Lot of light hearted as well as great moments are shown in the movie viz. Aju, Kuttan and Kunju teasing each other, Kuttan's fantasies about falling in love with the Malayali Airhostess Meenakshi (Isha Talwar), Kunju inviting almost all the neighbours for tea at home, RJ Sarah (Parvathy)'s compering with lot of positive messages for the listeners, Aju falling in love with the positivity of Sarah and his effort to surprise her with his impulsive visit to the studio etc. Anjali has definitely taken a very realistic and balanced approach in this movie. When there are so many light moments in the movie, every character is also shown facing a few challenges of their own viz. Aju's impulsiveness and brash attitude, Das not being able to get over his past of Natasha (Nithya Menon), Kunju's disappointments and void in her life due to stoic Das, Kuttan's failed relationship, Das not being able to move on in his life (his past plays a pivotal point in the movie), Shobha (Praveena, Kunju's mother)'s obsession towards astrology etc. Rather every character is a story in itself. Certain serious instances viz. marital disharmony is also projected very lightly viz. Kuttan's father wanting to breathe after suffocating for years in marriage and mother wanting to break free from the confines of a small village and to enjoy the excitement of living in cities or even abroad. Script has fabulous humour to project partners having different perspectives and outlooks. The movie has ensemble cast who have given magnificent performances. All of them fit in so well with their characters.