Dia: Kannada movie review
Dia is a intense movie which revolves around the life of a girl called Dia (Kushee Ravi). She is an introvert, and is madly attracted to a guy from her college, Rohit (Dheekshith Shetty). The movie follows Dia's life from this point onward, and takes us through the ups and downs that she experiences. It is about love and heartache, about pinning your hopes on something to get shattered and bruised again and again. Letting yourself go is the right way to live. Like life, this movie can be complicated. Life runs on hope, a wise man had told me once, and I remembered this during the movie.
I loved the portrayal of the insecurities which play out in your head when you're madly in love. Each sentence is analysed a thousand times, and all the possibilities are studied to death. You live each moment in your head a thousand times before it happens or doesn't happen at all. The dream is your reality. It is natural, and our tendency to deify our obsession on the pedestal of the sacred, on the altar built on our hopes. Only later do you realize that the object of your affection is human after all, not a God or Goddess. This section has been crafted beautifully here. Innocent feelings have been captured in such an authentic way in the movie, that I felt I was witnessing something real, like I was a part of the movie. There was no hype, no unnecessary distractions or filmy dialogues. Just pure emotions, simple cinematography and excellent direction. Serendipity plays a major role in the movie, the romantics will like this.
The horizon seeks answers from beyond
The casting is perfect. Kushee encompasses the insecurities and sadness of her character perfectly. Rohit is excellent as the decent and talented artist. Adi (Pruthvi Amber - Go, Tulunadu!) is the antidote to the negativity in Dia's life (notice how their names have the same alphabets). He is not preachy, does not question, judge or implore, but becomes the ground beneath Dia's feet. I loved how he just gets her, no questions asked. Pavitra Lokesh has a major role in the movie, which she plays to perfection.
The background music (Anjaneesh Loknath) has just a hint of hope but drips with melancholy and is painful, much like the movie. I struggle to remember other movies where visuals and the background music had such a profound effect on me. Can you imagine the portrayal of love without songs? Check the background music here, and you can : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV5DC7EGL4s
This is what I listened to, when I wrote this blog. I can listen to this over and over again, without getting bored. Timeless.
The movie exists in a brave new world of not following the norm and of not falling under a "genre". Director K S Ashoka has created this brave new world for us. Cinema should mirror life, and should not sell out to "an alternate reality" , a commercial ghost and the "mass" crowd baying for your blood. Cinema is not something which requires us to "keep our brains aside for a couple of hours". It is something which strikes a chord, stirs a memory or makes you think. It is something which moves you, and this movie is surely that. I was so happy to experience this masterpiece in Kannada cinema. I hope we're entering a new phase with such movies.
Life is full of twists and turns.
(Thanks, Krips, for the insights and for proofreading ;) )
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I loved the portrayal of the insecurities which play out in your head when you're madly in love. Each sentence is analysed a thousand times, and all the possibilities are studied to death. You live each moment in your head a thousand times before it happens or doesn't happen at all. The dream is your reality. It is natural, and our tendency to deify our obsession on the pedestal of the sacred, on the altar built on our hopes. Only later do you realize that the object of your affection is human after all, not a God or Goddess. This section has been crafted beautifully here. Innocent feelings have been captured in such an authentic way in the movie, that I felt I was witnessing something real, like I was a part of the movie. There was no hype, no unnecessary distractions or filmy dialogues. Just pure emotions, simple cinematography and excellent direction. Serendipity plays a major role in the movie, the romantics will like this.
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| Image courtesy IMDB |
The horizon seeks answers from beyond
the waves crash and retreat without claiming shells
the bees fall upon finding the flowers faded
your words blaze across leaden skies
-Circa unknown
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| Image courtesy IMDB |
The casting is perfect. Kushee encompasses the insecurities and sadness of her character perfectly. Rohit is excellent as the decent and talented artist. Adi (Pruthvi Amber - Go, Tulunadu!) is the antidote to the negativity in Dia's life (notice how their names have the same alphabets). He is not preachy, does not question, judge or implore, but becomes the ground beneath Dia's feet. I loved how he just gets her, no questions asked. Pavitra Lokesh has a major role in the movie, which she plays to perfection.
The background music (Anjaneesh Loknath) has just a hint of hope but drips with melancholy and is painful, much like the movie. I struggle to remember other movies where visuals and the background music had such a profound effect on me. Can you imagine the portrayal of love without songs? Check the background music here, and you can : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV5DC7EGL4s
This is what I listened to, when I wrote this blog. I can listen to this over and over again, without getting bored. Timeless.
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| Image courtesy IMDB |
The movie exists in a brave new world of not following the norm and of not falling under a "genre". Director K S Ashoka has created this brave new world for us. Cinema should mirror life, and should not sell out to "an alternate reality" , a commercial ghost and the "mass" crowd baying for your blood. Cinema is not something which requires us to "keep our brains aside for a couple of hours". It is something which strikes a chord, stirs a memory or makes you think. It is something which moves you, and this movie is surely that. I was so happy to experience this masterpiece in Kannada cinema. I hope we're entering a new phase with such movies.
Life is full of twists and turns.
(Thanks, Krips, for the insights and for proofreading ;) )
Chandan, your review is really excellent. You should take up professional writing.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Chinmay :)
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