Kalank (Hindi, Stigma; 2019) I agreed to go and watch this movie as I was told it was a period drama, set at the most tumultuous time in the history of India, around the Partition. I was looking forward to seeing all the excitement and the political wrangling that surrounded the amputation of arms that held Mother India together. Sadly, what it turned out to be was a lovey-dovey soap opera instead. Typical of mini-serials that fill our airspace, the film delved in annoyingly artificial slow motion shots that accentuate nothings but highlights the ridiculousness of the plots, drags the performance to over two and a half hours and drives home the point that it is just a meaningless soap opera with massive sets and flashy costumes. The cinematography is quite breathtaking but what is the point if it is not complemented with a believable plot and relevant crisis? The landscape is definitely whitewashed, CGI perhaps. True, Indian history boasts of fearless female sorceresses and e...
It is all Mimesis