Raincoat, the whole story is nothing but couple of hours from the two lovers life, who can be you, me or anyone else. They meet one afternoon after 6 years of separation. They talk, listen and feel the pain and agony of each other. This is not a boy-meets-girl-and-fall-in-love type movie. The story is so real, that you start becoming part of it. This is not a art movie or any bollywood masala movie. However it has beautiful acting and excellent screen play which will make you to stick to your chair.
By this time we all know the story and the Box Office performance of this movie. Commercially it may not be a success but this movie is setting a new trend in Hindi cinema. Rituparno Ghosh (The previous film "Chokher Bali") is successfully able to convey that for romantic movie you need go to Switzerland or any other part of the Europe. It can be found any where, it can be in a village or in a metro or in small house.
There are very few characters in the movie but they have performed very well.
Ajay Devgan: He plays role of village man from rural area of Bihar (Bhagalpur). He comes to Kolkatta to get some financial help from some of his friends. And meets his long lost love Neeru. Very good performance, successfully able to show the pain, of the character
Aishwerya: She looks great in this movie. There is no makeup. After seeing this movie i remembered the beauty of Manisha Koirala in "1942 A Love Story". Excellent performance by her. She shows pain, jealousy, anger, happiness, contended, emptiness and dignity. This movie gives her opportunity to shines the talent vested in her in all possible ways.
Annu Kapoor: He is playing very small role, hardly for 5-10 mins. But his appearance gives a twist to the story. He has delivered couple of excellent dialogs.
Mouli Ganguli & Sameer Dharmdhikari: Both are happily married couple living in Kolkatta. They just provide a support to the story. Roles are very short As there was no room left for them. But they perform their best.
In a nutshell this movie is a totally different love story, don't expect to see the camera gushing over mustard field or in foreign locations and with 100 extras in background. Its more like a stage drama, acted beautifully by all. Its hard to see this kind of movie. And as I said earlier, this is going to give a new direction to Indian cinema. It may not get a commercial success, but I appreciate Rituparno Ghosh (the director, author, screen play all in one) for giving us something different.
Music: Its very soothing melody by Debojyoti Mishra. And goes very well with the movie. They are just fitted in the movie that you will not feel as filler (like other movies).
The best dialogue in the movie: It is delivered by Annu Kapoor, while writing the receipt for the rent paid by ajay Devagan, he says ".... Yeh tumhara paschatap hai ya pratishodh...". This is enough to depict the mindset of author.
Well this is all what I had to say, so if you have not seen then go ahead and watch this movie. This is a classic movie! Enjoy!
-Narender
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