One instant Photograph its what bring two strangers together in Ritesh Batras new film that titles simply Photograph, after a successful debut from a movie Lunch Box.
Six years after his debut film Ritesh Batra tells you another Mumbai Story, how two unlikely strangers from different background shares one frame.
Rafi played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui is a photographer at the Getway of India,migrated from small village of Uttar pradesh shares a cramped room in Mumbai with four other men.
Miloni Played by Sania Malhotra ( Dangal Girl ) is a brilliant student preparing for her CA finals.
She belongs to an upper middle class Gujarati family in Mumbai.
While watching Photograph you will fill both characters are lonely soul, surrounded by people but still lost in crowd.Character intersect which other when Rafi convinces Miloni to take a Picture at Getway and from there two characters link each other.
Rafi uses Miloni's photo portrait a story for his grandmother blackmailing him to get married.The girl in the photo is his fiance named Noory he lied. Grandmother character beautifully played by Farooq Jafar. Plot wise, grandmother arrives in Mumbai to meet Norrie. Rafi seeks out Miloni and persuades to go along with his lie until Dadi is in town.
Generally we expect from the film that something will happen but Photograph is not like that, it breaths thoughtfully. Conventionally nothing is happening but how two characters from two different background link together,that's what Photograph is all about,and film is not in hurry to bind them with each other.
Its interesting to see how camera capture Rafi and Miloni. All are out of focused and you will be concentrated on both the characters.Photograph having very few dialogues but they are very impressive in itself. Cinematography is very commendable in the film, scenes set in the post office, single screen cinemas, and Rafi shopping at local Kirana Store hard to spot these days in big cities these days.
If you are fan of Nawazuddin Siddiqui Photograph will surprise you how fine actor he is. He played a character so much without actually doing anything, accompanied by Sania Malhotra,she is just proved not just physical fight but in playing a emotional character like Miloni she is just amazing. Pace of the movie is quite slow but still it find slow,steady beauty if you are fan of art films.
If you are in hurry,looking for answers, closures then Photograph can be a very frustrating watch.If only like the typical item song films then Photograph is not your cup of tea.But other than Photograph is must watch movie, it something which we demands out of the box.
Rating : ⭐⭐⭐🔺(3.5 Stars)
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