3/16/2021 0 Comments Gulabo Sitabo Full Movie
There are the sisters who joke about their unlettered brother who runs an aata chakki (flour mill).Gulabo Sitabo movie review: A biting satire on Lucknow and its people.
Coronavirus: All the movies, TV shows and festivals delayed or shut down globally. Gulabo Sitabo is both a melancholic lament for and a biting satire on Lucknow and its people. Aaj bade din baad tapke (You dropped by after a long time), observes a catty Baankey. ![]() Its difficult to translate the humour redolant in Pandeyjis fruity analogy that cuts through Baankey like a knife and leaves him groping for words, but three days after having watched the film I still cant stop chuckling away at the wordplay. The beauty of Gulabo Sitabo rests solidly on its wonderful, wondrous use of language the Hindi-Urdu-Awadhi in which Lucknow talks; and fights. Every single situation, every scene, each and every moment in the film is about people bickering incessantly and getting back at each other. Its an all out war, in which words are the weapon and such beautiful ones at that. People might be ignoble and their instincts base, their disputes might be petty and the greed that drives them lowly but their language is dignified even when it demolishes. Its a refined world despite the darkness and decay at its heart. A culture pirouetting on deadly wit that is slowly disappearing along with it and Juhi Chaturvedi tries to capture it in all its sordidness and glory in her writing. Also Read: Get First Day First Show, our weekly newsletter from the world of cinema, in your inbox. Gulabo Sitabo Free Here TheYou can subscribe for free here The panoramic shots, the birds eye view of Lucknow as well as grungy close ups of the haveli, its sprawling courtyard and the many rooms along the alleyways, all reiterate an incredible beauty in decline. ![]() Meanwhile, the archeological department, a local politician and a builder also have their eyes on it Run time: 2 hours Against all of this, in the backdrop, plays out another fading Lakhnavi tradition, that of glove puppetry called Gulabo Sitabo, from which the film derives its name spun on two warring women, the wife and mistress of a man. Meanwhile, the archaeological department, a local politician and a builder also have their eyes on it. But, hang on, the relationship triangle integral to the puppet tale of Gulabo Sitabo finds another gender-inverted parallel here, telling any more of which, would be unsuitable for the enjoyment of the film, specially as it comes riding on the terrific twist in the tale. The film throws you off in more ways than one, most winningly so with its subtle gender play. Though it might have two top league male stars staring back at us from the posters, and both of them are in great form, they bravely play characters who come out as out and out losers. The women might not be foregrounded in the film but its universe belongs entirely to them, three generations of women in fact. How Juhi Chaturvedi recreates the sights and sounds of Lucknow in Gulabo Sitabo.
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