Raanjhana is one of my favorite films of this decade.
I loved the film, i think it is a complete film, a great story, classic acting from the protagonist, beautiful music and perfect direction. Dialogue were bang on too, this film was something very earthy that takes you down to an entire journey of a boy, who grows up in his love, self destructs his own life, his redemption, his sacrifices, his selfless but yet flawed love, Kundan is one of the bets characters of this generation.
Some of my favorite scenes -
When zoya hugs kundan after the rally, he knew she was pretending to be sorry, but he felt nothing, he was totally numb. I loved the way Dhanush enacted that small sequence, that particular sequence was heart breaking.
The whole aise na dekho song, and the silence with which Kundan tries to redeem himself, making zoya more insecure and jealous and completely against him, his redemption taking his life, there could never be a better irony.
When murari sees kundan at death bed and breaks down, i cried, i loved their friendship, Murari was probably the only person who knew that Kundan's entire life revolved around zoya, and how shattered he was to see his friend dying despite always trying to keep zoya happy.
The last shot of grown up kundan walking and the child kundan running, the bst shot of the film with Tum Tak at the bg, some phenomenal feels there.
Acting wise Dhanush deserved all the applause, and this is not even his best performance, knowing his filmography and have watched his tamil films, i know how he is capable of much more but this performance is still so special, he has a brilliant control over his expressions, and even though not good looking, there is always a charm and innocence that he generates onscreen. Truly one of my favorite actors after Raanjhna.
Special mention to Zeeshan, his and Dhanush's chemistry made up for the first half of the film, great one liners and some great humor there.
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