Any offbeat films seen or recommend? - Page 2

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@ Gurti , Kirron played a Muslim widow Ayesha having a young chirpy son named Saleem who is her only child and hence , her whole wide world(or as we say 'kaleje ka tukra')..Otoh Saleem is also close-knit & affectionate to her mother while soon to be married to her love girl..And so we have , a happy go lucky family of mother son duo-trio(soon)..
However , the socio-political events of 70's in Pakistan , being dictated by controversial Zia-ul-Haq & aiming to rebuild Pak society by the mortar of fanatic form of religion , started showing impact on the society at grass root level..Unfortunately for Ayesha , Saleem got swayed away by the radical preachers gradually morphing Saleem into a fanatic & a hater to all other religions including Sikhism..
But the things took a real ugly turn for Ayesha when next door people & especially Saleem,to his utter shock,discovered that prior to '47 , her mother Ayesha was actually a Sikh named Veero all the while & had a full fledged family of Sikhs..It is then revealed in a flashback that when Veero was a teen , the gushy torrents of man made catastrophe('47) completely drowned her away from her Sikh family leaving her completely abandoned & alone among packs of ravaging wolves wandering here & there for hunts like her..Luckily , a Muslim 'human' among a group of marauders saved her & offered protection by asking her to marry him from which pt. she had no way except to throw away her Sikh attire Veero & wear a Muslim attire Ayesha..
Coming back to contemporary scenario , soon afterwards , Ayesha began to realise,to her shock & piling disheartedness,that the only ray of hope & love for her in this lonely planet i.e. Saleem(the fanatic) has developed,under peer pressure,hate & resentment also for her because of her Sikh background as also the new 'untouchable' kinda attitude being adopted by her social friends & acquaintances..
Young Veero somehow survived the highly traumatic & gory '47 by 'becoming' Ayesha & managing to built a fresh world for her by her..But to again bear alone in the old age same rhetorical man-made hatred especially at the hands of her own beloved child,her life Saleem coupled with shattering of human dreams & happiness ultimately made her crumble into 'silent waters'..

Btw you are/understand Punjabi ?? 'Gurti' rhymes with Gujrati/Surti so I like..thought that (sorry 4 naive assumption if its untrue) 😛

Originally posted by: S.Sareen

Some offbeat/interesting movies saw/recommended besides LSD , Maqbool , Haasil , Main meri Patni woh n others already mentioned would be -

Arth
Aakrosh (old one *ing Om Puri,Nasseruddin Shah)
Mandi
Salim langrhey p mat ro
Salaam Bombay
Jaane b do yaaron
Pushpak
Ardhasatya
Shiva (old Nagarjuna one)
Bandit Queen
Train to Pakistan (Punjabi though)
Khaamosh paani (Pak/Punjabi though)
Khuda k liye (Pak though)
Dil se
Kaun
Daud
Satya
Shool
Company
Monsoon wedding
Waisa b hota hai II
Amu
1947 Earth
Hey Ram
Firaaq
Parzania
Hazaaron khwaishein aisi
My wife's murder
Ek hasina thhi
Anthony Kaun hai
Kabul express
1:40 ki last local
Johny Gaddar
Khosla ka ghosla
Kartik calling Kartik
Luck by chance
Ye Saali Zindagi
Peepli Live
Aamir
Sankat city
Blackfriday
Gulaal
Dev D
That girl in yellow boots
Wasseypur Gangs
Ugly
404
Jalpari
I m Kalam
Phas gaye re obama
Bheja fry
Madras Cafe
Shanghai
Shagird
Citylights

May b some others so..

Some others;

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer,,,,I loved this movie and even bought the DVD

Badlapur , Rang De Basanti , Company , Sarkar 1 , and Khosla Ka Ghosla

I am Kalam
Koshish
Pushpak
Ek chalish ki last local
A Wednesday
Khosla ka ghosla
Madras Cafe
Water
Piku
Vicky Donor
Paan Singh Tomar
Chillar party