Qala film reviews & discussions (Netflix) - Page 3

Mulling over this movie more. One aspect that Anvita subtly conveys in her films is how men also are negatively impacted by patriarchy. Jagan does absolutely nothing wrong. He's a pure character who is genuinely devoted to music. But the toxic mother-daughter relationship driven by the mother's own gender biases drags him into their trauma too. Satya in Bulbbul similarly loses love and friendship because of the toxic ways of his brothers and the family.

Originally posted by: Amri_IF

3. Snow pervading Qala's world and even her awards in her hallucination?

One of the symptoms of hypothermia is hallucinations. People who have been lost out in the cold often share stories of seeing visions. There seem to be a lot of "cold" motifs in the movie. The snowclad landscape Qala and her mom live in. The cold behavior of Qala's mom. The scenes where Qala and/or Jagan are out in the cold. Mental illness too sometimes is seen as warm relationships and emotions freezing over.

I can't say for sure what the director intended. But I interpreted it as the cold dread following Qala no matter how much she had tried to escape it.

I deeply like your regard on the movie, RTH. It reflects my own thinking. I also think that the lack of warmth was countered by "warm" hallucinations until her soul didn't have neither the force nor the hope anymore for warmth coming from the only person that mattered to her (in addition her soul got consumed by her - justified - feeling of culpability).

However, I also understand her mother's behaviour which - imo - wouldn't have been the same without the cruel words uttered by the doctor (who, I know, said them to comfort the mother and not out of cruelty). Still these words reflect a certain thinking and sadly fall on fertile ground.

okay I really didn't enjoy the movie as much as I thought...everything was too picturesque and over the top dramatic, and if everything is dramatic nothing is dramatic enough to surprise or shock you. No two people ever had a normal conversation in the movie. Also felt like I was watching a theatre play rather than a movie, with performances of Babil and especially Tripti not helping. Shockingly enough, I didn't find Tripti convincing in many scenes and found her limited by her dialogue delivery. The film had a lot of potential, and I guess that's why I was so shocked that I didn't I enjoy it.

The film's music though is on another level. Just fantastic through and through. From the starting montage to each BG score it was just perfection. Also Swastika Mukherjee is such a fantastic actress.

It's always interesting for me to see so diametrical impressions (regardless the movie).

What may be the reason for these opposing perceptions?

You need a certain mindset to be able to watch, enjoy and make some sense of such layered movies. For one, they are not meant for a casual viewing in a group setting over the popocorn on a Saturday evening. I personally enjoy such slow burn movies where I can peel as many layers as my mind allows me to. And that too supported by such brilliant brilliant music&lyrics and cinematography, oooh what a feast it was.

Tripti was amazing and so the actor who played her mother. Irrfan’s son comes with the baggage of his legendary father but must say he was able to make an impact of his own, the guy has good acting future if he chooses his roles carefully without getting pressured to fit into the commercial scene.

Overall to me Music is the main character of this movie and rightfully so..🤩

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

Mulling over this movie more. One aspect that Anvita subtly conveys in her films is how men also are negatively impacted by patriarchy. Jagan does absolutely nothing wrong. He's a pure character who is genuinely devoted to music. But the toxic mother-daughter relationship driven by the mother's own gender biases drags him into their trauma too. Satya in Bulbbul similarly loses love and friendship because of the toxic ways of his brothers and the family.

I agree, but also, there were also hints as to how he benefits from it as well as free of it. When he advises Qala to sing for herself, she is incredulous, because she seeks validation from her mother (who perhaps represents patriarchy the most in the movie as she also represents the gharana, the classical music tradition which in many ways is also quite patriarchal in nature). She cannot even envisage what that means. But he has a mystical and mysterious side to him too, we learn not too much about his background except that he sang in a gurudwara.

And I am also intrigued by the fact that he didn't bat an eyelid when Qala discusses her mother's intimacy with Sanyal (the Samir Kocchar character) and says that it is for his sake that she's doing it.

There is the same theme of representing different types of men as in Bulbull, here, the Majrooh character also seems to be the sensitive, almost feminine type like Dr.Sudip, the Parambrata character in Bulbull.

*spoilers ahead*

has this been discussed before?

but I think it was Qalas mother who drove/brainwashed qala into poisoning Jagan… she seems visibly upset when he sang better than Qala stealing all accolades.. but quickly, almost too quickly rearranges herself to compliment him and even took him to his home… which I felt was to keep an eye on him and to force Qala to do better and also despise him by having him around all the time… that comment about not giving a singer mercury thermometer as it cna ruij their singing voice also seemed a bit too descriptive.. like putting ideas in her head… and then she saw her mother with the producer and replicated same in order to win his favor…

Her mother no doubt was very very toxic almost Like she hated her daughter.. but at the same time she pushed her to break all rules to make it as a singer

Also the post credit song.. https://youtu.be/a-ImQqCY-A0

it’s without subs here but on Netflix it had subs and in it thr singer is asking the mother to re consider, they can just silence the “peacock” and put it in cage.. is it necessary to kill it?

Which I think is Qala asking her mother.. and the peacock is metaphor for Jagan…

what do you guys think?

Indeed, Amri, there are many parallels between Qala and Bulbbul (which - honestly - didn't suprise me as the same team (director, writer, cinematographer, musician, editor, producer, and leading actress) made both the films.

*spoiler*

Just Wandering, I read your spoiler as I've already watched the movie.

I don't think that her mother did something like you insinuate yet she is - indeed - a woman torn between the wish that her daughter gets praise (because of her educational work and the genes) and that's exactly her daughter (and not a son) who gets the praise.

That changes with the orphan she can adopt...