Monday, March 01, 2010
Road, Movie Review
Road, Movie is a 2010 Indian road movie directed by Dev Benegal, and starring Abhay Deol, Tannishtha Chatterjee, and Satish Kaushik. It premiered at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival and opened the section Generation 14 plus at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2010
Synopsis:
Vishnu (Abhay Deol), a restless young man, itches to escape his father's faltering hair oil business.
An old truck beckons, which, Vishnu sees as his ticket to freedom. He offers to drive the antique Chevy across the desert to the sea, where it has been sold to a local museum. As he sets off across the harsh terrain of desert India, he discovers he's not merely transporting a battered vehicle but an old touring cinema.
Along the way, Vishnu reluctantly picks up a young runaway (Mohammed Faizal Usmani), a wandering old entertainer (Satish Kaushik) and a striking gypsy woman (Tannishtha Chatterjee). Together they roam in the barren land, searching for water and an elusive fair. The journey turns dire when they are waylaid by corrupt cops and a notorious water lord.
The key to their freedom is the eccentric collection of films and the two forty-year-old film projectors in the back of the truck. As in '1001 Nights', if the films are good, they live and move on. If the films are boring, they face death in the outback.
Cast
Crew:
- * Abhay Deol as Vishnu
- * Tannishtha Chatterjee as the Woman
- * Satish Kaushik as Om
- * Yashpal Sharma
- * Veerendra Saxena as Police Chief
- * Amitabh Srivastava as Father
- * Suhita Thatte as Mother
- * Hardik Mehta as Masseur
- * Shradha Shrivastav as Sister
- * Roshan Taneja as OPJ
Crew:
- * Casting: Sopan Muller
- * Production Design: Anne Seibel
- * Art Direction: Amar Vidhate
- * Costume Design: Amba Sanyal
- * Sound designer: Sajith Koyeri, P.M. Satheesh
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