Qala

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Sanjay B Wow !! What a rollercoaster of a ride if emotions in this movie.. Tripti nailed the role perfectly.. It's a must watch movie. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/01/24 Full Review Nikhil K Without any doubt the movie had the best music album of the year and it perfectly complemented the movie in every aspect. The complex relation between mother and daughter has been perfectly captured especially the dynamics of their relation. It sure is worth it's time. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/28/23 Full Review Dustin D I watched Qala twice to see if I understood it. On my first viewing, I assumed Jagan wasn't real, that he was Qala's mental projection a la Fight Club. I thought he was the male energy she had absorbed from her twin brother who died in the womb (think Elvis Presley's twin, Jesse). There was a shot of Qala looking into a zoetrope, and images from the zoetrope were projected behind Qala in a couple scenes where she's talking to Jagan, suggesting this was an illusion. I thought we were primed to accept this as Qala mentioned she never had a brother and she was always mirroring her mother's movements, so I thought it possible they would share a delusion. As for why others can see Jagan and mention him, I thought they might be interacting with Qala while she's in Jagan mode, and they have their own understand of what Jagan means or they're humoring her or manipulating her. In one shot Qala is reading "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," so why did the filmmakers put a book about a person with two personas in the character's hand? Also, the Jagan scenes are a flashback in a crazy person's memory, so there are several layers of unreliability, and I wasn't sure how much to take literally. On second viewing, I thought Jagan could be real. The movie is highly stylized to begin with, so the projections from the zoetrope could have been to establish the setting. The death of her twin could have been foreshadowing Jagan's death and Qala taking his rightful place. Her mirroring her mother's mannerisms could just be showing her constant need for her mother's approval. As for the Jekyll and Hyde book, I read that book before, and I am only one person (I think). This is a more straight-forward and easier to explain interpretation. Either way, I love it when movies prompt you to think about what you saw. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Bibek S A movie that starts out with georgous cenematography gets more and more boring with cheap tricks and fails to maintain the quality in its story, its message and its visuals. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review naina s Amazing movie and anyone who likes slow songs then they are awesome . I keep on repeating it on. Must watch . Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Expectations were high...perhaps that was the issue. The film was OK. I didn't connect with the emotional tone, I could see it, but it didn't feel. The filming was dreamy, wonderful portrayal of the unconscious. A good movie, but somehow it feels it could have been sharper, more keenly felt, more impactful. It was a little too much trying rather than actually being (rather like the scenes of qala at first in the studio). Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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