Breath

2004

1h 47m

Drama

List

40%

Tomatometer

5 Reviews

91%

Popcornmeter

100+ Ratings

Vichare (Arun Nalawade) takes care of his young grandson Parashuram (Ashwin Chitale). So, when the boy begins having trouble with his vision, Vichare is the one who brings him to Mumbai, India, to see a specialist. The doctor offers a devastating diagnosis: The boy has retinal cancer. In order to live, Parashuram will have to undergo an operation that will render him blind. As the date of the operation looms near, Vichare struggles to find a way to tell the boy the horrible truth.

Kirk Honeycutt

Hollywood Reporter

While the film sometimes plays like an hour TV medical drama padded to reach feature length, Sawant achieves touching, naturalistic performances from a fine ensemble cast.

Jan 6, 2005

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

An old-fashioned soaper that will please or not, depending on a viewer's tolerance for schmaltz.

Rated: 2/4

Dec 10, 2004

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A.O. Scott

New York Times

Mr. Sawant does his best to balance hopeful sentiment with the depressing prospect of a child's world going dark, and he tries to infuse this simple melodrama with a sense of tenderness and beauty.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 9, 2004

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

The simple story strains to maintain a run time that is already far shorter than the Indian film norm.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 27, 2005

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David K

Pulls its punches only when it comes to glossing over the fact the crime that is the basis for the film was perpetrated because the accused was Jewish. It's a hard-hitting film in the Warners' tradition. Because of the characterizations of Southerners, it wasn't shown in Southern theaters. Worth a watch because of its place in Warners' 100 year history.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/20/23

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Audience Member

It's one of the good movie which include very natural and raw acting talent.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Dull and over-acted.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

a fine example of contemporary Indian cinema. this movie has absolutely touched my heart

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Don't know how could Top-Critics over here rate it so low! In my opinion, it should be listed among the must-watched Indian movies. It was so engrossing that I forgot I was 'just watching' it !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

Its surprising that a movie like this has only 40% fresh on rotten tomatoes.The heart of the film is directed towards the relationship between Parashuram and his grandfather and this story by no means exploits the lower class as mentioned by a certain Ben Kenigsberg,but show's how life has to go on even after the toughest of obstacles[Blindness in Parshu's case].10/10,a must see,especially if you are tired of watching the usual Bollywood drama.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Sandeep Sawant

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Arun Nalawade

Keshavram Shantaram Vichare

Sandeep Kulkarni

Dr. Sane

Ashwin Chitale

Parshuram "Parshya" Vichare

Amruta Subhash

Ashawari

Ganesh Manjrekar

Divakar

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Synopsis

Vichare (Arun Nalawade) takes care of his young grandson Parashuram (Ashwin Chitale). So, when the boy begins having trouble with his vision, Vichare is the one who brings him to Mumbai, India, to see a specialist. The doctor offers a devastating diagnosis: The boy has retinal cancer. In order to live, Parashuram will have to undergo an operation that will render him blind. As the date of the operation looms near, Vichare struggles to find a way to tell the boy the horrible truth.

Director: Sandeep Sawant
Producer: Rajan Cheulkar, Devidas Bapat, Mohan Parab, Deepak Choudhary, Arun Nalawade, Sandeep Sawant, Nareshchandra Jain, V.R. Nayak
Screenwriter: Sandeep Sawant
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Marathi
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.0K
Runtime: 1h 47m