WHAT A MOVIE IT IS.
THE ACTING DONE BY NASIRUDDIN SHAH AND RASIKA DUGAL IS AT THE TOP.
MUSIC IS TOO GOOD.
THE MOVIE REVOLVES AROUND GOOD STORY.
OVERALL HOUSEFULL MOVIE.
GOOD EXPERIENCE AND MONEY WORTH.
Memory cannot be divided or erased completely. While the reality of Alzheimer's disease is nightmarish for those living with the condition on a daily basis, selective amnesia is an even more dangerous thing for the human consciousness. It can evoke extreme emotions from violence to despondency and despair to delirium. Caught in the vortex of fractured dementia and phased cognitive impairment, director Chintan Sarda's recently released short film titled, The Broken Table gives a healing perspective on human beings battling emotional conundrum. Starring Naseeruddin Shah and Rasika Dugal, this 23-minute film highlights the inadequacy of usual, matter-of-fact human responses to psychological crises stemming from the absence of communication, clarity, and compassion in relationships.
Giridhar (Naseeruddin Shah), a retired divorce lawyer, is beginning to show early signs of Alzheimer's disease, and his family decides to appoint a caregiver so that he is not left to his own devices when there is no one around to take care of him. Otherwise, as his daughter-in-law remarks, 'Dad is functional.' Enter Deepti (Rasika Dugal), an M. A. psychology student, who cannot contain her 'excitement' at the prospect of meeting her first 'live subject' of study. Assuring Giri's family members, who are on their way to a wedding, of her credentials, Deepti begins her duty hours as a caregiver to an Alzheimer's patient who has been restless and fidgety for the last few days. What follows is a one-day journey into the inner landscape of a person whose failing memory ends up unlocking several closed doors of the past.
Giri has been desperately trying to reach out to his wife Prabha, who seems to have disappeared without giving her husband an idea of her return. Even her phone is out of network area. Giri, scuttling across the past and present, keeps talking about going to an urgent hearing, a hearing that happened years ago. Time and space are all mixed up in Giri's mind. On better days, he can recognise his son and be convinced that he is uselessly fretting over a done-and-dusted court hearing. On other days, Giri feels like a caged bird who is not allowed to go outside the main gate of his house. He calls it 'illegal confinement.'
THE ACTING DONE BY NASIRUDDIN SHAH AND RASIKA DUGAL IS AT THE TOP.
MUSIC IS TOO GOOD.
THE MOVIE REVOLVES AROUND GOOD STORY.
OVERALL HOUSEFULL MOVIE.
GOOD EXPERIENCE AND MONEY WORTH.
Memory cannot be divided or erased completely. While the reality of Alzheimer's disease is nightmarish for those living with the condition on a daily basis, selective amnesia is an even more dangerous thing for the human consciousness. It can evoke extreme emotions from violence to despondency and despair to delirium. Caught in the vortex of fractured dementia and phased cognitive impairment, director Chintan Sarda's recently released short film titled, The Broken Table gives a healing perspective on human beings battling emotional conundrum. Starring Naseeruddin Shah and Rasika Dugal, this 23-minute film highlights the inadequacy of usual, matter-of-fact human responses to psychological crises stemming from the absence of communication, clarity, and compassion in relationships.
Giridhar (Naseeruddin Shah), a retired divorce lawyer, is beginning to show early signs of Alzheimer's disease, and his family decides to appoint a caregiver so that he is not left to his own devices when there is no one around to take care of him. Otherwise, as his daughter-in-law remarks, 'Dad is functional.' Enter Deepti (Rasika Dugal), an M. A. psychology student, who cannot contain her 'excitement' at the prospect of meeting her first 'live subject' of study. Assuring Giri's family members, who are on their way to a wedding, of her credentials, Deepti begins her duty hours as a caregiver to an Alzheimer's patient who has been restless and fidgety for the last few days. What follows is a one-day journey into the inner landscape of a person whose failing memory ends up unlocking several closed doors of the past.
Giri has been desperately trying to reach out to his wife Prabha, who seems to have disappeared without giving her husband an idea of her return. Even her phone is out of network area. Giri, scuttling across the past and present, keeps talking about going to an urgent hearing, a hearing that happened years ago. Time and space are all mixed up in Giri's mind. On better days, he can recognise his son and be convinced that he is uselessly fretting over a done-and-dusted court hearing. On other days, Giri feels like a caged bird who is not allowed to go outside the main gate of his house. He calls it 'illegal confinement.'