![]() For example, betting on lions is introduced as an idyllic activity for Samay and his friends in the Gir-skirting Saurashtrian village. Swapnil Sonawane’s camerawork is the hero, but the film’s striking visual grammar functions as both cultural and aesthetic bait. You get an impression that it likes admiring its own reflection in the mirror. Nalin’s 111-minute Gujarati feature is pretty, but a bit too performative. That he’s a (semi-autobiographical) stand-in for director Pan Nalin is evident from the manner of the film at hand. Samay is too mesmerised by cinema – the interplay of sound and light, the storytelling, the strips of celluloid film, the magic and madness of it all – to be rational about it. ![]() He even intercepts city-bound film reels stored in his town’s railway station, and steals them. He frequents the single-screen theatre’s projection booth by bribing the projectionist. He nicks cash from his father’s tea stall to buy movie tickets. The dreamy nine-year-old protagonist of Chhello Show ( The Last Film Show), Samay, shares a similar affliction, albeit in a different context. ![]() Formula One legend Niki Lauda loved racing so much that he was often guilty of overanalysing it. For instance, I love writing very much, so I occasionally tend to go overboard with the tools of language. It’s hard to be sane about something you love. Cast: Bhavin Rabari, Bhavesh Shrimali, Dipen Raval, Richa Meena ![]()
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