Being Cyrus
Here comes a starkly different movie from the otherwise formula stuck Bollywood. An English movie, Being Cyrus takes you into the life of Cyrus( Saif Ali Khan), an orphan working apparently as an apprentice to sculptor Nasruddien Shah. Nasureddien Shah plays a delirious fallen artist now living as a recluse with his frustrated wife Dimple Kapadia, who is instantly attracted to Cyrus. Boman Irani and Simon Singh make up the rest of the Sethna family. The story takes unexpected turns at regular intervals and leaves you confused and ignorant about the actual motives of the characters until the very end when the whole drama culminates to a fantastic end.
The script is beautifully written and the generally Hindi speaking actors have taken to English as easily as one breathes. There is an intriguing novelty in the direction; there a numerous scenes whose relevance remains in muddled questions till the end. Snatches of philosophical dialogues, strange dreams, seemingly mad characters, flashbacks, unaccounted for scenes all add up to form an impeccable story.
But the movie demands patience from the audience, till the interval it takes conscious effort to make you remain seated, and even after the interval it does not gather much speed; the unexpected end and impeccable acting partly make up for it. Humour is inherently missing, and some scenes are sadistically irritating.
The movie, it seems, was a greater pleasure for the director in making it, rather than for the audience seeing it. Still I’d recommend it to all the hogs of novelty and students of movie making. Viewers who ask for entertainment alone may do well to stay away.
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