The Great Indian Butterfly (English)

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Krish and Meera, form a young Indian couple climbing the ladder of the corporate rate race in a nation hurtling forward at a rate unprecedented in its long history. Stressed, frustrated and unable to come to terms with the sacrifice required for success, they go in search of a legendary magical insect - The Great Indian Butterfly.

Last seen by the unknown Portuguese explorer Carodiguez, in a remote valley located in erstwhile colonial Goa, the butterfly possesses a magical aura, granting immense happiness to the person who catches it. In the journey that takes the couple from the smog filled, concrete jungle of the Megalopolis of Mumbai through the little discovered coastal landscapes of the western Sahyadris, to the sun soaked land of Goa, the couple lose more than what they want to rediscover. It becomes a passage, which seems to travel with a metaphor of its own and an insect as elusive as a fossil trapped in prehistoric resin.

Will they find the Butterfly? Can they survive the journey? Can it cost them their lives? Will the Great Indian Butterfly wreck havoc on their souls? Will there be redemption? Or is it a futile hunt for an answer to their crumbling lives? Is happiness a rare insect? A simple tale in the complex miasma of a changing India.

Krish and Meera, form a young Indian couple climbing the ladder of the corporate rate race in a nation hurtling forward... Show More

CinemaaOnline

Editor   Apr 04, 2010 20:47  

I don't remember having seen any other Hindi film in recent times that attempts to approach a worldly subject from a metaphysical perspective. TGIB attempts that and in the process, makes me like it in spite of its shortcomings. But apart from the shortcomings, it stays within the average to above-average bracket, with only the cinematography managing to achieve the status of excellent.

Aniruddha Chatterjee

Editor   Apr 07, 2010 18:06  

Isn’t marriage a journey? Where two individuals, however similar or dissimilar they are, stick together through grooves and crests in search of happiness.

That exactly what The Great Indian Butterfly’s all about. A journey of an urban couple, currently dysfunctional, out on a vacation, to seek happiness.

Their dysfunctionality is due to the same problem most urban couples face: managing career and marriage at the same time. Krish (Aamir Bashir) and Meera (Sandhya Mridul) are two completely diametrically opposite persons. Krish is level-headed, focused and has achieved quite a lot in his career. Meera on the other hand is hyper, stressed out – due to office politics and also due to Krish’s absence from home. Their marriage is not in sync.

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