Udaan (Hindi)

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8.5/10
Release Date:
July 16, 2010

After being abandoned for eight straight years in boarding school, Rohan returns to the small industrial town of Jamshedpur and finds himself closeted with an authoritarian father and a younger half brother who he didn’t even know existed.

Forced to work in his father’s steel factory and study engineering against his wishes, he tries to forge his own life out of his given circumstances and pursue his dream of being a writer.

After being abandoned for eight straight years in boarding school, Rohan returns to the small industrial town of... Show More

Amodini (http://film.fridaynirvana.com)

Editor   Nov 03, 2010 18:14  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

This is a very moving film because it puts out plainly on screen our inner selves and the desire to be appreciated and applauded by our first role-models, our parents. Motwane directs deftly and manages to portray Rohan and Arjun’s story very poignantly. This is a difficult taIe to tell without appearing to take sides, and Motwane does even out the scales by giving us glimpses into Bhairav Singh’s life and the events that have turned him into what he now is. Since we are basically dealing with children in this film, and issues with kids being the tear-jerkers that they are, the director must walk a fine line in portraying emotion without making a it a soppy tear-fest, and appearing to milk the innocence of children. I am happy to report that Motwane does pass muster.

I must also applaud the script and screenplay, since both are of superb quality and help make this film what it is. The film has Amit Trivedi’s soulful music and some great spoken poetry, all of which contribute to the experience. Do not miss Udaan; if there is one Hindi film that you do watch this year, this should be it.

CinemaaOnline

Editor   Jul 30, 2010 04:16  

A simple story that might be true for thousands of households across the country; a controlled exercise in characterization and scripting; sincere and spontaneous performances and a treatment rich in symbolism combine to provide a cinematic experience that we’ve been crying out for longer than I care to remember.

Wogma

Editor   Jul 16, 2010 21:23  

Watch for sure, preferably in theater!!

Udaan is not just Anurag Kashyap or Vikram Motwane's life story. Udaan is the story of generations and generations conditioned into thinking that the suffocating expectations their parents endowed on them should be passed on as heritage, if not genetic code to their children. As if, entire lives were ancestral property or an old-old wristwatch - a super-conditional gift that comes with free emotional baggage

rony

Editor   Jul 17, 2010 13:10  

My take on Udaan http://ronyd.blogspot.com/2010/07/udaan.html

Partha Pratim

Editor   Jul 17, 2010 21:30  

The questions, curiosities or/and habits that every teenager grows up with - daaru, porn, dosti, sutta, ladki, paisa, sex – have been presented as if replayed from your own past or happening to a familiar guy living next door.