"Who's that girl in yellow boots ? "
"Oh I don't care much. But I like her boots."
Well , : P Okay. Watched That Girl in Yellow Boots yesterday. The first thing I noticed about the movie was that it was written by Anurag kashyap and Kalki Koechlin in collaboration. Did you notice it too ? And last thing which struck me was- a question , which I ask you now - does it not remind you of Lolita by Vladimir Nobokov?
A nice movie. Just nice if you see it after Gulaal. Nice and different. As the TOI review tells the plot , you can read it below :
Story: Ruth ( Kalki Koechlin), an illegal immigrant in Mumbai, refuses to return to England unless she finds her father, an Indian who abandoned the family when she was a kid. She works in a massage parlour for her upkeep and tries her best to fend off the local goons who want to take advantage of her situation. With a drug addict as a boyfriend, life doesn't seem too much of comfort, except for the presence of the avuncular Naseeruddin Shah, one of her regular customers. Does Ruth manage to find her father? More importantly, does he turn out to be the ideal dad she had always dreamed of.... (TOI)
What I saw in the movie : - a girl and many sick minds who are possessive about her. Now I am almost on the verge of disclosing the climax. Ahh.. no I won't spoil it. But here is something - Ruth is smart, brilliant and shiny British girl who has a boy friend , who is possessive about her and Naseeruddin Shah who seems like the only genuine person around Ruth also shows his possessiveness at one point , though he covers it with the words - I care about her.
But what with the Yellow Boots? Why she is shown wearing them all through the movie? And why she is shown as holding them in her hands at the end? Will talk about them later. :)
There is one theme Possessiveness that goes through the movie but it has many facets. And at some points it almost overlaps with Obsessiveness.
All I can say in the end is - I tried to pick up Lolita several times but couldn't go through it , thank you Anurag, though with so many limitations of cinema, you provided us with a better Indian flick of Lolita than what the real Lolita could provide.
And yes, loved her Yellow boots :P
"Oh I don't care much. But I like her boots."
Well , : P Okay. Watched That Girl in Yellow Boots yesterday. The first thing I noticed about the movie was that it was written by Anurag kashyap and Kalki Koechlin in collaboration. Did you notice it too ? And last thing which struck me was- a question , which I ask you now - does it not remind you of Lolita by Vladimir Nobokov?
A nice movie. Just nice if you see it after Gulaal. Nice and different. As the TOI review tells the plot , you can read it below :
Story: Ruth ( Kalki Koechlin), an illegal immigrant in Mumbai, refuses to return to England unless she finds her father, an Indian who abandoned the family when she was a kid. She works in a massage parlour for her upkeep and tries her best to fend off the local goons who want to take advantage of her situation. With a drug addict as a boyfriend, life doesn't seem too much of comfort, except for the presence of the avuncular Naseeruddin Shah, one of her regular customers. Does Ruth manage to find her father? More importantly, does he turn out to be the ideal dad she had always dreamed of.... (TOI)
What I saw in the movie : - a girl and many sick minds who are possessive about her. Now I am almost on the verge of disclosing the climax. Ahh.. no I won't spoil it. But here is something - Ruth is smart, brilliant and shiny British girl who has a boy friend , who is possessive about her and Naseeruddin Shah who seems like the only genuine person around Ruth also shows his possessiveness at one point , though he covers it with the words - I care about her.
But what with the Yellow Boots? Why she is shown wearing them all through the movie? And why she is shown as holding them in her hands at the end? Will talk about them later. :)
There is one theme Possessiveness that goes through the movie but it has many facets. And at some points it almost overlaps with Obsessiveness.
All I can say in the end is - I tried to pick up Lolita several times but couldn't go through it , thank you Anurag, though with so many limitations of cinema, you provided us with a better Indian flick of Lolita than what the real Lolita could provide.
And yes, loved her Yellow boots :P
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