Some views on The Bankrupts (Haal-e-Kangaal)
The Bankrupts (Haal-e-Kangaal)
V N Lakshminarayana, Critic, Mysore
It was a fruitful experience to watch 'The Bankrupts' at
Mysuru and again In Bengaluru. 'The Bankrupts' is a high profile movie
packed with the dialectics of form and content, image and sound, verbal
and the nonverbal expression, truth and falsehood, bluff and
imagination, gender and human relationships, capital and cinematic art-
and finally the ideology in the era of postmodernism that is embedded in
the very fabric of social life of the people at large. An undercurrent
of sadness born out of systemic deprivation of existential opportunities
to realize one's talents adds to the absurdity of the entangled life
situation the two artiste friends are placed in, gives the movie a tint
of comedy too. The minimalistic approach adopted in creating the entire
movie is not only novel but also path breaking in the production of
Indian films.
Rajiv Kumar, Film maker, Delhi
'The Bankrupts' is a rich experience. With only 2 characters, confined in
a small urban flat, holding the viewer's interest for about 105 minutes
is a feat. There is something Ozu like here.
Usha Kattemane, Writer, Bengaluru
The film ran for about one hour forty five minutes, it
had only two characters. Set in a one bed-room house, it could be said
that the story of the film is about the conversations that a film
scriptwriter has with a wanna be filmmaker. I am saying 'it could be'
because both these characters have a past. And it is mutually woven
together. The film demands a heightened sense of concentration on the
part of the spectator. The techniques used in the film makes the one
hour forty five minutes that the film has, look lesser.
Sunil Bhadri, Academician, Manipal
'Haal-e-Kangaal' a feature
film that revolves around two friends who meet after 14 years makes for for
compelling viewing. It is so sad such films don't get theatrical release.
Rajkumar Bhan, Filmmaker, Paris
I saw your
"Haal-E-Kangal".. That instigated something within me... "Film Kaa Keeda" (The Filmy itch).
And just few weeks back, Konchalovski was here in Paris, for a
conference. I had booked two seats, for me and my son... I could not go,
but my son went with my wife... What Konchalovski talked about film
making was narrated to me by my son... like you have made this film of
yours... just like your characters who narrate things to each other... There and then, I decided to do a film on Poland, the land of
"Chopin"...of "Wajda" and the rest of the known film makers... the whole idea to go ahead was after
watching your film.... and Konchalovski's thoughts on film making...
Shrikant Prabhu, Filmmaker, Bengaluru
The film did not slacken at any time. The use of editing with
jump cuts as a narrative device was nice, it solved the limited space problem
effectively. The actors maintain
excellent continuity of emotions and dialogues. The sound design too is very
good. It was bit odd with the Yakshagana track in the background. But
you justified it well at the end with the Tulu film and contextualised
it. You have pulled off a real difficult task.
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