Movies from Nepal are still widely unknown outside the community. This is not only because everybody outside the NP community lacks interest in these movies, but also because most of them arre not supplied with subtitles. - OK, Nepalese is easy, but you still have to learn it (and the toughest thing is to find a teacher). I know what I talk about, as most teachers run away, once they have received the money.
These problems we didn't have with Saayad, as it was subtitled.
The movie is about drugs. We follow loosely the biography of two brothers (the movie has many loose ends, threads that begin and never end). After the death of their parents, the elder brother takes care of his bhai, but the younger las is a bit of a spoiled brat. He knows that daai always will save him, no matter what he does.
The younger brother is quite good at school, but he lacks some spice in his life, so he starts using drugs. We witness how he gradually looses grip of reality and at last he lives in a world that is only accessible to him self.
The last words of the movie read: It could be your story --- and here we see the target group, Nepali youths. The film is an admonition to them not to regard drugs as a shortcut to an adventurous life.
The film has some editing flaws in the first part - before intermission - but then the director speeds up the action and saves the film.
I'll give it 6/10.
These problems we didn't have with Saayad, as it was subtitled.
The movie is about drugs. We follow loosely the biography of two brothers (the movie has many loose ends, threads that begin and never end). After the death of their parents, the elder brother takes care of his bhai, but the younger las is a bit of a spoiled brat. He knows that daai always will save him, no matter what he does.
The younger brother is quite good at school, but he lacks some spice in his life, so he starts using drugs. We witness how he gradually looses grip of reality and at last he lives in a world that is only accessible to him self.
The last words of the movie read: It could be your story --- and here we see the target group, Nepali youths. The film is an admonition to them not to regard drugs as a shortcut to an adventurous life.
The film has some editing flaws in the first part - before intermission - but then the director speeds up the action and saves the film.
I'll give it 6/10.
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| Saayad - another movie from Nepal that transcends entertainment |
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