This was a pleasant surprise! I would consider this 'parallel' Indian cinemal. Not a musical, but more like a well-executed piece with very appropriate music and good performances. The movie is even short; I would have enjoyed a second part or a long... (read more) This was a pleasant surprise! I would consider this 'parallel' Indian cinemal. Not a musical, but more like a well-executed piece with very appropriate music and good performances. The movie is even short; I would have enjoyed a second part or a longer version. I craved for more of 'what happened next' as well as character interaction. Both Ash and Ajay are usually in way more commercial movies, but this time they gave something to those of us who like more cerebral Indian cinema. I would only criticize the lighting, as I felt it was not dark enough for the ambience the dialogues projected. This, for sure, fits in my kind of Bollywood.

Not every Indian movie is a lavish, kinetic, three-hour musical. A few of them are quiet, sad, lonely, lovely films like this one. This could easily have been a play, anchored as it is in one room for most of the time. Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai p... (read more) Not every Indian movie is a lavish, kinetic, three-hour musical. A few of them are quiet, sad, lonely, lovely films like this one. This could easily have been a play, anchored as it is in one room for most of the time. Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai play childhood sweethearts who reunite at her house while he's in Calcutta on business. The two circle around each other as flashbacks detail the breakup of their old relationship as Rai's character Neeru found herself in an arranged marriage. (My only complaint is that the art department seems to have not even bothered to phone in making the two actors seem younger/older than the fifteen years or so that separate them from the flashbacks.) Rai is very good at playing sad and gorgeous, and the story is well-written, taking an interesting turn just when it needs to. Great stuff.

bad n boring movie....

This is an adaptation of O. Henri's "The Gift of the Magi." I thought the acting was done well, but I really felt it lacked originality. The fact that the entire movie was pretty much a copy of O. Henri's short story does not sit well with me. Sti... (read more) This is an adaptation of O. Henri's "The Gift of the Magi." I thought the acting was done well, but I really felt it lacked originality. The fact that the entire movie was pretty much a copy of O. Henri's short story does not sit well with me. Still though, objectively, this movie is directed and acted out well, so it may still be worth watching.

beautiful film. okay so it's slow going but really powerful especially towards the end when you realize what's happening. ash was surprisingly brilliant for most of the film.

Obviously though not a huge blockbuster, Raincoat is a true, relaistic, regular tale of love, compromise and sacrifice. I liked the song "Madhura Nagarapati" because it evoked the simplicity and sadness of a simple man who has lost his purpose of lif... (read more) Obviously though not a huge blockbuster, Raincoat is a true, relaistic, regular tale of love, compromise and sacrifice. I liked the song "Madhura Nagarapati" because it evoked the simplicity and sadness of a simple man who has lost his purpose of life due to the unexpected marriage of his girl.
But certainly not a movie-wise entertaining factor that most of us need as a break from reality.