Even though he had taken advantage of Hollywood’s east wind, Bollywood’s powerful star Irfan Khan has repeatedly landed on the big screens in China, such as "The Fantasy Drifting of the Junior School", "Jurassic World", and "The Code of Dante". Wait, but he didn't impress the Chinese audience too deeply.
It was not until the "Starting Line" that was released in April this year that he played the father who jumped up and down to get his daughter into a prestigious school, which caused great resonance among Chinese fathers and mothers, and people remembered this man from India. Big eyes actor.
While many Indian fans were expecting Irfan to shine in the Chinese market like Amir Khan, he was found to have a neuroendocrine tumor and had to go abroad for treatment and rest. He quickly withdrew from the public’s sight. Further information.
The only relief is that his new film "Blackmail" is still released as usual.
In the film, Irfan plays a toilet paper salesman named Dev.
Duff’s wife Lena looks very beautiful, but he is not happy because, apart from cooking for him, Lena only cares about whether the various expenses of the family are paid in time, and never give him any warmth. He doesn't know how to talk to him, and there is always indifference on his beautiful face.
They are like two strangers under the same roof, so close, yet so far away.
The depressed Dev, played games in the office every day after get off work, and went home very late, so when he got home, Lena was already in bed, so he didn't have to face her cold face.
However, Dove still couldn't help peeping from the gap in the kitchen wall to Lena who was lying on the bed. Because she was asleep, she looked soft and tender, and looked so beautiful, which made Dove overflowed with love, but He was also extremely disappointed, and it seemed that Lena's cold face was specially prepared for him.
One day, Duff followed the advice of his colleagues, went home early, planning to send flowers to Lena, in order to create a surprise to save his marriage.
However, when Dev went home, he found that his wife had gone to bed early. He habitually looked into the gap in the kitchen wall and saw his wife and a strange naked man talking and laughing on the bed.
Dove was green.
He first imagined that he rushed in and hit the adulterer with a lamp.
Then imagine that he rushed in and stabbed the adulterer to death with a knife.
But in the end, he did nothing and quietly left the house, maintaining the superficial harmony of the marriage.
Later, Duff found information about the adulterer, his name was Ranjit, a soft rice king who married a rich daughter.
As the expected salary was not received and several bills were pressed tightly, Dev suddenly had a thought and sent a text message to blackmail Solangit.
Ranjit, who was extremely dependent on his wife financially, panicked and asked his wife for a sum of money for Dove in the name of doing business. He never thought that his father-in-law saw through Ranjit's lie. After a brutal beating, he restricted him. Get the money back quickly.
In a hurry, Ranjit went to blackmail Solina anonymously. In order to prevent things from being exposed, Lena could only lie to her father for a medical examination and beg Dove for a sum of money.
As a result, I took a lap of money and went back, but the blackmail was far from over. Instead, it continued to circulate between Dev, Ranjit, and Lena. As more and more people were involved, the incident continued to escalate. , And finally killed.
Dove found out that he had a big deal!
The whole story is ridiculous and full of black humor and irony.
Since the flower market had long been closed, Defu had to steal a bouquet of roses from the cemetery. This bouquet of flowers was used to mourn the deceased, just in time to commemorate his dead marriage.
Under the pressure of his father-in-law, Ranjit planned to become a seller to raise money, but found that every valuable thing in the family was given by his father-in-law. This is the best portrayal of his soft-meal marriage.
Of course, the biggest irony in the film is that if one of Vandev, Ranjit, and Lena dared to tear his false marriage, the extortion would end, but for the sake of desire, they all chose to deceive.
Lena chooses to deceive Dev in order to maintain a decent secular marriage; Ranjit chooses to deceive his wife and Lena for financial protection; Deve chooses to deceive herself in order to retain the remaining hope for Lena and the marriage.
Everyone who was involved in this cycle of extortion subsequently lied continuously for the sake of desire.
Among them, the poorest is Dove. After all, what is more pathetic than deceiving yourself? Therefore, he became the holder of the desperate screaming chicken in the film, but it was not as good as this chicken. He even dared not scream for his despair. In the face of the failure of marriage, he could only steal Photos of their wives on other people’s desks and posted them in the toilet to vent their dissatisfaction.
However, the film is not limited to depicting an urban group entangled in desire and deception.
Defu’s boss advocates water conservation all day long and even advertises environmental protection. In fact, he just wants to promote his own toilet paper. In order to gain profit, he even plans to cut off the water supply in the entire area on the day of the product release.
The officials of the relevant departments actually agreed to this unreasonable request after receiving the bribe!
The deception of unscrupulous businessmen against consumers and the deception of corrupt officials against the people are also driven by desire. But what is terrible is that the two groups of businessmen and officials who hold so many social resources are also addicted to desire and deception. At that time, the entire society and the country will be lost.
In the film, we can see that the Indian society still pays great attention to marriage. The marriage of Lena and Dev is even an arranged marriage, but many people no longer respect the traditional marriage morality, such as Ranjit and Lena. . Therefore, Dev complained, "Marriage is celebrated in the countryside, but sad in the city." Because the city always leaves traditional outposts behind.
At the same time, the traditional dross is still deeply rooted. Materialized women abound, and men can arrogantly talk about whether female colleagues are virgins and treat them as items that can be enjoyed at any time.
And when a woman died, the police actually said to the suspect, "How dare you kill a virgin?!" The value of a woman in Indian society is still measured by a film. Even more exaggerated is that there seems to be a woman married to a dog in the film.
It can be seen that the values of modern civilization have not kept up.
Not only that, but its negative effects are everywhere. When Ranjit went to buy guns, every gun with a different price could actually correspond to a popular Bollywood movie, implying the penetration of the violent culture of film and television in Indian society.
In the film, the line of the boss of Dove, "In India, everything is possible" is the best explanation of this chaos, and behind the chaos is the bottomless line of the Indian society's top-down morals.
What the film really wants to copy is the status quo of India as a whole.
On the poster, the photo of Defu and Desperate Screaming Chicken symbolizes people's desperate mood towards this status quo, yet they deceive themselves.
The Indian government has always promoted itself as the largest democracy in the world, and the Indian people are also very proud of it.
However, there are nearly 800 million illiterate people (2014 data), the 100th place near the bottom of the 2017 Global Hunger Index (119 countries in total), and the country with the highest number of deaths of children under 5 in the world (2016 data) , On average, there is a rape case every 22 minutes... This series of terrible data seems to be printing the face of a person.
The largest democracy? More like self-deception!
In the film, the "three non-monkeys" on the desks of officials accepting bribes are obviously a satire and accountability to the government.
In the end, Duff won the final victory in the cyclical blackmail incident and got away smoothly.
He restrained his impulse several times and did not commit violent acts out of anger; even if he was blackmailed, he always needed as much as he wanted, and he never added an extra amount; even if his wife is unfaithful to him, he still faces the situation where his father-in-law spends money to see a doctor. Generously drew out his pockets.
Dev is not perfect and has done wrong things, but morality is always the biggest driving force for his behavior. Let him win, it can be said, express the film's praise for the return of morality.
After leaving, Defu, facing the message sent by his regretful wife, chose to delete her contact information. After some twists and turns, Duff finally understood that it was meaningless to lie to himself, and let it die for a marriage that was already dead! This is also a kind of advice the film gives to Indian society. Facing the cruel reality, it is always better than self-deception.
The shortcomings of the film are very obvious. The circular blackmail case has not been rounded up, and the latter half of the process is relatively scribble. However, the profound significance of the story and the unique sense of humor make this work worth seeing.
Finally, I wish Uncle Irfan a speedy recovery!
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