This movie was about the youth of today. Stuff I don’t much care about, having safely passed the age perhaps has something to do with it. It reminded me of youth reality programs that show up annoyingly on music channels.
'Shaitan' had a strong realism to it, a story woven around a gang of friends stuck in a difficult situation they get themselves into, and how they deal with it.
I liked the techniques used – attached-to-protagonist camera shots like that we have seen before in Kashyap’s DevD; high speed camera shots increasing the drama manifold; the manner in which the conversation is shot when two people meet for the first time at a party sitting on a swing; the beautiful Khoya Khoya Chand song playing in the background in the most gruesome scenes; well done.
Frightening was the reality of how childhood traumas shape who you really are and somehow never let you go, however hard you run from them. Frightening also, how immaterial human life has become today, a life where nothing matters, much except saving your skin, covering your ass. Violence, murder, stealing, rape nothing counts for anything, all is cool. The only ethic the youth in 'Shaitan' follow is to stick to a friendship code they set... at least try to.
The performances were quite competent, all known faces, from tv, theatre or earlier offbeat movies. Ok for a dekho, I asked myself did I need to go to the movies to see this? Maybe I did, to show me that the worst was not over, yet…
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