Word: nairã
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...action is at its most convincing when it appears to be unfolding before our eyes, an effect no doubt helped by Nair??s decision to film almost entirely on Super 16mm—blown up to 35mm—retaining the mesmerizing freneticism of the hand held camera. Just when the sprawling rhythms of the film seem to settle into a rhythm, however, a melodramatic twist is introduced at the heart of the plot. The twist is at best, unnessecary, but at worst, jarring—a clunky piece of engineering that suddenly makes it unclear whether...
...family prepares to celebrate an arranged marriage, they speak in a jumble of Hindi and English (the young men tell everyone to “chill” in English, while grandmothers speak only Hindi) and the girls read Cosmopolitan, while the boys watch MTV. In any case, Nair??s message on globalization is unclear, for while she evidently reveres traditional culture through her attention to details during the wedding preparations, she highlights the liberating effects of western culture on the more suffocating elements of daily Indian life...