Last friday was not a very pleasant one. An untimely demise of someone I knew was lingering in my head from the previous day. I picked up this movie that evening and a little over half an hour into the movie, I was ready to quit. I was definitely in no mood to watch a depressing movie. Somehow I continued to watch, and I am glad I did. There are no spoilers ahead, so read along if you havent watched it.
15 Park Avenue is Aparna Sen's second movie I was watching after Mr.and Mrs.Iyer. In Mr.and Mrs.Iyer, a well directed low budget movie, Konkana had portrayed the role of a tamil iyer to perfection. 15 Park Avenue is also directed by Aparna and has both Konkana and Rahul Bose in the lead as well.
Konkana plays Mithi,a schizophrenic, and Shabana Azmi, at her usual best, plays the role of her elder sister. The director has excelled in bringing out the delicate relations between various characters in the movie. The ending of the movie though might seem surprising, brings out the central theme to perfection.
Incidentally, this is the third movie about schizophrenics, I can't stop adoring. The first one was Puttanna Kanagal's masterpiece in Kannada, Sharapanjara and the second was Russell Crowe playing John Nash in A Beautiful Mind.
If you haven't watched this one and you do have a decent connection to internet, watch it here! Courtesy Youtube.
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Hey,
Thanks for the tip...It was a wonderful movie, just watched it today...As u said, the subtleties in the different relationships were handled beautifully...Loved Konkana Sen, have liked her ever since I saw Page 3...
By the way, happy new year...
15 Parkvavenue, the ending is the best thing about it. I always feel, arent we all a schizophrenic?
@soumya Glad you liked it!
@advocatus diaboli Yes, we are!
Hello, how are you? This work is perfect.
Good week for you. Thank you
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