‘FireFlies’ Movie Review: “A must watch”
Cast:
Rahul Khanna as Shiv, Monica Dogra as Michelle, Arjun Mathur as Rana, Shivani Ghai as Sharmila, Aadya Bedi as Maya
Director:Sabal Singh Shekhawat
Synopsis:
Shiv, a successful banker who lives a superficial life in the high corporate society of Bombay and Rana, the younger brother who is a law school dropout lives on restoring vintage motorcycles at a friend’s garage in a not-so-famous lane of Bombay are the base characters of the movie, ‘Fireflies’.
The experienced achievements and delusions of the two brothers briefly clarify the journey. But a tragedy that befell them fifteen years ago intends to repeat itself, just with a new manifestation. The bitterness suddenly smothers again, in a strange heartbeat. The voices and visions from the past and the practicality of the years gone by now gesture the brothers to find a picture in the puzzles scattered long ago.
Rahul’s breaking down association with his high society wife is weighed against Arjun’s growing bonding with the abstruse, Michelle.
While Rahul gets into a destined extra marital association with a former lover Aila, his sibling’s relationship excessively heads quick to a deadlock.
Theme:
Fireflies is the persistent theme of the movie. It resembles the radiant conception that come out of the deep darkness to light up the imagination of the naive. They live their fullest, as long as the blaze lasts even if it is about a lifetime which needs to be lived in just one day.
Review:
Fireflies, has a natural pretension attached where in the characters who are so much urban prefer speaking only in English. Even the songs in the movie are English. However there is a mesmerizing trace of sensuality to a lot of events such as the crimson red wine clinking in the crystal glass, the splattering of the rain against the window panes etc. All of these beautiful directional tricks and star cast that is good looking as well as talented makes an overall good package. The script doesn’t have the viable vastness of the masaledar Bollywood movies that we are so used to.
It is a chunk of sophistication about bonding between siblings and a horrifying family tragedy. The two warring brothers have played their roles quite deeply and intensely and are constantly in their character throughout the movie. The scenes are mostly shot in dark light which gives a perfect back drop of suppression and deep emotion.
Fireflies, is a blemished film about imperfect characters who mask their profound apathy in customized postures of complexity. It’s not an incredible film but in any case it’s deep and a decently created bit of silver screen about broken lives solidified in compromised relationships.
The mystery that the movie holds will make us watch the movie till the end. It may not be the greatest of drama on the enigma of human relationships, but the plot and the direction has got the mood, tempo and characterizations just right.
Recommended to watch?
It is a movie with fine actors and non-spiced up story line. If you are a hater for silly and typical plots which have obvious endings and you thrive for family drama with broken lives of the characters with deep meaning then it is definitely a must watch.
