Girish Malik
Water Film This Is, Celebrating 9 Years Of Jal
Jal is a work of remarkable resonance. The sheer visual mastery of Girish Malik’s directorial debut takes your breath away. Very rarely does a film spin such a beguiling web of drama and fantasy. The sheer velocity and spatial harmony of the intrinsically disturbed desertscape , the incredibly nuanced sound design and the powerhouse performances by actors who forget the camera is watching them, make this a work whipped into eternity by vast stretches of unchained artistry. Tapestried and tempestuous, the tides of Girish Malik’s narrative rise and swell like the frequent sandstorm | Click Here...
Review Of Netflix’s Torbaaz: Well-Intended Misfire
Torbaaz (Netflix) Starring Sanjay Dutt, Rahul Dev, Nargis Fakhri Directed by Girish Malik Rating: ** Torbaaz is one of those well-intended films that you feel bad in criticizing, It is made with a noble purpose, to expose the tragedy of young children in Afghanistan being trained to become suicide bombers. While the film’s heart beats in favor of humanism and peace, that heartbeat of humanity doesn’t quite make itself heard to the audience. What we see is a film saddled for nobility but with | Click Here...
Torbaaz Is Very Close to My Heart, Director Girish Malik
Sanjay Dutt’s long-awaited Torbaaz directed by one of Bollywood’s underrated names Girish Malik , is going to be on Netflix on 11 December. Dutt’s fans, of whom there’s no dearth, can expect something special from Bollywood’s resident Munnabhai. This time he is in terror-infested Afghanistan(the film was actually shot in the violent country) teaching little children the joys of football in lieu of the other favourite pastime: suicide bombing. While I don’t see Torbaaaz getting released in Afghanistan, the trailer most assuredly exudes an emphatic energy as Dutt put | Click Here...