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Images of these men tied to an electric pole at the chowk of Undhela village and brutally caned by policemen has overshadowed the vibrant Navratri in Gujarat.Īnd that’s why Gujarat’s Garba is ThePrint’s Newsmaker of the Week.Īlso read: ‘Lesson taught, we got msg to come watch’ - Gujarat villagers say after Muslim men caned by copsĪround 46 kilometres away from Ahmedabad, Kheda still wears an uneasy calm. On Navami, the last day of Navratri, videos of some policemen in plainclothes flogging young Muslim men accused of throwing stones at a Garba event surfaced. Comedian Munawar Faruqui, who last year spent more than a month in jail after complaints filed by Hindu groups, was also seen dancing at a Garba event.īut what was unforeseeable was the manner in which dissent translated to violence during festivities and how vigilantes openly indulged in issuing threats. Predictable, one would say, with Gujarat going to polls soon. Gujarat’s ‘ Khelaiyas‘ (dancers) had a new assortment of music, from songs on Ram Mandir to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s life and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s promises. Garba, the dance of devotion, was marred with disruptions and diktats, weeks after it was nominated for inclusion in the UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list. This slice-of-life film with sweet-salt moments, may not be that story but does offer some significant life lessons.Communal clashes, violence, brawls, politics, flogging and demolition drives - Navratri in Gujarat this year was nothing short of a battleground. Sunil Grover, competent as ever tells us, “It is stories that live with us forever’. Only the film does not sparkle through and thorough. As for the focal point of the film, Gayatri, undeniably Neena Gupta breezes in like a breath of fresh air and impregnates the film’s solemnity with her radiance. His reel wife, essayed by Eli AvrRam, has the necessary twang to fit in as his firang wife trying to keep up with Indian traditions. Pavail Gulati as the US-based technocrat gets the entire gamut of emotions right. South superstar Rashmika Mandanna, who makes her debut in Bollywood, is earnest. But more than playing the cantankerous father, a part which he aced in Piku, in Goodbye he comes into his own when he begins to understand his children.Īctors playing his children are on point.

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That is not to say Big B is not in full form. And not all work, especially Amitabh Bachchan’s monologue/dialogue with his dear departed wife. Yes, there are deliberate tear-inducing moments in the film. The message is indeed heart-warming and you leave the auditorium with a smile, not tears. Life is meant to be lived and coping with the death of a family member is art of that living. In fact, there are moments when both the storyline and the direction seem caught in a loop…But after the final loop when yet another son of the family makes it home, it suddenly breaks free. While in the beginning, the narrative questions the ritualistic practices associated with death through the rebel daughter of the family Tara (Rashmika Mandanna) in the final take it does not debunk them either. But the succinct one liner jo samajh nahi aata woh zaroori nahi galat ho…does establish the tone and tenor of the film. Not that the lines he gets are totally original. Sunil Grover as the computer-savvy pandit in Haridwar not only manages to break the ice between family members, but also decodes what is science and what is faith, the line often too thin. However, the film truly lightens up after intermission. Nevertheless, the banter of the Chandigarh Bubblies’ (that is what they name their whatsapp group after Gayatri’s death) at the mourning is familiar, relatable and amusing, but can’t quite counter the tragic underpinning. The film is supposedly set in Chandigarh though one doubts if it’s actually shot here. Sure, interspersed with humour, the friends’ gang at the funeral does spice it up. Though we know which direction the film will take…it plays out the death rituals for little too long and the morose morbidity hangs far too heavy. Death of a dear one can either break or cement family ties. As the father Harish Bhalla (Amitabh Bachchan) breaks the news to his daughter and sons, there is palpable tension and animosity. At the very onset, we learn about the death of matriarch Gayatri (Neena Gupta) of the household. Goodbye, as the title suggests, too treads similar ground. Many a heartfelt and thoughtful film around death has been woven, in more recent times Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi and Pagglait. Life and death, two sides of the same coin, inextricably linked, for what is living will die for sure. This song by Amit Trivedi comes close to the finale, but carries the import of Vikas Bahl’s Goodbye in its lyrics by Swanand Kirkire.