Narayan (2017)

Narayan: Directed by Jogesh Sehdeva. With Rahuul Aamath, Eklavey Kashyap, Deepak Mehrotra, Jogesh Sehdeva. NARAYAN is a simple man and a father, living a simple life, and like all fathers, his son KABIR is his pride and joy. KABIR, is surrounded by friends and peers who seem to have it all, the great bikes, latest phones, fast cars and lots of spending money. All this and more given to them by their rich fathers. On the other hand Kabir’s father, Narayan, cannot afford anything beyond a DTC bus ticket for his son. Seeing all his friends living this indulgent lifestyle, Kabir often feels short changed by his father, a traditional man, working as a simple Security Supervisor. One day Kabir’s friends, who seem to be making a lot of money themselves, offer him an opportunity to make a quick buck. Egged on by desperation and greed for a similar lifestyle, an unsuspecting Kabir, takes a shortcut to making money, and soon finds himself in big trouble. Narayan fight to win back his son and also his dignity, honour and respect.

“u0026quot;Last Daysu0026quot;, Gus Van Santu0026#39;s experimental film loosely inspired by Kurt Cobainu0026#39;s, err, last days, is not one of his best, but itu0026#39;s certainly not the worst (the u0026quot;Psychou0026quot; remake, anyone?). Even though itu0026#39;s not half as poignant as the previous u0026quot;Elephantu0026quot;, which has similar style, I admire Van Sant for daring to make such a personal, non-commercial film. u0026quot;Last Daysu0026quot; is slow, hard to watch, u0026quot;boringu0026quot; as some people say, but that suits a brave attempt to show some moments of a troubled musician, u0026quot;Blakeu0026quot; (Michael Pitt, from the wonderful u0026quot;The Dreamersu0026quot;), who seems completely lost and away from reality, trying to escape from himself in his house, surrounded by u0026quot;friendsu0026quot; who are only interested in his money. Nothing u0026quot;happensu0026quot;, like everybody says, throughout the film, and Van Sant partially succeeds in showing us the big empty inside and around Blake with bitter, raw strength. Pittu0026#39;s performance is low-key at most, and Ricky Jay (u0026quot;Magnoliau0026quot;) and Lukas Haas (u0026quot;Witnessu0026quot;), two criminally underrated actors, donu0026#39;t disappoint in their small roles. We canu0026#39;t say anyone in the cast stands out, though, because this is a movie where the scenery (the house, the forest) is the biggest character, eating Blake up.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Last Daysu0026quot; didnu0026#39;t engage me enough to make me want to re-watch it, but I didnu0026#39;t regret watching it. Far from being a masterpiece, but worth seeing if youu0026#39;re looking for a different option and are interested in the main subject, of course. This is not a movie for a Kelly Clarkson or Lindsay Lohan fan, but please donu0026#39;t say this is the biggest piece of pretentious crap out there – Iu0026#39;m pretty sure Björk|Matthew Barneyu0026#39;s u0026quot;Drawing Restraint 9u0026quot; is a lot worse.”