

However, that’s not the reason why the movie is special. No dances with the hero and heroine singing love songs. What’s refreshing about this movie is that it’s not a typical boy-meets-girl Bollywood story. I watched it in February for the first time upon the recommendation of one of my best friends Shashi, and I watched it two more times since then and recommended it to several people in my life. It’s a long time since I’ve been so excited to see a movie.Dear Zindagi (in English, Dear Life) is not exactly a new movie, but it touched me the most this year. Do you plan to catch this movie? Already watched it? How did you like it? So here are the five reasons I”ll be on my couch watching Dear Zindagi this Sunday. It’s a casual coming of age story, there’s no violence or sappy romance (I hope), just a lot of healthy dialogue (hopefully) about leading a fulfilling life. Jehangir, a free-spirited psychologist who helps her to gain a new perspective on her life. This movie centers on a budding cinematographer named Kaira, who is discontented with her life and meets Dr. Unique (for Bollywood standards) story.Alia Bhatt as KairaĪlso, she seems to be perfectly cast as a confused millennial battling depression. She’s not a conventionally pretty Bollywood heroine, but there’s a charm there, and combine that with her understated performances, I think she will be amazing in this movie. OK, I loathed her in her début movie – Student of the Year, but since then I think she’s come a long way (think Highway, and Udta Punjab). My friends who watched this movie came back raving about how funny and true-to-life the dialogues were, and the few reviews I have seen also confirm this.

I love her sensibilities, and her very realistic and simple style of movie making.


I absolutely adored Gauri Shinde’s movie English Vinglish and her empowering feminist message in that movie, and I think I will enjoy any movie that she makes.
