by far, nishaant is the best of Hindi language cinema i have yet seen. this film provoked powerful emotional responses, a sense of dread and tension. the impossible situation that befalls schoolmaster and his wife is so terrible and the decisions that they are forced to make are so absolutely destructive. gritty, grimy and bleak, this film had me pulling hairs out of my head; oh the injustice, oh the pain. on the other hand, this film is made from the light of an Indian sun, burning wildly with exoticism and ethnicity. There is also a kind of beauty and tender touch that leaves your heart melted to your chest, in particular the moments of love shown between mother and son, husband and wife, Vishwam and Sushila are all played incredibly well. On a lighter note, I'm declaring that through my endless passion for beautiful women both in cinema and in general, that Shabana Azmi is simply just hot. her performance as Sushila is so natural and her beauty so rare, i find it hard to place a contemporary in Hindi cinema to match.
Review of Nishant
