Firaaq

2008 [HINDI]

Action / Drama / History / Thriller

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 80% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 2702 2.7K

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Plot summary

Firaaq is an Urdu word that means both separation and quest. The film is a work of fiction, based on a thousand stories. The story is set over a 24-hour period, one month after a campaign that took place in Gujarat, India, in 2002. It traces the emotional journey of ordinary people- some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who choose to watch silently.

Director

Nandita Das Photo
Nandita Das

Top cast

Paresh Rawal Photo
Paresh Rawal as Sanjay
Amruta Subhash Photo
Amruta Subhash as Jyoti
Deepti Naval Photo
Deepti Naval as Arati
Sanjay Suri Photo
Sanjay Suri as Sameer Shaikh
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904.14 MB
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Hindi 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 38 min
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1.82 GB
1904*1040
Hindi 5.1
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 38 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ashish-cooltech 8 / 10

Daring but unbalanced

It's quite a dare to make a movie on such a sensitive subject. The movie is very well made which shows the plight of different segments of people at such a horrible time. However the movie shows only one side of the coin and would have been a lot more effective had they tried to balance it by showing both the sides, even slightly. Without that, the movie will get accused as a propaganda story despite being well made.
Reviewed by egress63 8 / 10

Very good drama but way too short to tie the themes properly

The first attempt of veteran indie actress Nandita Das in directing is a spellbinding film which takes the Gujurat Riots of 2002 as its backdrop. We are introduced to four main plots - a Gujarati family complicit in the riots, one mixed marriage (Muslim male, Hindu female), one Muslim classical singer and one couple who return home after the riots have ended. And caught up in these people is an orphan who has lost his parents and is roaming around the city.The individual stories of the film are excellently done, themes of inter-religious marriages, abusive husbands, guilt of not helping Muslims, victims turning to violence, police brutality, middle class hypocrisy (One scene was excellent: A wedding is taking place. The bride is being decorated by a Muslim who has had her house burnt. And the bride is cussing how these "bloody Muslims" have ruined her marriage) are very poignantly dealt with.But the movie feels lacking a thematic closure. It was as if Nandita Das got tired and said "Ok, thats it! 101 minutes, thats all the runtime I can give. I just don't want to connect all these themes!" and left the film. Which is what just what I wanted - a sort of closure. Right now, Firaaq is movie which just gives us a glimpse of these people lives without letting us know what will happen to them in the future. That is something which IMO, should have been shown.None the less, this is a fine piece of Indian cinema - a far cry from the banal Bollywood dance numbers, masala filled movies. Thumbs up for the effort!
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