"Between the Lines" CinePlay review... intelligently written and thought provoking, with good camera-work...
I've always found Nandita Das to be insightful, from what I have seen and read of her, over the years. The kind of person I'd love to have a conversation with...
Her's and Divya Jagdale's Between the Lines is about an affluent couple who fell in love back in law school and have been married for the last 14 years.
Shekhar, the husband, is one of the country's most sought after lawyers and his wife Maya, balances work and life, drafting routine contracts for a law firm. Their son, Arjun, the fruit of their love, is now in boarding school and Maya, who now has more time on her hands, takes up a case that has her pitted against her own husband, who is prosecuting a poor wife on an attempt to murder.
The trial results in an eye-opener of their personal lives, leading to intelligent questions and debates about disagreements and personal preference and how to agree to disagree, especially between married couple or loved ones, and life.
Ritesh Menon's direction for CinePlay is pretty good. So is the camera work, as it can get challenging capturing a play effectively. Felt like I was watching it live, in more than a few places.
I enjoyed how there are only two actors in this one and how Nandita Das and Subodh Maskara play the other two characters as well. The two artistes juggle their roles very well.
Das is a natural! She has also directed this 2012 play for stage and doesn't miss a beat. The monologues... to her exchanges with her husband... to her talking in her sleep... are all beautifully enacted. Her accent and dialogue delivery is impressive, as it is very easy to make it sound like a lecture, but it didn't look one bit staged! Kudos to her for a terrific effort.
Subodh has a great personality and plays her husband quite competitively. Together, they share likeable chemistry throughout.
The sound design by Ninad Lad and Adwait Joshi is commendable, too. I did not imagine I'd enjoy the play so much and have no qualms - none whatsoever - that I could just watch it as a CinePlay only. Even better: I'm grateful that it was recorded for audiences that missed this live, back in the early part of this decade...
This play is about women juggling with fifty thousand things at the same time, making the men wonder and think about what the women and their loved ones actually like doing. I think the concept of the five love languages (by Dr. Gary Chapman) would have fitted in perfectly in this, and it makes sense as to why knowing your loved one's love languages is so important.
The lighting is apt, focusing on the characters more than anything else.
There are many sharp monologues and dialogues - ones that'd make you think. Again, Das has done a remarkable job on this front as well.
Started by the actress and her husband, Subodh Maskara, Chhoti Production Company Pvt. Ltd.'s first production is an admirable effort that focuses on the small things that are said and left unsaid about love and life. Go watch it. You'd be glad it was recorded as a CinePlay. :)
Her's and Divya Jagdale's Between the Lines is about an affluent couple who fell in love back in law school and have been married for the last 14 years.
Shekhar, the husband, is one of the country's most sought after lawyers and his wife Maya, balances work and life, drafting routine contracts for a law firm. Their son, Arjun, the fruit of their love, is now in boarding school and Maya, who now has more time on her hands, takes up a case that has her pitted against her own husband, who is prosecuting a poor wife on an attempt to murder.
The trial results in an eye-opener of their personal lives, leading to intelligent questions and debates about disagreements and personal preference and how to agree to disagree, especially between married couple or loved ones, and life.
Ritesh Menon's direction for CinePlay is pretty good. So is the camera work, as it can get challenging capturing a play effectively. Felt like I was watching it live, in more than a few places.
I enjoyed how there are only two actors in this one and how Nandita Das and Subodh Maskara play the other two characters as well. The two artistes juggle their roles very well.
Das is a natural! She has also directed this 2012 play for stage and doesn't miss a beat. The monologues... to her exchanges with her husband... to her talking in her sleep... are all beautifully enacted. Her accent and dialogue delivery is impressive, as it is very easy to make it sound like a lecture, but it didn't look one bit staged! Kudos to her for a terrific effort.
Subodh has a great personality and plays her husband quite competitively. Together, they share likeable chemistry throughout.
The sound design by Ninad Lad and Adwait Joshi is commendable, too. I did not imagine I'd enjoy the play so much and have no qualms - none whatsoever - that I could just watch it as a CinePlay only. Even better: I'm grateful that it was recorded for audiences that missed this live, back in the early part of this decade...
This play is about women juggling with fifty thousand things at the same time, making the men wonder and think about what the women and their loved ones actually like doing. I think the concept of the five love languages (by Dr. Gary Chapman) would have fitted in perfectly in this, and it makes sense as to why knowing your loved one's love languages is so important.
The lighting is apt, focusing on the characters more than anything else.
There are many sharp monologues and dialogues - ones that'd make you think. Again, Das has done a remarkable job on this front as well.
Started by the actress and her husband, Subodh Maskara, Chhoti Production Company Pvt. Ltd.'s first production is an admirable effort that focuses on the small things that are said and left unsaid about love and life. Go watch it. You'd be glad it was recorded as a CinePlay. :)
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