Qala MOVIE REVIEW!!!!| Triptii Dimri, Babil Khan | Swastika Mukherjee 

SPOILER COMMENT AHEAD. To the point you made about whether Swastika's character should have also died, I felt like she needed to live. That is her punishment for all the wrongs she meted out to her daughter. She was living with the pain of the loss of her unborn son, the loss of her protégé (and the knowledge of how he died), and now she must live with the pain of the loss of her daughter, and the knowledge of how much of it was her responsibility. Too harsh? Sorry, I'm also pretty unforgiving when it comes to bad parenting!

I watched it yesterday. And I felt both hatred and pity for Swastika's character. I saw her so painfully caged in her prejudice, I did feel sorry for her.

Just finished Qala...my heart sank watching this. It was heartbreakingly haunting and sad. Truly the best hindi movie this year.

Hope Tripti gets the recognition she deserves. She is cast opposite Ranbir in Animal so that's exciting!

No Indian movie (at least) Hindi has covered this type of complex mother daughter relationship, also how central character makes some questionable choices but her vulnerability and fears justify those choices somehow. How we all really want the mother to care and eventually be there for her child and the child not to know that the mother somehow in some weird way cared. The music and lyrics in this movie is so soul touching and so refreshing. There is a moving intergenerational trauma. I wish some more facets of Swastika's character showed why she made choices she made, was it depression, ws it similar rejection by her parents? There are some references to those times which make sense, as a singer her mother received complete disrespect and she knew she didn't want her daughter to be seen in that way by anyone, so she strictly rejected her daughter singing in the movies. In 1930s, women who sang or danced in movies were literally considered from very bad and questionable (character wise) families, there was an issue of family prestige. There were also a lot of cultural symbolisms used in the movie. Picture of Tripti in the photo with sitar draws parallel to goddess Saraswati. I just watched the film once but it was heart breaking, my own complex relationship with my mother, I could not watch it fully. I need atleast 3-4 times to get the symbolism in different frames. Babil is so fucking emotive and great, the way he has been captured and directed is so amazing. In his short role, he just was a beautiful presence throughout. There were other amazing characters: the music producer (who exploits her), varun grover (lyricist in the movie), the other singer ( Tripti refers as elder sister). The world was so believable and beautiful, you want to cross the barrier and step in the world. They did do things like Black Swan, especially when they show a monster statue. The scene where Babil is like frozen and converses with her in imagination is so amazing. The way movie captures women's pain, gender dynamics, overall power politics, amongst disintegration of central character in the chaos is amazing. I somehow hoped that atleast few seconds before dying, she realizes her mother somehow cared because that's what she was running after for her whole life. Taking career in music, singing, wining golden award, using her sexuality all to please and get approval of a mother. This movie made me think about how I give feedback to my child. Please watch the interview on film companion with the whole team, it shows director and cast talking about some of pre-work to get into character .

This will be the best movie i watched this year.... better than kantara, RRR .. congratulations to all crew involved in this masterpiece 🙏

I finished watching it last night and I'm still not over it, that is how impactful this film is. I was thinking about it all day and constantly humming it's STUNNING songs. The film was ethereal, haunting in places and all in all, DIVINE. Amit Trivedi absolutely hit the ball out of the park and same goes for Anvita Dutt. The cast was impeccable, Tripti is truly mesmerizing and so so talented. This film will stay with me for a really long time, perhaps forever.

You still need to watch Tripti Dimri's debut film "Laila Majnu". Its an HIGHLY underrated movie with such great songs

In Bengali, Kala would be "Kola" = Fine Arts Kalo = Dark / Black Kolo: there is no such word in Bengali

That CGI scene on the balcony with the Gargoyle was the Howrah Bridge in Calcutta under construction, although I felt it looked fake, it was yet to be completed so appeared as a structure sitting in the air! A magnificent piece of cinematic art, everything about it was simply class! Loved it and highly recommend it!

In one line - if there is something called perfection, this movie comes really really close And god damn Tripti Dimri, powerhouse of talent

There's a GOLDEN line in the movie when the lyricist was consoling Qala "Time will change, it always does". The actual translation of the Hindi dialogue was "Time will change, that's the habit of Time"

Anushka Sharma did a cameo as that actress performing to Qala's song in the cinemas

Absolutely stunning film. Every frame was a visual treat. Tripti and Swastika are so good, couldn’t tear my eyes away from them for even a second

I couldn't stop bawling after watching this film. So so tragic :(

One of the best movies I have seen this year. Everything was perfect. Irfan Khan would have been so proud of his son's debut.

Blown away by Tripti.....loved her.... reminded me of Black Swan. Hands down Best movie of the year. Will be watching again tonight with my wife. Thank you Anushka.

It's only her 3rd film and she's so great

Every actors were brilliant, amit trivedi music is outstanding, cinematography is too beautiful by diwan..brilliant anvita dutt... One of the best movie of this year... Too beautiful

The scene in which Qala talks to Chandan Lal about how launching Jagan would be a mistake to which he replies ' I will be replaced by him and he'll be replaced by someone else. Only music stays, forever! This scene is an important highlight integrated extremely well in the broader theme of the film. At first, as good as Jagan is, he's replaced by Qala and eventually, the same would happen once Qala leaves too. People can be replaced, Only music stays, forever!

Just saw it last night and my first thought was to recommend it to you guys.. such a sad, dark and yet so beautiful movie ❤️

The soul of this movie was its soundtrack. The songs are exceptional and transport you back to the music produced in that very era, whilst being so original! The lyrics in every song pierce your heart!

This is the umpteeth review of Rick n Korbin that I’m watching! Be it films to songs to stage performances, I know for sure, they give the best critical reviews!! They have so much technical knowledge about Indian art forms and artists, be it about Singer K S Chitra to Actor Govinda to Actor Fafa! To watch their reviews is nothing less than a delicacy served on a silver platter!! Here’s me, cheering for you guys, every time I agree with your review: “Yes! Yes! I totally agree!!” 👏👏👏💪🥂 And that’s, almost always!!! 🎉 Thankyou for the lovely reviews!! You guys are awesome!! ❤

I absolutely loved the movie & the soundtrack is flawless ❤️❤️❤️❤️

You didnt notice Anushka Sharma in the movie

A similar one but pretty dark, one should definitely watch the anime movie "perfect blue" that dives into the darkest corners of sanity and blurs the lines between reality and illusion. I thought qala is inspired by black swan, which was inspired by "perfect blue" which the creators denied...but there were too much similarities.

Watch Tripti Dimri's Laila Majnu....amazing movie.

"You do not deserve these tears. " Wow korbin

THIS MAY BE A SPOILER COMMENT. I wonder whether there was any foul play in announcing that swastika's character had lost a boy ..I think babil's character is actually her son (they say he was an orphan and probably jealous people kept him away as he could have been the next legend like his father and grandfather)...anyway through fate they find each other and she never gets over it when she loses him a second time..they show a second where she and him have the identical hand gestures

Korbin likes things that makes people uncomfortable but even he looks so rattled because of the subject matter of this movie.

The had only 2 problems with this film 1. The howrah bridge scene Korbin talks about 2. Babil Khan's parts. I don't know if it was only for me but his parts sounded very "dubbed" to me. I was never interested in his character.

Amit trivedi is an absolute genius

Superb movie with some stellar performances especially by Tripti & Swastika

I figured you two would like the movie, but a 30-minute long review? Whoa! I can't disagree, though. Tripti was perfectly cast in the movie. I have a list of who the top 5 performances by actresses this will be this year. 1. Tripti (Qala) 2. Alia (Gangubai + Darlings- I would encourage Rick in particular to rewatch Gangubai and keep in mind that he's watching a SLB film first and a brothel owner biopic second- Alia's performance works perfectly if you view it from that lens. I did, and her performance worked much better the second time.) 3. Fatima (Modern Love Mumbai) 4. Aishwarya (Ponniyin Selvan) 5. Trisha (Ponniyin Selvan)

In an interview given to @FilmCompanionLocal, Varun Grover says, "Kala is a film made by a lyrics writer, Anvita, who cast a lyrics writer (Varun Grover) in the role of another lyrics writer (Majruh Sultanpuri), who wrote in the film a song "Ghode pe sawaar" ... in the film, which is (actually) written by another lyrics writer, Amitabh Bhattacharya, and it is... and then there is another song in the film jo maine lika hai lekin vo film mein (that I have written (in reality) but in the film) it is written by some other lyrics writer "Shauq" and sung by another lyrics writer, Swanand Kirkire in the film. So, it is a... it is a Russian doll kind of a thing; lyrics writer ke andar (inside of) lyrics writer, ke andar (inside of) lyrics writer, ke andar (inside of) lyrics writer!" Is it any surprise that this film has such a lyrical, dreamscape-like, almost ethereal quality to it?

'Qala'.. is an outstanding example.. how to get inspired by..and not copy an art piece... reference to 'Black swan' And one thing which i always believed.. and glad that even you two brought that up.. Anushaka sharma is an outstanding producer.. and she is an perfect example of how to just not rant about nepotism but go out there.. and instead tell stories which mainstream hindi film industry is scared of producing.. and god.. the way she does it..along with her brother.. no compromise with the quality.. is the best thing.. i love all films of 'Clean Slate' productions.. NH10..pari.. Bulbul(my fav).. and now Qala..

How did you both like Irrfan khan's son Babil khan's acting?

Patreons please recommend... It will be great if OSR react to Mahesh Kale and Sandeep Narayan's Jugalbandhi " Sadhgurum tam Namami".... It is a mesmerizing collaboration of Hindustani and Carnatic music. Mahesh sings Hindustani while Sandeep sings Carnatic.

My ears will start bleeding listening you two get Bangla pronounciations right 😭

i loved this movie because this is not a woke feminism but a real feminism movie. Hollywood should learn to give good feminism movies like this because this movie doesn't seed plots like every men are bad and every women are good. they even showed the mother relationship that she was not good with her daughter. that's how reality hits so much. one of the greatest movies and my favourite is cinematography and lightings with story.

Fun fact: the Q in the title card of Qala is also the classical symbol for mercury (the god from Roman mythology)

Amit Trivedi is Gujarati. Not every musician is a Bengali.

Am I the only one who had mixed feelings? Triptis acting never went beyond sulky child and puppy face. The story dragged. Its overwrought. The story is good in theory but could have had greater impact. Overproduced, sorry To say

hope to see more of tripti dimri performance in the future, and i have to watch laila majnu

Kalo will be black in bengali like kalo jeera for memorising neumonics wow your observation and adaption in accentophillic mind blowing accentophillic i termed this term🤔🥴

Absolutely loved this film. A thorough masterpiece. To add to your review one thing which you did not touch upon was the poetic dialogues and lyrics of the songs. Ultimate.

The culprit of this movie is definitely the mother! She could've given both of them equal opportunities as both of them deserved that! She just wanted a person to whom she can open her secrets but as she couldn't she was burdened by her own guilt! And obviously the only person she could've open up was her mother.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND Laila Majnu by Imtiaz Ali starring Tripti

You guys are great ! Thanks for providing such a beautiful review and giving credit to actors that deserve it

It's 'Qala' not 'Kaala'. Qala means art, Kaala means black. Also, Amit Trivedi is from Gujarat, not from Bengal. There is more to India than just Bengal.

I felt every emotion they were trying to capture i hate evryone who did not saw the signs.

Wow, this is the only review that does justice to the talent and effort put into this masterpiece project. Ofcourse there is so much talent in this film, but it wouldn't be possible to bring everything together without the clarity of the creator Anvita. Imagine how hard it it to communicate your vision, how did she do it- Anvita has cemented herself as a powerhouse in cinema

Qala is one of the best Indian movie ever made.

Indeed one of best film of this decade

Never has a film made me fall down from my seat, and break down crying. Qala did.

The most ironic thing is she was named Qala, which means art. And she, how much she would try but she never became an artist.

This movie just touched my heart - something stirred the chord. Through all the beautiful poetry the characters were believable. It was beautiful.

React more to 👑Anishka,she is🌋

Im just addicted to the Qala songs.

The background music or the score of this film has been composed by Sagar Desai, not Amit Trivedi. You have been constantly told that in Indian movies, more often than not background score is composed by a different musician and the songs are composed by a different musician, but you guys don't seem to pay attention. In India, songs are given more importance than background score, and therefore the producers don't pay enough money to the musicians for composing the background score, and as a result of that, top tier musicians don't compose the background score of a film and instead a lesser-known musician is hired to do the job.

Anushka had a cameo in qala too

I think you should talk about "Perfect Blue" instead of "Black Swan". Perfect Blue came first. Respect the original.

Daur Badlega ....Daur ki ye purani Aadat hai....(times will change ,times have always changed).the kind of impact it creates in hindi ......I think impact changes with its translation.....So i assume you have watched it in English coz they have dubbed it in English too. But the voice is not actual actor's voice.....Others have dubbed it.

Amit Trivedi is Gujarati 😌

All actors perform well, and the music is above average, but this is a very confusing film- hard-hitting occasionally but pretentious at times. The makers are trying to say and do too many things in 2 hours which ultimately dilutes its impact on the audience.

Felt like black swan

I recommend you guys to watch laila majnu by imitiaz Ali too (coz i think y'all havent reviewed it) it's tripti's 2nd movie of her career starring alongside Avinash tiwary

Please reaction kantara movie

Amazing review by you guys! Such an emotional film, will stick with me for a while.

Two issues: i dont like to watch too much rona dhona (tragedy) these days. (But thats personal choice... nothing to do with movie) And i am a bit sceptic about Tripti's jerking performance as younger Qala. Some people are comparing it to black swan. But i think it was way more beautiful than black swan.

Please review Kantara

I think the cgi background was put in to show the famous howrah bridge being built in 1935 around , I'm not sure though someone can correct me if I'm wrong.....

Siddharth diwan the magical ✨ cinematographer

It's Qalo in Bengali, first one was right, buddy!

tripti's character has died in all her 3 movies, if u didn't knew just watch her debut film laila majnu you will like it really and that has the male lead same as bulbbul, specially korbin will LOVE it.

Tripti dhimri reminds me of victoria pedretti... Both are fab actresses❤️

A movie is good when after seeing you still thinking about it for weeks! Man! Forever! So many things to talk about this film, the relationship mom and daughter...💔 And I am not a psicologist but in was so insane the damage that Qala's mother produce in her, and I have been thinking about a kind of sexual thing in the back of Qala's mind * so many questions!? *

Freddy movie review please

Its superb movie 🎬

I love this film so much... Watched fine content after so long ... Kudos to all of them who participated in the process

This movie is similar to Hollywood movie black swan.

This movie is great. No doubt. But dummies without watching some of the best this year??...hmmm..

i watched the movie...it's a blend of amadeus and swathi kiranam. rick: not in support of sub-par talent regardless of gender or any other categories in any field. reviews should be about movies not about ideologies.

Old story . Good production. Good acting.

Too many Hindi movie reviews, please change it up.

I knew you guys would love this film 👍👍

Varun grovers dialogues was soo good❤️

Watch kantara.... i am saying it 1 million th time

GUYZ LOTS OF MOVIES ARE PENDING FOR YOU TO WATCH THIS YEAR MALAYALAM 1 - RORSCHACH 2- JANA GANA MANA 3- KOOMAN 4 - THALLUMALA 5- NNA THAAN CASE KOODU 6 - PUZHU TAMIL 1- THIRUCHITRAMBALAM 2- LOVE TODAY HINDI 1- CHUP 2 - FREDDY KANNADA KANTARA

Qala is a great movie with amazing cinematography and music. I don't know if you guys have watched Saawariya. One of the finest movie ever made with amazing music and colours.

interview varun grover

What about Babil khan ?

Indianized version of the #Blonde.

You guys have not watched Kantara yet.. Watch it and it will be in the list of fav movies of the yr.

This is the worst Indian movie I've seen this year lol. It's rare that I'm in complete disagreement with your reviews. I also rarely have an issue with the acting but Tripti's acting was HORRENDOUS. She literally made _the same face in every scene_ (wide teary eyes and quivering lips) even scenes where she was supposed to keep the face in front of others. So journalists only noticed her weird attitude when she did the split personality thing at the end and not when she was making this face right from the first interview scene in the movie??? 😑 Her monotonous overacting was especially painful to see when she was playing alongside Swastika. In the last 45 min I could barely tolerate her. Just before the credits they show her smiling and looking happy in black & white footage... THIS should have been in the movie. To show the contrast between the face she was showing others and what went on internally. The 2nd issue with the movie is the utter lack of subtlety when it came to visually represent her state of mind and when it came to visual metaphors. The gargoyle close up when she gives the guy a blowjob? lol I burst out laughing and that was def not the intent. The snow that she imagines around her, the black cloud around her etc... Yes the cinematography is pretty but it's so unimaginative that I cannot see any poetry in it. Ooohhh she gets dark thoughts so there's a black cloud around her... Come on 😑😑😑 The portrayal of mental health is also borderline problematic but that's a secondary issue. The core plot itself is fine (although not original at all), the cinematography is good (the sets are pretty but looked too fake though), all the acting minus Tripti is good, as well as the music. But her acting made the movie very annoying to watch in the 2nd half, and the visual metaphors only got me rolling my eyes and even _fast forwarding_ (something I almost never do) the last studio scene where she sees snow and couldn't hear. I can understand that some people would enjoy the visuals because of their aesthetics, even though they were grossly over literal, but I maintain thar her acting is objectively bad here (she was obviously directed to play it that way so it's first a writing problem I guess).

Ss rajmouli Oscar nomination coming. Beat 👊 Steven Spielberg Sarah polley overrated American directors.Apart from that all that breathes is also in Oscar nomination contention. Shaunak sen go go 👏👏

Treating someone badly is not worse than poisoning someone.

Anushka Sharma is not the producer of this film. She officially stepped out of 'Clean Slate Filmz' in early 2022, in order to focus on her acting career. Her brother, Karnesh Sharma, is now the owner of the production house. Regardless of the official announcement, it seems like Anushka became a part of the production house just to give her brother's career a push., and now that it has become popular, she decided to move away from it.

Watch kantara 🔥

Watch Kantara please