The Last Lear Page #2

Synopsis: Film-maker Siddharth Kumar is receiving guests at his premiere 'The Mask' which stars Harish Mishra, Shabnam, amongst others. He finds out that Shabnam is not attending and is not available. The reason why she cannot attend is that she has gone to visit the ailing main actor of this movie, Harish, who was injured while filming. She sits with his mistress, Vandana, and Nurse Ivy, and recount Harish's life; his meeting with Journalist, Gautam, and subsequently Siddharth himself; the installation of a camera to view people walking on the street as well as males who urinate on the walls. As they await to hear the initial reviews of the film both Shabnam and Ivy must also deal with personal issues involving their respective spouses.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Rituparno Ghosh
Production: Shree International
 
IMDB:
7.1
Year:
2007
130 min
258 Views


You have the number in the notebook.

Who gives you the number then we take

to the centre and complain about me.

I can stay back if it here.

I'll stay.

Don't worry.

It's not really late, I don't know how

do you get home.

Do you want me to tell me driver?

No, thankyou.

My boyfriend is coming to take me.

I will go with him.

I will go and change,

open the door.

Open the door.

Coming.

Why you are changing here?

Why?

What do you mean why?

Don't you ashame, you're changing

in the man in the room.

Okay,

I'll change in the bathroom.

To the premiere.

I am not going.

But you are the heroine of the film.

That's not my problem.

How can you be doing all this,

I am the lead actress.

I can understand they were doing this

is a charity show,

you know they wonder is money for

him, for his treatment,

for him...

who wants charity?

Certainly not us,

I am so sorry,

I didn't mean like that,

Charity is not the right thing.

I know you really stressed out,

but you must keep you cool,

trust me.

It's only a matter of days,

may be a weeks.

And he will be fine,

He could be,

Doctor said, spinal cord is fractured.

So he is paralysed.

This is brain damage.

You know.

My father is a doctor.

Do you know what it means?

Doesn't recognize me.

How can you not recognize me,

I am ready.

Too many people.

Has Ramesh xerox the undertaking,

Yeah!

Keep them.

Don't make me feel guilty.

Sorry! My friend.

I don't need to hert you.

I was just just hoping that show me

your anger.

And feel perhaps a little more

peaceful.

Starting from that first day.

Who is there?

Hi!

It's me, Siddharth.

I have work with you,

Wait!

Did someone tell you?

No!

Who were?

You...

did it on your own,

I?

Hey! Vandana.

Why?

Why did you do?

What made you...

I mean...

What do you thinking?

Well...

I didn't sit back.

I needed to get him and

just thought it was the best way,

See?

That how did he suppose to do that?

I'll just talk in the living room,

No, No, don't go.

See, it works.

It was how do you know?

Get a proper bell,

What for?

Only it's your imagination.

That's all.

More momentary.

Fire and crakcs.

Come on to this yellow sand.

And then shake hands.

Cheers.

Excuse me.

Put something in the water.

Harish Jee,

Call me Harry.

Ok! Harry.

I am making a film and I like you

to direct it.

Film?

Yeah. Film.

Not Shakespear.

Why suddenly think of me?

Well! I guess the way I thought of

you're bet.

Have you seen me out?

No! But heard alot.

I never did radio.

Heard alot of about you.

Is that if I may ask the source of

your condition.

But now that I see you,

You see nothing young man.

You cannnot see an actor like that.

I think you are wasting your time,

See, I just thought I would politely

better ask you to assure you.

Sure! And what is that?

How that?

That's actually I attempt for.

It's like a collection of your book

sample.

Books sample.

Yeah! It's like a picking your best

moments and compiling together.

You get samples on a shop not on

a stage.

You know when you best moment

happened?

You had to keep on trying.

Bombay,

Madras,

Calcutta,

at 5,

at 2.

Which?

And you fly him when he comes back.

That's brilliant.

Absolutely brilliant.

Thankyou.

It worked to be brilliant.

I hope you realize.

Why you need to see an actor on stage?

Well! I'm confidently best in the

cinema.

I shall be go but I cannot be mad.

But your cinema.

Shall not be good,

make me look like a fool.

Well, I may act and end of the day

it's like incomplete moment.

And why that?

All your close-ups.

Whatever.

When you see the face,

you cannot see the hands.

When you see the face and hands you

cannot see the full body.

When you see the body you are so far

away to see the expression of the face

When you want to see face,

See face,

Why hands?

It's just ditractive,

and who is to decide?

What's to be seen?

I,

I mean.

The director and...

sometimes the DOP.

The cameraman I mean.

And what of the actor.

The actor is the subject.

Could I have some coffee please.

And can we have some lights here,

why not the window?

Put up the light,

what you doing?

No, no, look.

See this shameless bastard.

I'll deal with him.

Hello there,

Up here.

Runaway,

excuse me.

In the evening my send his driver home,

with the jar of coffee.

Tell me one thing.

Why you filmy people have to be so

fake?

I mean anything for work,

I don't quite agree with some of the

things he does.

It may be right or wrong but it's

there.

Very prestigious issue for him.

There is a man who normally doesn't

do films.

So,

I will make him work,

So what if you doesn't work with

anybody else?

It's my challenge,

I will create history.

So I will go to his house,

spend time with him.

Give him gifts.

I'm telling you are making a big

mistake,

I have updated everything,

temperature and pressue reading.

Description and reports, I've kept

on 5.

I think you have my mobile number,

still I've written it down for you.

Just in case other nurse didn't come

here, you can call me.

He calls you, stays you.

And you drop evreything and ready

to go with him,

do you know what will happen in the

future, he will make you eat out of

his hands,

It is my life, my future,

thanks for worrying about me,

but let me handle it.

Please.

Nice meeting you madam,

Happy Diwali.

Happy Diwali

Mahesh!

Till then I can't eat anything.

I'm so sorry I really forgot.

Do one thing, give me the key and

you go home.

It's okay, I'll go.

You were asking me you wanted to

park your car in the compound.

Yes.

You said, Sid was sitting in the car.

But didn't come up,

how did you know?

I saw,

You went downstairs.

CCTV,

how come?

Your director put it.

We both used to watch people peeing

on the road,

my favourite time pass.

Nobody is doing into them,

why?

Would you have been some one day?

I think we can put Tv camera from the

outside.

Is it possible?

There, there,

Good, good, take this photograph.

Only necessary.

Disappoint.

Okay,

let's play a some new game.

What do you think he does the guy

in white shirt.

As as occupation.

Come on harry guess.

Could be anything.

9 to 5.

It's 12:
40.

Should have been in office then.

It could be a medical representative.

It need be a carrying a bite.

Here comes another one.

You do nothing no work.

Not a student.

And if he is going to office what's

he doing for the work,

could be bunk in work.

Did what?

To meet his girlfriend.

Or may be his prospective employee.

Why should I believe you?

You can check if you want,

Hello! Young man, over here.

One small question.

I know this is intrusion and you're

completely free to reply or reject.

But allow me to persue my humour.

Yeah! Sure tell me.

Am I allow to persue of madness not

discrete.

Iove that's more craze with the few

of my sighs.

My friend here is loud with prophecy

with occupation,

in short,

and your job.

We placed a kingdoms

it lies.

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Rituparno Ghosh

Rituparno Ghosh (31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013) was an Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist in the Bengali cinema. After pursuing a degree in economics he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency. In 1992, his debut film Hirer Angti released. In 1994, his next film Unishe April released which won National Film Award for Best Feature Film. Ghosh was a self-professed Satyajit Ray fan and inspired other filmmakers like Mithaq Kazimi who adapted Ghosh's film Raincoat in English. In his career spanning almost two decades, he won 12 National and many International awards. Ghosh died on 30 May 2013 in Kolkata after a heart attack.His unreleased Bengali movie Taak Jhaank was honoured and released at the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival. more…

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