The summer ended, it was replaced by autumn, a sentimental time of melancholy and lyrical mood. Sometimes you feel sad and don’t even know what the reason is. In such moments, you want to watch the right movies to get sad and immediately forget about it. But there are also such films, watching which you will be sad, and cry, and laugh, but they will still lift your mood, and make you think. This is a film about the fate of two complete strangers who met at night on the bridge to take their own lives.
At first I didn’t want to write a review of this film because I don’t really like Indian films made in America or about Indians in America. It seems that you are not watching an Indian film, but a Hollywood film with Indian actors. I don't like that. But within 20 minutes of the film, my decision changed. Prianka and Ranbir I was so fascinated and amazed that I just could not take off the screen until the very end. Well done.
Such a story could easily happen in real life. Such is the problem of modern megacities with their eternal race for money, prestige, success, material goods. And people just choke on everything that happens, not noticing anything around them, rushing through this vicious circle like squirrels in a wheel (so I do not like big cities with their eternal bustle and chaos). Small provincial towns are much nicer, life in them flows smoothly, leisurely, calmly. No need to rush, no need to chase, no fuss and turmoil.
The heroes of this story are all trying to understand why to live in this world. In the course of their thoughts, they try to travel, sing, sing again and fall in love with each other. Two and a half hours of complete happiness. "The Stranger and the Stranger" - a film that makes us think that with the onset of material difficulties or the betrayal of a loved one, life does not end yet, but on the contrary, can give rise to something new, as happened in this film, in the case of Chiara and Akash
I will remember these thoughts for the rest of my life:
- "Live every day like the last!";
Only the life that is lived for the sake of others is worthy.
No matter how many reasons you have to die, you only need one to live.
The movie is great. I would recommend everyone . A good film about the fact that you should never despair, all problems are solvable, and behind the black stripe will be white. Always give life a chance. From the beginning to the end, the film is very interesting. It is a mixture of humor, feelings, emotions!
Good game Priyanka and Ranbir. Priyanka Chopra I love for a long time, how many movies with her participation, always and everywhere I like her. But with Ranbir Kapoor is more difficult. He's one of the young (to me) modern actors that I don't know very well. And not being a fan of Ranbir, I was once again subdued by him. Although I appreciated him a long time ago, after the films "Beloved", "Sanju" and "Barfi" in which he is simply unmatched. And although all these films I watched only this year for the first time (like this film, just yesterday I watched), but I highly appreciated Ranbira in them. Good for him. Another example of the fact that the children of stars nature does not always rest, and sometimes on the contrary endows them with even greater talent and skill than their parents have. And that's good. So Indian cinema continues and will continue as long as such talented and gifted actors come.
The film captivated me primarily with its unconventionalness and sincerity. Modern Indian films keep pace with the times and at the same time are full of strong emotions and belief in the kinship of souls. There is no outright cynicism inherent in many modern films of other countries. There are no loud special effects and permissiveness. Plus, of course, the atmosphere and dynamic, kaleidoscopic story-trip. The romance of a snowy Christmas New York, young and beautiful heroes, music, songs that will say more than any words, the bridge from which suicides jump and on which couples find their love, a life that can turn the most unexpected side, take everything and then give something else, immeasurably beautiful.
This film has only collected a little bit. The action takes place mainly in the way, so this picture with elements of “road-movie”. I especially like this because the landscapes are constantly changing and the characters are faced with different life situations. This story can be safely called life-affirming. After all, despite the fact that the heroes have troubles in life, they find a way out together, and then they themselves realize that everything they were worried about is nothing. So we should appreciate life and every moment of it, and not succumb to a dull mood and depression.
The film looks in one breath, the plot is thought out, the actors are in their places, and even great musical accompaniment. So I recommend the film to everyone who has a bad mood, and just lovers of quality cinema with meaning.
10 out of 10
Akash and Kiara. They met under very unusual circumstances - both wanted to commit suicide. Kiara was disappointed in love, catching the groom of treason, Akash - because of the bankruptcy of the company, because of his ambitions, which led him and friends to ruin.
They met on the bridge, and intended to go to the other world, without even realizing that this meeting will completely change their future life, with which they so want to part.
Priyanka Chopra is one of my favorite actresses of Indian cinema. With each new film, she reveals more and more brightly, I want to note such films with her participation: “Rain Will Fall”, “Barfi”, “Outlaw”, “Mary Com”, “Close Friends”. Her heroine Ciara is cute and cheerful, restless and naive, infects with her energy.
Ranbir Kapoor mostly plays charming guys, but in this film he hooked his game, and managed to show his hero, revealing him from different sides. At first, Akash is unsociable and does not come into contact with Chiara. Then gradually begins to get used to it, and Akash appears a merry man, a traveler and adventurer, and Akash a romantic, in whose heart love has crept.
Separately, I would like to note in the film the music - beautiful and lyrical, especially liked Tujhe Bhula Diya Phir.
You never know what will happen to you in the next moment, and where you will meet your love, the main thing is not to pass by it, and fight for it to the last.
The bridge they wanted to jump off became the bridge that led the heroes to love.
This is a beautiful and instructive film.
The rest fulfill their desires for life, but we in the name of death.
A couple of years ago, when I was flipping through channels as usual, I stumbled across this movie and decided to focus my attention for a few minutes. I was in the middle of the movie and so I didn’t understand it at all, and I didn’t like Ranbir at all at the time, so I took a little look and switched the channel. However, the title of the film and the excerpt I watched, I remember for a long time. I would often spontaneously think of Stranger and Stranger while watching Priyanka’s movies, and if it weren’t for my accidental decision to see Mad Youth, Ranbir would never have liked it, and I would never have included it. After watching a couple of his movies, I thought I should turn on Strangers. After reading a lot of positive reviews, I started.
I don’t know why, despite the storm of positive comments from those who saw the film, I didn’t expect it to surprise me, delight me, or touch my soul. I was just waiting for the usual story with the usual Indian jokes to laugh at and a little tears at the end. No way! This film is unlike any other. It is unusual in all respects, starting with the original place and the reason for the meeting of the main characters, and ending with a very amazing ending. There are a lot of funny and funny scenes in the film that cause laughter precisely because of the actors’ play, their idiosyncrasy and comicality, and I think that maybe if other actors played in the film, it would not seem funny to me. In particular, I was amused in a scene in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and laughed at the performance and incredible facial expressions of Ranbir, who for me will forever remain a Bollywood comedian, able to make everyone laugh. Priyanka, as usual, looked very beautiful, bright, charming in the film, but in her acting abilities I have never seen anything supernatural. Yes, she plays very well and in this film she was great, but I think she is more suited to the modeling business than the film industry. Honestly, from the moment she came along, I knew what the reason was for her to do what she was going to do, and I was right. For girls, this is a common thing, but those who decide to get rid of the problem are not just stupid, but really delusional. The problem of Akash (Ranbir) did not look better, but I somehow understood him much better. From the musical accompaniment, I heard a couple of interesting songs, but I did not remember them, so I will not talk about it.
Of course, maybe I’m too emotional and enthusiastic, so everything I watch gets into my heart, but this movie is really special. It is not like the banal Indian stories, where the main characters were brought together by fate, colliding on the street or in some elite place. This is a story about difficult fates, experiences, people’s attitude to life and death, their character and desires. I definitely liked the movie! I didn’t even expect that in one view I would get so many positive emotions: I laughed with a sincere laugh, and empathized with the main character, and even almost cried in the last 15-10 minutes. I am sure that after watching this movie, many people will change their attitude to many things, to each other and, first of all, to life that can run away from us at any time when we do not want it at all, or hold on to us firmly when the whole weight of the world lies on our shoulders and we want to die. This is an amazing, instructive, sad and funny story about love, fate and the lives of people who have gone through a huge streak of misfortune and pain.
No matter how many reasons you have to die, you only need one to live. (c)
To say what I liked is to say nothing. Could anyone not like this movie? I don’t know, if there is such a person, then it is not at all clear what he can like at all?!
An interesting plot, beautiful songs, magnificent dances, talented actors, a touching story of twenty-day love. All that you expect from the classic beautiful Indian cinema, even if shot outside of India.
This is my first really watched film with Ranbir Kapoor. And I can say that he can proudly continue to wear this loud and famous name throughout the world. And not only to wear, but to continue to make it more loud and famous, because the talent, apparently, and the truth passed on in this family from generation to generation, and together with modern directors, these talents from diamonds turn into incredibly expensive diamonds. It is not that Ranbir is some extraordinary handsome man, but what a charming and charismatic young man. Incredibly talented, like his grandfather and the whole family. He simply conquered the role of Akash, even making him cry a little. I was so worried about his hero that I didn’t even expect from myself. And the scene in the motel after the heroes stole the car is matchless, laughed to the point of colic in the stomach.
Well, with Priyanka Chopra, a lot of movies have already been watched, but this time she surprised and charmed again. How beautiful and talented! And from film to film different, so different that you can not admire. Her character immediately evokes some incomprehensible sympathy, although you are angry with her for saying things in Las Vegas last morning. Well, at least I was angry.
The film is both sad and funny at the same time. The creators managed to make it so that during the viewing, then a smile appeared on the face, then sadness penetrated into the soul, then the room filled with laughter, then tears came to the eyes. Laughing at death seems to be wrong, but how to hold on here, when the coast guard is in time to keep up with the help, then the car can not really knock down, then the heel slips, then the gas has been turned off, then the film ends, then the rescuers appear again in time. And how not to penetrate and not to sympathize, when you do not want to live those who can live, and those who can not live, so want to live.
Special thanks to Zayed Khan. I was surprised to see him on the screen!
They say it’s always easier to praise than to criticize, but the opposite is true for me. Maybe it’s because I just want to see the good in everything. It is therefore easier for me to put into words a mistake than to tell the cause of delight. This is exactly what the picture “Stranger and Stranger” made on me. I would like to express my deep gratitude to Sidhart Anand and his entire team for their hard work. It is not enough just to make a good picture - funny, cheerful, with bright and fashionable costumes and scenery, with wonderful songs ... The work on this film is amazing and excellent - for not only the appearance of the film is beautiful - here also a very deep, very popular and relevant theme throughout the history of mankind is touched upon - the theme "The Meaning of Life".
I really liked Prianka - a fervent pleasant girl with an excellent sense of humor and a little crazy in the image Kiyars .
Zayed Khan is also good. Although he is not the performer of the main role, the image of his character - Cunal - will be remembered for a long time by every viewer.
Ranbir I never really liked it. I thought he became an actor solely because of his father, the famous Rishi Kapoor, and his mother, also a famous Indian actress, Nitta Singh. But in Akash, he showed his acting skills, and I saw him as a very good actor. It was especially vivid when he cried sobbing in the car ... it was very sincere.
Everyone does it in the name of life, we will do it in the name of death, so after these words, our heroes begin to live to the fullest, sometimes very risky - and why should they be afraid? Death? So, practically, they are looking for it, and, in this case, nothing, especially, and will not lose.
There would be more such pleasant and convincing films that will never become annoying and will always please us with their positive emotions, swaying words and insanely beautiful songs.
What do you have to do before you die? Meet true love and live a long happy life!
This film, if not a masterpiece, is undoubtedly very, very good. Youthful, visually and emotionally beautiful, a little funny (and a lot of laughter on this topic is not necessary), romantic, exciting and, at the same time, very serious.
The film only holds on the two main characters, and it is good for such a picture, no one else is needed. The rest of the characters are difficult to remember after watching. Well, except for Potskun-Kunal (in a great performance of Zayed, he really hates in the breakup scene) and a guy in red pants with a shaved heart on his chest ... Priyanka is a great actress and I’ve liked it more and more since 2005’s Remember Everything. Here she comes first. Ranbir is not 100% familiar with filmography, but so far this is his best role.
“Stranger and stranger” about the fact that, sometimes, the pain of resentment and betrayal, the pain of guilt and emptiness overshadows the mind. And then a person is no longer able to look for solutions and try to overcome difficulties. He is so overwhelmed by these feelings that he wants only one thing: the pain to go away. It doesn't matter at what cost. But God gives two such desperate people hope in the form of ... each other, and now it is important for them to understand this in time.
On pluses:
1. Actors, their appearance and sincere play. They are both so natural in the frame and do not seem to try to look beautiful, but they remain so. If in Priyanka I did not doubt, then Ranbir pleasantly surprised me. May his fans forgive me, but as much as I looked at him in several other films (before, after Strangers), I did not leave the feeling of mild debility in his smile and slowness in his eyes. Although there is still some of this retardation, it does not harm his Akash, and on the contrary, there is something in it. So now no one else appears in his place. Besides, it doesn't matter when Ranbir takes off his shirt! Because with the "cubes" he is absolutely fine.
2. The first scene on the bridge is simply incredible - dramatic, tense, but so harmoniously decorated with humor. It completely controls the emotions of the viewer. The paradox is that the scene is too good. Chronologically, she is at the very beginning of the picture and sets the bar too high. The brightest moment of the film, as usual, is expected to end, but it (although it was infinitely cute and romantic) does not withstand competition with such a powerful beginning, besides, the scene is looped.
3. The picture and costumes please the eye.
4. And music is pleasing to the ear.
On the minuses:
1. The subject of the hero’s virginity is a bit amusing at first, but the further away, the less and less seems plausible. Too charming, seductive, self-confident and (in the right moments) sexy this Akash! I had to come up with something different... well, or play a virgin in another way.
2. And again, this scene "and in the morning they woke up ... together!" If in “The Unsnatched Bride” it looks natural (because the heroine has no experience of this yet, and Simran drank really good), then here you will find a new version. I don’t remember what happened between us last night. Well, not true!! She was not unconscious, she came home and did not stagger, and the tongue, it seems, was not braided. And in general (adults will understand), it is strange not to understand the sensations and their appearance was that ali not.
Well, I may be nagging, but those two things were inconclusive and distracting. However, the advantages of the film more than outweigh these moments.
The film catches from the first minute. This is not just a love story or a meeting of strangers, this is a much more confusing and non-standard film, which every now and then changes colors, forcing you to think about many things and the main thing.
- Only a life lived in the name of others is worth living.
- Close your eyes, don’t you see your purpose?
The scene in the hospital sounds like a message to the whole world – People, why are you willing to give up your life because of some problems that you can try to solve, why do you give up, how can you give up the most valuable?
Related topics: Where are your parents? Don't you talk to them?
Loyalty - Why did love hurt me so much?
Injustice and struggle-- Should we give life another chance?
All this was experienced by our heroes Akash (Ranbir) and Chiara (Prianka). These two are amazing. The hero of Ranbir is a confident leader-businessman, strong, but broken by failure, gives up and then is reborn again as a naive romantic who dreams of true love, he reveals himself to Chiara, surprising her again and again. It comes to life again, but healing one wound opens another. The passion that originated in the heart of the Akash smolders, and even deeds flash and calm down again. How he manages to transmit emotions through the screen so that even trembling on the body.
Priyanka was pleasantly surprised by the game, her growth as an actress is felt, I think in this case the favorable influence of undoubted talent near and, of course, hard work. Her monologue on the bridge is a little short of perfect, but otherwise played for a hundred.
Twenty days is a lifetime in the middle. Until the very end, you do not know whether the characters will start a new life together or separately, or still finish what they started and jump, without giving themselves and life another chance.
If you do that, do it without thinking.
Despite the fact that the film is deep and leads to serious reflections, there is humor, comic situations, and it looks in one breath, but does not leave it alone for a long time.
The music pours out of the plot, conveying the experiences of the heroes, smoothly inseparable line. What are Tujhe bhula diya, Hairat, Aas Paas Khuda? It’s a great soundtrack, I can’t hear it. I want to watch the movie, which means a lot.