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Banaras

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Note: Hindi with English subtitles.

Synopsis: Shwetambari (Urmila Matondkar) and Soham (Ashmit Patel) both grew up in the holy city of Banaras. Shwetambari was born into a wealthy and influential Brahim family and as the only child was the apple of her Father's eye. Soham was an orphan found as a newborn along the Ganges River and taken in by an undesirable family of low caste. Soham was aware of the beautiful little girl at an early age but Shwetambari grew up unaware of his existence until she was grown and attending college.

However things change when she hears Soham singing ragas at his audition for entrance into the universities School of Music. She is immediately attracted to his beautiful voice and spiritual demeanor, not to mention his good looks. Soon the two are inseparable and as their love grows her family and the surrounding community react negatively to the beautiful Shwetambari's relationship to the outcast Soham. Can Soham's deep spirituality and Shwetambari's pure heart win over family and community? After all, what better place to try and enlighten those in darkness other than Banaras.

Critique: `Banaras' released in `06 is an exquisitely written, produced and directed mystical love story the likes of which could only come out of India. The cinematography alone makes this film worth watching. However the visuals are not all this film has to offer. The soundtrack is magnificent, the acting superior and the storyline both deeply spiritually and highly emotional at the same time. I absolutely love this film, it deserves to be seen and if you're like me you'll watch it more than once. Buy the DVD, I did!

Note: Hindi with English subtitles.

Synopsis: Shwetambari (Urmila Matondkar) and Soham (Ashmit Patel) both grew up in the holy city of Banaras. Shwetambari was born into a wealthy and influential Brahim family and as the only child was the apple of her Father's eye. Soham was an orphan found as a newborn along the Ganges River and taken in by an undesirable family of low caste. Soham was aware of the beautiful little girl at an early age but Shwetambari grew up unaware of his existence until she was grown and attending college.

However things change when she hears Soham singing ragas at his audition for entrance into the universities School of Music. She is immediately attracted to his beautiful voice and spiritual demeanor, not to mention his good looks. Soon the two are inseparable and as their love grows her family and the surrounding community react negatively to the beautiful Shwetambari's relationship to the outcast Soham. Can Soham's deep spirituality and Shwetambari's pure heart win over family and community? After all, what better place to try and enlighten those in darkness other than Banaras.

Critique: `Banaras' released in `06 is an exquisitely written, produced and directed mystical love story the likes of which could only come out of India. The cinematography alone makes this film worth watching. However the visuals are not all this film has to offer. The soundtrack is magnificent, the acting superior and the storyline both deeply spiritually and highly emotional at the same time. I absolutely love this film, it deserves to be seen and if you're like me you'll watch it more than once.