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Dor

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Dor is the Hindi word for "string". And, paraphrasing James Hanley's tuneful composition, as one views&listens to this film: zing go the strings of one's heart.
Written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor and featuring Ayesha Takia, Gul Panag and Shreyas Talpade Dor is more, much more. Cinematographer Sudeep Chatterjee's eye for the pictorial image brings the screen to life with colorful scenery - moreover, every frame taken as individual stills would make for beautiful individual works of art ready to be framed and hung on a wall of an art museum or photography studio. "He composes and constructs stylised but simple images which don't scream for attention, but unassumingly add up to create the film's striking overall visual design."
Dor is about two women who come from diverse backgrounds and how fate brings them together. Quoting The Times of India: "Dor makes a strong feminist statement without being strident or shouting slogans. And all along, the riveting friendship between the two polarized women and the events that bring them together, keep tugging at your heart." In addition to encouraging women to follow their own desires, this film, in its low-key presentation, matter-of-fact juxtapositions Hindu and Muslim cultures without overtly making a fuss about it.
Ayesha Takia has extraordinary resonance in a quiet, realistic performance that goes deep into the complex character of newly- widowed Hindu Meera, continuing to show new facets of herself in a climactic confrontation scene when she reveals her true feelings to Gul Panag's Zeenat, a newly-recent Muslim bride. As her bold counterpart, Panag presents a strong female role model easy for Westerners to identify with.

Although critically well reviewed and winner of a number of prestigious awards, this film was a commercial failure in India. It is not your typical Bollywood film. It is a quiet, affective & effective motion picture. Its musical score is also more of an elitist one and for niche audiences.
Dor, as its title literally implies, is about a series of events tied or threaded together--or more precisely, the commonality of Indian women in pursuing their own desires and independence.
Do not miss it!

I could go on and on about this... it is honsetly one of the best movies I have had the oportunity to watch in any language. Thank you... I will not hype this movie up. I will just tell you that if you are not moved, you were not watching.

Peace,
Joe

This is a Hindi movie. It is a story of 2 married women who do not know each other, but who become intertwined by fate. It is fate which has caused one tragedy and averts another.

The story, as narrated, is quite credible. The direction is perceptive and excellent. Hats off to Nagesh Kukunoor, the Director! Good acting by Gul Panag, Shreyas Talpade and Ayesha Takia.

Gul Panag lives in the mountains and has to make a long journey to desert country to find a stranger, Ayesha Takia, who, fate has decreed, has the power to grant mercy to Panag's husband. However, the story is not as plain as that. It depicts quite a unique episode which brings Panag to Takia. Panag is the reminder of Takia's misery, but they end up becoming friends.
It is about the fortitude of a woman and the courage and conviction of the other.

The background song stays with you well after you have seen the movie. The Director has put in a brief appearance in the movie.

This is quality Indian cinema and a `must see'.

This is a heartwarming movie, with love and loss. I admit, I didn't buy it from this seller, so I don't know about the Eros logo ruining the movie, but I was touched by the story.
This is the summary on the back of the DVD that should be helpful:
Zeenat, an independant and self-assured young woman, lives in a kashmiri village where she falls in love with Amir, who she marries athe day before he leaves to take up a job in Saudi Arabia. Far away in rural Rajasthan, Meera bids farewell to her new husband Shankar, who is also on his way to a job in the Middle East. Meera and Zeenat miss their husbands and get to talk to them occasionally on the phone.
These two sets of lives come collapsing down when a horrible piece of news reaches them. Shankar has been killed, and Amir has been arrested on the charge of murder. Even though there is reason to believe it was an accident, Amir has been sentenced to death. The only way out? If Meera, Shankar's widow, agrees to pardon her husband's killer, his life can be spared.
How will Zeenat succeed in her quest to save her husband's life?

I loved this movie. Man, the story and acting hits you in the chest.

Very nice cinematography and awesome locations. From the lush green mountains of Himachal Pradesh to the gorgeous deserts of Rajastan...the sceneries are breathtaking.

The two female protagonists did extremely well. The male protagonist Shreyas Talpade added to the spice a lot too.

Some of the themes here may be compared to Mehta's "water". But IMO, Mehta's "water" is a dishonest movie to please people in the west..but this one is sincere and more realistic. No wonder most people in India hated Mehta's "Water" and loved this one.

Greatest love stories ever told on film:
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I have only one comment for this film which I feel should be grounds for boycotting the studio that produced it (EROS). They put their logo in the upper left hand corner at different points in the film. Really this is unacceptable and if we as consumers tolerate it, it will soon become the norm. This is a fine film but I suggest you get it some other way than from this studio.