I saw this movie today....it is called "Drowning Mona".

First thing....great name!!!

And then of course the movie was the kind of dark humour that I had expected. And I was wondering why we could not make more of these kind of movies....the type that you can relate to somehow..where the people are real people....where the situations are not necessarily realistic, but probable....and the people react like real people. I think we all could do with a lesser amount of melodrama or the hysterics..or the special effects....or the computer generated effects...or the amazing fight scenes.....

And for all the hype about acting skills and this and that...I don't get to see too much of good acting in the mainstream movies...hindi or english these days. The Hollywood movies seem to be churning out the same trash day in and day out....and the hindi movies are copying them badly....throwing in a few more songs....baring as much as the censors will allow...and add to that another half an inch of flesh...

Bad storyline, Bad acting, Bad editing....Great advertising. Good Heavens.

For those who maybe a bit interested...if possible, watch these movies if you get a chance. I am not saying these are the greatest movies ever made, but these are somehow real movies.

Zubeida(Hindi)
The Unknown Cyclist
Drowning Mona.
Familia(Spanish)
Midaq Alley(mexican)
Aguntuk(Bengali)


Will add to this list as and when I can.