Film Impressions

REVIEW: The Great Indian Butterfly

WHO SAYS THINGS LIKE 'UBIQUITOUS'?

There's a secret valley mentioned in the Mahabharata where the Pandavas found this rare insect that gave them eternal peace and happiness. The fable is lost and it takes some white guy to write a book about it and chart maps about the secret valley. There are many people looking for the forgotten secret valley which is in Goa, by the by, among them are Barry John and Aamir Bashir.

REVIEW: The Great Indian Butterfly

FLY AWAY

Just because the banner is called Arthouse Films -- underlined for emphasis --do the films that emerge from there have to be so self-consciously ‘arty’? Sarthak Dasgupta’s The Great Indian Butterfly is an English language film, obviously meant for urban, multiplex audiences. It can be assumed that this audience has been exposed to Hollywood -- maybe even other international -- films.  Why would they accept a badly written, shoddily made film thrown at them?