OCTOBER -- a film review
OCTOBER -- a film review If you think that you can give “October”a miss -- even though it’s a Shoojit Sircar film -- primarily because it features Varun Dhawan, the Bollywood chocolate hero for crazy teenagers, you will, perhaps, miss poetry on celluloid. Produced by Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar under the banner of Rising Sun Films, with Shantanu Moitra on the soundtrack, written by Juhi Chaturvedi and conceptualized by Shoojit Sircar, the director himself, OCTOBER is a love story of a different kind that remains rooted in the heart making a connection deeper than the sea. It celebrates unconditional love, unspoken and unsung, that surfaces through an awakening with a jolt. Shiuli (Banita Sandhu) and Dan (Varun Dhawan), interns at a five star hotel in Delhi, hardly notice each other during the course of their daily chores. Dan is forever irritable and gets into trouble with his seniors and peers while Shiuli is hardworking and careful....