284. Dear Father; movie review
DEAR FATHER
Cert 12A
139 mins
BBFC advice: Contains moderate violence, threat, implied bad language
Our family is very close-knit but would we really be able to live together again?
I often marvel how those of Asian descent often care for elderly relatives even when they are very infirm.
They believe that this is laying a marker for the care they would like to receive in their dotage.
I am probably more influenced by watching close-up how difficult it was for a close pal of mine to have his grandma living at home when he was growing up.
This set-up caused ructions rather than strengthened the bond.
Ditto for the son (Chetan Dhanani) and daughter-in-law (Manasi Parekh) of Manubhai Joshi (Paresh Rawal) who shares the same apartment and cannot stop meddling in their affairs.
The opening of Umang Vyas's film sees a body crash on the roof of a car after falling from a window.
The victim turns out the be the aforementioned miserable busybody and the film's focus is honed on how he got there.
Bizarrely, the police inspector investigating the incident is also played by Rawal.
He is a strange Colombo-like detective who continuously suggests multiple times that he has solved the mystery only to follow his announcement with another verbal swerve.
Meanwhile, the layers of the family relationship are peeled back much to the humiliation and irritation of Dhanani and Parekh's characters.
Dear Father is certainly an intriguing drama, Rawal commands the stage with aplomb and there is an impressive and unexpected finale.
My only quibble is that it is about 30 minutes too long.
Reasons to watch: Intriguing family drama
Reasons to avoid: 30 mins too long
Laughs: None
Jumps: None
Vomit: None
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 7/10
The final word. Manasi Parekh: "I have always been wanting to work with him (Paresh Rawal) and for me it's a dream come true. It’s a very intense film and my character has a lot of confrontations with him” Koimoi
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