Comments on: The Pool Review http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/04/06/the-pool-review/ Blog And Podcast Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:02:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Susan Z. Martin http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/04/06/the-pool-review/comment-page-1/#comment-604540 Susan Z. Martin Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:40:33 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=18455#comment-604540 Went to see "The Pool" tonight at Cinecenta (the small theatre on the University of Victoria campus). I am far from an expert on Indian film but noticed the name Anurag Kashyap in the credits and that rang a bell. He is quite well known in Bollywood. Do you know what he had to do with this movie or did I misread the name or is it another Anurag Kashyap? I enjoyed the movie and it really rang true with me as I have friends in India that work as "room boys" (a job in which you will remain a boy well in to your 40s or 50s) and everything was so familiar - the wiping of the floor with the foot-propelled rag, the folding of the garishly-coloured napkins in to triangles to put in the napkin holder and the sleeping on top of the tables or in the foyer of the workplace. Went to see “The Pool” tonight at Cinecenta (the small theatre on the University of Victoria campus). I am far from an expert on Indian film but noticed the name Anurag Kashyap in the credits and that rang a bell. He is quite well known in Bollywood. Do you know what he had to do with this movie or did I misread the name or is it another Anurag Kashyap?

I enjoyed the movie and it really rang true with me as I have friends in India that work as “room boys” (a job in which you will remain a boy well in to your 40s or 50s) and everything was so familiar – the wiping of the floor with the foot-propelled rag, the folding of the garishly-coloured napkins in to triangles to put in the napkin holder and the sleeping on top of the tables or in the foyer of the workplace.

]]> By: Kevin Saldanha http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/04/06/the-pool-review/comment-page-1/#comment-569460 Kevin Saldanha Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:46:53 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=18455#comment-569460 We watched the pool last night at the Square One theatres in Mississauga ON. and thoroughly enjoyed it. Coming from Goa, it was nostalgic to see familiar locations in and around Panjim come to life. The spontaneous interaction between Venkatesh and Jhangir was refreshing as was Ayesha's performance as the pouty teenager. I have already posted a recommendation to the Goan diaspora to watch this film via one of their largest online mailing groups at goanet.org Kevin We watched the pool last night at the Square One theatres in Mississauga ON. and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Coming from Goa, it was nostalgic to see familiar locations in and around Panjim come to life. The spontaneous interaction between Venkatesh and Jhangir was refreshing as was Ayesha’s performance as the pouty teenager.

I have already posted a recommendation to the Goan diaspora to watch this film via one of their largest online mailing groups at goanet.org

Kevin

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