Released last week all over India, Anurag Kashyap and Splendid Films’ Goldfish (English; UA) is the story of a mother and her daughter. The mother is suffering from dementia. The daughter finds it difficult to deal with the problem. Besides, there are scars of her childhood too.
Pushan Kripalani and Arghya Lahiri have penned an extremely class-appealing story and a matching screenplay. The drama often gets depressing and, therefore, lacks in entertainment value. The duo’s dialogues are natural.
Deepti Naval is very good as the mother. Kalki Koechlin does a fine job as the daughter. Rajit Kapur makes his mark. Bharti Patil, Ravin J. Ganatra and Gordon Warnecke lend fair support.
Pushan Kripalani’s direction is mature. But the fact remains that, like the script, the narration also holds appeal for a very thin section of the audience. Kripalani’s cinematography is nice. Tapas Relia’s music and Kausar Munir’s lyrics are in synch with the film’s mood. Ruby Todd’s production designing is okay. Editing (Pradip Patil) is reasonably sharp.
On the whole, Goldfish is too class-appealing to make much of a mark at the ticket windows.