"Shwaas" -- a movie worth watching

We recently watched Shwaas. It is a marathi movie made in 2004 which was India's official entry to the Oscars that year.

The movie is the story of a Grandfather and grandson who live in Rural Konkan region. The child is 4 years old and is stuck with cancer of the retina. The grandfather brings the kid to the city for the treatment and the news of the cancer is revealed. It is a really hard moment because the kid has a choice between blindness for the rest of his life or death ... if he chooses to live, it means that he can never easily pursue his favorite passion of education.

The emotional movie has many a touching moment including the "climax" where the child has one nice evening to remember before his operation and the moment where he stumbles upon the realization that he'll be blinded forever. Ooh! I am getting goosebumps typing this :-)

The kid portrayed by talented Ashwin Chitale and the grandfather by Arun Nalawade have put in Stellar performances. They have been very well supported by Sandeep Kulkarni as Dr. Sane, Amrutha Subhash as Ashawari the social worker and Ganesh Manjrekar as the kid's uncle.

Bhaskar Chandavarkar's music is perfect for the movie's setting.

I'd definitely recommend watching it. Read here for a full plot summary

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