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Margarita with a Straw Movie Review
- 4/17/2015 1:43:28 PM
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: Kalki Koechlin, Revathi, Sayani Gupta, Kuljeet Singh, Malhar Khushu, William Moseley.Direction: Shonali Bose, Nilesh Maniyar.Genre: Drama.Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes
Story: Laila has a love of life - and cerebral palsy. Tasting bittersweet flavours, does Laila come of age?
Review: So, a Margarita is usually sweet - but this one has a cutting edge. Laila (Kalki) loves music, romance and people - but cerebral palsy impairs her motor functions. Laila's loving mother Shubhangi (Revathi) supports her through college. But what happens when Laila meets Khanum (Sayani) and discovers new shades to her sexuality?
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Can Shubhangi cope with Laila's secret - and Laila with Shubhangi's?
Margarita with a Straw is an acting triumph. Kalki is amazing, imprisoned in a wheelchair but her spirit flying as she tastes the delights and dilemmas, from crushes to creative pushes, of a college student's life. Giggling, crying, even masturbating, Kalki portrays Laila, charmer, bummer, winner, with unabashed perfection, cheekily asking a shopkeeper for vibrators, the man, thinking of mobiles, responding, 'Maine toh apni wife ko bhi vibrator pe daala hua hai!'
Kalki's matched perfectly by Revathi who shines as a slightly dull middle-class mom, stoically driving a van that evokes Hollywood's quirky Little Miss Sunshine. Their mother-daughter love's so strong, you can almost touch it, just as you can feel the electricity that frizzles angrily between them when they quarrel.
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