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Struggle For Bagging Rights

Like many people, when boarding a train, I always scan the carriage for a double seat, naturally not for any travelling companion but for my bag. This isn’t entirely shameful or selfish but because everyone knows that trying to manhandle a heavy bag on or off an overhead luggage rack is a ridiculous concept. If you’re under 5ft 7”, it’s impossible to reach and for us taller people, the action of outstretching precariously above your head for anything weighing over 3kgs, that invariably gets caught on the lip of the rack, on a wobbly fast-moving train, whilst being mindful of a worried stranger sat beside you, is fraught with danger. Not even Liam Neeson would attempt it. To save myself the indignity of falling onto their lap or worse, I choose to keep my bag beside me, where all contents are easily accessible and readily available. It’s not selfish, it’s adhering to Health and Safety laws. A&E Departments are full of people with train luggage related incidents and it’s the fifth highest cause of head injury in this country after rolling pin attacks. I sigh whenever someone points at my bag beside me and says: “Excuse me, is anyone sitting there?” Well, unless I’ve smuggled The Borrowers into my bag or someone’s actually, morphed into a bag, than clearly not. I then, because of Health and Safety remember, have to sit uncomfortably with my bag on my lap, whilst trying to operate a newspaper. I’ll try to alert the person in the aisle seat of my exit 10 minutes beforehand by incrementally packing stuff into my bag and hoping they’ll take the hint. Otherwise, if I’m sat in a window seat, I can’t relax and spend the whole journey secretly praying they’ll get off before my stop as I hate approaching my station and asking them to rise because I’ll always panic and hastily scramble from my seat, hitting every seated passenger on the head with my bag as I pass and rush towards the door.

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Double Seat (2015) - Good things come in small packages

Double Seat (2015) – Good things come in small packages

Double Seat (2015) Marathi Dir. Sameer Vidwans Ankush Chaudhary, Mukta Barve Bollywood understanding of the big screen has been mostly of larger than life interpretations of even simpler things, rendering the beauty of the details of the minuscule useless. Thus, last week when, Drishyam tried potraying something as simple as happy small family, it fell flat, in otherwise what was a brilliant…

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Double Seat

Movie: Double Seat

Language: Marathi

Direction: Sameer Vidwans

Rating: 4/5

Marathi cinema is coming of age. I am not sure whether we can say that Marathi cinema is enjoying its Golden period. But the number of interesting and excellent movies coming in Marathi is phenomenal. 

The trailer of Double Seat was very catchy. It sort of made you make a note -- must watch this movie. The movie is about the aspirations of the common man. How he can take a big leap, if he takes a leap in his vision. This is the baap idea of the film. Baap director Sameer Vidwans handles it with a master stroke. In these times, the struggle to get your own home is beautifully and touchingly pictured in an entertaining movie. The twists and turns in the movie are amazing and are well done.

The chawl is a popular backdrop for many Marathi films. A newly married couple are beginning their new journey here. How people adjust in a one room ktichen will be a mystery to those living in swank apartments. The adjustments to be made while living in such a chawl is how the movie begins. I think the build-up of these characters took a bit of time. But after that the pace is very good and gripping.

Ankush Chaudhari is a natural for this role. He amazingly fits into his character. Mukta Barve is good but does not seem to carry with her the entire character of the film (fairly complex if you ask me). But in the later half, which is more demanding, she is brilliant. Vidhyadhar Joshi is phenomenal. Vandana Gupte is good, but gives an uneven performance. Her one-line punches in the beginning are too practised (effortless) for comfort. In the emotional scenes later she shines with her eyes and expressions.

Barring the build-up part, the direction is superb. Scripting of the film is superb. The dialogues are highly inspiring. The humour quotient in the film is high and keeps you entertained throughout.

Brilliant film, brilliant direction, brilliant acting, highly entertaining. 

Glad I saw it first day first show. I went to see it again at Miraj Thakur yesterday (Saturday 4.30 pm), it was housefull. Marathi movie housefull when there are so many Hindi and other competing movies! Miraj has a seating capacity of about 1000. So I was disappointed and also happy! Marathi cinema Jai Ho!

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Some servers can handle more than others. If you're going to double seat (because there's no other option), seat a server who is strong under pressure...