Movie Watch : The Blue Umbrella based on award winning author Ruskin Bond's work
By Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49775)
India
July 13, 2022 12:49pm CST
Recently we watched this movie.
"The Blue Umbrella" which came out in 2005.
This was an adaptation from a story of the same name by multiple award winning author Ruskin Bond.
More details about the book :
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1611810.The_Blue_Umbrella
The movie has some additional characters and names changed.
Yet broadly, the story as well as characters match the ones in the book.
Actor Pankaj Kapur is good in his role though not at his very best.
The child artiste playing Binia is also good.
Overall a well made movie, although a bit low on the entertainment factor and more in the serious cinema or an Art movie.
So if you want a light hearted serious cinema movie, this is for you!
Else if you like James Bond/Mission Impossible kind of a stuff, Vin Diesel or typical Bollywood movie masala or melodrama, just forget !!
'The umbrella was like a flower, a great blue flower that had sprung up on the dry brown hillside.' In exchange for her lucky leopard's ...
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6 responses
@DaddyEvil (174749)
• United States
13 Jul 22
The movie came out in 2095? 
Did you use a time machine to watch it? 
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
14 Jul 22
@DaddyEvil
Ha ha !!
I corrected it!
It was 2005. I posted it yesterday night when I was feeling a bit sleepy so it was always a possibility!
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
14 Jul 22
@DaddyEvil
Ha ha U would surely like to get my hands on a Time Machine and correct some of the things of the past.
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error check on her side!
@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
15 Jul 22
@nela13
It's a serious cinema movie, which get more awards.
A bit boring in between but overall wirth watching.
I read the book story plot later and there was a deviation between the book and the movie.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
22 Jul 22
@nela13
Yes that is right!
Any Friday plans?
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
27 Jul 22
@nela13
Oh!
So you can share about that in a post!
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
14 Jul 22
@JudyEv
That sounds interesting!
Which Indian movie or Programme did you watch?
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
14 Jul 22
@JudyEv
India Today is a big magazine in India.
I wonder this show has any resemblance to the magazine!
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
16 Jul 22
@JudyEv
They would perhaps be people in 40 plus. Younger folks might be more in the Service sectors in the bigger cities like Sydney, Melbourne etc.
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@yoalldudes (35028)
• Philippines
14 Jul 22
Sounds like an action movie. I have watched one Indian movie something like The Bachelor and I enjoyed it a lot.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
14 Jul 22
@yoalldudes
Not an action movie but a kids focused emotional movie.
The ending produces mixed feeling of sadness as well as happiness.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
14 Jul 22
@yoalldudes
Well the author name is "Ruskin" not "James" !
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
21 Jul 22
@yoalldudes
No they are not related. Except for nationality of their Family Lineage - both !
@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
13 Jul 22
A big fan of james Bond thanks for sharing
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
14 Jul 22
@Laurakemunto
But this one is not a James Bond movie !
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
14 Jul 22
@Laurakemunto
Yeah that is fine!
Did you watch "No Time to Die"?
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