Guzaarish

2010 "Magic is an illusion... and so is life..."
7.4| 2h6m| PG| en
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Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.

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AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks
TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Bidyut Sarkar What a fantastic movie!!!! Loved it... I could feel every moment of the film... Hritik Roshan's was at his best Marvelous A true masterpiece And a must watch....
Takethispunch Ethan Mascarenhas (Hrithik Roshan) is a former magician who is a quadriplegic. He becomes the Radio Jockey of an FM Station called Radio Zindagi. His show spreads magic, hope, and laughter through his irrepressible wit and humor to every listener and caller, making it difficult to imagine that this is a man who has been immobilized with a spinal injury for the last fourteen years of his life. Sofia D'Souza (Aishwarya Rai) is his nurse who has been accompanying him for the past twelve years.
RainDrop DZ I am not a big fan of Bollywood movies, yet here I am, leaving this review in hopes to lift the fog on one of what I wouldn't hesitate calling, a genius masterpiece.Guzaarish is a story that will challenge EVERY stereotype and preconception about the style of Bollywood filming and narratives; the lack of dancing and merry singing, the lack of colors and peachy happy endings, and onto the real elements: the very engaging story, the epic heart-felt acting and the story- line at its best and finest honesty.This is a brilliantly successful magician who decided, after an accident, that his life is not worth another day, and despite the unconditional Love and support that surround him, he is so willing to defy the Law in hopes to be granted the HONOR of ending his miserably unhappy life.But the story is not about whether or not Ethan has been granted the earthly legal consent to end his life, it is much more than that.The story is very engaging and witty enough to invest in the viewers emotions, yes it does. There's a "magic" about the writing that captivates the breath- taking out of the viewers to delicately invite them to LIVE the life inside the heart and through the eyes of Ethan. There is this Indian magic spirit in the writing that allows us all to be part of a life of Ethan, to love and sympathize with him, to feel at awe with his magician skills, to care for him and want his life to be even longer, then to be faced with a personal desire of his to end his life. We, then, are left clueless, as well as Sofia and the rest.The writing has made a decision to make us mourn the loss of Ethan while he is alive, with happy tears, compassion, sympathy and Love. And to do that, Sofia, Omar and the rest are there to represent those feelings for us, at least, to transmit those feelings to Ethan.And while death is inevitable, and the truest truth of this life, it remains hard to cry and/or celebrate Ethan's life, simply because those around him have selflessly joined his desire to end his misery with the most enchanting, honoring and noblest party there is.If this movie could teach morals, it would undeniably be the one about, death and Life, about how we are so preoccupied with death coming that we forgot to rejoice the Life that offers itself with each sun rise.Rejoice Life even if you are nothing but a heart-beat away from the biggest journey, Ethan made that very possible and JOYFUL, writing books, hosting a radio show to inspire others, teaching a young magician and finally, ending life with the most beautiful Love story there is. {YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS PART, I PROMISE!!!!}
Armand Tale. Basic tale. About life and its minor moments, about magic in very large definition, about hope in a strange formula. Gentle pledge for small parts of puzzle named human been. Dramatic, sentimental, amusing, melancholic, sad, different, Indian and image of measure. As a veil in spring wind. A kind of joy source for wonderful images and precise art of dialog. A parable and page of a Sufi very old book. Collection of stories - mother and first magic representation, young Omar and Sofia - delicate shadow - and description of illness without passion or pink nuances. A movie who may be experience, moral lesson or charming meeting. As a flower, fly of a bird or warm rain. The major virtue - art to not be pathetic. Or fake. Or copy. It is not an original idea but the manner to show each slice of hero decision is full of empathy. And it is great. Because only review is silence.