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Dear Zindagi Review

So I watched a movie this weekend! It wasn’t the one I wanted to watch, but this one wasn’t bad either. Dear Zindagi was one of those few movies that do not revolve around a love story. And Bollywood actually tried to address an issue which in my opinion is ignored.

This review wouldn’t be complete without me raving about Alia Bhatt's performance. She is confident yet clueless, sure but uncertain, loved but unloved. She manages to express all these emotions very well. There is a scene where she is obviously depressed, yet is trying to convince herself to be happy. That scene was just fantastically played. Take a bow Alia!

I am not a big fan of SRK, I dunno why. His character in this movie is good, but was a little overdone. The emphasis was on heavy dialogues instead of simple explanations. May be the film makers wanted it this way. One of the scenes at the end was very well acted by him, I thought.

This movie touches a topic that is not exactly popular. In India at least, talking about depression is not looked upon well. We are taught to hide our feelings. No, supress. No, repress our feelings. These issues must be very common, but because of the stigma attached to it, we don’t hear about them. Kudos to Gauri Shinde for presenting such a topic in such a persuasive manner.

Honestly, I liked the movie. The people I went with did not enjoy it, but I did. And I am glad that such issues are being brought to the forefront, instead of the same old love stories that Bollywood spews out 15 times a year. I would recommend you to go and watch the movie. 

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