I’ve been writing quite a bit about Indian movies recently. This is mostly because I get up early in the morning these days and am trying to get through my backlog of movies and a lot of them are Indian movies.

Speaking of which, I watched “Writer Padmabhushan” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15341106) yesterday and I was entranced 🙂 It was funny, heartfelt, and very, very interesting.

I loved most of the cast but especially, the actors who played the parents of the protagonist — Rohini and Ashish Vidyarthi.

Now anybody who watches Indian movies probably knows Ashish Vidyarthi. He generally plays corrupt cops, or villains. But here he plays a loving and supporting father and it was a joy to watch his performance.

Perhaps I have a soft-spot for actors who generally play villains who play a loving parent/support role, but this was like watching Amrish Puri in “Gardish” (or “Muskurahat”) or Anupam Kher in “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge” or Jagapathi Babu in “Father Chitti Umaa Karthik” … It’s a special kind of joy watching these actors transform 🙂

But, back to the movie. Again, it might be personal preferences, but I do love well-told stories about writers (and maybe writing). This was such a story. It’s about the protagonists need to be known as a writer and his journey in actually getting there but with some interesting (and emotional) twists and turns.

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