FORMAT: DVD
Contrived but emotionally-affective melodrama about euthanasia - along the lines of Mercy or Murder?, Million Dollar Baby and the original (of which this is a remake): The Sea Inside - that rehearses the arguments for and against; while being both in favor of voluntary Mercy Killing and against it; depending upon individual circumstances.
A far more entertaining remake than the original; retaining its Spanish ambience with a soulful injection of Indian sensibility combined with a playful nod in the direction of The Prestige.
This is also a tale of the unrequited and unexpressed sexual love of a beautiful woman who sacrifices her marriage to nurse a dying quadriplegic.
The film's only real problem is that the lead is not as convincing as Javier Bardem was in the first film, but this is more than made-up for by the presence of one of the world's great beauties, Aishwarya RAI BACHCHAN an impressive talent, to boot, in a (Bollywood) happy to see women as more than just sex-objects - unlike Hollywood. But, overall, the subtle characterization is matched by the equally-excellent acting.
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