(Movie Review ‘ Gantumoote’)

 

Gantumoote is a movie directed by Roopa Rao. This movie is about the nostalgia of a teenage girl named Meera. In this story, we know that cinema is what keeps her spirit alive. This is a flashback story of a teenager finding his first love in school and becoming acquainted with what love means. This movie is not only about the romance of a pair of teenagers, but also talk about how teenagers lived when they were still studying. In this movie, it is told how a student struggles to take their education.

            The impact of movie in my life is very big. Each movie has its own meaning. Of course, some films have a deep meaning. This meaning, is very influential on the life I am living. With the problems in the movie, I can take existing lessons. From the movie I can also add to the knowledge that I have.

The love story issue in this movie draws my attention the most, because it is rare for a love story to end in such a tragic way. The struggle of a Meera’s also really caught my attention, how did she balance the education she was living with her relationship. In my opinion, the character of Meera really represent girls represent girl real life struggles in terms of education, friendship, relationships, even the issues raised in this movie.

The movie patriarchy system in India similar with our social system in Indonesia. Because man regarded as a power-holder in social status and has supreme power in the family. So, all the women in family must obey what the man says.

Meera becomes a big fan of Salman Khan, after watching his movies in cinema. She always writing letters to Salman Khan and hoping she will become the mother of his child. Then, she feels that one of his classmates named Madhusudhan looks like her favorite actor that is Salman Khan. The character of Madhu is very related with the teenager in real life. Like the delinquencies that exist in teenage boys in general. Like how he seduces, gets angry, quarrels, or forces his will.

They falling in love when their eyes meet. Then, their relationship engaging in first kiss, first hug, and the first touch. Until finally Madhu's life becomes difficult. His education failed. From here we can see Meera's struggle to make her partner rise again even though their love story doesn't end beautifully.

Director Roopa Rao has packed the entire storyline very well. She also gave an unexpected ending. This story fits very well with the problems of today's youth. The movie has a lot of special effects like the way they recorded the scenes very well, choose a very beautiful setting, and they put some music in some movie scenes. The actors and artist in this movie act out the scene perfectly, she made this movie very real. They engulfed the audience with the stories they told, and she did not bore the audience because they acted out the scenes with passion.

Even though this film comes from India, this film not only uses Indian in all film scenes, but they also use English in some scenes. Because in this film played by mostly Indians and some other people from other countries, the accent they have when speaking English is a little different from native westerners. What I mean is, their pronunciation is correct, but they use it with an accent from their country.

 

The moral massage from this movie is every problem we can solve if we have the intention and effort to get through it. If we have any big problems, ending life is not the right way. From this movie we also understand that it is important to understand and support our partners.