When Kingston's Tim Walsh finally felt comfortable enough to ask the director of the film in which he was appearing why he chose him over the other 150 or so actors who auditioned, the answer was simple.
The movie, shot in Mumbai, India, and Toronto, follows the character of Jeet, who hastily travels, with a counterfeit passport, from her native India to Toronto, where her brother lives. The intricate plot also involves stolen diamonds and kidnapping.
"If you look closely, those are my running shoes as they go into the apartment," Walsh said of his white and red Nike runners that appear for a second or two, about two hurried steps toward a man tied up and lying on the ground, in the trailer.
"They kept forgetting their lines, they'd forget them after I got beat up, so every time the director wanted (lead actress) Barkha Madan and the antagonist to beat me up more to make it look more real," he reminisced.
Not only that, but they got rid of Walsh in a number of ways, too. First, they escorted him out the door, then they threw him out into the hallway, and then they threw him out into the hallway while the door was closed. In the end, he was handed over to a couple of goons who would be in charge of getting rid of him.
In fact, he almost didn't bother to try out for the role. When he arrived at the Toronto location for his audition, there were 150 or so actors already there awaiting their turn. Another cattle call, he thought.
When he found out he had won the role, he was told to show up in Toronto the next day and be "production-ready." Problem was he was vacationing in Niagara Falls and had to scramble to learn his lines.
The movie, shot in Punjab and Toronto had very few crew members. Madan was also a producer, female lead and tea supplier, as she revealed. Even as she is engrossed in her service to the society as a nun, Madan said she would promote her movie in India.
Directed by Sanjay Talreja, Surkhaab stars the talented actress Barkha Madan in the lead role of a strong woman named Jeet. It also stars Sumit Suri, Vinita Malik and Naresh Gosain in supporting roles. Surkhaab was screened at some of the best international film festivals such as the Madrid International Film Festival and Commfest Festival in Toronto to name a couple and is the winner of the prestigious award for the Best Foreign Language Film at the London International Film Festival 2013. Also Read - Naagin 3 actress Surbhi Jyoti all set to tie the knot with Sumit Suri in March 2024?
The movie explores underlying themes of globalization, cross immigration and women empowerment. Surkhaab, begins with the story of Jeet (Barkha Madan), a state level Judo champ living in Punjab. In spite of hailing from a strong army background Jeet is unable to find a stable job and decides to run away to Canada to find a job. What follows is her inspiring journey to make a life for herself, protect herself and her family and deal with several unforeseen circumstances, in her run across her new country. Also Read - Brahmastra: PVR CEO opens up on losing Rs 800 crore after Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt starrer garnered negative reviews
Barkha Madan, a 1994 Miss India finalist and Miss Tourism Worldwide runner's up, was a known face on Indian television before she gave it all up as she embraced Buddhism in 2012. Her recent release, the internationally acclaimed movie, Surkhaab, which happens to be her own production, brings the limelight back onto her, one last time, as she bids adieu to cinema forever. Femina spoke to Barkha to find out about what attracted her towards Buddhism.
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I just watched Shhhh and though it wasnt a perfect movie, it was quite watchable. Tanisha was quite good though nowhere close to Kajol. She resembled Kajol in many of the scenes and even the way she spoke sometimes reminded me of Kajol. I think it is a good movie because throughout the whole three hours, I never felt bored. The story went along such that you were kept interested in the movie. Except for one item song in Hongkong, the movie was nice. If anyone else has seen it, how do you find it?
Although the movie was nice throughout, I didnt quite like the climax. I mean when they reveal who the killer is, it doesnt quite make sense why he had to kill all the other people. His motive for killing sounded very much like 'Baazigar'. But they didnt quite manage to explain the motive for killing all the people that he killed other than Tanisha's family. Does anyone else have an idea on why he killed those other people?
I also noticed another flaw in the movie. When the killer tries to attach Tanisha in her house, and she sees his orange watch and then sees Suraj has the same watch and thinks he is the killer? It later turns out he has an alibi. In the end we find out the killer is Suraj and his brother. So who was it actually that came to attck her at her house. Could not be Suraj coz principal said he was with him. And if it was his brother, were the two of them wearing the same type of watch? How come none of the group members ever noticed?
And there was no necessity to do that fake killing of Suraj's brother. It went overboard I think. The movie was nice in that it kept making Rocky the prime suspect for all the murders and suddenly turns out to be Suraj, whom people suspect the least because he has already been proved innocent. Though I kept thinking it must be Suraj coz from all the mystery novels I have read, it is always the person least likely. But having two killers was kind of unfair on the viewers who are trying to guess who the killer is. I dont know, it is kind of cheating coz you are always trying to find out the killer and eliminating impossible ones. But I guess it was the only way they could have a surprise ending where the viewer is really surprised as to who the killer turns out to be coz they really didnt expect two people to be in it together.
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