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Dear Dad
Critic reviews and ratings
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Thank you Tanuj Bhramar for this wonderful journey on celluloid. You have done a marvelous job.
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It takes a whole lot of guts to make a film on alternate sexuality in India, specially when you are a first-time director. Tanuj Bhramar has pushed the envelope out of the closet as far as possible. And then some more.
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...deserves a watch simply for the profound point it makes about accepting people for who they are and loving them unconditionally.
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Go watch this short, sensitive film that gives out the message that parenthood has nothing to do with one’s sexuality.
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...touches upon a brave and important subject of acceptance, love and compassion, we wish the film was able to have a wider reach with a better storyline.
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The problem with it is simple — not much happens. And what does, happens at a lethargic pace, which can be unnerving.
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...the execution is half-baked.
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Director Tanuj Bhramar could have explored gay relationships deeper. But in this film, he is almost content to let it all rest with a son's acceptance -- if willy-nilly -- of his father's sexuality.
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Though elegant composed and filled with warm possibilities, Dear Dad stays awfully impersonal communicating only from a distance to tread a tediously linear path.
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...is a well-intentioned film that wants to make some crucial points. But it's weighed down by clunky writing, and a tendency on the part of the filmmakers to try too hard where subtlety might have worked better.
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This could have been a better film dealing with a real issue, but sadly, the script and direction did not seem confident enough to deal with it.
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...is well intentioned but once it sets off on its journey, it does not seem to know where to go.
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The film is anchored by Arvind Swamy’s performance – though it’s really his presence, that quiet way he weathers the worst of storms.
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The movie wants to say something poignant and profound about the need for sons to accept their father’s decisions, but it doesn’t have the material to do so.
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...Arvind Swamy’s pleasing presence and earnest effort notwithstanding. Whatever is there to the plot is too shallow to keep it afloat for even 90 odd minutes.
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...there’s only so much the actors can do with a script that started off boldly but blinked when it mattered most.
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