Shoojit Sircar 's I Want To Talk, headlined by Abhishek Bachchan , is a placid, meditative film about life, mortality, and death. Understated, beautifully shot, and realistic, it's carried excellently by Bachchan, but stops short of becoming excellent due to its undercooked characters and storyline. The film is only 122 minutes long but feels longer because there's not enough juice to keep it going.
A man's persistence to stay alive Based on a true story, IWTT features Bachchan as Arjun Sen, a hot-headed, arrogant marketing executive in the US who is diagnosed with cancer. His doctor gives him a timeline—he will likely not see the next Christmas and only has about 100 days before death comes knocking at his door. Persistent to change his fate, Arjun undergoes numerous surgeries.
Can he buy more time? Most of it is calm and unhurried Sircar is not interested in sequences that roll on forever, or in adding unnecessarily weepy background music that can manipulate you into crying. Deeply layered, rich in sentiments, and emotional in places, I Want To Talk is confident, and self-assured about the path it wants to take. Its pace is measured and unhurried, and evident honesty swims at the surface.
The visual grammar blends well with the plot The sense of weariness in Arjun's life post-diagnosis is represented well in the cinematography. The film plays with lights and shadows, hues of black and grey dominate the screen more often than not, and several deep conversations transpire b.