Shoojit Sircar often makes movies from the heart which touch a cord, even though they do not have too much success at the box office. He does not make run off the mill stories and his movies always have something to say. October is one such movie.
October tells the story not of people but of a circumstance and how the circumstance affects life of the people involved in it. While the movie moves on smoothly, it is laboriously slow and at times you begin to wonder - what is the point of the movie? Even though the movie has been well written, but still it's narration should have been faster and crispier. That is one big flaw that this movie has.
Varun Dhawan as a hotel intern has acted well in the movie. Varun Dhawan often tries out different kinds of movies which give him some scope for acting, in between the comedies and romantic movies which are his forte. Banita Sandhu has debuted in this movie, though she does not have much to do other than just sleep around (on the hospital beds). Gitanjali Rao has done a fair job of potraying the troubles a mother whose daughter has met with an accident.
Shoojit Sircar has directed the movie very well. But it does fall short of his other directorial ventures, mainly in terms of entertainment value.
Overall this is a good movie. But since it is very slow in its narration, I would recommend only die hard serious movie fans to go and watch the movie.
Rating - 3 /5
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