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Aligarh (2016)

I knew Aligarh had played the festival circuit, premiering last February at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea to a standing ovation. It finally recently played in Chicago at the South Asian Film Festival but by then it was streaming on Eros Now. I took advantage of ErosNow's new offline feature, and downloaded Aligarh to play on a flight this past weekend. I have always loved Manoj Bajpayee in just about any movie he's been in. He's typically the villain, as he was in Tevar. This role was something completely different. I did not know that he was playing a real person until I looked up the film after I got home. He is Professor Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, a slightly eccentric, quiet professor of Marathi, head of the modern languages department at the University in Aligarh. Read the rest of the review here: https://moviemavengal.com/2016/10/25/aligarh-manoj-bajpayee-is-superb-in-this-landmark-drama/

Due to it's off-beat nature, it's kinda difficult to say whether the people will be encouraged to check it out. I do admit that it gets damn slow paced at times for our comfort but it has some power packed performances which deserve to be watched!!!

There is this one scene where prof siras is sitting alone in his room with a glass of wine,swaying to Lata Mangeshkar's tunes tears brimming in his eyes. This scene was designed to break your heart and it does.
The problem with the movie was it was really slow paced but you can easily overcome this.