Blue Mountains

Movie Review
Release on: Apr 07, 2017

Movie name	:	Blue Mountains
Genres	:	Drama, Family, Musical
Run time	:	134 min
Produced by	:	Raujesh Kumar Jain
Directed by	:	Suman Ganguli
Music by	:	Sandeep-Surya Monty Sharma
Writers	:	Suman Ganguli, Suman Ganguli
Cinematography	:	Chandrashekhar Rath
Edited by	:	Asif Ali Shaikh
Countries	:	India

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Stars : Lamira Faro, Vaibhav Hanshu, Yatharth Ratnum, Lisa-Marie Rettenbacher, Rishabh Sharma, Simran Sharma, Ranvir Shorey, Gracy Singh, Mahesh Thakur, Rajpal Yadav, Arif Zakaria

Story : Som, a hill-town boy, accidentally selected in a television talent hunt. Som's mother, once a celebrity singer, starts passing on her unfulfilled dreams to him. unknowingly, Som is pushed into the vortex of 'making of a celebrity singer', by everyone, from the sleepy hamlet. But Som's conquest for stardom ends faster than it had begun. He returns to his hometown unceremoniously. Once a dreamer of the Blue Mountains, Som sinks in the abyss of lowest self-esteem. Som's parents, close friends, his school teachers and well wishers take up the Herculean task of retrieving the titanic of Som's morale. But clutching the lineage of music, he comes out victorious, returning to the old prototype of the hill town brat, scaling the highs of his blue mountains once again. BLUE MOUNTAINS is for them who have not made it to the final of any 'talent hunt contest' - called life. BLUE MOUNTAINS says the story of Olympics: "Participation is important. Not winning."

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Teenage depression is a serious issue that needs to be addressed and not many Indian films talk about it. So, full marks to ‘Blue Mountains’ for trying to portray a young boy dealing with depression. But have they been successful in making any meaningful impact? Unfortunately, not even close.

To educate the audience on such a sensitive topic through a film, the story and more importantly, the actors need to depict its devastating effects and what it does to a young mind. When protagonist Som Mehra (Yatharth Ratnum) fails in a reality show, he goes back home, locks himself up in his room and doesn’t go to school. The transition from a happy-go-lucky kid to super-glum is depicted in merely a few scenes, without delving into his mindset and reasons for the extreme change. Furthermore, he screams at songbirds (made in CGI) because they can sing, and he can’t. Later, whenever he is asked to sing, he only breaks down and starts sobbing uncontrollably. These scenes are confusing, and come across being unintentionally comedic in nature.

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Blue Mountains

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