khamosh pani (silent waters)
castro theatre: the screening of the expected feature, "amu," failing due to half of the reels being lost in transit, we were treated to khamosh pani (silent waters) instead. a tale of the pakistani-indian partition. but really a universal tale of boy chooses politics and religion over love and family. mom's prayer to "grant him his heart's desire" rings particularly poignant. music artful and spare, no bollywood nonsense here. at the end he gets his heart's desire, a sound bite on national television extolling the tide of pakistani politics, while the girl he left behind gets the dregs, a keepsake from his mother and his image on the screen.