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I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

This is a slow moving film which is good if you have time to kill or want to get indoors in a climate controlled environment.There are so many details that the story really drags. How much time do we need to spend on who is going to tell the little boy about his prognosis? In this movie, the answer appears to be forever! This film is too much like life rather than focusing on being entertainment.Grandpa seems worried all the time so I would have had more empathy if his character would have had more depth. (Does he happen to have any more facial expressions at his disposal?) The kid is portrayed as a brat in many scenes. My sympathy was stretched thin at liking his character. The Social Worker appears to have recently graduated from the school of overacting--summa cum laude. The Doctor is likable. Although why the script won't let him tell the kid about his diagnosis in the first place is beyond me.The story is rather maudlin. At the end many women in our audience were crying. I couldn't feel the empathy because the story had numbed me. The cultural insights are: when you bob your head left to right that indicates "yes" (as opposed to up and down), "BaBa" means grandfather, people are shown everywhere which one expects in a country with the second highest population in the world.A few realistic twists or turns would have made the time seem to pass quicker.Continuity problems: operating in the evening after spending the day seeing the sights—what about the anesthesia and the boy's stomach contents? The doctor puts on his gloves in his office—what about the sterile field? (So now how are you going to get me to fly to India and have surgery?)

After a very long time Marathi cinema has come with some good movie.This movie is one of the best Marathi movies ever made. It shows how a old grandfather tries to save his grandsons eye. He tries everything that is possible in his hands to save the child's eye. Doctor and a relative of his tries to help him in his attempt.The acting by the grandfather, the boy and the doctor are simply superb. They have shown true picture of a typical Marathi life. Every bit of action has some meaning in it. I would recommend to watch this movie, as initially I thought this one would be of documentary type but this was above my expectations.This film is really going to touch your hearts.I would expect more Marathi movies to come up with performances like this.

This is a very touching movie. This is a story about a special bond between a child and his grandfather. A villager (Arun Nalawade) brings his grandson, Parashuram, to the city to get his eyes treated. But comes to know that Parashuram (Aswin Chitale) has some rare cancer of eyes and has to undergo an operation and will lose both his eyes. The movie is all about the emotions and the turmoil both them go through and how they accept the whole thing. The movie avoid any melodrama and tells this story in a simple way. Though the movie is in Marathi, language is not a barrier at all.It proves that to make good movie you do not need item songs, superstars and usual masala. Excellent performances. This is India's entry for Oscars 2004. Hope it gets the nomination at least. Would rate 10/10.

This is a film about a six year old child from a village in Maharashtra (a state in India) and his grandfather who come to Pune (a city in Maharashtra) to treat the child's eyes. here the grandfather gets to know that the child has cancer in both eyes and that they have to be removed to save the child's life. the movie is all about the main characters' and their feelings and actions until the operation.The movie is not a typical cliché Indian movie, so dun expect to see songs or romance or melodrama. this ia a supremely crafted sensitive movie which resorts to silent expressions rather than over the top dialogs to get the point thru. witness the scene where the grandfather is told about the need to remove the child's eyes. the acting is superb, dialogs heart breaking. your heart goes out for the grandfather who has the unenviable task of telling the child and his mother about the operation. the handling of the subject has been excellent. the film was made under great hardship by the director, Sandeep Sawant who had to knock many doors to gather the Rs. six million (approx. $130000) budget. even then the final product seems polished and has decent production values. also witness the subtle city village contrast shown by the director by incorporating some random shots of the boy's life in the village. Sawant definitely seems to prefer village life.THe acting by all is excellent. Amruta Subhash as the social worker is competent adding the required humane touch to her role. Sandeep Kulkarni as the docter is great, showing perfect mannerisms of a doctor. Ashwin Chitale as the child is a natural. he doesn't seem to be acting. everything about him is natural and does not seem forced.But towering above all is Arun Nalawade as the grandfather. he is astounding in his role. mere words cannot describe his work. it is a performance to cherish forever.Shwaas is a sincere effort to make good cinema. it should not be ignored just for the fact that it shows that if things are kept simple, the the results can be really surprising. 10/10.