Margarita with a Straw (2015)

Having read through the reviews at this movie I am amazed that some people felt the lead character was a nasty/selfish person. If that is the main takeaway then I think you missed a big point of the film, and that is that EVERYONE has issues. Those people who wrote these reviews seemed to think badly of Kalki's character simply because of some of the ways she behaved - as though 'disabled' people are supposed to behave by some kind of superior set of values. To those people I suggest you watch it again and see her as a human being and realize she IS more than her disabilities.Personally, I found it to be a superb movie. From the script writing through the cinematography to the acting. There were some seriously strong performances and not just from Kalki Koechlin who, quite frankly, deserves an Oscar for her performance.There's so much to like about this film and so little to dislike and it is very thought-provoking, which has to be a good thing. As others have pointed out it is definitely not a masala movie and as there are some mature themes in it, I wouldn't say it was family viewing, unless your kids are old enough.

Kalki Koechin is back after a long time, the actress is best in such films and she yet again proves her mark. The film tells a different story of a girl who has celebral palsy and later she comes to know that she is a transgender which is very unique for bollywood. The film dares to defy the stereotype and should be lauded for that. The film is well handled and well writtenDirection is good Music is okayKalki is awesome yet again in a challenging role, Revathy strikes yet again and she is awesome, rest are all good in their roles special mention must be given to Sayani Gupta as Khayum,

Kudos to the team who went deeply into the hearts of the physically and mentally disabled people for knowing their life. Some people choose their life in their own way and some don't have choices Kalki a talented music composer is very confused in her relationship being a mentally challenged girl all she wants who should take proper care of her. Initially she had a normal relation , then comes the homosexual part , then Bisexual and at last being asexual . Kalki a brave character tells the world even a gay or a lesbian or a normal person carry emotions with them. Every one should have done a "Yeh Jawani Yeh Deewani" but "Margaritta with a straw" none other than Kalki would have done it. Matured acting , brilliant direction and superb star cast made the movie worth watching at the theatre.

t was a overflow of emotion to see things that one goes through expressed in form of a motion picture. For the first time in the history of Indian Films comes a movie that explores the desires, feelings and sexual expressions of people with disability, it speaks for how they think of themselves as no different or lesser beings, more so because they would have already overcome the disabilities that other hold on to. To consider them as lesser beings is meaner depletion than differentiating on the basis of religion, race or caste, or must I say it's actually worse. Margarita with a Straw criticizes the hypocritical mindset and lack of understanding and insensitive infrastructural apathy in India that has been a hurdle to inclusion. How only the family and some prized friends are the only ray of hope in the darkness. It also brings to our focus a pathetic mindset that is in the rise in the deep pockets of our social fabrics: they are not like us, they should not dare think of themselves as equals. I myself have been subjected to belittling time to time- that has helped remind me that there is a condition that I have, which despite being infrastructure inspired is inadvertently indented up on me as a fault of mine. Most people in the sense of false physical superiority forget that a person only has a limitation- disability is with those minds that can see no further than the limitation and also with the infrastructure that has been, if at all anything, negligently indifferent. Having spoken for the message it intended to convey, the film- first of all is a brilliant incident of superb acting skills at display, a rarity for Indian films. Kalki has perhaps left behind Naseeruddin Shah and some other stalwarts who have portrayed a person with disability in past. Sayani Gupta too was extraordinary in her rendition of a girl with vision disability. Revathi was the best in the lot though. The director had a sparkling and straightforward vision and smooth narratives in place for a script that, must I say, lacked grandeur from content's prospective. The story was found wanting in exploring some true but harsh social aspects of disability. Not to mention I found it a bit aimless time and again. The troubles, social and infrastructural, have been brought forward but in a rather too subtle a style. Social constrains and how the emotional ambitions of people with disability is ruthlessly curbed by some unconcerned of people living ignorantly in our society has not be explored much. A drastic contrast is rendered through a comparison of accommodating capacity with us and that of the West through a case of expression and acceptance of love of/for a disabled as an affection.