Dan (Varun Dhawan) is a sweet but rebellious hotel management student doing internship in a five star hotel in Delhi. His seniors and managers are not particularly happy with his sharp jibes, but he is a lovable boy. He is unable to cope up with the hardships of the training, so sometimes he wouldn�t clean the towels or wouldn�t serve somebody�s order on time. In a way, this is how he sees life, a chance to get even.
Shiuli (Banita Sandhu) is another trainee at the same hotel. They are friends, but they hardly interact. One day, Shiuli falls from the third floor and goes into a coma. Like everybody else, Dan is also concerned about her well being. The only difference is that he can�t move on with life like others. All seasons of his life get stuck in that October and Shiuli (The name means Night Jasmine which blooms in October in Bengali Language).
Calling October only a love story will be injustice to its resilient tone. It�s a battle, both inter-personal and intra-personal. It�s not about logic or wise decisions, it�s about how far can you go for the things you believe in. It�s about finding that one thing which defines us. It�s about realising that we�re more than moving robots or talking heads.
The innocence with which we gazed at sunsets in our childhood returns to haunt us while watching Dan going through a silent transformation. In a world where self-indulgence is called practicality, he stands for someone who is willing to risk everything for one more hour of soulful living.
Juhi Chaturvedi�s writing prepares the audience for accepting Dan as he is. He has been shown as a restless person not very focused about objectives in general. He doesn�t speak much, but is slowly getting closer to exploding. He talks about emotions and what they mean to us beyond a point.
Shoojit Sircar�s �October� says a lot, without saying too much. Yes, it is a film about love, seen from Dan�s pure and simple world-view and Shiuli�s silent, stoic stares. It�s not a story crafted with heavy doses of dialogues, romantic ballads or bombastic episodes common to the genre. The beauty lies in the simplicity of it all. Shoojit Sircar also ensures that the viewer understands the complexity of unique medical situations. He engineers a connect with the audience and let them soak in the magnitude of patience some of us show in such circumstances.
Varun Dhawan is restrained and mature. His humor is innate, but his understanding of pain and how it affects the human behavior is even better. It�s a terrific performance, his best for sure. He is aptly supported by Banita Sandhu and Geetanjali Rao, who plays Shiuli�s mother in the film. They all speak through eyes and pierce our hearts.
After Shiuli�s Death, Dan starts working as a Chef and he prepares few dishes out of which we selected Roasted Salmon for this issue�s Talking Food on Movies. In the movie, it is served with Hash Brown Potatoes, Saut�ed Vegetables and Sliced Grapefruit.
Roasted Salmon[/caption]
Ingredients
1 (5-oz) piece� � � � � Salmon Fillet with skin
1 tsp� � � � � � � � � � � �Extra-Virgin Olive Oil plus additional for drizzling
1/2 tbsp� � � � � � � � � Chopped Fresh Chives
1/2 tbsp� � � � � � � � � Fresh Tarragon Leaves
Method
The innocence with which we gazed at sunsets in our childhood returns to haunt us while watching Dan going through a silent transformation. In a world where self-indulgence is called practicality, he stands for someone who is willing to risk everything for one more hour of soulful living.
Juhi Chaturvedi�s writing prepares the audience for accepting Dan as he is. He has been shown as a restless person not very focused about objectives in general. He doesn�t speak much, but is slowly getting closer to exploding. He talks about emotions and what they mean to us beyond a point.
Shoojit Sircar�s �October� says a lot, without saying too much. Yes, it is a film about love, seen from Dan�s pure and simple world-view and Shiuli�s silent, stoic stares. It�s not a story crafted with heavy doses of dialogues, romantic ballads or bombastic episodes common to the genre. The beauty lies in the simplicity of it all. Shoojit Sircar also ensures that the viewer understands the complexity of unique medical situations. He engineers a connect with the audience and let them soak in the magnitude of patience some of us show in such circumstances.
Varun Dhawan is restrained and mature. His humor is innate, but his understanding of pain and how it affects the human behavior is even better. It�s a terrific performance, his best for sure. He is aptly supported by Banita Sandhu and Geetanjali Rao, who plays Shiuli�s mother in the film. They all speak through eyes and pierce our hearts.
After Shiuli�s Death, Dan starts working as a Chef and he prepares few dishes out of which we selected Roasted Salmon for this issue�s Talking Food on Movies. In the movie, it is served with Hash Brown Potatoes, Saut�ed Vegetables and Sliced Grapefruit.
Roasted Salmon
[caption id="attachment_1807" align="aligncenter" width="558"] Roasted Salmon[/caption]
Ingredients
1 (5-oz) piece� � � � � Salmon Fillet with skin
1 tsp� � � � � � � � � � � �Extra-Virgin Olive Oil plus additional for drizzling
1/2 tbsp� � � � � � � � � Chopped Fresh Chives
1/2 tbsp� � � � � � � � � Fresh Tarragon Leaves
Method
- Preheat oven to 425�F.
- Rub salmon all over with 1 teaspoon oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Roast, skin side down, on a foil-lined baking sheet in upper third of oven until fish is just cooked through, about 12 minutes.
- Cut salmon in half crosswise, then lift flesh from skin with a metal spatula and transfer to a plate.
- Discard skin, then drizzle salmon with oil and sprinkle with herbs.
