It is a good movie but I did not feel like India

Rating: 7/10 (5 February 2009)

I was not bored, I loved the direction, the colors, the rhythm, yet... it felt like this movie could have been written for a complete different background. India was an excuse and in a way and I found that annoying. This was not as bad as say the "Last Samurai". I mean both the director and script writer made an attempt to avoid some obvious clichés - they did not put emphasis on a rural India without any technology, on the cast system or a pseudo-spiritual nirvana. Yet, they have not grasp the essence of the India. You could transpose their story in China, Africa, Mexico and it would hold the same.
For lack of cultural authenticity I give 7 out of 10. Beside that, it is quite an achievement.