I don’t usually watch Bollywood movies, and I do not speak Hindi or Tamil, and I don’t normally enjoy watching movies where I don’t understand what people are saying. However I was able to watch Ayesha Takia in the movie MOD online in 2011. And I didn’t really know anything about it when I decided to give it a chance.
I was very favorably surprised. This is a movie worth seeing, just for the cinematography alone. It’s like a visual work of art. And on top of that the story is sweet and the characters are easy to identify with.
About the movie MOD by Nagesh Kukunoor
Director Nagesh Kukunoor as seen in the Wikipedia
This is a relatively new movie. It came out in September of 2011. Director Nagesh Kukunoor is a well known Indian filmmaker and screenwriter. His first film was made with the money he earned as an engineer in the United States. He has since made a number of movies, and while MOD ( in Hindi मोड) did not do well in the box office, it has a growing loyal cult following all around the world.
Mod stars Ayesha Takia Azmi and Rannvijay Singh. It is about the love between an outgoing, well balanced young girl named Aranya and a strange, shy young man who comes into her life.
Ayesha Takia Biography
Many people who are ambivalent about the movie MOD ( मोड) still say it is well worth watching, just to see Ayesha Takia. Hot off the presses, most of the reviews, even the ones that were quite negative had good things to say about the leading lady in the movie. There are lots of Ayesha Takia fans out there.
Anyone who sees Ayesha Takia pictures her as the girl next door, at least in the movie MOD. Her full name is Ayesha Takia Azmi (आयेशा टाकिया आजमी), and she was born to a Gujarati father and to a mother of mixed British and Maharashtrian descent. In 2009, Ayesha Takia married the son of restaurateur and politician Abu Azmi, Farhan Azmi.
A true product of India, with all its diverse cultures and competing traditions, Ayesha Takia brings to her roles a freshness and an uncomplicated outlook.
Not only does Ayesha Takia act, she also sings. You can see her doing both in the movie MOD.
I have read quite a few Indian novels and watched the movies these are based on in the past few years. Q and A which was made into the movies Slumdog Millionaire was a very interesting story, thought a bit fantasy like in parts. It is nice YouTube offers a few free movies to watch. I am thinking this will be good competition with Hulu, and since I like YouTube better, I am glad they are now offering a few free movies.
Sweetbearies, I like watching movies on YouTube better than on hulu, too. On first viewing, I think each of the movies on YouTube has fewer commercial interruptions than on hulu. After the first viewing, they seem to add more commercials, though.