‘Goldfish’ is a realistic film based on the background of England, directed by Pushfish Kripalani. The story of the film is about a stressful relationship with her daughter of her daughter, who is struggling with the early stage of dementia (dementia). The role of Maa ‘Sadhana Tripathi’ in ‘Goldfish’ has been played by the synonym, excellent, strong, veteran actress Deepti Naval. Deepti Naval’s extraordinary, penetrating, the best acting film has been successful in taking a high level of cinematic excellence. The complex role of Deepti Naval’s daughter ‘Anamika Fields’ has been played brilliantly by Kalki Kelka (Koichlin). Kalki has brought her character alive with dry eyes and physical emotion. Deepti Naval and Kalki’s heartfelt acting leave an indelible mark on the heart and mind. Mother is forgetting everything, but the daughter is not able to forget anything. But despite such a complex relationship, the harmony of mutual connection between mother and daughter in hard watches is very good. Only the ring finger seems inconsistent to communicate with the father to the father behind the dark screen and talk to the lover.
In ‘Goldfish’, Pushn Kripalani has made a brilliant performance to all the artists by the skillful skills. Both of them have imposed all their energy when Push push forced both actresses to swim opposite the stream. Pushn Kripalani and Arghya Lahiri have efficiently discharged universal problems like dementia in the screenplay. The film has become a timeless work by presenting serious subjects like dementia with sensitivity. Pushan deserves congratulations to convert soulful scenes into visible work.
Educationist Anamika, painful memories with mother, remains different from being deeply marked in the mind. At the beginning of the film, she comes to the mother on receiving information about the fire in the mother’s kitchen by the neighbor. After years of separation, the ring finger comes to the mother that the classical singer is becoming difficult to catch the tone of life. The film shows that even the loved ones for the victims of dementia are unfamiliar. Anamika sees that mother is slowly forgetting words, places, people, objects. Mother tells her that she is forgetting her language. In one scene, the poignant manner in which Deepti Naval has compulsed to remember the correct word is highly admirable. Anamika expresses untold pain in front of her mother, but forgets the practice that she treated the daughter badly.
The myth about Goldfish is that its memory is 3 seconds but ‘Goldfish’ remembers for several days. The symbolic name of the film ‘Goldfish’ is a sign of Push’s intellectualism. Like ‘Goldfish’, mother-daughter also remembers her tragic past, which ruins them, makes the future blur. Mother is not remembered to kill her daughter’s beloved pet ‘Goldfish’, while her ‘Goldfish’ dying is the cause of anger towards mother.
Sadhana has been a singer of classical music. They are enchanted by the memories of the past, sometimes they are accused of ruining singing on motherhood. Music composer Tapas Railia has provided musical paintings to mother-daughter sentimentality. In the rich singing of Ustad Rashid Khan and Pratibha Singh Baghel, the loneliness of Sadhana has resonated well. The memories echo in the melodious notes of tabla-sarangi, filled with classical notes.
The monotonity of Western practicality considers Indian idealism as a blank emotionality. Anamika, who is struggling with financial problems due to epidemic, is willing to do a job after removing the mother from home and keeping it in a care home. But Sadhana wants to stay home in the association of good neighbors because neighbors are present at all times to take care of them. At the request of neighboring nurse Lakshmi (Bharti Patel), she postpones the decision to send mother to care home. Lakshmi, who is struggling with personal problems, helps Sadhana every possible way. Taking care of each other, how important it is to have good neighbors, it is beautifully painted in the film. An important scene showed that when Sadhana slipped into the bathroom, neighbors immediately come and take care of them. Husband’s death, lonely mother and neighborhood grocery shopkeeper Ashwin Raina (Rajit Kapoor) attach to each other. Due to this attachment, the mother instead of doing her home in the name of daughter, makes her name in the name of Ashwin. But Anamika is unable to accept it.
The story of ‘Goldfish’ has been woven with complex fabrics of love, loss-benefit, hope-disrespect. Without showing sympathy towards mother and daughter, both of them are beyond the decision of right and wrong without proving both selfishness. The slow pace of the film brings out the story in nature. ‘Goldfish’ cultural partitions brid down, connects people on a deep level. Understanding the essence of human emotions is the success of the film. The portrayal of human experiences echoing in the brain of the audience is a proof of emotional connection with the film. ‘Goldfish’ is a beautiful example of a good story, impeccable direction and heart acting, how the audience has the ability to touch the heart. Seeing the film, the young audience should question themselves that ‘unknowingly or knowing, if the parents have treated the children inappropriately in their childhood, should the children treat them in the same way in the parents’ Vadakya?’
‘Goldfish’, in the huge ocean of cinema, is a rare pearl form. This emotional film is capable of influencing the conscience, raising the heart. The film makes the parents aware of the problems of parents. This meaningful film is widely watched by the audience of every age of previous, present and upcoming generations. Viewers who understand the magical effect of meaningful, elegant cinema must see ‘Goldfish’. Viewers who like shallow, shallow entertainment will not like this film.