Three of Us

There are some movies that are like a breath of fresh air on a tiring not so happy summer day or they are like a tight warm hug during a cold winter gloomy night. “Three of us” is exactly that for you. It’s a heart warming story that snugs you, warms you and keeps you cosy n mushy even after it gets over. It is a brilliantly well told tale of Shailaja (impeccably played by Shefali Shah, no surprises there) who gets diagnosed with Dementia and is fast loosing her memory. There are good days and then there are bad days with her. One such good day, she decides to go back to the place of her origin, her “Udgam”. She wants to re-live her childhood before everything fades into oblivion for her. She requests her husband (played by Swanand kirkira, great actor again), who readily agrees to take her. 

Shailaja reaches her village in Konkan where memories of her childhood flood back, happy and unhappy both. She lives each moment, each emotion all over again. She also meets her childhood friend, Pradeep (flawlessly played by Jaydeep Ahlawat, no surprises there too) who still remembers her and carries the same emotions for her like he did when they were in school together. He loved her. He graciously takes her around to all the places she once belonged to and In the end, bids her goodbye saying, “tum nahin yaad rakh paogi to kya main yaad rakh loonga!” 

The story is so beautifully told that one struggles to find words to describe it. Cinematography is mind blowing. Such gorgeous frames, such stunning locations, just apt for the moods of each scene and of course a stellar cast. I don’t think anybody except for these two could have justified the characters of Shailaja and Pradeep. You got to see them to believe them. If the movie is written deeply then the characters played by these two are with deeper depth.

The Performance, Cinematography, Landscape, nostalgia, writing, bitter sweetness of life are all just uff...