July 4th 2024.
Netflix offers a vast array of movies to cater to all kinds of preferences - whether you're in the mood for a good laugh, a good cry, or a thought-provoking experience. And now, they have added a particularly controversial film to their collection. This film, titled Gandu, was initially banned from its home country of India due to its explicit and extreme content. However, it is now available to stream on Netflix in the UK.
Directed by Qaushiq Mukherjee, Gandu is an erotic black-and-white abstract film that explores the story of a frustrated teenage rapper who gets involved in a drug-fueled rampage with a rickshaw puller after stealing from his mother's lover. The film features many eyebrow-raising sequences of real, unsimulated sex, which caused quite a stir during its initial release. In fact, some audience members even walked out of the screenings.
The most shocking scene in the film involves lead actor Anubrata Basu and co-star Rii Sen engaging in real-life, unsimulated sex. In a Q&A session at the 2011 Slamdance Festival, the director, also known as Q, revealed that the actors were good friends and they had real sex for the scene, inspired by their favorite extreme films like "The Idiots". The climactic extended sex scene also sees Sen playing the role of a kitten, lapping at a bowl of milk.
Aside from the explicit sex scenes, the film also features explicit language, including words like 'c***', 'f**k', and 'p***y'. Due to its controversial content and taboo subject matter in India, it took almost two years for the film to receive its first screening in the country, at the Osian Film Festival in July 2012. It was reportedly unofficially released online in 2017.
Despite the backlash, Gandu received positive reviews from critics, with Variety calling it a "high-energy example of a rarefied genre" and a "happily transgressive rhyme-fueled romp". It also has a 68% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes from its audience, with one viewer describing it as "imaginative, entertaining, and shocking".
Some viewers even referred to it as a "revolution" rather than just a film. However, there were also some negative reactions, with one viewer on IMDb criticizing it as nothing more than "porn". Gandu is rated as an 18 in the UK and joins other controversial films like Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist" and "The Idiots", which also feature real, unsimulated sex scenes.
Von Trier, known for pushing boundaries in his films, also included real sex in his 2013 movie, "Nymphomaniac". Despite the mixed reactions, Gandu is now available to stream on Netflix for those who are interested in watching it.
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In conclusion, Gandu may not be everyone's cup of tea due to its explicit content, but it has certainly sparked conversations and divided opinions. Whether you see it as a thought-provoking piece of art or just porn disguised as a film, one thing is for sure - it has made a mark in the world of cinema. So if you're feeling curious or brave enough, give it a watch on Netflix now.
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