Qarib Qarib Singlle (2017) Movie Review and Revisiting

Qarib Qarib Singlle

"There was a time above...a time before...there were perfect things...diamond absolutes. But things fall...things on earth. And what falls...is fallen. In the dream, it took me to the light. A beautiful lie."

—Batman (Batman Vs Superman)

Now that we have lost him for three years now, I feel like Irrfan is a character written by Gulzar. It's been a long since I've been an admirer of Irrfan and his films. In the list of all those big films 'Qarib Qarib Singlle' stood out to be one of the most underrated of his filmography and as a Rom-com in Indian cinema too.

I don't know the very particular reason for me to like this film but whenever I feel like life is so complicated and complex and I'm lost in the way of this complexity, I watch this film. I see the beauty of this film, I feel the simplicity of the dialogue, and the silliness of the characters. They make me laugh, they make me emotional, they make me hope for life, and they make me feel beautiful. I believe that's what a good cinema does to someone who is lost in life.

I think I'm being a little bit biased but it is what It is. I just can't stop talking about the simplicity of Yogi played by Irrfan and Jaya played by Parvathy Thiruvothu. The characters are so much different from each other and yet so similar, grounded and yet over the top, sad somewhere and yet smiling through everything. Yogi loves to love and loves to write poetry, full of life and silly. On the other hand, Jaya is very serious but desperately wants to live. They meet in a dating app and Jaya regrets from the very first moment after meeting Yogi and yet they go together on a long, eventful trip. As they learn something from each other, they somewhere fall for each other eventually.

Now there are so many Rom-com films, good ones, and bads too. But there is something about Qarib Qarib Singlle that I cannot express in words. It's certainly because it was an Irrfan film but more than that, it was a beautiful film. Before he was here and after, this film doesn't make you feel his absence. You realize that here and there, he is here, always.

I'd suggest that everyone who has ever loved Irrfan's work should watch this film, everyone who has ever loved someone should watch this film.

Happy watching everyone. Happy watching.

~ Subhodeep Chakraborty

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