Valley of Flowers
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Love is eternal, lovers are not.
The highly anticipated new film from Pan Nalin, the director of Samsara, Valley of flowers is an amazing Himalayan legend of love, death and immortality over two centuries that ends up in modern day Tokyo.
Along the highest mountain passes of the Himalayas, tough, intrepid Jalan (Milind Soman) and his gang earn their living by stealing from unsuspecting travellers. Abiding by their own, unique codes of honour and dividing the spoils equally, all is routine until the arrival of the mystifying, beautiful Ushna (Lena Jam-Panoi). Appearing mysteriously after the raid of a pilgrim caravan, Ushna adheres to Jalan, claiming to have seen him in her dreams, and refusing to leave his side. Sensing the unsettledness of the rest of the men, Ushna offers to help them in their endeavours, under condition that they not ask why or how she is able to guide them to success.
In the time that follows, Ushna leads the gang to tremendous exploits, gaining the respect of the men, and the admiration of Jalan, who begins to fall passionately in love with this mysterious woman. As their success increases, seemingly unstoppable, so the love between Jalan and Ushna mounts in intensity, until they seem to have entered a world of their own. No longer heeding of the world around them, Jalan and Ushna venture too far in their exploits, progressing from the theft of material objects to tampering with elements that should never be tampered with; stealing energy, luck and even the powers of levitation, the two cross over into the bounds of the supernatural, until fate puts an abrupt end to their rapturous adventure.
Word of the duo and their strange exploits reaches the shrewd, robust General Yeti (Naseeruddin Shah), who takes after them with his gang of experienced bounty hunters. In the confusion of pursuit, Jalan and Ushna face a temporary separation, the shock of which drives each to desperation. Having lost luck, wealth and friends, the fated two are nevertheless fortuitously reunited. Their passion running higher than ever, they vow never to be separated again, even if this entails deceiving fate and cheating mortality. But life always reserves surprises...[1]
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I received the DVD yesterday, and it's very good! If you liked Nalin's SAMSARA, this movie is similar and more exciting. It's literally a Buddhist Western/love story (It's like a cross between Seripham Falls and The Fountain)! It's definitely one of the best filmed movies I've seen all year, with one of the best looking actresses I've seen in a long time (the one on the cover, whom is half Chinese/half French). Both are spiritual-related flicks with sex and some violence - while Samsara is the deeper slower movie, Valley of Flowers is the more intense, exciting adventure one. Nalin is a master writer/director and is an expert at filming beauty. The acting is great, especially by the two on the DVD cover. If you want to see a new kind of "thief" movie, this is for you - they ain't just robbing the bank here. They want "something" more than just the money in the bank. And now, I'll say no more...
You can find the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0392883/, but it's best not reading too much about the movie. If you are interested in Buddhist/Tibeten/Karma mysticism, then this movie is for you. And if you like this movie, then I recommend you buying SAMSARA on DVD as well.[2]
