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Ship of Theseus: A Brilliant Film

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Ship of Theseus (SOT) is a whiff of fresh air; it’s one of the rarest of rare Indian films which stimulates our brain to think which our films rather seldom do. Directed my first time filmmaker Anand Gandhi, ship of theseus is the story of three people with various life styles, thought processes & values. The first story is that of the blind photographer played wonderfully by Egyptian actor Aida El-Kashef who captures images based on her senses. She trusts her instincts, sound and takes brilliant black & white pictures and lives along with her boyfriend. Life changes after she undergoes cornea transplantation and regains her vision, somehow she is not able to work with the same passion and excitement as she was before and she faces trouble adjusting to this new environment and her sense of sight.
The second story which is the longest and the best one is about a monk named Maitreya played by Neeraj Kabi who fights for animal rights and files a petition to treat animals to improve their living conditions during testing for medical drugs. He suffers from liver cirrhosis and his reluctant to take any medication which he thinks is against his ideology, moral values & principles. How far is he willing to go, if he has to choose between his ideology & himself? The interactions between Maitreya and an intern Charvaka are the most interesting scenes in the film, they discuss about various things like karma, morality, ethics, etc and it seems so natural and doesn’t get preachy at any time. The physical transformation of Maiterya as an ailing monk shocks us with various close up shots showing us the amount of pain he undergoes. Neeraj Kabi who has lost several kilos for the character stuns us with his terrific performance and will be remembered for a long time.
The third story is about a stock brocker Naveen played by Sohum Shah, he is a recent recipient of a donated kidney. He lives with his Grandmother, after getting to know that a poor man’s kidney was illegally stolen during an appendix surgery he goes to Stockholm to bring justice to him. Sameer Khurana as Naveen’s friend Mannu provides the much need comic relief. Gandhi ties all the three central characters of the film brilliantly through the theseus paradox whether a ship that has been restored by replacing all its parts remains the same ship? Similarly will our human body be the same if the organs have been replaced? The music of the film is a letdown, background score plays a crucial part in intense films like this and in SOT a good BGM is missing. The climax is poetic, emotional and intense.
Ship of Theseus leaves us with some uncomfortable questions like morality, ethics & identity, it’s one of the finest Indian films made in the recent years. Go with loads of patience you will have a memorable 143 minutes in your life which you will cherish forever.


Running Time: 143 Minutes.
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