The Lunchbox's Director Has Finally Made Another Film & The Early Reviews Are Great

Okay, I will just come out and say it: Riteish Batra's The Lunchbox is inarguably one of the finest movies I have seen in my life. Let me emphasize: it is not the one just of the finest Hindi movies, it is not one of the finest dramatic movies but it is one of the best movies I have ever come across in my life.

The movie will forever be remembered by me for a variety of reasons. Of course, there is the genius treatment of a seemingly simple subject. There are the excellent performances by the leading trio. It will also be remembered by me because of a deep-seated grudge that I have against a certain committee that decides which Indian movies goes to the Oscars (IT WOULD HAVE WON!).

And ever since the movie released in 2013, becoming a critical and commercial success all over the world, I have been impatiently waiting what will writer-director Ritesh Batra will do next. And after a long wait, the news of him doing the adaptation of Julian Barnes' Booker Prize-winning novel The Sense Of An Ending came out. 

Slowly but surely the details emerged. News of technicians came, which was followed by esteemed actors joining the project. And then finally, towards the end of last year, the trailer of the film released, which hinted at a new kind of film for the filmmaker.

And now, as the film has been screened at a few film festivals, the first reviews of the film are out. And, much to my relief, they have been largely positive, hinting at another memorable offering from Ritesh Batra.

According to Indiewire, "More than anything, The Sense of an Ending reinforces Batra as a keen observer of small moments."

According to Hollywood Reporter, "Julian Barnes' short, penetrating novel about how we self-protectively edit our memories receives an intelligent, low-key, necessarily diluted big-screen treatment in The Sense of an Ending."

According to Variety, "Its most receptive audiences will almost certainly be older, with enough life experience to recognize the mix of curiosity and regret that ensnares us like so many wild brambles each time we hazard a stroll down Memory Lane."

Watch the trailer of the film below:

The Sense of an Ending will hit the U.S. screens on March 10th.