The Kite Runner

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The much-loved novel, the worldwide bestseller, The Kite Runner, fans wait is finally over, as the movie of the same name has hit the silver screen. After all the controversies the movie has run into, it sure makes it more interesting to see the movie itself. Maybe if it weren’t for the incident in Khaled Hosseini life in spring 1999, and spring of 2011, people will not have got the chance to read or watch such a heart touching story. The author himself disclosed how after watching a news story on Taliban, he had decided to write a short story on two boys in Kabul flying kites. Later, in 2011 he somehow found the same story in his garage in the year of 2011.What followed on after, we all know, the short story became an inspiration for Hosseini, …show more content…
The movie has been declared a success by many citizens who have seen it. But never the less, the cast of the film was well chosen from Ahmad Khan (young Hassan) to Khalid Abdalla (old Amir), to Homayoun Ershadi(Baba), and Zekeria Ebrahimi (young Amir). The Kite Runner, released in 2007, was set against the backdrop of horrible events that had occurred in the Afghanistan History. The story goes back and forth from present to its flashback. The story revolves around a boy named Amir, who belongs to the district of Wazir Akbar Khan in Kabul, is tortured by the guilt of a mistake he had made in childhood, of leaving his friend Hassan …show more content…
The two young actors that play the role of young Hassan and young Amir did an outstanding job in playing their part in the first movie of theirs. The director’s decision to choose the young actors from a school in Kabul, who are also the native speakers of the language Dari, to play the parts of Hassan and Amir worked outstandingly well for the movie. Furthermore, the background score of the movie was exceptionally well chosen. Right from the start, the background score adds an emotional meaning to the scene, till the end. In addition, Forster has done some brilliant, and amazing camera work in the movie. Some scenes are really beautifully shot by him. Out of all the actors, acted, one could definitely say that Ahmad Khan ( young Hassan) acting was on point. The actor did an exceptional fantastic job from having the appropriate facial expression to dialogue delivering. One of his acts with Amir, “if you tell me to eat dirt, I will. But I know you won’t ask me to” is for sure bound to capture many hearts, as well as leave some teary-eyed. With the minimal use of effects, the movie looks very realistic and pure. Most of the movie is shot with actors speaking Dari, with the subtitles in English. The use of the language Dari in the movie makes you feel you are in the scene itself. This movie is recommended to anyone from kids to adults, to the fans of the #1 New York Bestseller novel

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