In the beginning Tashi, protagonist of the film even could not gear up his courage to cross a log bridge to reach his home.
The film ‘Crossing Bridges’ revolves round a young man who returns to his village after spending many years in Mumbai at the pretext of taking break from his busy schedule, though reality is something else.
Uncomfortable, less-confident among with his own folks, Tashi in the beginning tries his best to go back to Mumbai as soon as possible and keeps asking his friend, Amit who lives in Mumbai, to help him in this regard.
With the series of event and happenings, Tashi, ultimately, finds his roots in the village where once he belonged.
Thought Tashi gets an opportunity to leave his village and his folks but he decides to remain as one among those villagers helping school children in teaching them what he learnt from his experiences. Few shots with school children have been captured very naturally and beautifully. Finally, Tashi can cross the same log bridge confidently which once he was not curtained of.
In every aspect, ‘Crossing Bridges’ is an excellent movie. Excellent cinematography, excellent music and best among them is an outstanding depiction of beautiful landscape of state’s natural beauty. Besides nature’s beauty, beautiful Gompa, colourful holy flags and dances of Buddhism have been excellently captured by the director.
Each and every shot and frame will make you fall in love with the beauty of Arunachal Pradesh and can also used for promotingArunachal Tourism.
Besides the main theme and content, ‘Crossing Bridges’ also depicts many sub themes like lost love, fulfilling someone’s wishes, influence of coming modernity in village as shown though television and direct to home services, PCO being replaces by cell phones, development regarding Trans-Arunachal Highway.
At the same time the film also depicts how village people are still could not shed their age old customs and beliefs through a minor character Dorjee.
The only problem with the movie is that sometimes the frames change abruptly from one scene another breaking the rhythm and continuity of the film. But that can easily be ignored.
After watching ‘Crossing Bridges’ one feels that Arunachal Pradesh can also produce and make films par excellence to other parts of the country.
This 1 hour and 44 minutes film has been produced by Tenzing Norbu Thondok under the direction of Sange Dorejee Thonduk and will be completely paisa wasool if screened in theatres.
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