Spent a whole entire afternoon with THE ANURAG KASHYAP at his residence, where we watched my debut film together, spoke about the movies, the industry, Mollywood Times and more. This is a day I will cherish for life. He also gifted me a book with a signed note. Love you, sir! ❤️🔥
Obsession doesn’t end with a monster, a curse, or a last-minute rescue. It ends with the horrifying realization that every wish came true exactly as intended.
After Sarah’s shocking murder, the film spirals into tragedy. Ian finally gets his billion-dollar wish, only to be shot moments later. Bear, crushed by guilt and surrounded by the destruction caused by his own selfish decision, locks himself in a bathroom and attempts to end the nightmare by overdosing on sleeping pills, mirroring the accidental death of his cat from the opening act.
One of the film’s most disturbing details happens in the background of these final scenes: Nikki has completely lost touch with reality. She dresses herself to resemble Sarah and keeps Sarah’s mutilated body nearby as if nothing is wrong, a chilling visual that many viewers missed on first watch.
Director Curry Barker builds the climax around a cruel irony. Just as Bear regrets wanting to die and tries to save himself, Nikki discovers the final One-Wish Willow and wishes for Bear to love her as deeply as she loves him. For a brief moment, both characters finally get exactly what they wanted. Seconds later, the overdose takes effect, Bear dies, and the wish collapses.
The final image is devastating. Nikki returns to herself, surrounded by bodies and the wreckage left behind by a wish she never understood. No post-credit twist. No sequel bait. Just consequences.
It’s one of the bleakest horror endings in recent years because nobody truly wins, even when their wishes come true.
One artistic flaw in Obsession is that it shows Ian money falling from the sky after Ian wishes for a billion dollars. It would have been better to delete this scene, thus leaving it uncertain whether the one-wish-willow actually worked or not.
The part in #obsession where the real nikki begs bear to kill her and all he could ask her was "what's so bad about being with me" and then left was the actual horror.
One of the most disturbing moments in Obsession isn't the horror itself it's what it represents.
When Bear confronts Nikki about her dad's cancer, the entity slips and says, "Don't do that. I thought we were having a nice date."
Not "stop accusing me." Not "you're wrong."
Just: don't break the illusion.
It's as if the entity is acknowledging that both Bear and the audience already know this isn't the real Nikki, but choosing the fantasy is easier than facing reality.
Then it asks, "Why does it matter?"
And Bear, despite every warning sign, chooses the lie over the real person.
The film immediately cuts to the sex scene, turning the entire moment into something deeply unsettling because the question isn't whether Bear knew.
It's how much he was willing to ignore.
How do you describe #Bharathiraja to an all-India audience? As the director who brought Sridevi to serious cinema? As someone who deftly wielded a cinematic sengol over Sivaji Ganesan, Rajnikanth, Kamal and Radhikaa? Much more.
He made world cinema before the term turned hip, blending Satyajit Ray 's realism, Hrishida's empathy and Basu Chatterjee's humour to connect a diverse Tamil audience in raptures as he brought rugged, rural, hinterland tales from his native Madurai region, mixing ancient depth with modern values. He rounded off a stellar storytelling career with a late but long swing as a character actor, oozing affection in his eyes and voice. The fact that he never got a Dadasaheb Phalke award is an insult to the award itself. My favourite movie of his is Mudhal Mariyadhai (First Respect). His life deserves the very best of last respects.. RIP.
#Cannes jury president Park Chan-wook says "I don’t think politics and art should be divided."
" I think it’s a strange concept to think that they’re in conflict with each other. Just because a work of art has a political statement, it should not be considered an enemy of art. At the same time, just because a film is not making a political statement, that film should not be ignored. Even if we are to make a brilliant political statement, if it’s not expressed artfully enough, it would just be propaganda. So what I want to say is that art and politics are not concepts that are in conflict with each other, as long as they are artistically expressed, they are valuable."
AN UTTERLY UNIQUE, BEAUTIFULLY BIZARRE DRAMA
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