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Eeb Allay Ooo! is a 2019 Indian Hindi -language film, directed by Prateek Vats, in his directorial debut, and written by Shubham. The film revolves around a young migrant in New Delhi, who takes the unusual government job of keeping monkeys away from public buildings, and focuses on his ensuing struggles and disillusionment with the work.
Eeb Allay Ooo! is the rare social satire that has the courage of its convictions. Through sweeping use of metaphor, Vats addresses themes as prickly as nationalism and religious...
- Rohan Naahar
Dehumanizing power dynamics underscore Prateek Vats’ enjoyable debut about a guy ill-suited to his new job as monkey chaser in Delhi. By Jay Weissberg. NaMa Prods. It’s a truism that...
Eeb Allay Ooo! is the rare social satire that has the courage of its convictions. Through sweeping use of metaphor, Vats addresses themes as prickly as nationalism and religious...
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- Shardul Bharadwaj
- Prateek Vats
- Comedy, Drama
- Vulnerability of Human Life
- The Two Worlds
- The Desperation
- The Narrative Via Saumyananda Sahi’s Lens
- Nuanced Performances
Eeb Allay Ooo! reflects how vulnerable we all are and most importantly quite easily replaceable. With tens of thousands of youth juggling for a handful of jobs comes exploitation of workers (including those working in high-rise corporate offices). Anjani is made to feel guilty for having a tea break during his working hours. He tries to put his poi...
Through the story of a city's power corridor rattled by monkeys, Eeb Allay Ooo! talks about the disparity that is deep-rooted. The disparity that goes unnoticed. The workers rendering their services in these posh areas (or any other location) often face the bitterness and humiliation. This comes from the lack of empathy. When Anjani tries to convin...
Humans are desperate and the desperation grows when one is left with no choice. Well! for the working class, it is a desperation to meet their daily needs. It is an everyday struggle to have something on their plate when they go back home. Anjani, who doesn't know how to cook, has no skills to be a plumber or electrician and doesn't want to be a sw...
From New Delhi's government buildings to narrow colourful lanes of Old Delhi, Sahi beautifully captures the locations without altering their authenticity. The expression of kids in the langar scene (towards the end of the film) is one such moment when it becomes difficult to differentiate between the reel and the real. And how can I forget monkeys,...
Last but not the least, the subtle performances by Shardul Bhardwaj who plays Anjani, Nutan Sinha and Shashi Bhushan who play the lead's sister and brother-in-law, earn the credit of lifting up this well-written and beautifully-captured film. The pride with which Ajani's pregnant sister tells the doctor that he has a "government job" makes my heart...
- Shalu Singh
Feb 20, 2020 · A satire of dispiriting and dehumanising modern-day working conditions, this scathing and amusing feature debut from Prateek Vats (2017 documentary A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings)...
A young migrant battles hordes of monkeys in the heart of New Delhi as a contractual monkey repeller - a newly created government job to tackle the monkeys who have been further emboldened by the recent ban on the use of captive langurs - their natural enemy. Synopsis.
