This is not a film about music or musicians, but about dark mindsets in people who happen to be musicians. The performances are almost uniformly excellent, and the 'realness' of atmosphere can make you smell and taste the time and place qualities Hindi cinema badly needs to incorporate in its thought process. Despite not having a remarkable plot or even a thought-provoking narrative thrust, and despite a few (no doubt, forced) nods to commercial viability, the film's visceral energy still gives it a very compelling quality. Whether Paanch is seen now, or 10 years later, it is this tone that will always give it a distinctive voice. Films with personal voices are rare in these times, and that is what makes the film special. And that whole is driven by a tone of seething intensity that is too individual, too real, to not be the author's personal voice. There may be cinematic moments in Paanch that have been replicated in later (and far lesser) films, but the whole here is far greater than the sum of its parts. Paanch was shot in 2000, but has yet to see a mainstream release in India due to strange business problems (which continue complicating the world rather than simplifying it).

There are hardly any films that stand the test of a year these days, let alone 8 years.

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