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Daniel Day Lewis on his way to acting immortality

A few days ago, I wrote a piece on Daniel Day Lewis stellar performances in films like 'In the name of the father' and 'The last of the mohicans' and made a small mention of his revered performance in Speilberg's magnum opus 'Lincoln'. This year, as everyone knows, he is nominated for the 'best actor' oscar for his 'miraculous' performance in 'Lincoln' for playing the titular role of the movie. Last time, when I wrote that piece, frankly speaking, till that time, I hadn't watched his performance in 'Lincoln' and the reason behind my writing such good things about Lewis is just the credibility that he brings to the silver screen which leads one to believe that he must have delivered something legendary. Well stellar is too mild an 'adjective' to describe 'Lewis' performances anymore and should be stopped using by the critics in Daniel's context. This time around, he has literally 'galvanised' every possible definition of acting. That years of training at London's Repertory theator has finally bore the fruit for Lewis and it comes as no surprise why every critic in the world is damn sure about his winning the osacr this time around. Well it feels good to watch something good and write something good about something which is equally good and that's my testimony for today.....do watch 'Lincoln' (this one is presumably a verdict).

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