Possibly the wrong title to quote. I was having a Peckinpah moment.
I believe you're correct that characters names are / may be included when anyone is speaking off screen. Unfortunately, there's quite a bit of it.
I'll recheck cc, but did check my titles, and only found none and English. The identifiers are not on every title, but rather, seemingly on the first title of each character, during each sequence.
On a 90 minute film I might have tried to live with it, but not for five hours plus.
Precisely
Forcing the viewer to take time away from attempting to watch the film, and think, "huh, who..."
There is no viable way to watch this film and take in these subs simultaniously.
One of the most inappropriate uses of titling I've ever come across.
<p>The word of mouth about this epic-length (320 minute) Indian mob drama had me interested enough to prepare to view the entire film in one late-night session.</p><p>As full disclosure, I may do a few things moderately well, but foreign language skills have always eluded me. Some people...