MOVIE REVIEW – MADAARI: SSHHH DESH SO RAHA HAI (2016)

Today we are here with DRISHYAM fame Director – Nishikant Kamat’s movie MADAARI with delayed release. The movie is based on the social issue of corruption which has gone deep into our socio-political system and at times, the movie look alike ‘A WEDNESDAY’ starring Naseer.

MADAARI is a thriller-cum-social drama film based on the story of a single father and technical expert, Nirmal Kumar (Irrfan Khan) who lost his only hope, his son - Appu in a bridge collapse due to corrupt politicians in suburban Mumbai. After his son’s death, he vows to avenge his son’s death with the corrupt politicians and kidnapped the eight years old son of the Union Home Minister from one school at Dehradun, to seek answers from those accountable.

The movie starts with Irrfan Khan’s narration saying, “Baaz chuhe pe jhapta, use utha le gaya. Kahaani sacchi lagti hai magar acchi nahi lagti. Baaz pe palatwaar hua, kahaani sacchi nahi lagti magar acchi lagti hai.” This narration sounds like a promise of a fascinating social thriller.

The first scene is of the Swantantra TV with a news item that son of Union Home Minister is kidnapped, which is not confirmed by the Govt., and we are shown reactions of different sections of public that such news can’t be true. The whole movie from Irrfan’s preparations for kidnap of Home Minister’s son from Dhehradun School is a cat and mouse game between him and the cops especially CBI Joint Director, Nachiket Verma (Jimmy Shergil) when he travels through local buses & trains from Dehradun to Mumbai.

We are shown the pain and sufferings of the common man goes through, how a father after tragic death of only son reacts and even tries to commit suicide before deciding to avenge his son’s death and wage a war against the corrupt system and proved a point by exposing those responsible before the whole country through media.

What’s Good:
Though there are numerous movies of this genre but movie proves a point when a common man is hurt by the repetitive wrongdoings of the corrupt system, he strikes and strikes heavily.
The movie shows what happens when an ordinary man then becomes a juggler (Madaari used as a metaphor) and made the corrupts dance to his tunes?
The use of stock images of happening across India, the director tries to make a hard hitting impact on the viewer.

Loop holes in the movie:
It look impractical for a lone man to kidnap the Union Minister’s son, travel that much for a week without being caught and it looks funny at times when Irrfan uses wi-fi connection at places where there are no physical structures or habitation nearby.

We are not told why his wife left Nirmal Kumar (Irrfan) even when he has married a muslim girl against the will of his family.
One of the biggest drawback of the movie is the superficially defined character of 8 years old abducted boy (Vishesh Bansal). An eight-year-old boy talking of the Stockholm syndrome is a bit much.

We are not given justification that why a Mumbai commoner thought of kidnapping the son of a Union Home Minister of Delhi. Even the portfolio of the Central Minister, Pratap Nimbalkar (Uday Tikekar) is never mentioned, who is one of the accused.

Star Peformance:-

Irrfan Khan does a great job as the frustrated and broken kidnapper. He excels in the emotional scenes, especially the one where he loses his son.
Jimmy Shergill, as the cop working on the case is extremely impressive. He is a mature actor now suits in every kind of role.
Vishesh Bansal is the kid who has been kidnapped. His transformation from ‘Tum jante nai mere dad kaun hai’ sorts to becoming a kid who understands his kidnapper’s pain is quite good.

Final words:
For movie lovers of social-genre, the instant movie has something for them. Morever, despite being an average thriller, still is better than many senseless Bollywood movies.
One more thing again, Irrfan Khan’s performance in the movie will make your every penny counts.

My ratings for this movie is 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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MOVIE REVIEW – SULTAN (2016)

Today we are here with the review of Salman Khan starred movie namely SULTAN released on the eve of Eid.  The movie is written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar & produced by Aditya Chopra, who has done its Screenplay.

SULTAN’s trailer was to enough to tell us that the movie is about Wrestling but the only thing that came as a surprise after watching the movie that actually it is a love story.

It is a story of a Haryanvi Youth namely Sultan Ali Khan, who is runs the local cable TV business and his changes completely when he encounters with Aarfa, Haryana’s famous female wrestler and falls for her and tries every trick to win her love. He soon learns that she will only marry a wrestler who has competed beyond the state level and that becomes his goal. Sultan trains himself to be worth her and to stand tall in his own eyes.

With his physical as well as mental strength, Sultan goes on to create milestones and even wins at the Olympics. Even after their marriage, due to some reason both are separated and Sultan stop playing wrestling. It is because of his love for Aarfa, he once again come into ring in a new format of free style Wrestling after a gap of 8 years to once again prove his physical & mental strength and for his fight within.

SULTAN is a mixed pack of emotion, action, love and yes SALMAN KHAN. Basically it is a love story but the cover of Wrestling has done wonders for the movie.

The dialogues of the movie have specially been written keeping in view Salman’s personality but none of them have a punch of Chak De India’s “Sattar minute”. The first half of the film is very interesting and u never think of missing a scene be it Salman’s killer physique or his funny dance moves or his jokes but the emotional drama in the second half seems a bit boring as expected by the YRF films.

Star Peformance:-

Salman Khan has worked hard for attaining the body of a wrestler and he must be appreciated for it doing at the age of 50. The contrast change in his character is ably portrayed by him. Definitely he has played as a SULTAN.

Anushka Sharma too has provided great performance as a Wrestler and she has played her role with perfection.

Cameos of Randeep Hooda and Amit Sadh in the film are good. But as a fan of Randeep Hooda’s acting skills I wish I could see him more in the film!

What’s Bad: Like majority of films dealing with sports, Sultan too has its shortcomings. First it takes off with a love angle, it may disappoint many who may have expected it to concentrate on wrestling. Secondly, all the fights are not shown in detail.

Final words:

It is not a complete Sports film but a complete commercial masala film for the bollywood movies lover and a typical Salman Khan movie. Moreover, one thing is for sure, its a family film and u should take your kids also alongwith you for the movie.

My ratings for this movie is 3 out of 5 stars.

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MOVIE REVIEW – SHORGUL (2016)

Today we are here with a review of a movie namely SHORGUL based on 2013 Mujaffarnagar riots between two religious communities. It is co-directed by Pranav Kumar Singh & Jitendra Tiwari.

Shorgul starts in an exciting manner when a mysterious man meets an unidentified woman in the middle of the night. They exchange words and a concealed weapon is handed over to the woman.

But the very next moment, an item song begins, which proves that directors Jitendra Tiwari and P Singh prefer catering to the masses rather than focusing on the story.

Like most political dramas, SHORGUL is set in UP. It revolves around, how every now and then, Indian politicians use Hindu-Muslim rivalry for their vote-banks. In this story, an innocent friendship between a Hindu boy, Raghu (Aniruddh Dave) and a Muslim girl Zainab (Suha Gezen) becomes fuel for the local politicians to raise an issue.

It shows how politicians like Ranjit Om (Jimmy Shergill) and Alam Khan (Narendra Jha) influence people’s minds with such thoughts, just to get support in elections and how their speeches affect the common people. Also, how a handful of political figures such as Chaudhary (Ashutosh Rana) who believe in a humanitarian way are not tolerated well in society.

Although the film attempts to bring up issues such as land acquisition, beef ban in Uttar Pradesh and suppression of the minorities but doesn’t carried it well. One wonders why the writers even bothered bringing up these topics in such a superficial manner. But despite all this, SHORGUL is reduced to be a weak melodrama with its bloody communal clashes between the sword-wielding and ‘trishul-dhaari’ communities.

Dialogues of the movie seem to have been inspired from all possible 80s films and are dramatic enough to give you a bad headache. Majority of the dialogues are heavy and the mention of bigger issues such as Kashmir, Pakistan are hurled without any context every now and then. The writing is extremely careless and it is very senseless that such provocative dialogues against communities are being used for creating mere drama in film.

The movie’s direction is extremely amateurish and it is clearly seen in most of the frames. There are some scenes with hasty camera movements & one of the worst scenes in the film is where one character is stabbed on a bridge with an iron rod and instead of screaming or any reaction, he is seen hurling dialogues like ‘Zainab Ka Khayal Rakhna’. This is hilarious. Editing of the film is also poor.

Star Peformance:-

Jimmy Shergill as Ranjit Om has looked impressive. He puts a life like character in the movie but it is sad that his acting talents are a complete waste for what the film is.

Ashutosh Rana as always being a brilliant actor he is puts up a great act as Chaudhary.

Rest of the actors are looked ordinary.

Final words:

Very ordinary film, nothing to watch.

My ratings for this movie is 1.5 out of 5 stars.

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