MOVIE REVIEW – MIRZYA – (2016)

Today we are here with the review of one of the movie released this Friday i.e. 7^th October, 2016 namely MIRZYA – (2016), based on the Punjabi folk legend on the love story of MIRZA-SAHIBA. MIRZYA starring deubtant Harshvardhan Kapoor and Saiyami Kher in lead roles is directed by Rakeysh OmPrakash Mehra and its screenplay is written by Gulzar

MIRZYA  is divided into two eras, one where horse riding and shooting arrows, Mirza tries to win his beloved Sahiba by fighting her brothers; whileas in contemporary times, Suchitra (Saiyami Kher) and Monish (Harshvrdhan Kapoor) are childhood friends until a dreadful crime made them apart. Years later, when Suchi returns to India for her engagement to a royal prince, Karan (Anuj Choudhary), she revived her friendship (actual love) with the stable boy, Adil who happens to be Monish.

The horrible question of Class difference between the two and the criminal past of Mohnish is the big obstacle in their love story. Can their love story is like the old legend of Mirza-Sahiba or they lived happily is what you can know after watching the movie.

There had been a lot of expectations from Mirzya considering the screenplay by Gulzar who can write silences they conveys more than words. However, the cinematography comprising of Ladakh’s beautiful landscapes and the colorful Rajasthani folk flavor and palaces is absolutely stunning.

The poetic narrative of the film is difficult for everyone to digest figure out. Moreover, the folk tale makes sense even but its modern day take seems nothing. There is hardly any dialogue given to Harsvardhan and Siyami. There is a level of disappointment in the script since we rarely feel the passion that Suchi and Monish are supposed to have. Even a music video on a love story could have narrated better.

What’s Good:

The stunning visuals and horse riding long shots are great. Editing too is top notch.

Loop holes in the movie:

As a piece of content, Mirzya has little to offer. It is poetic but fails to connect with the viewers due to many reasons.

Star Peformance:-

Much awaited performance of Harshvardhan Kapoor in his debut goes in vain. He doesn’t get much to show off his acting skills although with his exhausted look of the stable boy, his impressed. Moreover, his features behind an overgrown beard prevents his expressions from coming through.

Saiyami Kher looks good in the movie but the challenge for her is to emote without much dialogues and believe me she is not that good.

Anuj Chaudhary who play Saiyami’s fiancé performs impressively. Rest of the cast is also good.

Final words:

Mirzya is dramatic, poetic and has great cinematography but lacks story and dialogues which are soul for any movie. Moreover, this is not everybody types movie and for those who like poetry in motion.

My ratings for this movie is 2 out of 5 stars.

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