#MOVIEREVIEW – #TOILET - EK PREM KATHA – (2017)
Today I am here again
with the review of one of the movie released this Friday i.e. TOILET – EK PREM
KATHA (2017). Directed by Shree Narayan Singh and starring Akshay Kumar, Bhumi
Padnekar, Anupam Kher, Devyendu Sharma & Sudhir Pandey in lead roles.
PLOT:
As
its name & promos suggest, the present movie is based on the concept of
Govt. sponsored sanitation drive, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, for the eradication of
open defecation, prevalent in rural India due to conservative mindsets of villagers
in the name of culture. The protagonist of the movie, Keshav (Akshay Kumar), is
a 12th fail 36 years old bachelor, who is trapped in the traditional
rituals by his conservative father, Pandit Ji (Sudhir Pandey). Jaya (Bhumi Padnekar),
is topper in UP board, who is full of life and open minded girl, but eventually
falls for Keshav and they somehow manage to marry each other. Real problem
started when she was aware that there is no toilet facility in Keshav’s house
and she has to go out in open for defectation with so called ‘LOTA PARTY’ at early
in the morning, which was not never acceptable to her.
ANALYSIS:
The
movie has a unique concept and a social message for a problem prevalent in our
rural areas. The first half of the movie is full of fun, hilarious moments in
addition to love story whereas second is drama and looked like in a hurry in
the end. There are certain loopholes in the screenplay and story jumps from one
topic to another.
The
music of the movie is not the best and most of the songs in the movie seem
forcefully inserted and doesn’t make an impact. Overall the movie is just an
advertisement campaign for PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and all praise for
the Union Govt. running under the PM Modi and Toilet Scams by the previous
governments.
What’s Good:
A
social message with humour with good performances by Akshay Kumar, Bhumi
Padnekar & Devendyu Sharma.
Loop holes in the movie:
Slow pace of the movie in the second half & unnecessary
songs.
Star Peformance:-
Akshay
Kumar has played the role of Keshav honestly with proper UP accent. But he is
looked older than 36 in the movie. Bhumi has also played the role of a UP girl
with perfection in all departments be it accent, dialogue delivery, or expressions.
Devyendu
Sharma is full of energy throughout the film and his fun making chemistry with
Akshay Kumar is spot on. Anupam Kher, as always is good and Sudhir Pandey has
played the role of conservative Pandit ji with full dedication.
Final words:
Social message with
a blend of comedy with equally powerful performances by lead roles. A good
weekend watch inspite of weak second half.
My ratings for this movie is 2.5 out of 5 stars.
So keep following the
page, good day till the next review
Bogal | S R I J A N
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