What is it that made movies like
Rang De Basanti, Sarkar, Legend of Bhagat Singh, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag the success
they are? Was it Immaculate Direction? Breathtaking dialogues? Intense
Background Scores? Well selected star cast? Maybe it was a combination of all
those elements and much more, but we will never know for sure.
And the Mardaani team has
definitely made an attempt to get there, unfortunately it does not inspire as
much as needed from a movie of this potential. Don’t get me wrong, in the last
couple of years, with the Khans giving out one stupid movie after another, and
no one daring to do anything innovative, this movie is a definite relief and stands
out as a much “much” better option, but it does not stand to the expectations
it creates.
The movie starts with Shivani
Shivaji Roy (Rani Mukherjee) strutting her stuff, showing that although she is
a Crime Branch officer, she has the guts and the will to take up other matters
too. Pulling up her sleeves, straightening her collar and shouting to get
things in control, it feels as if she has to determinedly shout and demand
respect instead of having a personality to get it automatically. Was there
something wrong with casting? We’re really no one to comment on that. So the
movie goes onto a point where they show the softer side of Shivani, with her
husband (Jishu Sengupta), and her niece. The movie also shows that she has
adopted another orphan girl (Priyanka Sharma) living on the streets and takes
care of her education and supports her. Suddenly, this girl goes missing!!
That’s the story line of the movie.
With an excellent performance
from supporting crew, Tahir Raj Bhasin absolutely nails the role given.
Undoubtedly the best actor in the movie! It was sad to see that Jishu Sengupta
was only given a small role with the kind of acting great he has shown in the
past. Priyanka Sharma has started moving in the right direction. Starting off
somewhat cheezy in her debut movie “Meeting se Meeting tak” to showing that she
can not only be a good MTV India VJ but can really act, this role will
definitely give her a push in the right direction.
To be a bit more technical, we
definitely expected a more from the “Parineeta” fame director, Pradeep Sarkar.
It just seemed that his crew was executing the movie right, but just maybe the
passion was missing. Weak cinematography partnered with an even weaker
background score, and feeble dialogues to make sure that the scenes did not
make the impact they should have. The screenplay did get better at the end, but
too little too late!
All in all, we would want the
audience to watch this movie at least once, but this movie did give a flattish
performance. Rani Mukherjee has tried her best, but needed more support from
the technical crew. Three and half stars from us!
By Avinash Sadarangani
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