"Madaari" Hindi film review - Irrfan Khan shows yet again why he is a school to learn acting from...
Madaari - Rajni may need to step out of his comfort zone and act in a movie like this. This one would have had more takers if it had THE superstar or even Akshay Kumar, who has been acting in movies with a social background like Baby, Airlifts, Rustom and even the Hindi remake of Kaththi, were in it.
The film starts off on a promising note, when you hear a punch dialogue, like "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.” Translation: An eagle pounces on a rat, and takes it away. Story sounds true, but not good. But when the eagle is retaliated upon during the attack, the tale doesn't seem true but sure sounds good!
Sadly, Shailja Kejriwal's story doesn't live up to it's promise. What is appreciable though is that this lady does seem enthusiastic in writing stories about real-life. So much so that even the channel that she conceptualised and brought to life to telecasts Pakistani serials exclusively in India was called "Zindagi" (life in Hindi). She had forayed into the entertainment industry with her Star Bestsellers telefilms back in the end of the last millennium and her current Linked-In profile reads, "Chief Creative - Special Projects at Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd. - Zee Network". Impressive! Talk about hands-on...! :)
The story is of a common man seeking answers from the corrupt, by playing mind-games with top government officials. It is a vigilante drama that would remind one instantly of A Wednesday, though this is nowhere as masterly as the Neeraj Pandey directorial.
Irrfan is immensely wonderful. He does not miss a beat. You just can't take your eyes off his attention for detail, and genius subtlety.
The first-half was smooth and had some direction. Even post intermission, it stays almost impressive until the director plays safe with a cliched (and unrealistic) ending. What hurts even more is the pace - or the lack of it! It seemed twenty minutes too long, too.
Jimmy Shergill is good, though stereotyped, yet again. He should look for different types of roles, for he is either playing a cop or the 'martyr' losing his fiancée.
All-in-all a decent film with lost potential. This madaari is a rebel with a cause. I was able to relate to it all the more as a close one's family was affected by the bridge collapse in Kolkata, in March this year.
The music is very good and Sukhvinder Singh brings Vishal Bharadwaj's musical notes to life.
Technically sound, no doubt, with some very good cinematography by Avinash Arun.
My verdict: 3 out of 5, for the brave attempt. Should have been braver, though.
The film starts off on a promising note, when you hear a punch dialogue, like "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.” Translation: An eagle pounces on a rat, and takes it away. Story sounds true, but not good. But when the eagle is retaliated upon during the attack, the tale doesn't seem true but sure sounds good!
Sadly, Shailja Kejriwal's story doesn't live up to it's promise. What is appreciable though is that this lady does seem enthusiastic in writing stories about real-life. So much so that even the channel that she conceptualised and brought to life to telecasts Pakistani serials exclusively in India was called "Zindagi" (life in Hindi). She had forayed into the entertainment industry with her Star Bestsellers telefilms back in the end of the last millennium and her current Linked-In profile reads, "Chief Creative - Special Projects at Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd. - Zee Network". Impressive! Talk about hands-on...! :)
The story is of a common man seeking answers from the corrupt, by playing mind-games with top government officials. It is a vigilante drama that would remind one instantly of A Wednesday, though this is nowhere as masterly as the Neeraj Pandey directorial.
Irrfan is immensely wonderful. He does not miss a beat. You just can't take your eyes off his attention for detail, and genius subtlety.
The first-half was smooth and had some direction. Even post intermission, it stays almost impressive until the director plays safe with a cliched (and unrealistic) ending. What hurts even more is the pace - or the lack of it! It seemed twenty minutes too long, too.
Jimmy Shergill is good, though stereotyped, yet again. He should look for different types of roles, for he is either playing a cop or the 'martyr' losing his fiancée.
All-in-all a decent film with lost potential. This madaari is a rebel with a cause. I was able to relate to it all the more as a close one's family was affected by the bridge collapse in Kolkata, in March this year.
The music is very good and Sukhvinder Singh brings Vishal Bharadwaj's musical notes to life.
Technically sound, no doubt, with some very good cinematography by Avinash Arun.
My verdict: 3 out of 5, for the brave attempt. Should have been braver, though.
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